WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Washington State Fair + Parkway Tavern = hit makers Tacoma Public Library + Narrows Brewing Co. = Tomahawks The Valley + Ale House Pub = Bebop and Bitburger WASHINGTON STATE FAIR Multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw and acclaimed, Billboard chart topping recording artist Andy Grammer will perform at 7 p.m. at the Washington State Fair. Fans can expect to hear DeGraw perform songs throughout his acclaimed 10-plus year career including classics “I Don’t Wanna Be,” “Chariot,” and “Not Over You.” Grammer will dazzle crowds with his naturally upbeat
Holy Mountain’s Refraction Saison is brewed with 60% spelt, aged in oak puncheons and dry-hopped with HBC 342. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Washington Beer Blog lists events around Seattle at which you can enjoy a selection of fresh hop beers, including the city’s first full-blown beer festival dedicated to fresh hop beers. Even without an IPA, there is no denying that Holy Mountain’s line-up is exemplary. But that
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + Rainier Growlers = Alpha males and Alpha Centauri Doyle’s Public House + The Copper Door = opinions MOVIE IN A BREWERY Do you need more baby animals in your life? The Jungle Book, Disney’s latest navel-gazing foray into its own archives, delivers. A little darker than the 1967 cartoon, and not quite a musical – though it does include the two best songs from the previous film, “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You” — this is a filmmaking achievement that goes right
Steve Navarro, co-founder and director of brewery operations at Pacific Brewing & Malting Co., breathes in fresh Mosaic hops. Photo credit Pappi Swarner What’s white and red and green all over? Steve Navarro driving fresh Mosaic hops back to his Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. today. White is for his van and his knuckles as the Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. co-owner and director of brewing operations drove through downpours and construction from Hop Union in Yakima to his downtown Tacoma brewery early this afternoon. Red is the color of his attractive Pacific Brewing logo
Japanese street punk band HOW rocks The Valley tonight. MONDAY, SEPT. 19 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Creative Colloquy + Broken Spoke = shout outs The Valley + 7 Seas Brewing = punks and pints CREATIVE COLLOQUY By a quarter to 7 p.m., it’s hard to find a seat. People slump in chairs. Bodies block the beer and coffee counter. People hoot, snap, hug. At the front, Jackie Casella commands the room. With a smirk, she bows her head and shakes it gently, as though the Holy Ghost is upon her. She gestures
Drink beer and watch penguins swim during Brew at the Zoo in October. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 19 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom envy. … For the third year, Inland Northwest Craft Beer Festival is taking the field at Avista Stadium, the home of the Spokane Indians minor league baseball team of the Northwest League, for a celebration of the greater Spokane’s brewing industry Sept. 23-24. Presented by the Washington Beer Commission, the beer festival welcomes
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on brewery Oktoberfests and the latest action along the production line. This week, hop tossing, hop smelling, tiny Oktoberfest glassware, giant owls and
From left, William Kane, Ron Swarner, Robby Peterson, Justin Peterson and head brewer Ken Thoburn brew Peaks and Pints Perfect Proctor Porter at Wingman Brewings in Tacoma. Photo by Mike Dempster There was a meeting with Click Distributing. There was a meeting with a sports promoter. There was a car blocking a delivery. There was a lift gate breakage delaying keg delivery. There was a staff training. There was a beer brewed. Typical Friday at Wingman Brewers in Tacoma? Not really, especially since the beer was Bert Grant’s Perfect Porter recipe brewed by Peaks and Pints
Dick’s Brewing Co. know how to throw a fun Beer For A Cure Homebrew Competition and Fundraiser party. Photo by Pappi Swarner Think about craft beer. Go ahead, just think about it. Think about your favorite craft beer being poured into a pint at the right temperature. You may notice the aroma first or, perhaps, the way light reflects through the liquid’s golden color. Think about the first sip, the touch of frothy head and rush of effervescence, the flavor balanced between sweet and bitter notes. Bags of grain are piled in the corner and kegs
