Instagram Outsider: Pink Boots, Super Fluff, Pi Day From Pink Boots brew days to Super Fluff IPAs, from Pi Day to the Green Wave, 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: Pink Boots, Super Fluff, Pi Day. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rob
Helles is a German style blonde lager that is one of the few beers with an actual birth date of March 21, 1894, courtesy of the Spaten Brewery in Munich. Helles (pronounced “HELL-us”) was, like a few other styles, an invention of competitive necessity. In the mid 1800s, the Bavarian brewer, Josef Groll, developed a new style of beer for brewers in Plzeň, Bohemia — the pilsner. Gabriel Sedlmayr, owner of Spaten, would have none of it. That fateful March day he released an answer to pilsner — a light golden lager style called helles, which translates to “bright,” “pale,”
6-Pack of Things To Do: Saturday March 13 2021 This is the time of year when the soul’s attention shifts from internal to external, from winter’s cozy home/hearth to nature’s boundless fertility, when the tides tremble and the moon winks and dogs get that look in their eye and the lagers flow like wine. A time in which, in the poetic words of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, “Atmospheric refraction hastens sunrise and delays sunset, adding to daylight.” So you know it must be good. Enjoy today’s 6-Pack of Things To Do. Cheers! MARKET DAY: The Peaks & Pints hop plants have
Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Stoneface On The Fly Stoneface Brewing beers have landed at Peaks & Pints. Here’s how it happened. … Stoneface invited Yakima Chief Hops and Yakima Chief Ranches to their New Hampshire facility to brew Yeah, Okay Chief, a New England IPA. Chad Roberts, Yakima Chief Hops master planner, co-owns Varietal Beer in Sunnyside, Washington. When Orcas Distributing Sales Manager Matt McLaren caught wind of the collaboration via his represented brand Varietal, one thing led to another and Orcas delivered Stoneface Brewing beers to Peaks & Pints yesterday, which became Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Stoneface
Peaks and Pints: Georgetown MEOWSA and Middle Fork Trail Georgetown Brewing’s MEOWSA! was nominated as a seventh seed in the Northern Washington Region of the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. Since we’re not touring breweries to preview the tournament this year, we suggest the Peaks and Pints: Georgetown MEOWSA and Middle Fork Trail pairing. Hops: Georgetown MEOWSA! Georgetown’s brewery cat, Meowsa, helped brew his namesake double IPA. If you force fed a watermelon a steady diet of mandarin oranges and pineapples and then
Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.12.21 Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.12.21 includes beers from one of New Hampshire’s best breweries, Stoneface Brewing. … Abomination Brewing Social Distancing: Double dry hopped New England double IPA with notes of Stone fruit and melon, 8.2% Crux Fermentation Project Love Lost [BANISHED] 2021: Russian Imperial Stout brewed with an obsessive amount of malted rye and banished to select rye whiskey barrels for 10 months, 14.5% Evil Twin Brewing Pink Pineapple: A tart, slightly sweet, very refreshing sour IPA with pineapple, of course, 7% Holy Mountain Brewing Tomorrow’s Dream: IPA
March and April 2020 weren’t great months for breweries, even in the South Sound. “I had full tanks of lager when the shutdown hit,” says Three Magnets Brewing Head Brewer Aaron Blonden. Blonden had only held the position for a couple months, moving on from Matchless Brewing via Chainline Brewing. He had no idea Three Mags owners, Sara and Nathan Reilly, are exceptional at pivoting. They quickly rallied around the family, moving to a “Garden Movement Meal Delivery” operation offering a local, ready-to-heat meal delivery service that includes eggs, coffee beans, housemade condiments and Blonden’s beers, along with other alcoholic
6-Pack of Things To Do: Thursday March 11 2021 Oh man you are so very ready for today’s 6-Pack of Things To Do. You have that racing pulsing tickling groin-tightening need to bust open and break your own mold and mold your own break and say what you mean and mean what you say and do it all with this sort of wet radiant screw-this divinity saturating your every word because after all what the hell else is there? THEATER: Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal tells the story — the true story — of the first woman sentenced to electrocution. Why? Try
