Peaks & Pints bartender Claire Brinich and co-owner Pappi Swarner call today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Ethanol Eight action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Ethanol Eight April 28 PAPPI SWARNER: Hello Peaks & Pints Pals! I’m Peaks co-owner Pappi Swarner. For one day shy of three weeks, Peaks & Pints presented you with a compelling question: What is the best lager brewed in the Pacific Northwest? Well, we’re closer than we’ve ever been to finding out — at least based on the voice of you, the drinkers and voters. Today is a
Beer purists typically scoff at a brew that incorporates anything into its recipe besides water, malt, hops, and yeast. So, offer them a beer with fruit in it and you’re bound to hear a speech on the German Beer Purity Law of 1516. But if one can get past traditionalist approaches to drinking beer, they might find that fruit can be a fantastic brewing ingredient — such as blueberries. Blueberries can give an earthy richness and complexity to beers, especially with darker styles. But blueberries are a rare beer addition—the flavor is subtle, and often brewers end up making cloyingly
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.27.22 Here’s Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.27.22! 54-40 Brewing Fluffy Kittens: Hazy IPA brewed with Simcoe and Calypso hops for tropical notes, 7.1% Bale Breaker Brewing Sesiones Del Migrante Mango IPA: Brewed with 28 pounds per barrel of mango puree toward the end of fermentation to preserve the fresh mango character, then dry hopped with Citra, Simcoe, and Loral hops to bring out the bright, fresh character of the mango, 5.9% Claim 52 Brewing Baked And Stuff Raspberry Apple Cheese Danish: Dessert sour conditioned on raspberry puree, apple puree, cream
The public nominated 64 Northwest lagers for the Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers in early March. Beginning April 8, through online voting on this website, Washington and Oregon brewed pale and light lager drinkers are picking daily winners until the best lager in the Northwest is crowned April 30. It’s just like March Madness, only with way more fermentable sugars. The crispy boi-to-crispy boi battle of the lagers grand champion will be announced at the Tournament of Beers Party April 30 at Peaks and Pints in Tacoma’s Proctor District. The final two lagers will battle live pouring from Peaks and
Peaks & Pints bartenders Brandon Crespin and Phaedra Miller are calling today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Sweet Wort Sixteen action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Sweet Wort Sixteen April 27 PHAEDRA MILLER: Everyone drinks them. Everyone has a favorite. Loyalty? It can inspire the rabid fandom of a true pale and light lager devotee. Maybe your obsession is with hoppy lager from Washington state — or perhaps you drive across the Columbia River for an American lager that’s probably written up in the Scientific Journal. Maybe you’re an adherent of a particular
Peaks & Pints bartenders Brandon Crespin and Amber Hamilton recap yesterday’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers games, and preview today’s Sweet Wort Sixteen competition. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Sweet Wort Sixteen April 26 AMBER HAMILTON: Hello folks! I’m Peaks bartender Amber Hamilton. For the last two weeks Peaks & Pints presented you with a compelling question: What are the best lagers brewed in Washington and Oregon? And you have responded in droves. Sick days have been used. Friendships have fallen apart. Beer Cooler Stockers and Beer Line Cleaners seeking comfort in new
National Pretzel Day is here again. Before you go thinking that Peaks & Pints made up this holiday, so we’d have an excuse to serve our pretzels, let us assure you it’s a real thing. Since 1986 National Pretzel Day has been celebrated annually on April 26. Former Pennsylvania Representative Robert S. Walker declared this day as National Pretzel Day in honor of his favorite snack. This doughy, twisted treat has been enjoyed since the Middle Ages. According to legend, Italian monks first invented the pretzel as a reward for pious village children. It didn’t arrive in America until the
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.25.22 Let’s kick this week off right with Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.25.22! Block 15 Brewing Selection Series — Mosaic: This IPA was brewed exclusively with Mosaic hops from Coleman Agriculture farm in Gervais, Oregon, with an unobtrusive grist profile and soft water base as the canvas, this beer is meant for Mosaic’s vibrant notes of pineapple, melon, and blueberry to shine, 7% Evil Twin Brewing I’d Like a Triple Grandiose, Extra Sweet, Cookies N’ Cream, Caramel Macchiatto, Cappuccino Please: Imperial coffee stout brewed with cacao nibs, coffee, cookies, caramel,
Peaks & Pints bartenders Michelle Cove and Nicole Allen preview today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 25 NICOLE ALLEN: Good day Peaks & Pints Pals! I’m Peaks bartender Nicole Allen. Welcome to Day 12 of the Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers. The last eight lagers in the Second Round are rested from the weekend off and are ready to battle for four spots in the Sweet Wort Sixteen, which begins tomorrow. MICHELLE COVE: This is awesome, baby! Awesome, baby, with a capital ‘A.’
