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by Ron Swarner - Nov 7, 2024

Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: The Rocky Balboa

Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: The Rocky Balboa Thursday, Nov. 7 2024:…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 7, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Prairie Bombs and Pumpkin Pie

After sharing their different and experimental variations of saisons working as gypsy brewers,…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 7, 2024

Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider November 2024

Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider November 2024 Peaks and Pints…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 7, 2024

Proctor & Pints: Gardensphere Jubelale Pre-funk

Proctor & Pints: Gardensphere Jubelale Pre-funk It’s Christmas-pre-funk-time! It's that time of the…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 6, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 11.6.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 11.6.24 Could you use a six-pack…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 6, 2024

Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Chicken Salad Comfort

Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Chicken Salad Comfort Wednesday, Nov. 6 2024:…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 6, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2024

Douville Home Group's Hoppy Holiday Food Drive has brought together 10 Pierce County…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 3, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack 11.3.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack 11.3.24 Peaks & Pints presents a…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 3, 2024

Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Holy Mountain Beer

Raised in Puyallup, Colin Lenfesty was a longtime homebrewer who worked his way…

by Ron Swarner - Nov 3, 2024

Tacoma Beer Factoid: Clicquot Club

Tacoma Beer Factoid: Clicquot Club Circa 1952 Tacoma, an unidentified young lady admires…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 30, 2024

Peaks and Pints 8th Anniversary Cider Flight: Schilling Cider

Established in 2019 by Schilling Cider, the Washington-based cider company with Sasquatch as…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 29, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 10.29.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 10.29.24 Tuesday is a great new…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 28, 2024

Peaks and Pints 8th Anniversary 3-Day Celebration

Peaks and Pints 8th 8Anniversary 3-Day Celebration Peaks & Pints turns 8 years…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 23, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Grit & Grain

Beer gurus Matt McLaren (Orcas Distributing), and Ron Swarner (Peaks & Pints), and…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 22, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Spooky

Halloween is creeping around the corner like a Commerce Street guttersnipe in search…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 21, 2024

Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Schilling France Trip

It’s safe to say Schilling Cider is more thrilled about National Cider Month…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 20, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Scary Great Notion

Halloween is rapidly approaching, and if you’re like Peaks & Pints then that…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 19, 2024

Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider Autumn 2024

Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider Autumn 2024 Peaks and Pints…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 19, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Baltic States

Today, Peaks & Pints presents a flight of beer brewed in the Baltic…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 18, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Final Fresh Hop Friday 2024

Fresh is best, they say, and beer is no exception. Brewing with fresh…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 17, 2024

Proctor & Pints: Wag Pet Market Squeaky Beer

Proctor & Pints: Wag Pet Market Squeaky Beer Dear Mickey, The beers with…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 17, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Bombastic Brewing

In 2016, Phil Hottenstein, a railroad engineer, and Russell Mann, former owner of…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 16, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Russian River Brewing

While Natalie Cilurzo was working full-time at a winery, Vinnie Cilurzo bought a…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 15, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.15.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.15.24 Grab a fresh hop beer…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 14, 2024

Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Schilling

This October marks the fifth annual National Cider Month, founded by Schilling Cider to celebrate…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 13, 2024

Peaks and Pints Sunday Flight: 2024 Tacoma Film Festival

Established in 2006, the Tacoma Film Festival has developed from small regional festival…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 12, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.12.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.12.24 Here are a few of…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 12, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Festival Herencia Latina

What’s bilingual and is surrounded by music, dance, visual arts, traditional latine food,…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 11, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Fresh Hop Friday 10.11.24

It begins a couple weeks after you stop wearing white pants as the…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 10, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.10.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.10.24 Cheers to this beautiful Thursday!…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 10, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Fresh Hoptober Continues

October in Washington brings juicy plums, the smell of boiling Dungeness crab, and…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 9, 2024

Proctor & Pints: Olympia Coffee Time Machine

Proctor & Pints: Olympia Coffee Time Machine You do a double take. You…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 6, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Wet Hops

On sprawling farms clustered around Yakima and Willamette valleys, thousands of green Humulus…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 5, 2024

Peaks and Pints Tap List: Saturday, Oct. 5 2024

Peaks and Pints Tap List: Saturday, Oct. 5 2024 Peaks and Pints houses…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 5, 2024

Peaks and Pints Beer Fright Flight

Dracula. That intensely sexual, seductively amorous icon of male machismo and magnetism —…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 4, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.4.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.4.24 OK, we’re ready! We have…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 4, 2024

Peaks and Pints Fresh Hop Friday: StormBreaker

Rob Lutz’ beer career began as a keg washer at Amnesia Brewing, the…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 3, 2024

Peaks and Pints Cider Flight: Schilling

Thanks to Schilling Cider, October is National Cider Month. Established in 2019 by…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 2, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.2.24

Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.2.24 Peaks and Pints New Beer…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 2, 2024

Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Cerebral

“Cerebral Brewing: A Scientific Approach to Beer,” Cerebral Brewing’s website declares alongside an…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 1, 2024

Peaks and Pints New Fresh Hops in Stock 10.1.24

Peaks and Pints New Fresh Hops in Stock 10.1.24 Fresh hop season continues,…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 1, 2024

Peaks and Pints Tap List: Tuesday, Oct. 1 2024

Peaks and Pints Tap List: Tuesday, Oct. 1 2024 Peaks and Pints houses…

by Ron Swarner - Oct 1, 2024

Peaks and Pints Tuesday Flight: National Cider Month

This October marks the fifth annual National Cider Month, founded by Schilling Hard Cider…