Four remain, and suddenly everything leans in — the room tighter, the light a shade lower, the decisions carrying a weight they didn’t have a week ago. What started as a wide, unruly chorus — votes, debates, late-night refreshes, the occasional “this is absolutely rigged” — has narrowed into something quieter and far more serious. No more hiding in the noise. No more lucky momentum. Just four breweries, each dragging along its own gravity — history, heat, hometown pride, that one perfect pint you still measure everything against. Two move on. Two fall away. From here, every sip feels like a decision, and every decision leaves a mark.
The Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: Best PNW Breweries Final Four is live on Instagram Stories — swing by Peaks & Pints, settle in with the flight, and cast your vote while it still matters.
These beers don’t tell the whole story — just four small windows, cracked open, hinting at much larger worlds beyond the glass.
Peaks & Pints Friday Final Four Flight
Vice Beer Dino Nuggets
5.43% ABV | West Coast Extra Pale Ale | Vancouver, Washington
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CHAMPION: It snaps into place with gooseberry and white grape brightness before a flicker of diesel and fresh-cut grass rolls through, light on its feet but not without edge, the kind of beer that feels like it showed up late and suddenly everyone’s paying attention, Vice Beer riding an underdog surge into the Final Four and now staring down Stoup, needing one more jolt of chaos to keep the run alive.
Stoup Mothership IPA
6.6% ABV | Northwest IPA | Seattle, Washington
NORTHERN WASHINGTON CHAMPION: Citrus and soft tropical notes rise clean and measured, settling into a composed bitterness that never loses its footing, everything aligned with quiet intent, Stoup Brewing advancing with the kind of precision that doesn’t waste motion, now meeting Vice in a matchup where discipline leans hard against momentum.
Fort George Reality Test IPA
7% ABV | West Coast IPA | Astoria, Oregon
NORTHERN OREGON CHAMPION: Bright citrus cuts first, followed by pine and a deeper, slightly unruly resin that keeps shifting beneath the surface, the structure firm but curious, Fort George Brewery arriving here on sheer presence and crowd gravity, now squaring off with Block 15 in a clash that feels less like a game and more like weather moving in.
Block 15 Sticky Hands
8.1% ABV | Imperial IPA | Corvallis, Oregon
SOUTHRRN OREGON CHAMPION: It settles in with citrus peel and dense green resin, layered and deliberate, the bitterness steady, never rushed, each sip unfolding with quiet control, Block 15 Brewing continuing its methodical march through the bracket, now facing Fort George in a Final Four collision where patience meets pure force.
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