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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.15.24

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.15.24 ‼️ FRESHIE FRIDAY ‼️ Peaks & Pints presents another six-pack of new arrivals to our cooler, including Cloudburst Brewing’s nod to Anchor Brewing’s Our Special Ale. Come hang out this weekend; let us provide some joy together! CLOUDBURST BREWING DISTINCTIVE HOLIDAY ALE: Spiced winter warmer brewed with malts, hops, spices, joy, and cheer — there’s a new Our Special Ale in town and it’s Cloudburst’s Distinctive Holiday Ale, 6.7%, 16oz CLOUDBURST BREWING HO HUM: Unfiltered American pale ale hopped with a blend of Citra, Mosaic, and Talus for citrus and pine bitterness, 5.9%,

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Pray For Snow Prefunk

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First things first… SNOW. Snow prompts Peaks & Pints to think that the All Mighty, while he may not shoot craps with the universe as Albert Einstein said, at least has a sense of humor. She makes existence uncertain by conjuring up mountain-level snow every now and then, but at no apparently regular interval, and throws in a few earthquakes, ice storms, floods and the like now and then just to let us know who is boss. Now what? Well, the original downhill pioneers damn near strapped entire tree trunks to their feet, doggedly steering them like great monoliths. Those

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.14.24

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.14.24 Today’s Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack offers a Belgian saison, amber ale, red ale, smooth stout, pastry stout and a double IPA named after your aunt’s neck tat. Cheers! BRASSERIE FANTOME CAEYMAEX: Saison brewed with spices, water, barley, hops, yeast, and candi sugar for notes of candi sugar and toasted caramel plunging into a bath of Belgian yeast laced with spices that carry a wintery tone, slight earth, and a kiss of plum on the finish, 8%, 750ml OLD STOVE BREWING HELL HAWK: Pastry stout brewed with cacao, vanilla beans, and toasted

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Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Reuben Cuban

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Peaks & Pints Kitchen Brittany combines elements of a Reuben and Cuban for our Thursday Sandwich Special. Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Reuben Cuban Thursday, Nov. 14 2024: The Peaks & Pints Kitchen Brittany combined Pastrami, Thousand Island, Havarti, Pickles, Onion, and Tomato on Rye Bread for our Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Reuben Cuban. PAIRING: Matchless Brewing Brave & Adventurous Big Nose Kate inspired Matchless to brew a Vienna lager that pairs well with their whiskey; featuring some of the same grains they use. Brewed with Pilsner, Vienna and Rye malts — plus

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Equilibrium

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In 2016, MIT graduates and friends Peter Oates and Ricardo Petroni opened Equilibrium Brewery in Middletown, New York. The two professional scientists became obsessed with New England hazy IPAs spending more time at Hill Farmstead Brewery and The Alchemist than their laboratory. Finally purchasing a homebrewing kit, Oats and Petroni strived to create scientifically balanced beer, which they did before brewing their first double IPA, named EQM, in 2015. It didn’t hurt they were trained in water chemistry. Since then, demand forced them to open a second site in Middletown to brew more cult-classic, scientific hazy beers — beers they

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.13.24

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Here’s a six-pack of beer that arrived at Peaks & Pints Wednesday, Nov. 13. Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.13.24 Here’s a six-pack of new beer that arrived in the Peaks & Pints cooler today. Cheers! BLOCK 15 BREWING BUZZWORKS: Collaboration with Chris King Precision Components to celebrate the riding season, this West Coast pilsner is bursting with citrus, lychee, and strawberry hop notes, 5.5%, 16oz EQUILIBRIUM BREWERY TREE OF LIFE: Imperial coffee stout Tree of Life brewed with coconut flakes, almonds, Mostra Ghostbear coffee, and Madagascar vanilla for flavors of thick chocolate fudge, crushed