It will be 61 degrees and raining in New Zealand, today. Sounds quite lovely. Let’s pretend we’re Down Under today in the only way possible — drinking beers made with New Zealand hop varieties. American craft breweries began seriously researching these hops in 2016 as many hops varieties grown in the United States are becoming more expensive and more difficult to get as the craft-brewing industry expands and more consumers embrace craft beer. The Southern Hemisphere brings wild, tropical, and overwhelming bright, fruity characteristics from such hops as Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, Ella, Vic Secret, Enigma, Motueka, Moutere, Wai-iti, Nectaron, Rakau,
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.23.22 Halfway through the weekend beer reload with Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.23.22 Anderson Valley Brewing Salted Caramel Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter: Aged for 6 months in Wild Turkey bourbon barrels, this imperial poter is woody and slightly sweet with notes of vanilla, caramel and peanut brittle flavors, 9.5% Dogfish Head 120 Minute : Continuously hopped for 120 minutes with a copious amount of high-alpha American hops throughout the boil and whirlpool, and then dry-hopped with another pallet of hops, 15% Grains of Wrath Brewery Come On Down: Collaboration with
Peaks & Pints bartender Claire Brinich and co-owner Pappi Swaner recap yesterday’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers games. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 23 PAPPI SWARNER: Heeeelloooooo lager fans! I’m Pappi Swarner. The subject of lagers is, like the subject of barbecue, vexed and fraught with controversy. What constitutes a great lager? Who makes the best? Everyone seems to have her or his own favorite, and everyone’s an expert. In early March, we pulled the public asking what are the top 64 lagers brewed in Washington and Oregon? You chimed in. Friday,
Today, the German Beer Purity Law — Reinheitsgebot — celebrates 506 years of absolutely nothing but barley (or wheat), hops, water, and yeast. Not so much as a spruce tip or cacao nib may defile anything called “beer.” Across Germany, breweries, brewing museums, beer gardens, and micro-breweries will mark the purity law anniversary by opening their doors to allow a glimpse behind the scenes for visitors to experience the art of brewing as well as its long history. German brewing traditions are influenced by the highly controlled pragmatic Bavarian approach of the Reinheitsgebot coupled with the flamboyant, daring, and just
Peaks & Pints bartenders Claire Brinich and Erika Brown provide commentary on today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Second Round. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 22 CLAIRE BRINICH: Hello everyone! I’m Peaks & Pints bartender Claire Brinich. Beginning April 26, we’ll cut the field of 64 Washington and Oregon brewed pale and light lagers down to the Sweet Wort Sixteen. April 28, it’ll drop to the Ethanol Eight. On April 30, we’ll announce the winner of the Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers – picked by you, of course –
“Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure.” So states John McConnell’s original Earth Day proclamation. Peaks and Pints enjoys McConnell’s Earth Day speech better than Agent Smith’s line in the first Matrix movie where he stares menacingly at Morpheus and speaks about how every mammal on Earth instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, “but you humans do not.
