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Fancy Pants Sunday: Gulden Draak Calvados Barrel Aged

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You fancy Van Steenberge Gulden Draak Calvados Barrel Aged! Fancy Pants Sunday: Gulden Draak Calvados Barrel Aged Van Steenberge is a Belgian brewery in East Flemish Village of East Flanders, Belgium. The brewery started out in 1784 after it was founded by Jean Baptiste De Bruin. The brewery is considered to be a family brewery since its ownership and management has been passed on to several family generations after Jean Baptiste De Bruin’s death. Fancy Pants Sunday: Gulden Draak Calvados Barrel Aged is worthy of this weekly column. Many beer connoisseurs who claim to have cut

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Tacoma Breakfast Sandwich: Florentine

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Pair Peaks & Pints Florentine breakfast sandwich with Oakshire Brewing’s Overcast Espresso Stout. Tacoma Breakfast Sandwich: Florentine Just a reminder Peaks & Pints serves breakfast sandwiches until 2 p.m. daily. Our Florentine is spinach, egg, melted Havarti and rosemary aioli on a toasted baguette. We suggest pairing it with Oakshire Brewing’s Overcast Espresso Stout, well, because it’s an overcast breakfast kind of day. Oakshire Overcast Espresso Stout When Jeff and Chris Althouse founded Oakshire Brewing Co. in 2006 they were the only employees, brewing Original Amber on a four-barrel system under the moniker Willamette Brewery. In

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Instagram Outsider: Space Cowboy, Foggy Bottom Boys, Montucky Man

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Instagram Outsider: Space Cowboy, Foggy Bottom Boys, Montucky Man From Memorial Day messages to Pride messages, from the Space Cowboy to the Foggy Bottom Boys, 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 for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. And, please, wash your damn hands; wear your damn mask. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Space Cowboy, Foggy Bottom Boys, Montucky Man.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Ocean Fest On the Fly

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There might not be azure crests and tepid tides, no bathing beauties reclining on sparkling sand, no barefoot strolls through the moonlit surf. No, Tacoma’s Commencement Bay is a stern and hungry body of water, commanding respect and resolve as steely as its gray-green sheen … now with more Trashoctopuses. The Tacoma Ocean Fest kicked off Friday night with the first-ever Lantern Paddle for Species followed by yesterday’s Tacoma Shoreline Survey & Cleanup, an annual partnership between Tacoma Ocean Fest, The Ikkatsu Project and South Sound Surfrider picking up shoreline trash and tossing into giant metal sculptures that double as

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Pairing Gingerbread On The Fly

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You might have eaten your gingerbread house months ago, but if you have any gingerbread cookies left in your freezer, today’s the day to thaw. Happy National Gingerbread Day! While that may sound strange, on June 5 each year, gingerbread lovers across the country celebrate by sampling their favorite recipes and gingerbread treats. Whether in the form of bread, cakes, bars, biscuits, or cookies, let’s face it — they’re delicious any time of year. In regard to pairing beer with gingerbread, American-style barleywines, English milds, English IPAs, and even Russian imperial stouts will bring out the molasses and brown sugar

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Friday June 4 2021

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Friday June 4 2021 Go outside. OK, ready? Inhale. Deeply. Now try sucking in. Now snort. Gasp. Pant. Huff. Wheeze. Hell, even try a chortle. Next, make your way to 6-Pack of Things To Do: Friday June 4 2021. Cheers! LANTERN PADDLES: Let there be light! The Tacoma Ocean Fest’s first-ever Lantern Paddle will light up the Thea Foss Waterway tonight. The night kicks off at 7 p.m. with the Pacific Lutheran University Steel Pan Ensemble and aerialist Deanna Riley at the Foss Waterway Seaport on Dock Street. At 9 p.m., Ocean Fest encourages paddlers

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Tournament of Beer Winners On the Fly

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For the last five years Peaks & Pints has hosted the Tournament of Beer bracketed beer competition pitting 64 themed beers against one another in frothy head-to-head matchups voted online by craft beer enthusiasts. Every February, Peaks and Pints asks our patrons and the public to seed the tournament — meaning we poll people for their favorite beer under a certain theme, and thus determining seedings and matchups in the knockout bracket. The top 64 vote getters — the cream of the hops — compete at tournamentofbeer.com (forwards to peaksandpints.com) in April. Through online voting, craft beer drinkers pick daily

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Equilibrium Brewery On The Fly