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Chuckanut Brewery

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In 1984, chemical engineer and homebrewer Will Kemper and his culinary crackerjack wife Mari left Boulder, Colorado, and opened Thomas Kemper brewery on Bainbridge Island, Washington, then quickly moved it to Poulsbo. In 1992, Thomas Kemper merged with Hart Brewing, which went on to be Pyramid Breweries. The Kempers signed a non-compete and left to become consultants with East Coast and international breweries. After a bunch of traveling, they moved to Bellingham where they opened Chuckanut Brewery in 2008 — a convergence of technical and engineering concepts developed from more than two decades of professional involvement with craft brewing both

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.12.24

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New craft beer to the Peaks & Pints cooler Tuesday, Nov. 12. Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack 11.12.24 Here comes the rain again Falling on your head like a memory Falling on your head like a new emotion You want to walk in the open wind You want to talk like beer lovers do Want to dive into the Peaks & Pints cooler Is this new beer six-pack speaking to you? BALE BREAKER BREWING DORMANCY: Boasting notes of freshly brewed espresso and rich chocolate, this coffee stout is conditioned on roasted coffee beans from Yakima’s

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Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Turkey Pre-Funk

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Pair the Peaks & Pints Tuesday Sandwich Special with Ayinger’s delicious Brau-Weisse. Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Turkey Pre-Funk Tuesday, Nov. 12 2024: Peaks & Pints Kitchen Brittany can’t wait for Thanksgiving so she grabbed turkey meat and smothered it with provolone, roasted red peppers, whipped feta, onion, tomato, arugula and balsamic reduction on sourdough. PAIRING: Ayinger Bräu-Weisse Hefeweizens find harmony with tangy cheeses such as feta. Ayinger Bräu-Weisse smells deeply of ripe banana, lemon, and clove. It drinks super-smooth and a touch fruity and tart, before concluding dry and clean. All over the world,

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6-Pack of Things To Do in Tacoma: November 12-18 2024

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6-Pack of Things To Do in Tacoma: November 12-18 2024 It’s beginning to look a lot like 6-Pack of Things To Do. … TUESDAY, NOV. 12 — EPIC BREWING STOUT FLIGHT: Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, released another round of variants for their Big Bad Baptist whiskey barrel-aged imperial coffee and chocolate stout. Peaks & Pints presents an in-house flight of Epic’s Big Bad Baptist culinary confection flavor variants — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Epic Big Bad Baptist Variants. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Peaks & Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Epic Big Bad Baptist Variants

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In 2009, Epic Brewing Company became Utah’s first brewery since prohibition to exclusively brew high-alcohol content beer. Having started an international aquaculture company in Utah in 1992, David Cole and Peter Erickson were no strangers to food and drink (and the art of making them well), so when they teamed up with acclaimed brewmaster and fellow beer geek Kevin Crompton to open epic Brewing in Salt Lake City, they saw rapid growth early in its existence. In 2013, Epic expanded its brewery operations into Colorado by opening a second brewery in the River North District of downtown Denver. The Denver

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Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Cuban French Dip

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Pair Peaks & Pints Monday French Dip Special with Rainy Daze Brewing’s Frosty Chairlift Winter Warmer. Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Cuban French Dip Monday, Nov. 11 2024: The Peaks & Pints Kitchen Brittany went Cuban with our weekly Monday French Dip Special featuring Cuban-style Pot Roast, Havarti, Red Onion, and Mayo on Sourdough with a side of Au Jus. PAIRING: Rainy Daze Brewing Frosty Chairlift Rainy Daze Brewing’s Frosty Chairlift winter warmer’s brown sugar notes complement the delicious pot roast while the beer’s hoppy, pine and cedar notes will bump up the spice level.