2001: A Space Odyssey screens at the Capitol Theater tonight. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Capitol Theater + Dick’s Brewing Co. = Monoliths and Danger Doyle’s Public House + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = toasting Irish and Germans The Valley + Pint Defiance = celebrations Rhythm & Rye + Bay Mercantile = Olympia on display 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY As a roommate, we have done some horrible things in our day. But the worst thing, without a doubt, was when we were in a hurry to tape a movie on
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 2016: South Sound events + craft beer and cider … The Valley + Edison City Alehouse = psych-grunge-punk with a side of cider Dunagan Brewing Co. + Squirrel Butter = when prefunk meets music version one Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + Pig Snout = when prefunk meets music version two TWINS ROCKING TWINS Wonder Twin powers ignite! Flames Of Durga is a psych-grunge-punk band started by twin sisters, guitarist Beah and bassist Cecilia Romero, who’ve written songs together since growing up in Los Angeles. With Nate Million on drums, this power-trio enjoys synchronized head bangs, heavy
MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Northwest Beer Night blind tastes two Imperial IPAs with the KOMO News folks and Adam Robbings of Reuben’s Brews. It’s always amazing and sometimes scary what pops into the minds of the panelists behind the bar. Stoup Brewing, Reuben’s Brews, Lucky Envelope Brewing and Populuxe Brewing are turning Ballard into a mini Bavaria on Saturday, Sept. 17. Portland Cider Co. has released Passion Fruit cider, available year-round in 22oz bottles, while also
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Washington State Fair + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = “Fight Song” and firefighter beer Brooks Dental Studio + Odd Otter Brewing Co. = illustrations and ladies RACHEL PLATTEN Growing up in Boston, Rachel Platten recalls harmonizing with her family to finely crafted pop songs — from Sam Cooke to The Beatles — that dominated her parents’ vinyl collection. As a teenager, she gravitated toward, and began to become affected by, hip-hop and female singer-songwriters — Tori Amos, Patti Griffin, A Tribe Called Quest and Nas. The commonality between the
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 2016: South Sound events + craft beer Washington State Fair + The Red Hot = OktoDNCEfest King’s Books + Wet Coast Brewing Co. = links and lagers DNCE On first listen, DNCE’s hit single “Cake by the Ocean” might be another one-hit wonder throwaway. Problem is, there’s a big name behind those capital letters. Joe Jonas, of the pop-rock group the Jonas Brothers is now making his mark with the dance-pop group DNCE (pronounced D-N-C-E, not “dance”), which has a more soulful list of influences than the Brothers, while also featuring the Jonas Brothers’ drummer, Jack Lawless,
Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. co-owner Steve Navarro is on TV! MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … King 5 TV says, “There’s a whole new reason to visit Tacoma: the resurgence of the city’s 120 year old brewing scene.” King 5’s Saint Bryan tours Tacoma breweries. North Bank Beer Week is a celebration of Southwest Washington Beer Sept. 22-30. From North Jetty Brewing at the mouth of the Columbia to Everybody’s Brewing upstream in
Are we alone? Find out at The Swiss tonight. TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 2016: South Sound events + craft beer and cider … The Swiss + The Copper Door = burning questions and burning sun Crescent Moon Gifts + 99 Bottles = protection against witches and gluten LIFE BEYOND EARTH Think of the astonishing advances that will occur if we discover life beyond Earth. Because the civilization communicating with Earth will most certainly be thousands of years more advanced than our own, we will instantly become privy to the wisdom of the ages. That civilization will have
MONDAY, SEPT. 12 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + 7 Seas Brewing = Baltic Porter meets Andy Kaufman meets Black Sabbath The Swiss + Parkway Tavern = tales and infused ales DEATH VALLEY GIRLS Want to see a bluesy rock & roll band that believes in a world of ghosts, mummies, UFOs, conspiracy theories, aliens and demons? LA’s Death Valley Girls will unleash a wild energy that will almost suck the whole Valley Pub into their bass drum. The keyboardist will point a raygun at you. The Kid disappears in a swell of hair behind
John “More Hops” Maier MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 12 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to another list. … Pacific Northwest is one destination that deserves to be on the radar of any determined beercationer looking to pack in a wide variety of experiences. Lager has re-emerged in the craft-brewing world, together with as good a selection of imported lagers as there has ever been. So, where in the Portland area does a beer drinker go to get a Reinheitsgebot-compliant German-style lager and slake that thirst?