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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 burning a path to Hill Farmstead Brewery and The Alchemist. 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. Four years later, lines 300 deep stood before their door waiting for their latest release. Since then, they opened a second site in Middletown to

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Trappist Ale Virtual Tour

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On your marks. Get set. Drink beer. At 5 p.m. tonight, June 2, beer drinkers around the South Sound (and perhaps a few from around the rest of the world) will unite for the first-ever Peaks and Pints Trappist Ale Virtual Tour. We’ve teamed up with Aaron, PNW Import Beer manager for Merchant du Vin, who will show you how to taste Trappist ales like a pro from the comfort of your sofa, as he guides you through tasting five Trappist beers, helping to discover nuances of flavor and aromas, teaching a little history of Trappist breweries and the Cistercian

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday June 1 2021

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday June 1 2021 Count backward from 100 and when you hit your age, start spanking yourself silly with the sad truth that there will never be enough hours in the day to bemoan the lack of hours in the day with which, had you the hours in the day, you would take that herb class and strip/stain that old dresser or really start working on those abs. In the meantime, here are six things to do in Tacoma today. Cheers! MARKET DAY: Former Matchless Brewing head brewer and farmer Pat Jansen has teamed up

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Morning Foam: Hazelnut Beer Flight, The Beer Hour, Coolship at Smith Rock

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Morning Foam: Hazelnut Beer Flight, The Beer Hour, Coolship at Smith Rock Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Hazelnut Beer Flight, The Beer Hour, Coolship at Smith Rock! BTW, Morgan Freeman turns 84. THE TACOMA FACTOID On July 23, 1900, an automobile traveled the streets of Tacoma for the first time on its way to Seattle. Ralph S. Hopkins (ca. 1871-1923), “a capitalist,” was the owner of the three-horsepower Woods Electric auto. THE DAILY WORD echinate (ek’-e-nat) adjective Bearing or covered with spines or bristles; prickly Usage example: “The spikelets are arranged in groups of two, facing each

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Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Liberty Ciderworks

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In 2013, Rick Hastings and Austin Dickey opened the first cidery in downtown Spokane, Liberty Ciderworks. From renovated downtown warehouse on Washington Street near the railroad tracks, they had a simple mission: To use apples from local farms and fields to create unique, wonderful ciders, and to share their ciders with friends and neighbors across the great Pacific Northwest. Peaks & Pints is proud to be a part of that mission, as our weekly Monday to-go cider flight depicts: Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Liberty Ciderworks. Hastings and Dickey made cider in their garages for years before going pro

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Instagram Outsider: Party Train, Justin of El Dorado, Sexism

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Instagram Outsider: Party Train, Justin of El Dorado, Sexism From mountain top tropics to the Matchless and Brothers Cascadia Party Train, from slicing El Dorado hops with a sword to sexism in craft beer, 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 for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. And, please, wash your damn hands; wear your damn mask. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Party Train, Justin of El Dorado, Sexism.  

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Fancy Saisons On The Fly

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Consider the saison. History did. During the 19th century, Belgian farmers brewed saisons, or “farmhouse ales,” using the leftover grains from the fall harvest. In fact, not only did farmers decrease leftover grains (and keep busy during the non-growing months) but also livestock ate the spent grain feed, and seasonal workers drank during the hot summer months to stay hydrated. That’s what you call a win-win. And back then, saisons only clocked in at about 3.5 percent ABV, making it a sessionable, hydrating beer during warm weather. The reason for so much of the funky yeast commonly found in saisons?

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.29.21

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.29.21 You’re less than halfway through the Memorial Day weekend. Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.29.21 will help you get through the rest of the holiday. Cheers! Dwinell Country Ales Plain Sight: A mixed-culture golden farmhouse ale aged for more than a year in Grenache barrels and refermented over freshly picked Robata apricots for aromatic, estate-grown malt and a sun-kissed, stone-fruity zing are supported by a quenching acidity, 6.2% Dwinell Summer Blush: A rustic pale ale fermented in the barrel with a blend of Norwegian farmhouse yeasts, aged in oak for

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Barbecue Beer On The Fly

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When it comes to Memorial Day you probably want to tackle everything grilled, charring each ingredient you use for maximum smoky flavor after a spring season of eating barely-cooked fresh young green things. Barbecue is, after all, the only truly American culinary technique. No foppish French sautés for you. You’re a red-blooded American and you like your meat smoked, cooked long and slow until it’s tender enough to be cut with a sharp glance. Barbecue is serious stuff. The pit. The fuel. The right cut of meat for ribs. The flavorings. Today, Peaks and Pints offers a to-go flight specifically