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Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Veterans Day

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The historical epoch of Armistice Day began with the Nov. 11, 1918, signing of a ceasefire between Germany and the Allied powers of World War I. President Woodrow Wilson initiated it. In the South Sound, we’re reminded of war’s impact more often than people in most other cities. But even so, it’s not often enough. Our freedoms, our heritage and the way of life we enjoy today are made possible because of our military veterans. Today’s 106th anniversary of Veterans Day honors all of America’s veterans for their patriotism, service and sacrifice. And for their families, there is no better

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 11.10.24

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This Peaks & Pints six-pack offers the variety of life. Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 11.10.24 Tomorrow is Veterans Day, which means many beer drinkers have the day off to reflect. Peaks & Pints presents a six-pack of beer that has recently arrived in the Peaks & Pints 850-plus cooler. ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING WINTER SOLSTICE: Pleasantly creamy with a silky body, the winter warmer offers sweet caramel flavor with hints of seasonal spices and a clean, malty finish, 6.9%, 12oz FAST FASHION BREWING I NEED THIS: Collaboration with Willibard Farm Distillery and Brewery, this double

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Vanilla Cupcake Day

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Today, Nov. 10, has been designated Vanilla Cupcake Day by someone. Nobody knows exactly who, and who cares? The real question is why it’s not a national holiday. According to NationalDayCalendar.com, cupcakes can be traced back to 1796, when there was a recipe for “a cake to be baked in small cups” in American Cookery by Amelia, Simmons, a great woman. They were originally baked in heavy pottery cups — sounds like a messy cleanup. The paper cups are less fussy. Vanilla beans, like coffee and chocolate, only proliferate naturally in tropical latitudes, and, like wine grapes, the various strains reflect the

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Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Thanksgiving Kids Table

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Peaks & Pints Kitchen Kylee busted open a Tim’s Chips bag for her Saturday special. Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Thanksgiving Kids Table Saturday, Nov. 9 2024: Peaks & Pints Kitchen Kylee whipped up Cranberry Mayo to smother Turkey, Beecher’s Cheddar, Honeycrisp Apples, and Arugula on Sourdough. She also adds Tim’s Chips thus the title, Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Thanksgiving Kids Table. PAIRING: Bale Breaker Brewing Frenzgiving OK, a Berliner Weisse makes more sense as a pairing, but how can you not pair this Thanksgiving sandwich special with Bale Breaker’s third Frenzgiving —

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Cellarmaker Brewing

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Tim Sciascia, Connor Casey, and Kelly Caveney founded Cellarmaker Brewing Company in San Francisco’s SoMa district in 2013. After meeting at Marin Brewing Company, they acquired a former auto shop, completely gutted it, and turned it into their brewery and tasting room. Russian River was a big influence on the hoppy beers that Sciascia would go on to make at Cellarmaker. He and his crew are hopheads. He eventually began brewing hazy-to-opaque pale ales and IPAs. In November 2022, Cellarmaker acquired The Rare Barrel and its facility in Berkeley, California. In 2023, Cellarmaker was part of the Fort George 3-Way

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 11.8.24

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Here’s your Friday night six-pack of new arrivals to the Peaks & Pints cooler. Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 11.8.24 Here’s your weekend six-pack! Stop by Peaks & Pints in Tacoma’s Proctor District and grab this 6-pack of new arrivals in our 850-plus cooler. Cheers! BLOCK 15 BREWING STICKY HANDS: SOLAR FLARE: Hazy double IPA with explosive aroma from heaps of Strata, Nectaron, and Eclipse hops, 8.1%, 16oz LIVING HAUS BEER BARNABY: Collaboration with 3 Floyds, Boneyard, Gigantic, Ninkasi, Stigbergets, and Wayfinder, this golden ale, brewed in memory of Barnaby Struve of 3 Floyds, has

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Skate the Armory Pride Edition

