Left Coast is 7.0% alcohol-by-volume (ABV), and it was brewed with Amarillo, Chinook, and Simcoe Cryo ... joining Big Tings (Double West Coast IPA) at 9% ABV and Three & A Half at 7.0% ABV.

The wintertime brew uses an adjunct of spruce tips to affect a poignant seasonality beyond the bitter base formed from Cascade, Chinook, Sultana and Eureka hops. It’s not just some marketing ...

Hopping with Chinook, El Dorado and Galaxy cranks out notes of spruce tips, pineapple and orange rind. This tiny but mighty IPA clocks in at 4.4% ABV, so it’s perfect for knocking one or two ...