Peaks and Pints: Double Mountain Molten Lava and Beacon Rock Double Mountain Brewery Molten Lava IIPA was nominated as a 14th seed in the Northern Oregon Region of the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. Since we’re not touring breweries to preview the tournament this year, we suggest you enjoy the beer as a Peaks and Pints: Double Mountain Molten Lava and Beacon Rock pairing. Hops: Double Mountain Brewery Molten Lava Molten Lava IIPA is Double Mountain’s most aggressive IPA, yet it somehow manages
You have, no doubt, read enough Mirage Beer flight write-ups to know founder Mike Dempster opened the Seattle South Park neighborhood in November 2017. You know he earned his chops brewing at Greenpoint Beer Works in Brooklyn, Buoy Beer Co. in Astoria, and Wingman Brewers in Tacoma where he helped Peaks & Pints brew a recreation of Bert Grant’s Perfect Porter called Perfect Proctor Porter for our opening day, Nov. 1 2016. You might have even noticed that while he stills brews amazing spontaneously fermented saisons and sours, he’s honed-in the hazy IPAs and lagers. What you might not know
Peaks and Pints: Grains of Wrath Chainsaws N’ Boomsticks and Archer Mountain Grains of Wrath Brewing Chainsaws N’ Boomsticks was nominated as a eighth seed in the Southern Washington Region in the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. In the meantime, we suggest you enjoy Peaks and Pints: Grains of Wrath Chainsaws N’ Boomsticks and Archer Mountain combo with your friends. Hops: Grains of Wrath Chainsaws N’ Boomsticks The metal movement has an outsider ethos and no-holds-barred authenticity that appeals to many brewers, including
Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.10.21 Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.10.21! ? Cruise by, say hey and stock up on some bottles and cans while you’re waiting for your sandwich order, or reserve a table via the Open Table app. Cheers friends! Baerlic Brewing Good Vibes Only: Brewed with a double dose of Centennial and Cashmere hops, this hazy IPA delivers grapefruit, tropical fruit, melon and peach with whispers of coconut and lemon lime on the finish, 6.7% E9 Brewing The Sun Always Rises: Collaboration with Matchless Brewing, this saison is dry hopped with New
Just over a month ago, Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning and saw his shadow, declaring there would be six more weeks of winter. Before the last of our chilly, dark season changes to its sunnier, warmer counterpart, Peaks & Pints pays tribute to the dark beers Rogue Ales has so kindly put into cans. “Don’t get us wrong, stout season is year-round for many of us, but we just love cozying up with some of our favorite dark, roasty beers this time of year,” says Amanda Zessin, Rogue communications director, in
Peaks and Pints: Walking Man Homo Erectus and Hamilton Mountain Walking Man Brewing Homo Erectus Imperial IPA was nominated as a fifth seed in the Southern Washington Region of the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. Since we’re not touring breweries to preview the tournament this year, we enjoyed the beer as a Peaks and Pints: Walking Man Homo Erectus and Hamilton Mountain. Hops: Walking Man Homo Erectus Welcome back Walking Man Homo Erectus! The imperial IPA out of Stevenson, Washington, was a 10th
Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.9.21 Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.9.21 includes The Bruery’s new “Bakery” beer, a new hazy double IPa from Structures and the new Fremont Head Full of Dynomite. Cheers! Fremont Brewing Head Full of Dynomite v.27: This version of Fremont’s hazy IPA series is brewed with 2-row Pale malt, rolled oats, flaked and white wheat, plus a single hop of Mosaic for notes and flavors of guava, and an array citrus fruits and subtle hints of strawberries and nectarines, 6.8% Great Divide Brewing Maple Pecan: Imperial stout made with real Maple