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You enter the Tacoma Armory wearing your Guess denim jacket circa ’89 and Girbuad jeans with your roller skates dangling over your shoulder. It’s been years since you had any wheel-spinning action. Thanks to Tacoma Arts Live, Skate the Armory: Pride Edition offers a razzle-dazzle evening of roller skating from 5-10 p.m. Whether you’re a seasoned skater or just starting out, all levels are welcome. DJ Eli will guide the evening with lights, music, and rainbow-rific visual projections. You grab your best friend because you’re not going down alone. You have to re-learn how to stiff-arm quick. Thankfully, you acknowledged

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Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: The Rocky Balboa

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The Peaks & Pints Rocky Balboa Thursday Sandwich Special pairs well with Great Notion’s Birra Sporgenza. Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: The Rocky Balboa Thursday, Nov. 7 2024: The Peaks & Pints Kitchen Brittany stacked salami, pepperoni, and ham to be smothered with pesto, olive tapenade, green peppers, red onions, provolone, Parmesan, tomato, and white balsamic on sourdough. PAIRING: Great Notion Brewing Birra Sporgenza Italian pilsners are dry and refreshing, with a pronounced hop character and dry hopped for more aroma. The Oregon brewery brewed their Italian-style pilsner is brewed with Tettnanger, Saaz, and Saphir

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Prairie Bombs and Pumpkin Pie

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After sharing their different and experimental variations of saisons working as gypsy brewers, brothers Chase and Colin Healey decided it was time to have a brewery of their own. They raised more than $20,000 on Kickstarter with the help of fans and formed Prairie Artisan Ales in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2012. Chase Healey grabbed the brewhouse while his brother is the talent behind the fun, funky branding, and logo design. Together, they brought a unique perspective to brewing — especially big bold barrel aged stouts and super crisp and funky farmhouse ales. Today, Peaks & Pints presents an in-house flight

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Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider November 2024

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Peaks & Pints has new beer and cider arriving daily to our 850-plus cooler. Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider November 2024 Peaks and Pints Cooler houses more than 850-plus craft beer and cider cans and bottles, not counting all the bottles of wine on our shelves, including the new choice autumn 2024 arrivals listed below. Peaks & Pints strives to fulfill customer requests and supply our neighbors with the latest craft beer and cider. If you have questions regarding beer availability or special orders, please contact feedback@peakcandpints.com. Shop our cooler at 3826 N.

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Proctor & Pints: Gardensphere Jubelale Pre-funk

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Grab a Deschutes Brewery Jubelale from Peaks & Pints and enjoy while ordering your Gardensphere Christmas tree online. Proctor & Pints: Gardensphere Jubelale Pre-funk It’s Christmas-pre-funk-time! It’s that time of the year when the weather gets colder and the people get warmer (generally), and when red and green become the most popular colors around town (and on ladies’ fingernails). The radio stations start playing that jolly Christmas music, and the cheesy — yet equally classic — holiday movies are on repeat on your TV guide. But soon we’ll be dragging trees, branches, and even holiday plants

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 11.6.24

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This Peaks & Pints six-pack of new arrivals to our cooler could kick your butt. Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 11.6.24 Could you use a six-pack of beer? Stop by Peaks & Pints in Tacoma’s Proctor District and grab this 6-pack of new arrivals in our 850-plus cooler. Cheers! AVERY BREWING ISLAY: Imperial stout aged in rare Islay Scotch barrels for big aroma and flavor notes peat, whiskey and campfire wood, plus a little malt sweetness, 10.4%, 120z AVERY BREWING TEQUILACERBUS: Sour ale aged for several months in Suerte’s Añejo and Reposado barrels for

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Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Chicken Salad Comfort

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This week’s Wednesday Chicken Salad Sandwich Special pairs well with Fruh Kolsch. Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Chicken Salad Comfort Wednesday, Nov. 6 2024: Peaks & Pints Kitchen Brittany whipped up her weekly Wednesday Chicken Salad Sandwich Special — this week with garlic herb mayo, goat cheese, red onion, cucumber, and tomato on sourdough PAIRING: Früh Kölsch Pair the Peaks and Pints Tacoma Sandwich Special: Chicken Salad Comfort with Früh Kölsch, a top-fermented specialty beer brewed according to the German Purity Law. Kölsch is fermented with ale yeast at warm temperatures, then conditioned at cold