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.28.21

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.28.21 Stock up for your Memorial Day weekend with Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.28.21. E9 Brewing Love Vibes: Tacoma’s first craft brewery teamed up with Gigantic Brewing to brew this single hop Italian pilsner with Experimental Hopsteiner X13459 hop, 5.2%. Fair Isle Brewing Ami Jean: Saison with apricots, peaches and pluots, 7.1% Fair Isle Gemma: Saison infused with rose hips and dried elderflowers foraged from the Cascades by their buddy Alex, 6.3% Future Primitive Brewing EDM Cowboy: West Coast IPA brewed with El Dorado, Galaxy, Idaho 7, and Strata hops,

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Local Beer Memorial Day Weekend

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The unofficial start of summer is officially here. As the amuse bouche of the summer season, Memorial Day weekend brings with it all the sweet signs of the warm weather to come in the greater Tacoma area. From barbecues and baseball games to road trips and chill nights around a campfire, there are so many excuses to celebrate over the (much needed) long weekend. While you relax over the next few days, make sure to include a few local sips as well. With vaccination rates up across the South Puget Sound, many family members and friends will reunite for the

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Thursday, May 27 2021

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Thursday, May 27 2021 From live music to your own beer tasting comparison, from the Broadway Farmers’ Market to the final Tacoma Noir episode, 6-Pack of Things To Do: Thursday, May 27 2021 has something for everyone today. Cheers! MUSIC: Every great song has a great loop, and what is a “loop” if not a fancy name for a circle? And when three fantastic singer/songwriters appear at various vertexes of the Spanish Ballroom at what’s being called “Walker Sherman’s Last Thursdays Songwriters in the Round,” they form a triangle of talent. James Coates, Walker Sherman

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Intent versus Purpose On The Fly

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Intent versus Purpose On The Fly Do you like West Coast IPAs better than hazy IPAs? Thanks to Chainline Brewing in Kirkland, Washington, your answer can now be more definitive. Our to-go beer flight today — Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Intent and Purpose On The Fly — compares Chainline’s Intent West Coast IPA with their Purpose Hazy IPA. Both IPAs have the same hop bill but are brewed different. India Pale Ales emerged in the 1700s when British brewers found a market for hoppy beers in India and territories of the British Empire. The

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.26.21

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.26.21 Who needs beer? Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.26.21 has your back! American Solera DIPA Terpy Enigma: Crushable double IPA brewed with Enigma hops for dank and herbaceous notes, plus low bitterness, 8% Aslan Brewing Disco Lemonade: Berliner weisse with the tartness adding hints of lemon backed by a generous amount of wheat for a body similar to lemonade, 4.5% Evil Twin Brewing Blue Raspberry: Hazy sour IPA with bitter hop and raspberry nose, followed by a bitter start with a sweet blue raspberry slushy finish, 6% Ex Novo Brewing

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Morning Foam: Blueberry Beer Flight, Frosted Flakes IPA canned, Three Points Berry Smoothie

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Morning Foam: Blueberry Beer Flight, Frosted Flakes IPA canned, Three Points Berry Smoothie Wednesday, May 26 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Blueberry Beer Flight, Frosted Flakes IPA canned, Three Points Berry Smoothie! BTW, Lenny Kravitz turns 57. THE TACOMA FACTOID Tacoma was founded in 1872 by teetotaler and former general Morton Matthew McCarver who dreamed of railroads. McCarver gave the city its first name — Commencement City. In 1872, Tacoma consisted of a lumber mill, two stores, a saloon, a hotel, a jail, a blacksmith, and approximately 100 citizens. THE DAILY WORD snollygoster \’sna-le-‘gas-ter\ noun [probably alter. of snallygaster, a

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Peaks and Pints Tap List: Firestone Walker Tequila Barrel Sunrise

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Peaks and Pints Tap List includes Firestone Walker’s Tequila Barrel Sunrise blonde barleywine. Peaks and Pints Tap List: Firestone Walker Tequila Barrel Sunrise Peaks and Pints houses a mind-boggling array of suds: 850-plus bottled and canned in our cooler, with another 28 on tap for pint and Campfire Crowler fills. While craft beer remains our foundation, you don’t have to be embarrassed for ordering artisan craft cider, wine, cold brewed coffee and kombucha as those delights are on tap too at Peaks and Pints. To follow our tap list live from your phone, click here for