6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday March 9 2021 It’s been one year since we had our last “normal” week before a pandemic stopped Washington in its tracks. Spring is coming, which means cherry blossom blooms. Here are your Tuesday 6-Pack of Things To Do. PHOTOGRAPHY: Do you want to take great photos of your own car, or of the cars at LeMay – America’s Car Museum? Car photography isn’t always easy, but if you follow a few simple rules you’ll quickly start to improve your shots. It doesn’t take lots of equipment to get started, just a car, your camera
What is a session beer? Well, it depends on whom you ask. The term’s precise origins and coinage are fuzzy. Beer experts can’t seem to agree on a specific year, for instance, but consistently point to British pub culture as its inspiration. Session beer is not defined by flavors or aromas, which can place it in almost any style category. It’s generally agreed upon, however, that any brew bearing the description should be low in alcohol but tasty enough to enjoy for a prolonged period of time, or “session.” The alcohol by volume, or ABV, issue is a bone of
The Dog Mountain Trail parking lot fills up fast. Peaks and Pints: Backwoods Double Cutt and Dog Mountain Backwoods Double Cutt Imperial IPA was nominated as a third seed in the Southern Washington Region of the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. Since we’re not touring breweries to preview the tournament this year, we enjoyed the beer as a Peaks and Pints: Backwoods Double Cutt and Dog Mountain pairing. Hops: Backwoods Double Cutt Backwoods Brewing Double Cutt Imperial IPA is
Every Monday, Peaks & Pints suggests a to-go flight of cider. On this International Women’s Day, Peaks & Pints suggests the to-go flight should be ciders made by women. After all, women were the ones making cider in the 17th century when they first settled in the Chesapeake. Colonists were skeptical of water quality so their main source of hydration was alcohol, most often in the forms of cider or small ale (a lower-alcohol beer). Cidermaking was considered a part of cooking, thus placing it firmly within the female domain. Women, or Ale Wives, were often imported as brides specifically
Peaks and Pints: pFriem Double IPA and Pacific Crest Trail pFriem Family Brewers Double IPA was nominated as a fourth seed in the Northern Oregon Region of the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. Since we’re not touring breweries to preview the tournament this year, we enjoyed the beer as a Peaks and Pints: pFriem Double IPA and Pacific Crest Trail pairing. Hops: pFriem Double IPA pFriem Family Brewers Double IPA is brewed with Chinook, Mosaic, Citra, Nelson Sauvin, and Equinox hops for aromas
Peaks and Pints Tap List includes Fort George Beer Number 1, Take 3 Pale. Peaks and Pints Tap List: Fort George Beer Number 1, Take 3 Peaks and Pints houses a mind-boggling array of suds: 800-plus bottled and canned in our cooler, with another 28 on tap for 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
Instagram Outsider: Yonder Reopens, Happy Bird-Day, Moon and Sun Toasting From Yonder Cider Bar reopening to Pelican Brewing’s 25th anniversary, from moon and sun toasting to all the cats, 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: Yonder Reopens, Happy Bird-Day, Moon and Sun Toasting. View this post on
Pale ales originated in the UK in the late 1700s after reliable methods existed to produce pale barley malt, and that meant pale-colored beer. At first, the new pale malt was expensive, so the pale beers were limited to wealthier drinkers. But as pale malt became more affordable, pale-colored ales displaced dark ales in popularity, slowly overtaking porter and stout. Sierra Nevada “Americanized” the style in 1980 when they boosted the alcohol content of the low ABV English pales, and with more malt also came more hops — specifically Cascade hops. In addition, Sierra Nevada boosted the carbonation, which became
The Hoh River Trail will take you through giant ancient trees swathed in layers of ferns, mosses, and lichens. Peaks and Pints: Wet Coast Two Flights Up and Hoh River Trail Wet Coast Brewing’s Two Flights Up was nominated as a sixth seed in the Southern Washington Region of the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. Since we’re not touring breweries to preview the tournament this year, we enjoyed the Peaks and Pints: Wet Coast Two Flights Up and Hoh