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2024

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Douville Home Group’s Hoppy Holiday Food Drive has brought together 10 Pierce County breweries and cideries for a friendly competition to collect non-perishable food and hygiene items for Emergency Food Network, or EFN. From Nov. 5 through Dec. 3, items can be donated in-person or monetary donations can be made online using the QR codes on all the marketing materials. Again, all donations benefit EFN, whose mission is, “… to provide Pierce County with a consistent, diverse and nutritious food supply so that no person goes hungry.” Overall, more than 2.6 million visits were made to EFN partner programs during

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack 11.3.24

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New craft beer arrivals to the Peaks & Pints cooler Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack 11.3.24 Peaks & Pints presents a six-pack of new arrivals to our cooler to enjoy during Sunday Night Football tonight. It’s a matchup of former Jets QBs Joe Flacco of the Indianapolis Colts and Sam Darnold of the Minnesota Vikings. Flacco already has two wins in place of Anthony Richardson earlier this season and now gets the No. 1 job after Richardson’s bizarre “tap out” for a key third-and-goal play last week because he was “tired.” Stop by Peaks

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Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Holy Mountain Beer

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Raised in Puyallup, Colin Lenfesty was a longtime homebrewer who worked his way into the Schooner EXACT Brewing team where he met sales guy Mike Murphy. In 2014, the two opened Holy Mountain in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood. Their oak-influenced and mixed fermentation beers, as well as hop-forward ales and lagers, instantly gained crowds and awards. During the pandemic, Murphy left Holy Mountain and the industry to open Outer Dark Coffee in Tacoma leaving Lenfesty to forge ahead brewing more hop-forward beers than sours and saisons. Forklift failures, whiskey wrestling, fly fishing and the quickest and most delicious entry into craft

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Tacoma Beer Factoid: Clicquot Club

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Tacoma Beer Factoid: Clicquot Club Circa 1952 Tacoma, an unidentified young lady admires a display of two huskies pulling a sled of Clicquot Club beverages who are being urged on by a small, hooded figure. Clicquot Club Beverages was one of the largest national beverage companies. Posters on the wall behind the display advertise the Clicquot Club/KJR Theater Party on August 29. The Clicquot Club sponsored KJR’s Saturday Night Dance Party from 8-11:30 pm on radio station 950. The Theater Party on August 29th would provide live entertainment with Little Bill and the Blue Notes in concert. Admission was only

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Peaks and Pints 8th Anniversary: AleSmith Speedway Grand Prix Beer Flight

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For the second year in row, Peaks & Pints will be a pit stop for AleSmith Brewing’s Speedway Grand Prix on the road. The longtime, San Diego brewery takes their San Diego Beer Week signature Speedway Grand Prix event on the road, popping up in cities nationwide, including Tacoma. As part of our 8th Anniversary celebration, join us for an epic night filled with exclusive Speedway Stout variants and other delicious barrel-aged favorites on draft. We’ll have fun AleSmith beers in the cooler, too. Come out and meet the AleSmith team and get your hands on some Speedway and AleSmith

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Peaks and Pints 8th Anniversary Cider Flight: Schilling Cider

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Established in 2019 by Schilling Cider, the Washington-based cider company with Sasquatch as a mascot, launched October National Cider Month five years ago. Throughout the month, Peaks & Pints has featured Schilling Cider with cider flights and special parties. As part of the Peaks & Pints 8th Anniversary celebration, Peaks & Pints presents our National Cider Month with Schilling Finale Party tonight from 5-8 p.m. with many Schilling ciders on tap, a Schilling cider flight, and top-tier swag giveaways. Since Schilling and Peaks & Pints have partnered with Washington Wild many times, this celebration will also be a fundraiser for