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.21.22 What are you drinking this weekend? 🚨 Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.21.22 🚨HAPPY THURSDAY! 7 Seas Brewing Tripel Delight: Trappist-inspired tripel conditioned on dried citrus peel and a touch of fresh ginger, and aged for 2 years in port wine barrels for a dried fruit characteristic with subtle caramel flavors leading to a dry, mildly tannic finish, 10.4% Bombastic Brewing Big Dumb Beer: Imperial stout brewed with roasted wheat and flaked oats for a full body and chocolate rye to give bold chocolate notes with minimal bitterness, 15% E9
Peaks & Pints bartenders Claire Brinich and Mitchell Lovett call the Tournament of Beer: Northwest lagers action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 21 MITCHELL LOVETT: The turnout was high yesterday. In voting numbers for sure, and delivery sandwich pick-ups indeed, but I’m sure around burning bowls and makeshift watermelon bongs too. Welcome to day 10 of the Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers. Hi folks. I’m Peaks bartender Mitchell Lovett and I’m here to help you get through the fogginess and dry mouth with a recap of yesterday’s Second Round
Consider Incognito. John I. Haas did. North America’s leading hops supplier offers this viscous liquid to brewers who want maximum aroma with virtually no loss of volume in the whirlpool as there is no vegetal matter, or “green character.” It’s a wonderful tool for brewing hazy IPAs. Incognito — a CO2 extract of hops made with all hops — reduces process loss by up to 25 percent by enabling brewers to replace wort-absorbing hop pellets with a 100 percent-hops-based liquid that is easy to pour at ambient temperatures. Easy to ship, store and pour, Incognito also greatly reduces the number
Peaks & Pints bartender Claire Brinich and cook Brittney Crowder call today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers Second Round action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 20 BRITTNEY CROWDER: Now it’s getting exciting! The Saccharomyces pastorianus yeast are starting to really feast, and the Pilsner malt bags are piling up so high you could build St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral. OK, so that’s a silly analogy. Point is: This is serious! Hello folks, I’m Brittney Crowder and with me is Claire Brinich. CLAIRE BRINICH: Howdy! Howdy! Today the Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers officially kicks
There’s no shortage of things you can do to celebrate 4/20, like, say, visiting numerous dispensaries and buying copious amounts of deeply discounted cannabis and cannabis products, and then, you know, consuming them, perhaps in a Mrs. Butterworth’s bong or Cheech & Chong joint. Then, you’ll get the munchies because cannabis consumption activates certain receptors in our brains, directing hunger-fighting neurons to switch sides and stimulate our appetites. The most generic strains of weed can lube up an appetite, especially for anyone who doesn’t toke very often, but there is a rare class of cannabis out there digging endless pits
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 4.19.22 Avery Brewing Vanilla Bean: Double dose of vanilla derived from both fresh bourbon barrels and the trio of Tongan, Ugandan, and Mexican whole vanilla beans is complemented by the essences of chocolate, caramel, and molasses to round out this luxurious silky stout, 10.5% Holy Mountain Brewing Bitter Peace: A traditional ESB brewed with 100 percent English malts, and hopped exclusively with East Kent Golding for roast and slight fruit, 6% Holy Mountain Consider The Ortolan: Hazy double IPA brewed with a combination of Pilsner, 2-row, flaked barley, and malted oats, then hopped
Peaks & Pints bartenders Amy Kirk and Trish Ortega recap yesterday’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers games and preview today’s battles. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 19 AMY KIRK: Hello Peaks & Pints Pals! I’m Peaks bartender Amy Kirk. Low and behold, today marks the closing of the Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lager First Round action. After today’s battles the bracket will officially be down to 32 Washington and Oregon brewed pale and light lagers, and brewers will start hiring cheerleaders. Honestly, if it gets any more exciting, we’ll
Once viewed as evil, associated with Big Yellow Beer, craft brewers are now singing, “rice, rice, baby.” Rice’s delicate flavor has recently captured the attention of the next generation of experimental craft brewers lending subtle tropical notes and a bright finish to their lagers, as well as ales. It also lightens the body and cuts some of the malty-ness in a lager. Today, Peaks and Pints highlights the neo-rice brewers in a to-go flight of beers brewed with rice — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Rice On The Fly. Pro tip: our Tournament of Beer: Northwest
Peaks & Pints staff members Nicole Allen and Caleb Pletcher preview today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 18 NICOLE ALLEN: The Tournament of Beer Council has always believed lager beer first appeared in Bavaria in the 1400s, perfected by monks who would store their suds in icy alpine caves over the summer. They would brew with a Saccharomyces pastorianus, a type of yeast that sits at the bottom of the beer and ferments best at temperatures between 40- and 50-degree Fahrenheit, like said icy alpine caves’
When the Aztecs conquered the Totonacs in 1427, they discovered the essence of the black vanilla pod brought in flavoring and medicinal value to their culture. They were the first to use both vanilla and cocoa together to help with the flavor of their foods and drinks, often mixing them together. The mixture was much like our “hot chocolate,” but they called it “xocolatl.” At the time of the Spanish Conquest in 1521, the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was among the largest cities in the world, with perhaps as many as 200,000 inhabitants. It was a city of great