6-Pack of Things To Do: Saturday March 6 2021 It’s Saturday, and we have six events for you. Let’s go 6-Pack of Things To Do! FILM: The Destiny City Film Festival recognizes that inclusion is not always enough. “Providing material support and opportunities for marginalized communities is vital in achieving equity,” states DCFF Director Emily J. Nakada-Alm on the festival’s website. At 1 p.m., the film festival presents “Beyond Inclusion: Equity, Opportunities & Film,” a free virtual filmmakers panel candid discussion on issues of equity with an audience Q&A following. Reserve your free tickets here. The DCFF continues virtually with
Consider the Oreo. In the 100 years since its invention, Oreo has become the representative cookie of modern American culture. Everyone loves Oreos. (Quiet down, contrarians. We said everyone loves Oreos.) Oreos are mixed into Dairy Queen Blizzards. They’re used to make chocolate-y delicious pie crusts. Weird Al Yankovic wrote a song about Oreos called The White Stuff. And, they make delicious stouts. It’s not like you didn’t know there were stouts made to emulate Oreos. It’s a pretty obvious and common adjunct flavor profile, chocolate and vanilla. Smoosh ‘em together, and that’s basically an Oreo. Today is National Oreo
The truss and trestle at Railroad Bridge Park represent the longest bridge over the Dungeness River. Peaks and Pints: Rainy Daze Only The Tip and Olympic Discovery Trail Rainy Daze Brewing Only The Tip was nominated as a 12th seed in the Northern Washington Region in the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. In the meantime, we suggest you enjoy Peaks and Pints: Rainy Daze Only The Tip and Olympic Discovery Trail combo with your friends. Hops: Rainy Daze Only
6- Pack of Things To Do: Friday March 5 2021 Today, you can watch Steve Stefanowicz LIVE, join a freeform dance experience, stream films, chat with the cast of A Chorus Line, and drink delicious beers from AleSmith Brewing. Our 6-Pack of Things To Do highlights at some of the best things to do around town, plus a friendly reminder that masks and social distancing are still the way to go. MUSIC: In the days before adulthood consumed Steve Stefanowicz, the “Human Jukebox” would perform seven days a week. Blind at birth, proficient on the guitar at 15, performing solo
As it does at the beginning of every year, RateBeer, one of the world’s leading resource for beer reviews along with BeerAdvocate and Untapped, unveiled its much-anticipated list of the 100 best breweries in the world. AleSmith Brewing ranks sixth. But for AleSmith, an artisanal brewing company born out of the San Diego craft beer boom in the 1990s, it’s hardly a new accolade. AleSmith has been consistently ranked on RateBeer’s list of best breweries in the world for years. The brewery focuses on Belgian and British brewing styles, barrel-aging, and recently hazy IPAs. AleSmith has grown exponentially over the
During certain times of the day, when light is shining on it just right, Coyote Wall can take the breath away. Peaks and Pints: Everybody’s Velvet Tiger and Coyote Wall Trail Everybody’s Brewing Velvet Tiger was nominated as a 13th seed in the Southwest Washington Region in the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. The Peaks and Pints: Everybody’s Velvet Tiger and Coyote Wall Trail — Coyotes and Tigers and Crybabies, oh my! Hops: Everybody’s Brewing Velvet Tiger With a
Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.4.21 Hops rule Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.4.21! AleSmith Brewing Dual Exposure: a collaboration with Stone Brewing, this super easy drinking double IPA features hibiscus, orange, and lime peel, 8.2% Crux Kia Kaha: In New Zealand, “Kia Kaha” means “Stay Strong,” and Crux is embracing these words of reassurance as a rallying cry for this hazy pale ale brimming with the bright tropical flavors of the Motueka hop from New Zealand, and sporting a smooth, clean, citrus finish, 5% Ex Novo Brewing Intergalactic Pale Reality: Classically brewed pale ale brewed
6-Pack of Things To Do: Thursday March 4 2021 You can immerse yourself in interesting activities in today’s 6-Pack of Things To Do — both online and in person, since the North Tacoma neighborhood Group launched a scavenger hunt. You can also learn things virtually in the Science Dome and Washington State History Museum. And, of course, the Destiny City Film festival continues. SCAVENGER HUNT: The North Tacoma Neighborhood Group hosts Springtime Scavenger Hunt through this month. It’s free and easy: Simply jump on the North Tacoma Neighborhood Group website, register for the scavenger hunt, a list will be sent