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday May 25 2021

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday May 25 2021 Don’t wait until Memorial Day weekend to start enjoying everything Tacoma has to offer. BEER TASTING: Peaks & Pints is excited to present our first virtual beer tasting in collaboration: A Trappist beer tour with Aaron Cohn, Washington sales director for Merchant du Vin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Learn how to taste Trappist ales like a pro from the comfort of your sofa, as Cohn guides us through tasting five Trappist beers, helping us to discover nuances of flavor and aromas, teaching us the history of Trappist breweries

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Morning Foam: Blonde Beer Flight, Double Mountain Splendor, Bale Breaker VIP Tour  

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Morning Foam: Blonde Beer Flight, Double Mountain Splendor, Bale Breaker VIP Tour Tuesday, May 25 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Blonde Beer Flight, Double Mountain Splendor, Bale Breaker VIP Tour! BTW, Mike Myers turns 58. THE TACOMA FACTOID In the late 1920s, hundreds rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, and rats were held captive on the roof of Tacoma’s Washington building maintained by a Tacoma biological laboratory for research work in the unending war on disease. THE DAILY WORD fantod \’fan-tad\ noun [perh. alter. of E dial. fantique, fanteeg] (1839) 1) A state of irritability and tension; fidgets 2) An emotional outburst:

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Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Strawberries

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Nearly everyone loves to eat a good strawberry. When strawberries are in season, there is almost nothing as satisfying as walking out into the garden and harvesting a colander full of these sweet, fragrant and beautiful fruits. But, damn you strawberries! You’re only fresh during June and July in Washington state. Then, they become ticking time bombs. Within a day you have withered; in three days you are moldy. Still, your flavor lives on from the freezer, or in hard cider. The fresh taste of strawberries, soft and deep red, backed by mouth-watering sweetness and previous alcohol. Today, Peaks and

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Instagram Outsider: Love and Thunder, New Boot Goofin, Rollin with the Gnomie

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Instagram Outsider: Love and Thunder, New Boot Goofin, Rollin with the Gnomie From new taproom rules to new beer releases, from New Boot Goofin to rollin’ with the Gnomie, 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 for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. And, please, wash your damn hands; wear your damn mask. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Love and Thunder, New Boot Goofin, Rollin with the Gnomie.   View this

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Barrel Sours On The Fly

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Fermentation, at its most basic, is the process by which yeast eat sugars found in wort and convert them into alcohol. There are two major places where fermentation can occur during the brewing process: in stainless steel tanks (the most common) or in wood vessels such as barrels, foeders or puncheons. Beer aged in barrels will absorb some of the various chemical compounds present in the wood, such as lactones (floral aromas and flavors), phenolic aldehydes (vanilla), and the simple sugars (caramel). When the beer is first in the barrel, it will begin to absorb very strong caramel and vanilla flavors,

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Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 5.22.21

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Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 5.22.21 Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 5.22.21 has some crazy delicious offerings! Abomination Brewing Harvester: Fruited sour brewed with mangosteen, dragonfruit, and peach, 7.1% Icicle Brewing Peak Seeker – Outer Space: Unfiltered West Coast IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe for notes and aromas of intense citrus, grapefruit, and pine, 6.9% Evil Twin Brewing What Our Age Lacks Is Not Reflection, But IPA: Hazy double IPA with brewed with Citra, Idaho 7, and Simcoe for a juicy, citrus, 8% Firestone Walker Brewing Mezca-Limon: Echoing the traditional Mezcalita recipe, this specialty

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Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Triple IPAs On The Fly

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The triple IPA is a palate-smashing beast of an ale designed for those times when a hazy IPA simply won’t cut it. Yet, the style still isn’t recognized — and debate rages among the pimpliest of beer nerds over whether it’s a style at all. Peaks & Pints believes the triple IPA is a massively hoppy beer of 10 percent ABV and greater with outrageous amounts of dry hops, hop flavor, malt flavor, alcohol and bitterness. The triple IPA may be similar to a double IPA in hop character, but is differentiated from the style by a thick, syrupy body

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Morning Foam: Icicle Beer Flight, Camp Colvos By The Slice, Lisa Morrison Hall of Fame