Instagram Outsider: Easter, Snow, Dogs, Life From Easter beer to April snow, from all the dogs to new beer releases, Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider returns today with a photo essay of Instagram posts from the past week. Be sure to keep tagging us @peaksandpints and @ciderofdestiny for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Easter, Snow, Dogs, Life View this post on Instagram A post shared by Silver Moon Brewing (@silvermoonbrewing) View this post on Instagram A post shared by
The cherry lambic, or kriek, is often considered a pillar of Belgian brewing. Along with gueuze and framboise, it is a mainstay beer in that country. Lambic-style beers are known for their musty, tart, sour, acidic, and earthy flavors. Traditional methods used by Belgian brewers involve wild or natural fermentation with yeast and bacteria that are part of the terroir. The kriek (“cherry” in Flemish) is most commonly considered a fruited lambic (however, other beers like the Flanders red ale are sometimes fruited with cherries). The kriek originated in the Senne River valley near Brussels. They should be tart, crisp
Peaks & Pints bartenders Matt Usher and Claire Brinich discuss yesterday’s lager games. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 16 MATT USHER: Well, whaddaya know! It’s mid-April, and dagnabit if all that “Madness” isn’t still in the air! What’s one to do with all that pent up “madness?” It can make for quite a dilemma. … Unless, of course, you’ve found something like Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers to help get you through. Hello Peaks & Pints Palls! I’m Peaks bartender and cook Matt Usher and through this month lager
Casey and Laura Ruud purchased the floundering Winthrop brewery in 2008, changed the name to Old Schoolhouse Brewery, cleaned it up, and quickly turned it into an award-winning gem of a brewpub. Life happens, and the Ruud’s sold the brewery to three gentlemen who grew up in New Hampshire together, brothers Nathan and Jacob Young and Troy Anderson. Jacob and Nathan knew restaurants and bars inside and out. Troy coached high school track with Jacob and worked at Microsoft with Nathan. All three enjoy the outdoors, which is almost mandatory since the original riverfront brewery and gastropub is in Winthrop,
Peaks and Pints New Craft in Stock 4.15.22 Happy Friday! Peaks and Pints New Craft in Stock 4.15.22 will help you kick back, relax, and enjoy your weekend to its fullest … or help you through egg hunts. Cheers! Bale Breaker Brewing Homegrown Spring IPA: All ingredients are grown on Bale Breaker’s farm in Moxie for notes of blood orange, blackberry, white peach, pine resin, and graham cracker, 7.2% Deschutes Brewery Obsidian Peanut Butter Stout: Spin on Obsidian with real peanut butter and milk sugar then blended in a whiskey barrel-aged stout to add complexity, strength, vanilla tannings, and spiciness,
Peaks & Pints bartenders Claire Brinich, left, and Erika Brown recap yesterday’s games and preview today’s lager battles. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 15 ERIKA BROWN: Favorites or underdogs, pale or light, Mexican or Japanese, it’s all the same. In the end, they all have one chance to fenagle bottom-fermenting yeast at cold temperatures to achieve a crisp, clean lager that can take the prize. Sixty-four Washington and Oregon brewed lagers were selected and seeded by the public last month for the Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers, which is
The family-run Urban Family Brewing hid in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood for many years. Located close to Fishermen’s Terminal, even GPS sometimes would mislead beer drinkers on Urban Family’s exact location, which made them cry due to the world-class sours the brewery released on a every two-week basis. The 8-year-old brewery relocated to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood in early 2020. “The team at Urban Family is grateful to the Magnolia community for their support, and will miss being in the neighborhood,” owner Andy Gundel said in a press release. “But the new facility provides unparalleled opportunities.” The new location allowed for a
Peaks and Pints New Craft in Stock 4.14.22 April snow showers brings Peaks and Pints New Craft in Stock 4.14.22, or something. … E9 Brewing Add It Up: Collaboration with 10 Barrel Brewing’s Head Brewer Tonya Cornett’s TinyHaus small batch project, this pastry stout is brewed with dark malts, cacao nibs, Madagascar vanilla beans, and hazelnuts, 9.5% Kings & Daughters Brewery Brass Tacks: Hazy double IPA with big tropical and citrus hop notes of mango, passionfruit, ripe orange, a hint of coconut, and citrus zest, 8.4% Kings & Daughters Resist: Hazy IPA with all profits going to Together Rising Ukraine
Peaks & Pints bartenders Brandon Crespin and Claire Brinich recap yesterday’s games and preview today’s battles. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 14 CLAIRE BRINICH: Over a three-week period, Peaks & Pints pits 64 of the Northwest’s best in a crispy bois battle of lagers. This is a tournament, folks, not a playoff. Each match is do or die — one misstep and you’re out of the dance. Pitching temperature too high, didn’t spend enough money on base malt, and you can pack your brewers paddle and go home. Sure, there are plenty
