Every journey has its moment of commitment.
A scenic walk becomes a hike. A conversation turns into an adventure. One song somehow becomes an entire album because nobody wanted to be the first to say goodnight.
A Progressive IPA Flight works much the same way.
It begins with bright, easygoing refreshment, where hops dance more than they flex. Then the volume gradually rises. Aromas grow richer. Bodies become fuller. Bitterness sharpens its edges before tropical fruit, pine, citrus, and resin begin stacking into increasingly extravagant layers. By the time the final glass arrives, you’re no longer simply tasting beer—you’re experiencing just how elastic the IPA can become when brewers keep nudging the boundaries a little farther down the trail.
Sunday’s Peaks & Pints Progressive IPA Flight follows that delicious ascent one measured pour at a time, climbing from Session IPA through IPA, Double IPA, Triple IPA, and finally to the legendary summit occupied by Dogfish Head’s 120 Minute IPA.
Peaks & Pints Sunday Progressive IPA Flight
Lumberbeard Party Pants
4.8% ABV | Session Hazy IPA | Spokane, Washington
Every great party begins with someone who knows enthusiasm doesn’t require excess. Tropical notes of pineapple, passionfruit, and ripe peach tumble across the palate while Nelson Sauvin lends a lively hint of white grape that shimmers like sunlight through a chilled wine glass. The pillowy haze carries all that hop exuberance with surprising agility, buoyed by a lean body that refuses to grow heavy or tiresome. Bright citrus lingers just long enough to invite another sip before gracefully stepping aside. Lumberbeard opens the festivities with a grin, quietly proving that personality has never been measured in alcohol percentage.
Paperback Brewing Paperback IPA
6.5% ABV | West Coast IPA | Glendale, California
Every good story reaches the moment when the plot finally gathers momentum. This Paperback Brewing IPA turns the page with bright Mosaic-driven bursts of grapefruit, ripe berries, mango, and pine, all riding atop a lean malt backbone that refuses to distract from the hops’ starring role. A firm bitterness arrives with impeccable timing, sharpening the fruit rather than overwhelming it, while crisp carbonation keeps the experience lively from beginning to end.
Great Notion The Sound
8.2% ABV | Hazy Double India Pale Ale | Portland, Oregon
By now, the volume knob has been turned well past conversational. Plush waves of mango, pineapple, peach, and bright citrus swell across the palate, their tropical exuberance cushioned by a velvety haze that seems determined to soften every edge without dulling a single flavor. The body grows richer and more luxurious than the beers before it, yet the fruit remains remarkably buoyant, drifting effortlessly above the malt instead of sinking into sweetness. Great Notion tells the staircase to stop pretending it’s level.
Pelican Overboard Triple IPA
10.2% ABV | Triple India Pale Ale | Pacific City, Oregon
Subtlety waved from the dock several miles ago. Pine resin and bright citrus peel surge forward with the confidence of Pacific breakers, while Pelican Brewing layers grapefruit, orange zest, and evergreen atop a sturdy malt backbone built to weather every bit of the beer’s formidable strength. The bitterness is bold but disciplined, cutting cleanly through the richness instead of piling onto it, allowing every hop note to remain vivid from first sip to last. You’re no longer climbing the mountain—you’ve reached the ridgeline, and the view suddenly gets ridiculous.
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
15.5% ABV | Quadruple India Pale Ale | Milton, Delaware
Every progressive story eventually reaches the chapter where the laws of reason politely excuse themselves. Amber-gold and gloriously unrestrained, Dogfish Head‘s legendary beast unfurls waves of orange marmalade, apricot, honey, pine resin, and caramelized malt before warming alcohol quietly reminds you that you’re no longer merely drinking an IPA. Months of continuous hopping and patient aging create astonishing depth, each sip revealing another layer of citrus, sticky toffee, and evergreen complexity without surrendering to chaos. The map didn’t end here. It simply ran out of paper.
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