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on new beer releases and the latest action along the production line. This week, pumpkin beer royalty, short films, hip-hops, fresh hops drinking
Yesterday we celebrated Silver City Brewery’s 20th anniversary with hundreds of hop leaf compatriots in Bremerton, Washington. Silver City co-owner Scott Houmes and Brewmaster “Big Daddy” Don Spencer were standing just inside the gate when we entered at the noon opening bell. When we left at 3:30 p.m., the giant covered tent was packed with revelers; also packed was all the outdoor seating, with lines in front of the taproom taps and the taps inside the production room. In 1996, brothers Steve and Scott Houmes had a mission to create a happy, community-oriented restaurant and craft brewery. Happy and community
Harlis Sweetwater Band will rock The Valley tonight. SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + Silver City Brewery = party all day and night Doyle’s Public House + Flanagan’s Craft Pub = Americana, tigers and beers, oh my! HARLIS SWEETWATER BAND If the Harlis Sweetwater Band isn’t carefully they’ll be known as The Valley’s house band. This awesome blues meets ’60s-style soul meets rock band will rattle the Rainier cans once again at the Tacoma bar meets restaurant meets music venue. Aside from headlining blues festivals and shows of
Could you work with these guys in a bottle shop/taproom/eatery in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood? Are you interested in working in a 3,800 square foot joint that looks like Paul Bunyan’s vacation home? Would you enjoy pouring craft beer from a 600-pound Western Redwood log? Have you always dreamed to work for bearded twin brothers? Peaks and Pints bottle shop/taproom/eatery will open in a couple weeks in Tacoma’s joyous Proctor neighborhood — and we need to fill a couple positions. The glass atrium fireplace starter position has been filled. The person who will empty the spittoon full
Happy Orchestra performs at Rhythm & Rye tonight. FRIDAY, SEPT. 9 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Lakewood Playhouse + Farrelli’s Pizza = blood-chilling howls and pumpkins Rhythm & Rye + Three Magnets Brewing = wake up and get Happy HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Calm, cool and collected, Sherlock Holmes is the man to call to solve a mystery. With his closest confidante Watson, Sherlock is more a problem solver than a head scratcher, but when Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his foggy estate with a face distorted by terror, Sherlock’s skills
MORNING FOAM FOR SEPT. 9 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the most interesting. … It is both a beer and a party. Black Raven Brewing is ready to release Flocktoberfest, a seasonal lager. Full Sail’s brewmasters have opened the Wild Turkey bourbon casks from Kentucky and released this year’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, a deep and complex brew that is black as night with a strong roasted malt character and full body. Host Brian Calvert (KOMO News by day) enlists his friends in the media and from local
Wolves in the Throne Room will shake Obsidian tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook THURSDAY, SEPT. 8 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … King’s Books + Silver City Brewery = Magnificent Bastard Obsidian + Oly Taproom = fresh hops and crusty doom G. Donnalson’s + The Copper Door = Jared and Jeppe The Brotherhood Lounge + McMenamins Spar Café = discounts CARV’S WILD RIDE Sure, Christian Carvajal is a longtime writer for the Weekly Volcano — but he’s got some really impressive stuff on his resume too. He’s a math teacher, for one. Even better,
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Capitol Theater + Northwest Beerwerks = Captain Fantastic and the wild yeast cowboys Washington State Fair + Rainier Growlers = Run through the Puyallup Broadway Center + Pint Defiance = Moose & Squirrel & Dogs & Shimabukuro CAPTAIN FANTASTIC We feel sorry for the kids in the film Captain Fantastic. Viggo Mortensen portrays their dad who spends a decade in the woods raising and schooling them according to his own worldview — only to find that control threatened when they all have to hit the road for a family