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Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 10.29.24

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New beer arrivals to the Peaks & Pints cooler for Tuesday, Oct. 29 2024. Peaks and Pints New Beer Six Pack: 10.29.24 Tuesday is a great new brews day. Stop by Peaks & Pints in Tacoma’s Proctor District and grab this 6-pack of new arrivals to our 850-plus cooler. Cheers! BLOCK 15 FLICKER IPA: Post leap into a pile of leaves IPA with notes of lychee, stone fruit, and pine, 7%, 16oz DESCHUTES BREWERY JUBELALE: Embodying the spirit of celebration since 1988, Jubelale winter warmer offers notes of spice, a robust malt character, hints of toffee

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Peaks and Pints 8th Anniversary 3-Day Celebration

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Peaks & Pints celebrates its 8th Anniversary with three parties Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2024. Peaks and Pints 8th 8Anniversary 3-Day Celebration Peaks & Pints turns 8 years old Friday, Nov. 1. We’re not looking for the traditional gifts such as bronze and pottery, or the modern takes of linen and lace. No, we’re asking for you to take a three-day vacation and party with us! Peaks & Pints celebrates our 8th Anniversary with three parties: National Cider Month Finale Party and Washington Wild Fundraiser with Schilling Cider on Wednesday, Oct. 30; AleSmith Brewing Speedway Grand Prix

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Grit & Grain

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Beer gurus Matt McLaren (Orcas Distributing), and Ron Swarner (Peaks & Pints), and Bethany Carlsen (The Funk Busters) explore and celebrate the craft beer industry, community, and history in Tacoma, Washington, and surrounding Pacific Northwest region, with assistance from opinionated beer industry insiders, on the Grit & Grain Podcast every Friday on YouTube, Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, and Channel 253. The Grit & Grain records episodes at 3:30 p.m. every other Wednesday at Peaks & Pints craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District. All are welcome to hang, drink along with them, and

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Spooky

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Halloween is creeping around the corner like a Commerce Street guttersnipe in search of a bag of cans. Spooky, eh? It’s said there’s nothing new under the sun, and that timeworn chestnut proves particularly true every Halloween. For instance, if you under the delusion that you’ll be the only Trump out and about on All Hallows’ Eve, think again. While it’s bad enough that everyone and their mother dresses like a pirate, ninja or zombie during this time of year, copycat costumes tend to be in abundance during All Hallows’ Eve. In other words, we’re expecting to see multiple clones

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Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Schilling France Trip

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It’s safe to say Schilling Cider is more thrilled about National Cider Month than any other cidery in the nation. Schilling invented the monthlong cider hug five years ago to celebrate the apple-centric hard beverage and elevate the cider industry as a whole. As part of National Cider Month, Schilling has, once again, partnered with Washington Wild to raise money to help keep wild spaces intact. Since Peaks & Pints has partnered with Washington Wild many times, we’re donating proceeds from our Monday Cider Flights to Washington Wild’s mission to protect wild lands and rivers in Washington state through advocacy,

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Scary Great Notion

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Halloween is rapidly approaching, and if you’re like Peaks & Pints then that means you’re rapidly preparing to spend an evening dressed as your deepest, darkest fantasy. Peaks & Pints believes in early preparation with Halloween beers, too, and has gathered five Great Notion Brewing Halloween-themed beers as our beer flight today. In 2016, James Dugan, Andy Miller, and Paul Reiter opened Great Notion Brewing and stunned Portland, Oregon with their New England-style IPAs and boundary-pushing culinary-style beers. The awards followed: World Beer Cup, GABF, Best of Craft Beer Awards, and Oregon Beer Awards, as well as the 2018 #1

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Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider Autumn 2024

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Peaks & Pints has new beer and cider arriving daily to our 850-plus cooler. Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider Autumn 2024 Peaks and Pints Cooler houses more than 850-plus craft beer and cider cans and bottles, not counting all the bottles of wine on our shelves, including the new choice autumn 2024 arrivals listed below. Peaks & Pints strives to fulfill customer requests and supply our neighbors with the latest craft beer and cider. If you have questions regarding beer availability or special orders, please contact feedback@peakcandpints.com. Shop our cooler at 3826 N.