Did you also know that there’s a National Pecan Day? Yup, National Pecan Day is celebrated annually April 14. Nuts are known to be an appetite-curbing, healthy snack, but why do we have a national holiday devoted to a single nut? Well, the pecan is the only naturally occurring nut produced in the US. It was a staple in the diet of Native Americans as early as the 1500s and is currently expected to remain in the top three most-consumed nuts in America along with peanuts and almonds. A perfect instance of something everyone considers a nut, but pecans are
Peaks & Pints bartender Matt usher and cook Brittney Crowder recap yesterday’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lager results. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 13 MATT USHER: About six centuries ago, Bavarian brewers came to understand that a longer fermentation at lower temperatures could produce a crisper, cleaner beer with lower alcohol levels. But it wasn’t until the advent of microbiology in the 19th century that they could identify and cultivate yeast that reliably did so: lager yeast. Hello everyone, I’m Peaks & Pints bartender Matt Usher and this is day four of
President George H.W. Bush was an ardent supporter of the national parks. In 1991, during his administration, the National Park Service celebrated its 75th anniversary. In honor of the occasion, President Bush was the first to designate National Park Week in mid-April. This year, National Park Week begins the third Saturday, April 16 and runs through Sunday, April 24. Parks across the country will host a variety of special programs, events, and digital experiences. Entrance fees are waived on April 16 to kick off National Park Week, including Mountain Rainier National Park and Olympic National Park. As you enjoy our
Peaks & Pints bartenders Trish Ortega and Amber Hamilton recap yesterday’s action and previews today’s four games. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 12 AMBER HAMILTON: Live from Peaks & Pints it’s the Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers! I’m Peaks bartender Amber Hamilton. Let’s get down to lager logic. What constitutes a great pale and light lager? Who brews the best in the Pacific Northwest? Everyone seems to have his or her own favorite, and everyone’s an expert. This past March Peaks & Pints polled the public asking what are the top 64
It’s Maibock drinking season, at least according to the Germans. Since 1614, the first kegs are tapped at Munich’s Hofbräuhaus during the last week of April as they bid auf wiedersehen to winter and welcome the warming days of spring with a lager strong enough to withstand cooler nights but aromatic enough to match the flowering trees and budding plants outside. Maibocks (mai-, pronounced “my,” is German for May), like other bocks (stout lagers) are malt-forward, full-bodied beers with a stronger alcohol content (6.3 to 8.1 percent). But, unlike their darker brothers the dopplebock, Maibocks highlight floral hop characteristics that
6-Pack of Things To Do: April 11-12 2022 Relish so tremendously, so irresistibly the fact you exist, the fact that you can feel your heartbeat through your clothes, the fact you get to actually drink international ciders, drink mead while listening to metal, and vote for your favorite Northwest brewed lager. Enjoy 6-Pack of Things To Do: April 11-12 2022. TOURNAMENT OF BEER: During the month of March, we asked our Peaks and Pints patrons and the public to vote for their favorite lagers brewed in Washington and Oregon. Through an online nomination system, beer enthusiasts listed 86 lagers with
Peaks & Pints staff members Aaron Brooks and Amy Kirk preview today’s Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers action. Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers April 11 (voting closed) During the month of March, we asked our Peaks and Pints patrons and the public to vote for their favorite lagers brewed in Washington and Oregon. Through an online nomination system, beer enthusiasts listed 86 lagers with the top 64 seeding the Tournament of Beer: Northwest Lagers’ knockout bracket, which kicked off Friday when the first eight lagers met on our wooden floor. This scenario continues
Apples were among some of the first crops grown in colonial America. Potted seedlings and bags of apple seeds were brought over on the Mayflower. The Bible-thumping Puritans were not teetotalers. Apple orchards in colonial America usually meant one thing: hard cider. Apples flourished in the fertile soil and friendly climate, and soon apples were a key part of most colonial farms and menus. A thirst for beer and the introduction of prohibition laws meant hard cider became an almost forgotten beverage, but it is currently undergoing a revival with small producers and large booze brands all getting in on
Instagram Outsider: Beer Day, Oregon Beer Awards, Climb For Clean Air From Beer Day to the Oregon Beer Awards, from baseball to Climb For Clean Air, Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider returns today with a photo essay of Instagram posts from the past week. Be sure to keep tagging us @peaksandpints and @ciderofdestiny for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Beer Day, Oregon Beer Awards, Climb For Clean Air. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oregon Beer Awards (@oregonbeerawards)
Long before the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans were producing maple sugar to flavor their food and as a valuable item for trade. Colonists learned the technique from Native Americans and used maple sugar in place of cane sugar, which was then an expensive luxury. Nicknamed the sugarbush, the sugar maple yields sap that is boiled and concentrated into one of the best reasons to wake up any morning: an amber or golden maple syrup to douse pancakes and waffles — or add to craft beer. It’s healthful, too: high in manganese and zinc, maple syrup is touted to help strengthen
