Lustrously full-bodied IPA brings ripened orange-peach-apple tang to embittered grapefruit rind stead. Smoked pine nuance increases, but not at expense of capacious spruce-sweetened cinnamon-coriander spicing.

Thick maple-nut thrust consumes robust pale body. Reaping better hop bitterness, malt richness, and grain refinement than most competitors, well rounded IPA may lack distinction, but never spunk. Brewery defunct: 1998.

Pleasant bark-dried piney-hop bitterness fades as spruce-spiced apple-pear-peach tsunami soaks orange-soured tangerine-grapefruit tang. Rye wheat backdrop provides tangible depth.

Heavenly butterscotch alleviation undercoats superb honeyed wheat and chocolate-pale malt exchange. Luscious citrus freshness, impervious orange rind bittering, and honeyed nectar-melon panorama crest at mildly hop-embittered silky-spiced spruce finish. Marquee West Coast microbrewery compares favorably to Rogue with its harmonious blend of medium-to-full-bodied organic grain stamina and immaculate water purity.

Prestigious best-of-class libation counters sharp hop-oiled pine needle bittering against tranquil spruce-sugared apricot, nectar, and red grape sweetness to wanderlust cherry-soaked bourbon finish. Sour grapefruit and pineapple shine through cereal-grained midst. As awesome as advertised.

Enticing crystal malt fleece, fruited floral bouquet, and leathery herbal spices punctuate striking reddish amber-glowed IPA. Blackened hop roast secures spruce-embittered bottom and latent berry tartness.

Extremely bitter-hopped frontage overwhelms fruited caramelized malting and red grapefruit tang of reddish amber dry body. Dusted floral notes and woody hints bedeck backend.

Understated beige-headed copper-bronzed citric-hopped bitter adjoins sweet spruce waft and snappy juniper sharpness to piney cedar finish, gaining sharp tangerine-grapefruit-peach illusions along toasted barleymalt trail. Only drawback is watery nature. ’12 re-tasting: gentle stylistic changeup envelops fresh spring-watered minerality with white-peppered grapefruit-peeled lemon pith bittering. Mild orange-tangerine spritz drapes tertiary mango-pineapple wisp.

Luscious aromatic fruits yield spry red apple, red grape, pink grapefruit, and yellow pear bouquet to counteract dry pine needled hop char. Floral illusions and recessive wood tinge register below surging orange peel bittering.

Bustling coppery medium body penetrates fully from inaugural ripe red-fruited nose to bright spruce-tipped mouth and earthen mineral-grained craw. Abrasive alcohol burn saturates apple-peach-tangerine tang and grapefruit-peeled spice tingle. Hop-charred bitterness coats cereal-oats bottom.

Sumptuous coppery bitter brings initial spice-hopped lemon-orange peel zest and grapefruit souring to full-on pine needle mouthfeel before underlying caramelized pale-crystal malts adjoin toasted biscuit spine. Turning sweeter with each passing, as baked apple illusion and floral adjuncts overtake receding citric tartness.