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Morning Foam: Icicle Beer Flight, Camp Colvos By The Slice, Lisa Morrison Hall of Fame Wednesday, May 19 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Icicle Beer Flight, Camp Colvos By The Slice,  Lisa Morrison Hall of Fame! BTW, Mr. T turns 69. THE TACOMA FACTOID In November 1918, voters created the Port of Tacoma, which began improving waterways and facilities. THE DAILY WORD meed noun [ME, fr. OE med; akin to OHG miata reward, Gk misthos] (bef. 12c) 1) an earned reward or wage 2) a fitting return or recompense Usage example: Even though there were six beers in the carton,

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Morning Foam: Double Mountain and E9 release parties and flight

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Morning Foam: Double Mountain and E9 release parties and flight Wednesday, May 19 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Double Mountain and E9 release parties and flight! BTW, Cher turns 75. THE TACOMA FACTOID Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third largest in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound region, which has a population of around 1 million people. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, originally called Takhoma or Tahoma. THE DAILY WORD beshrew (bi-‘shroo) verb transitive – beshrewed, beshrewing, beshrews. Archaic. [Middle

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Morning Foam: Motueka Beer Flight, Gigantic Hugs, Multiplayer Guild Collab IPA

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Morning Foam: Motueka Beer Flight, Gigantic Hugs, Multiplayer Guild Collab IPA Wednesday, May 19 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Motueka Beer Flight, Gigantic Hugs, Multiplayer Guild Collab IPA! BTW, Pete Townshend turns 76. THE TACOMA FACTOID Originally intended as a hotel, construction on the French chateau-style building halted abruptly during the Panic of 1893. Five years later, it was gutted by a fire. Then, in 1904, the Tacoma School District bought the building and began turning it into a high school. In 1906, Tacoma High School, as Stadium was then called, opened its doors to 878 students and 38 teachers.

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Morning Foam: Coconut Beer Flight, Silver City Rocks, Indie Ninkasi

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Morning Foam: Coconut Beer Flight, Silver City Rocks, Indie Ninkasi Tuesday, May 18 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Coconut Beer Flight, Silver City Rocks, Indie Ninkasi! BTW, Tina Fey turns 51. THE TACOMA FACTOID The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, was a suspension bridge spanning the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula. The bridge’s main span collapsed in 40-mile-per-hour winds on the morning of Nov. 7, 1940, as the deck oscillated in an alternating twisting fashion. The only fatality of the “Galloping Gertie” bridge collapse in was a three-legged dog.

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Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Ragged and Right

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Jacob Mitchell’s passion for hard cider started at home, crafting small batches, and sharing his varietals with family and friends. He later honed his skill at the Peter Mitchell Cider School at Oregon State University and continued refining over his time at Eaglemount Cidery in Port Townsend. He later transitioned to Elemental in Woodinville as their head cider maker before finding his new home at Ragged and Right Cider Project to continue his nearly decade-long career in the industry. Starting in 2017 as an offshoot of Farmstrong Brewing, in Mount Vernon, Ragged and Right grabs their juice straight from Skagit

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Instagram Outsider: SheJumps, Worthy Cornhole, Hopbox, Catio

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Instagram Outsider: SheJumps, Worthy Cornhole, Hopbox, Catio From SheJumps nonprofit to mask matters, from sunny beer gardens to Hopbox giveaway, 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 for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. And, please, wash your damn hands; wear your damn mask. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: SheJumps, Worthy Cornhole, Hopbox, Catio.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Cascade Brewing (@cascade.brewing)   View this

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Morning Foam: Beer Numbers, Iron Maiden Hellcat, Buoy Beer For Less

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Morning Foam: Beer Numbers, Iron Maiden Hellcat, Buoy Beer For Less Sunday, May 16 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Beer Numbers, Iron Maiden Hellcat, Buoy Beer For Less! BTW, Pierce Brosnan turns 68. THE TACOMA FACTOID Our 700-acre park, Point Defiance, is one of the largest urban parks in the nation. It is second only to Central Park in New York City. THE DAILY WORD apoplectic \’a-pe-‘plek-tik\ adjective [F or LL; F apoplectique, fr. LL apoplecticus, fr. Gk apoplektikos, fr. apoplessein] (1611) 1) Of, relating to, or causing stroke 2) Affected with, inclined to, or showing symptoms of stroke 3)

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Saturday May 15 2021

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Saturday May 15 2021 OK. Suddenly the state’s craft beer bar/bottle shop/restaurant scene is the Wild West. Here’s what will happen to you when you receive the vaccine: a sore arm, slightly achy overall, random bouts of deep sighing/relief coupled to spurts of awkward elation feeding into an urge to hug assorted healthcare workers and make out with cute nonviolent strangers. You’ll immediately want to book a trip to Lucca, Italy, but hell, Ocean Shores will do. Just tattoo your CDC proof of vaccination card on your forehead and partake in all the wonderful events