Hood River Hops Fest will host 50 regional breweries in downtown Hood River. Photo credit Pappi Swarner MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom awesomeness. … Silver City Brewery’s 20th anniversary culminates this Saturday with a giant party at its production brewery and taproom in Bremerton. The party will feature more than 20 beers on tap, live music, food trucks and games. Hood River Hops Fest, the Pacific Northwest’s largest fresh-hop beer festival with more than 75
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Swiss + The Red Hot = sour faces Studio 6 Ballroom + Hop Jack’s = ukes and ales GEEKS WHO DRINK Geeks Who Drink quiz is a fast-paced, two hour, eight round trivia night at 8 p.m. every Tuesday in The Swiss Restaurant and Pub. There are eight questions per round — heavy on pop culture — with teams of six people battling it out. What Eurythmics song did Madonna cover? Which celebrity pulled down a bigger paycheck in 2008: A-Rod or Tiger Woods? And how did the
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 5 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom thinker. … Fremont Brewing has launch Field to Ferment Fresh Hop Pale Ale — a rotating lineup of four fresh hop beers throughout the month of September. The first release features the early hop harvest of Centennial hops from Carpenter Ranches in Yakima. This release will be followed by Simcoe, Citra and then finally Mosaic. If you only have 48 hours in Portland – regularly cited as the city with the most breweries of
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on pumpkin beers and the latest action along the production line. This week, guest bartenders, wild yeast, fresh hops and more. Be sure
It’s going to be a beer-filled fall in the South Sound, and the one of the happiest splashes, at least to us, will be the opening of Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and eatery in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood. We’re taking over the former Paramount Theater, which opened in 1923 at 3816 N. 26th St. We found the original theater seats underneath the 1940s wood flooring that a five-and-dime store installed after it inhabited the same space. The city of Tacoma forced us to retrofit the building with steel — a lengthy process — so the old brick and curved
Widowspeak plays The Valley tonight. Photo credit John Stortz SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + South Sound Craft Crawl = self-guide tour of Tacoma and Brooklyn Burs Restaurant + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = psychic tyme Doyle’s Public House + Bikerobrew = good times WIDOWSPEAK The Brooklyn-based duo (via Tacoma and Lakewood) Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas, better known to most as Widowspeak, make pop music that’s light enough to float but carries enough moodiness to remain anchored in reality. It’s some of the best indie-pop
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Washington State Fair + 7 Seas Brewing = moderately spicy to heavily spicy Rhythm & Rye + Boston Harbor Marina = summer’s final journey COLE In 2011, it was a Cole World with J. Cole formally introducing himself with is debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story. As the first artist signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation, J. Cole emerged onto the worldwide rap scene amid crushing hype. But the Fayetteville, North Carolina-bred rapper and Dreamville Records founder never broke. He just slowly and steadily turned out album after
Learn about ForeverGreen Trails while drinking craft beer at The Harmon Restaurant tonight. THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Swiss + Harmon Brewery & Restaurant = Green Tacoma Comedy Club + Silver City Brewery = Wily Temptress HOLY SMOKES Holy Smokes and the Godforsaken Rollers are a Portland-based, indie-blues duo that’ve gone from not a band to recording an EP to blowing out shows in a month. They perform country and delta blues as well as playing old time porch music with a modern spin. Catch them at 9 p.m.
