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by Ron Swarner - Feb 23, 2025
Peaks & Pints Bale Breaker Beer Flight
In 1920, Michael Loftus, an Irish immigrant and grandfather of BT Loftus, follows…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 22, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Sweet Tooth
“Invention, my dear friends, is 93 percent perspiration, 6 percent electricity, 4 percent…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 21, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.21.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.21.25 Happy Friday! Stop by Peaks &…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 21, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Bow & Arrow Brewing
Bow & Arrow Brewing was founded in 2016 by Shyla Sheppard and Missy…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 20, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Chuckanut
Chuckanut Brewery co-owner Mari Kemper returns to Peaks & Pints with lagers, giveaways,…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 19, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.19.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.19.25 The Peaks & Pints Cooler is…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 19, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Jester King
There was a hot minute where the only place to access Jester King…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 18, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Oatmeal Stouts
Not all stouts — a style marked using roasted malts and barley —…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 17, 2025
Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Gose With The Flow
Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Gose With The Flow There in the tiny, tranquil…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 17, 2025
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: One Tree Cider
Back in the day, George Washington’s troops received rations of it. John Adams…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 16, 2025
Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts Recap
Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts Recap Beer journalism is fundamentally…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 16, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Prairie Artisan Ales
After sharing their different and experimental variations of saisons working as gypsy brewers,…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 14, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Heart Shaped Candy
There's something so sweet about sweet. The cavemen knew it; they were willing…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 13, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.13.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.13.25 More delicious liquid has hit the…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 13, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Valentine’s Day Prefunk
As many of you probably know, Valentine's Day is tomorrow. (And for those…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 12, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Larrabee Lager
Founded in 2023 by Sam and Kate Milne, Larrabee Lager Company was a…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 11, 2025
Peaks and Pints Triple IPA Flight: Younger Postfunk
If Pliny is the elder, there must be a younger. Today at 5…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 11, 2025
Tacoma Silent Trees: 1910 Bigleaf Maple Breaking Silence
Tacoma Silent Trees: 1910 Bigleaf Maple Breaking Silence “In my youth, maybe when…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 10, 2025
Larrabee Lager Comes To Tacoma Wednesday
Larrabee Lager Comes To Tacoma Wednesday Much like Post-It Notes and Play-Doh, lager’s…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 10, 2025
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: VIVID
Imagine a historic room reflecting the blank canvas and infinite possibility of the…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 9, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Hazy Super Sunday
Hitting the scene in the early 2010s, the New England-style India pale ale…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 8, 2025
Peaks and Pints Load To Super Bowl LIX Six-Pack: 2.8.25
Peaks and Pints Load To Super Bowl LIX Six-Pack: 2.8.25 For those pondering…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 8, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Lumberbeard Brewing
Bret Gordon left the University of Colorado with a degree in Economics and…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 7, 2025
Peaks and Pints hosts a Tree-mendous Tacoma Beer Week Night
Peaks and Pints hosts a Tree-mendous Tacoma Beer Week Night Trees can have…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 7, 2025
Peaks and Pints Load To Super Bowl LIX Six-Pack: 2.7.25
Peaks and Pints Load To Super Bowl LIX Six-Pack: 2.7.25 Whether you’re looking…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 7, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Dark Lagers
When most people think of lagers, they think of pale, clear lagers with…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 6, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Matchless
West Olympia letter carrier, botanist, and homebrewer Patrick Jansen met Darby’s Café owners…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 5, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.5.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.5.25 Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 5, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Oakshire
In 2006, Jeff and Chris Althouse were the only employees at their newly…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 4, 2025
Peaks and Pints Load To Super Bowl LIX Six-Pack: 2.4.25
Peaks and Pints Load To Super Bowl LIX Six-Pack: 2.4.25 Here are six…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 4, 2025
Tacoma Silent Trees: Breaking Silence near the Rhododendron Garden
Tacoma Silent Trees: Breaking Silence near the Rhododendron Garden "What are you doing?"…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 4, 2025
Peaks and Pints February Stout Flight: Russian Imperial
There are tales of Peter the Great, the Russian Tsar who traveled to…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 3, 2025
Tournament of Beer Time: What is your favorite Northwest IPA?
Tournament of Beer Time: What is your favorite Northwest IPA? In April 2025,…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 3, 2025
Peaks and Pints Monday Incline Cider Flight: Climb For Clean Air
The American Lung Association’s Climb for Clean Air is an exclusive mountaineering training…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 2, 2025
Pouring It Forward: Tacoma Beer Week with Drinking For Conservation
Pouring It Forward: Tacoma Beer Week with Drinking For Conservation Polar bears, the…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 2, 2025
Peaks and Pints Snow IPA Flight
First things first... SNOW. Snow prompts Peaks & Pints to think that the…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 1, 2025
Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Comes In Like A Lion
Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Comes In Like A Lion You read that headline…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 1, 2025
Peaks and Pints February Stout Month 2025: Boozy Stouts
Peaks & Pints’ staff knows February’s a struggle with cold rain and wind…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 1, 2025
Peaks and Pints February Stout Month 2025
Peaks and Pints February Stout Month 2025 So, are you looking to have…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 31, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Drink 5 Before Take 6
With 10 Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards, 2 NAACP Image Awards, a Soul…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 30, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 1.30.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 1.30.25 There’s a chance snow will fall…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 30, 2025
Peaks and Pints Sierra Nevada Beer Flight
Nov. 15, 1980: 26-year-old Ken Grossman brewed his first commercial beer four years…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 29, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Prefunk
Tacoma beer joints are scrambling. Although it feels like we just celebrated Tacoma…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 28, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 1.28.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 1.28.25 Here’s a six-pack from today’s new…
Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2021 a success
[caption id="attachment_38893" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Odd Otter Brewing brought in the most food for the Emergency…
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