There are breweries that make beer, and then there are breweries that make noise — righteous, metallic, beautifully unhinged noise — and Grains of Wrath Brewing has been rattling the walls of Camas, Washington, since the moment it roared to life in 2018. Founded by former Fat Head’s master brewer Mike Hunsaker alongside Brendan Greenen, chef/co-founder Sean Henry, and partner Devin Benavente, GoW arrived with zero interest in subtlety. They built a brewhouse like a V8 strapped to a pressure cooker, opened a kitchen with equal firepower, and immediately started collecting medals at a pace that made doubters look like they’d missed the memo. Washington Beer Awards, Oregon Beer Awards, multiple GABF wins — capped by a 2025 gold for Built For Speed — all prove that this crew was born to brew at full throttle.
Camas itself shapes the energy: old mills, metal, machinery, and a kind of industrial heartbeat that makes restraint feel optional. But ethos is where GoW really flexes — brewing like a band that understands precision doesn’t matter without fury. Their lagers crackle with clean-cut aggression, their West Coast IPAs scream with citrus-diesel voltage, and their hazies stay lush without losing that dangerous edge. Which brings us to today’s high-voltage lineup at Peaks & Pints — a flight built to showcase the full GoW spectrum: fruit-charged electricity, metalsmith crispness, tropical muscle, and of course the medal-bright acceleration of their flagship IPA. This isn’t a tasting; it’s a controlled burn. Five beers, five moods, one brewery that never whispers when it can snarl.
Let’s open the throttle. Let’s welcome the noise. Let’s drink like the wrath was built exactly for afternoons like this.
Peaks & Pints Grains of Wrath Beer Flight
Grains of Wrath Papermaker Pale
5.8% ABV | American Pale Ale — Silver Medal – 2025 GABF
Papermaker Pale remembers exactly what the style is supposed to be: bright, lean, crisp enough to cut through a factory whistle. A Washington Beer Awards gold medalist and 2025 GABF silver winner, it opens with grapefruit zest and berry-touched citrus drifting up like fresh air rolling over the Camas mills. The palate stays tight and confident — snap of bitterness, clean citrus lift, a finish so clear it feels like someone wiped condensation off a forgotten window. No haze, no gimmicks, no filler. Just pale ale built with purpose, muscle, and a grin.
Grains of Wrath Onslaught Hazy IPA
7% ABV | Hazy IPA
Onslaught moves with prowling intent — not a charge, not a creep, but a smooth, confident glide wrapped in pineapple skin and papaya heat. Tropical aromatics burst first: mandarin zest, pulpy fruit, a curl of resin-like smoke twisting from a fuse. The sip stays lush without losing shape — juicy momentum with barely-there bitterness — a hazy that remembers softness means nothing without tension. It tastes like tropical storm clouds rolling across hot pavement: warm, electric, beautifully unruly.
Grains of Wrath Built For Speed
6.7% ABV | West Coast IPA | Gold Medal – 2025 GABF
Built For Speed wastes no time — it tears out of the glass like a hop-hungry muscle machine doing illegal things to the horizon. This GABF-winning West Coast IPA is pure voltage: grapefruit pith, diesel pine, neon bitterness that grabs the collar and insists you keep up. The malt frame stays stripped and aerodynamic, just enough structure to let the hops thrash, shimmer, and snarl. The finish is fast, clean, relentless — a beer engineered for acceleration, never coasting.
Grains of Wrath Wrathlands IPA
7% ABV | American IPA
Wrathlands IPA strides in with that trademark Grains of Wrath swagger — lean, bright, and built to detonate flavor without ever softening into hazy sweetness. This version trades the amber lager legacy for a full-tilt, fruit-forward IPA profile that pops like a fistful of candy under neon lights: red Starburst tang, peach-ring glow, and a lemon-drop snap that flickers across the palate like static electricity. The malt stays invisible and obedient, just enough scaffolding for the hops to shine in loud, Technicolor bursts. It’s playful but pointed, juicy but still unmistakably West Coast.
Grains of Wrath Heavy Is The Crown
8% ABV | Double West Coast IPA
Heavy Is The Crown doesn’t just enter; it descends — lush, tropical, draped in hop opulence. Powered by Citra, Mosaic, and Krush, it unleashes pineapple, mango, and papaya in furious technicolor, with a flicker of coconut glinting at the edges like royal embroidery catching sunlight. Despite the ABV muscle, the body stays nimble, letting crisp bitterness cut through the tropical wealth with regal precision. This isn’t a crown you wear lightly — it lands with authority and expects you to rise to the occasion.