SweetKiss Momma performs in Old Town Park tonight. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … SweetKiss Momma + Puyallup River Brewing = Champions Jazzbones + Pint Defiance = One Love Kittredge Gallery + Red Hot Tacoma = Silver SWEETKISS MOMMA Since forming roughly eight years ago, SweetKiss Momma came out of Puyallup on a full gallop. Formed in a church the band never intended to be a Southern soul rock band. But, as audiences began to embrace them as Southern rock, the band began to embrace that style. Turns out they fit
Figurehead Brewing Co. opens in Seattle Friday, Sept. 2. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Figurehead Brewing will become Seattle’s 60th brewery when it opens in the Magnolia neighborhood Friday, Sept. 2. Fresh off its 6th year “getting you from Pint A to Pint B” around Europe, Portland-based Beercycling introduces a new Oregon Beerway tour, kicking off in May 2017 and feature 5-days and 4-nights cycling between Portland and Hood River. The hot weather
TUESDAY, AUG. 30 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Local Boys Tap Room = The Little Mermaid and 7 Seas Le Voyeur + Oly Taproom = emo and fizz LIFE, ANIMATED It’s Tuesday, which means The Grand Cinema will screen another obscure indie film worthy of your attention: Talk, Animated. Just before he turned 3, Owen Suskind stopped communicating with the world, giving up language for gibberish — in the words of his father, the reporter Ron Suskind, Owen had become “unglued.” Doctors diagnosed Owen as autistic, and his family lost communication with him
MONDAY, AUG. 29 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazzbones + The Ale House Pub = Hop Valley in Herre Galaxy Theatre Uptown + 7 Seas Brewing = The files that Nicky Parsons hacks into shows us that there are/were 10 Black Ops projects: 01. Iron Hand, 02. Spectrum, 03. Hourglass, 04. Rubicon, 05. Spearfish, 06. Larx, 07. Outcome, 08. Emerald Lane, 09. Blackbriar, 10. Treadstone. ROCKARAOKE Whether you opened for Black Flag that one time, or you just like to belt “TV Party” to your cat, the people behind Rockaraoke want you to be their singer. Rockaraoke takes
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, AUG. 29 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom mystery. … Silver City Brewery is a well-oiled machine – with an educated staff that understands the importance of crafting and following a recipe. Change.org proposes Washington state recognize the significance of our natural resources and craft beer culture by officially adding “beer” as the State Drink. Following the debut of Star Trek Golden Anniversary Ale: The Trouble With Tribbles at Comic-Con International in San Diego and “Star Trek Las Vegas,” Shmaltz Brewing Company boldly goes
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on sour showers and the latest action along the production line. This week, water beers, animal beers, forest beers, school beers and more.
SATURDAY, AUG. 27 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Hilltop Street Fair + Parkway Tavern IPA Festival = Tacoma The Grand Cinema + Wine & Stein = fantasy Destiny City Film Festival = unusual honeymoon HILLTOP STREET FAIR There are a string of good reasons to lay your head in Tacoma. It’s friendly. It’s unpretentious. It’s affordable. It’s full of great neighborhoods. It’s full of great people. It’s surprisingly hip in its own odd way. Tacoma shines today at the Hilltop Street Fair from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come see the best of Hilltop with five music
Kim Archer performs at G. Donnalson’s tonight. FRIDAY, AUG. 26 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Destiny City Film Festival + North End Social Club = taking off The Zodiac Supper Club + Silver City Brewery = Sesh Appeal Pool Party G. Donnalson’s Kim Archer + Edison City Alehouse = favorite Standards DESTINY CITY FILM FESTIVAL The Third Annual Destiny City Film Festival kicks off today. The local film festival will be celebrating the art of cinematic storytelling from Aug. 26-27 at the historic Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood. The program will
MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 26 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … The fifth annual Bellingham Beer Week will be held Sept. 9-18, 2016. Bellingham Beer Week began in September 2012 with a like-minded group of publicans, craft brewers, and supporters of great beers. In 2016, Bellingham’s many craft breweries (Chuckanut, Boundary Bay, Kulshan, Aslan, Wander, Structures, Menace and Stones Throw) plan to participate, as well as numerous beer pubs, restaurants, and supporting businesses. Lagunitas Brewing is coming to Seattle. will be taking over the old
Steep Ravine performs at Rhythm & Rye tonight. THURSDAY, AUG. 25 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Enumclaw Pro Rodeo + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = Yee-Haw Citracado! Rhythm & Rye + Fish Brewing = Steep! The Swiss + The Copper Door = Oregon trail PROFESSIONAL RODEO The Enumclaw Pro Rodeo hits the Enumclaw Expo Center at 7 p.m. You can watch tough people get thrown around by burgers on the hoof, enjoy the smell of large animal pucky or watch Mutton Bustin’ in which children ride sheep. Wooooeee, that’s a hoot! PREFUNK: In
