Peaks & Pints Evergreen Winter Flight doesn’t huddle around the fire or lean into the dark; it steps outside, zips the jacket, and breathes deep. This is Pacific Northwest winter clarity — air that sharpens instead of softens, clear lines instead of blur, resin underfoot instead of cocoa on the tongue. While solstice season elsewhere tilts toward stout gravity and sugar-laced comfort, this flight looks outward to cedar forests, frost-bitten trails, and that bracing pleasure of citrus peel flashing in low winter sun. No roast. Only one hoppy, piney haze. No sweetness doing the heavy lifting.
Call it winter, but evergreen — bitterness with intent, aromatics that smell like pine needles crushed under boots, finishes that land dry and focused. These are beers built for movement and attention, for people who prefer their warmth earned and their beer honest. From sparkling Brut snap through hoppy pale glow, classic West Coast resolve, nostalgic pine confidence, and modern cold IPA precision, this flight traces a clean, resin-lit path through the season. December doesn’t have to tuck you in to feel right. Sometimes it just needs to wake you up.
Peaks & Pints Evergreen Winter Flight
7 Seas + Foster’s Creative the ten. Brut Lite IPA
4.6% ABV | Brut IPA | Tacoma, WA
Born from 7 Seas’ collaboration with Foster’s Creative and the ten., Flowers For My City, winter announces itself immediately here — brisk, clarifying, and unmistakably awake. Cranberry flashes bright and clean, a quick ruby snap against the cold, while dandelion drifts through with a soft floral hush before the Brut dryness pulls everything taut and aligned. The body stays lean, the hops speak with precision rather than volume, and the finish lifts champagne-dry, clearing the palate without stripping it bare. It drinks sharp and coastal, a citywide toast caught mid-bubble, choosing clarity over comfort and setting the tone for everything that follows.
Structures Frost
5.9% ABV | Hoppy Pale Ale | Bellingham, WA
Instead of blurring edges, Structures‘ Frost gently softens them, a pale ale that understands winter light works best when diffused, not dulled. Papaya and Valencia orange glow quietly at the nose, more peel than juice, while Simcoe and Chinook lay down a familiar Northwest backbone of pine snap and subtle resin. The body remains supple but controlled, letting hop aromatics breathe without crowding the palate, and the finish lands clean with a faint, refreshing bitterness. It drinks like a gray-sky afternoon with the sun trying — not shouting, just showing up — perfectly bridging sharp Brut clarity and deeper evergreen resolve.
Triceratops JBLM IPA
6.2% ABV | West Coast IPA | Tacoma, WA
Purpose runs straight through this beer. Brewed by Triceratops co-owner Rob Horn, himself a firefighter at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, JBLM IPA was crafted as a tribute to his fellow firefighters, and it carries that same sense of focus and resolve. Dank citrus snaps first — grapefruit rind and orange peel — followed by measured flashes of tropical and stone fruit that feel deliberate rather than lush. The malt stays lean, bitterness lands firm but clean, and the finish cuts crisp and evergreen, clearing out both haze and hesitation. It drinks direct and quietly powerful, a West Coast IPA that does exactly what it’s meant to do and nothing more.
Matchless Old Pine
6.5% ABV | American IPA | Tumwater, WA
There’s an immediate sense of recognition with Matchless‘ Old Pine IPA, like stepping back onto a familiar trail and realizing the air still smells exactly right. Fresh pine needles lead the way, vivid and evergreen, followed by Satsuma orange peel snapping just enough sweetness to keep the bitterness honest. A pilsner-and-Munich malt base hums softly underneath, offering balance without dulling the edges, while Amarillo, Comet, Centennial, and Simcoe keep the bitterness earthy, confident, and clean. It drinks like a memory that refuses to fade — crisp, aromatic, and deeply satisfying — a modern IPA with old-school bones that reminds you why this style earned its place in the first place.
Single Hill Brewing Cold Throw
6.6% ABV | Cold IPA | Yakima, WA
Clean winter air slides through this taster glass with quiet authority. Mango and white grapefruit flash bright and chilled at first sip, followed by a restrained hum of dankness that feels intentional rather than indulgent, all snapped into place by the crisp precision that defines a well-built Single Hill Cold IPA. Amarillo lifts the aromatics, Ekuanot Cryo adds a subtle green edge, and Mosaic Cryo stitches it all together with clarity instead of haze. The bitterness stays measured, the body remains lean, and the finish lands dry and refreshing, like the last exhale after a long walk through evergreen country — modern, disciplined, and confidently moving forward.
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