PEAK ORGANIC HOP NOIR BLACK IPA

One of the best Cascadian Dark Ales marketed, bringing dark-roasted black chocolate insistence, smoky black patent malting and ashen piney hop bittering to less prominent dried fruiting. Pineapple, grapefruit and clementine fondue illusions straddle mighty charcoal-seared mocha malt mass. Tertiary mango, papaya and orange marmalade undertones vie for space in ‘noirish’ environment.

JACK’S ABBY HOPSTITUTION #3 CALYPTRA

On tap at Ambulance Brew House, wonderful citrus-crisped pale lager hybrid utilizes alpha-acidic calypso and citra hops to beguile the senses. Wafting lemon zest briskness informs up-front yellow grapefruit tang and subsequent orange rind bittering, pineapple tartness, mango tropicalia and tangerine sweetness. Dry woody tones and grassy hemp reminder reinforce zesty yellow-orange fruiting. Beats original Hopstitution hands down.

PERENNIAL HOMMELBIER BELGIAN STYLE ALE

Defying traditional Belgian pale ale styling by integrating Americanized raw-honeyed malt graining with mustily earthen citric-soured dry hop acridity, interestingly divergent moderate-bodied hybrid wins on its own terms. Lemony grapefruit pith bittering, tart orange rot follow-up, delicate green grape esters and unripened peach-apple-pineapple conflux pick up herbal peppercorn accents, becoming dryer at yellow-wooded citrus finish.