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Morning Foam: Cascade Brewing Flight, Maskless For Hard Seltzers

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Morning Foam: Cascade Brewing Flight, Maskless For Hard Seltzers Saturday, May 15 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Cascade Brewing Flight, Maskless For Hard Seltzers. BTW, Chazz Palminteri turns 75. THE TACOMA FACTOID Union Station was designed by Reed & Stem, the same architects who designed Grand Central Terminal in New York City. THE DAILY WORD exscind \ek-“sind\ verb transitive [L exscindere, fr. ex- + scindere to cut, tear – more at shed] (1662) To cut off or out: excise Usage example: Peaks & Pints’ glorious Wild West Friday night was exscinded when the scheduled plumber didn’t show up. CRAFT BEER

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Morning Foam: South Sound Lagers, Barleywine & Brisket, Vernon Dursley Tavern

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Morning Foam: South Sound Lagers, Barleywine & Brisket, Vernon Dursley Tavern Friday, May 14 2021 – Good Morning Foam: South Sound Lagers, Barleywine & Brisket, Vernon Dursley Tavern! BTW, George Lucas turns 77. THE TACOMA FACTOID The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, built in 1950, is the fifth longest suspension bridge in the world. THE DAILY WORD satori \se-‘tor-e, sa-, -“tor-\ noun [Jp] (1727) A state of intuitive illumination sought in Zen Buddhism Usage example: When you call the world’s loneliest iPhone and you yourself answer, then you have attained satori. Or insanity. Who can tell? CRAFT BEER CLICKABLES >>> In celebration

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock: 5.13.21

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Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock: 5.13.21 Happy Thursday! Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 5.13.21 has more than enough new craft beer arrivals to keep you busy this weekend. Bale Breaker Brewing Mount Saint Humulus: The longtime fan-favorite triple IPA and winner of the Washington Hop Mob in 2020, is now in cans! This year’s batch smells like a fresh bag of the finest Yakima Valley hops: citrus, tropical, blueberry, apricot, floral and grassy aromas with smooth bitterness, 10% Cascade Brewing Barrel House Blueberry: A blend of sour triple and blond ales aged in Pinot Noir barrels

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Morning Foam: Seattle Beer Week Flight, Brewery Shots, and more

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Morning Foam: Seattle Beer Week Flight, Brewery Shots, and more Thursday, May 13 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Seattle Beer Week Flight,  Brewery Shots, and more. BTW, Harvey Keitel turns 82. THE TACOMA FACTOID The co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins, Irvine Robbins, got his start in Tacoma in 1927. He sold ice cream and cottage cheese produced from his father’s cows’ surplus milk. THE DAILY WORD cozen \’ke-zen\ cozened, cozening \’kez-nig, ‘ke-ze-\ [perh. fr. obs. It cozzonare, fr. It cozzone horse trader, fr. L cocion-, cocio trader] (1573) verb transitive 1) To deceive, win over, or induce to do something by

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Wednesday May 12 2021

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6-Pack of Things To Do: Wednesday May 12 2021 Sunny Day / Sweepin’ the clouds away / On my way to where the air is sweet / Can you tell me how to get/ How to get to … 6-Pack of Things To Do: Wednesday May 12 2021. … FILM: The Grand Cinema will open its door at 4 p.m. to screen Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street. The documentary will take us inside the minds and hearts of the Sesame Street creators to help us understand not only how they produced this groundbreaking show, but also what

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Morning Foam: Hello Portland, Hi Friend IPA, Welcome Cryo Pop

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Morning Foam: Hello Portland, Hi Friend IPA, Welcome Cryo Pop Wednesday, May 12 2021 – Good Morning Foam: Hello Portland, Hi Friend IPA, Welcome Cryo Pop! BTW, Emilio Estevez is 60. THE TACOMA FACTOID The Tacoma Dome is the largest wood-domed arena in the world, constructed with 1.6 million board feet. THE DAILY WORD supererogation \’su-pe-‘rer-e-‘ga-shen\ noun [ML supererogation-, supererogatio, fr. supererogare to perform beyond the call of duty, fr. LL, to expend in addition, fr. L super- + erogare to expend public funds after asking the consent of the people, fr. e- + rogare to ask] (1526) The act

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