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Baltic States

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Today, Peaks & Pints presents a flight of beer brewed in the Baltic states. Beer has a long history in Estonia, originating on the island between 500 and 1000 CE. Traditional Estonian beer brewers used wheat, rye, and oats — three grains that have long been cultivated in the country. For many Estonians beer brewing was a matter of survival — before widespread sanitation and water purification, drinking beer was likely to be safer than drinking water. The craft beer movement, however, has taken root in Estonia in recent years, with smaller microbreweries popping up around the country and beginning

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Final Fresh Hop Friday 2024

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Fresh is best, they say, and beer is no exception. Brewing with fresh ingredients is important for flavor and quality, and hops are among the most celebrated — especially in the Pacific Northwest where most of the nation’s hops are grown. The hop harvest is like Christmas in August, though the harvest extended well into September as fresh hop beers are still arriving to Peaks & Pints craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District. Typically, hops are harvested, dried, and converted into pellets that’ll stay usable for years. Brewers are on the clock with fresh hops, though, which are

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Proctor & Pints: Wag Pet Market Squeaky Beer

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Peaks & Pints bartender Trish, who owns Trish’s Dog Walking Service, suggests you grab a Here Today Brewery’s Fresh Hop Glitter Paw Hazy IPA to enjoy while your dog chews on a squeaky ZippyPaws Happy Hour Crusherz IPA from Wag Pet Market. Proctor & Pints: Wag Pet Market Squeaky Beer Wag Pet Market in Tacoma’s Proctor District Dear Mickey, The beers with the paw print are yours and squeak. The other beers are mine and contain actual beer. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my beer bottle does

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Bombastic Brewing

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In 2016, Phil Hottenstein, a railroad engineer, and Russell Mann, former owner of the Enoteca wine and beer shop in Post Falls, Idaho, and Matt Skillicorn, a mechanical engineer and homebrewer opened Bombastic Brewing after Mann sold the store. The brewery began on a half-barrel (15-gallon) pilot brewing system at the Panhandle Area Business Council incubator near the Hayden, Idaho airport. Last year, Mann bought out the partners, which came on the heels of their multi-state expansion and receipt of three medals at the North American Brewers Association’s International Beer and Cider Awards. Today, Peaks & Pints presents a flight

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Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Russian River Brewing

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While Natalie Cilurzo was working full-time at a winery, Vinnie Cilurzo bought a 7-barrel system from Electric Dave, a guy that was in jail in Bisbee, Arizona, for selling marijuana mail-order. Electric Dave sold Vinnie an old soup vessel for a brewing kettle, a DIY mash tun, and plastic fermenters before the Cilurzos opened Blind Pig in Temecula in 1994. Vinnie was already a homebrewer and had helped form the local Temecula Valley Homebrew Club. Russian River brewery was started in 1997 by Korbel Champagne Cellars, a Guerneville, California-based winery specializing in “California Champagne,” or sparkling wine of the méthode

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Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.15.24

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Check out these recent arrivals to the Peaks & Pints cooler. Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.15.24 Grab a fresh hop beer on tap and then shop our cooler for Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 10.15.24. BEFORE THE RAIN, Mirage Beer: Fresh Hop IPA collaboration with Howzit! Brewing in Honolulu, this fresh hop hazy IPA grabbed first place at the Yakima fresh Hop Ale Festival for its fresh Mosaic hops from Carpenter Ranches and dry hopping with fresh Chinook hops from Roy Farms, 6.8%, 16oz BOOK CLUB BLACK LAGER, Gold Dot Beer:

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