The term India Pale Ale has evolved quite a bit over the past 25 years and has taken on a life of its own. Moving away from what was known over in Great Britain, IPA has typically meant a very hop forward, strong pale ale, taken further by the trend of the West Coast IPA. In the last 15 years or so, IPA and West Coast IPA signified the beer you were buying and drinking was hop forward in terms of bitterness, fruitiness and aroma. The New England-style beers have great hop aroma, but when brewed as intended, have much
6-Pack of Things To Do: Wednesday March 3 2021 If you’re eager to freshen up your social media feeds, 6-Pack of Things To Do has a couple great selfie backdrops. Remember to social distance and wear masks while you’re out and about, and check ticket requirements before you show up and start snapping. Cheers! ROLLER SKATING: Racing around in circles really fast is fun. Whether on wheels or blades, skating is a cheap and accessible great time. People have laughs by racing, doing tricks or pushing each other down. Handholding couples can go for a spin to show the world
In the early 1700s, it was common for London pub patrons to ask for blends of the various available brews. Historical documents say the Brits called their mixed beer beverage “Three Threads” using a third of a pint each of ale, lager and a strong brew called “Twopenny.” Eventually, bartenders told the Three Threadheads to take a flying leap off the London Bridge. Around 1730, a brewer named Harwood came up with a solution. He re-created the flavor of Three Threads into a single craft beer called Entire before it reached the pub. This beer came to be loved by
The Hoppy Giant at the Kraus Ridge Trailhead Peaks and Pints: Matchless The Hoppy Giant and Klaus Ridge Trail Matchless Brewing The Hoppy Giant Double IPA was nominated as a 10th seed in the Southwest Washington Region in the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. The Peaks and Pints: Matchless The Hoppy Giant and Klaus Ridge Trail combo was about bumps, scars and balance. Hops: Matchless Brewing The Hoppy Giant Double IPA “The local villagers say that a giant lives
Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs begins April 2 2021 OK, Covid, we’ll just take the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs into the woods. … The public nominated 64 Northwest double IPAs for the Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs in February. Beginning April 2, through online voting on this website, Washington and Oregon double IPA drinkers will pick daily winners until the best double IPA in the Northwest is crowned April 24. It’s just like March Madness, only with way more fermentable sugars. The IBU-to-IBU battle of the DIPAs grand champion will be announced at
For many Tacomans, the West Coast IPA defined the style a decade ago with its raw piney spiciness and dry grapefruit assertiveness. Brewers tried to shove as many hops in a glass as possible. But expectations of hoppy beers have been changing. Folks at Peaks & Pints ask for juicy tropical fruity IPAs through their masks. They smile when they read Sabro, Galaxy, Citra, Denali and El Dorado on the menu boards as they know notes of orange, apricot and pineapple will pour into their pints. These hops are added later in the boil and at whirlpool to maintain the
There isn’t lasers at the Layser Cave, but it’s a fun adventure anyway with a delicious Narrows Come Play With Us payoff. Peaks and Pints: Narrows Come Play With Us and Layser Cave Narrows Brewing Come Play With Us Double IPA was nominated as a number nine seed in the Southwest Washington Region in the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. The Peaks and Pints: Narrows Come Play With Us and Layser Cave combo was a fascinating day this winter.
Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.1.21 Happy Monday! Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 3.1.21 includes craft beer that arrived over the weekend. Cheers! Block 15 Brewing Cosmic Cold Brew: Brewed with their Corvallis neighbors, Bespoken Coffee Roasters, Block 15 grabbed their Nebula Stout and added a 24-hour cold extraction on freshly roasted coffee beans, which complement its chocolate and caramel roast character with notes of cacao nibs and tart cherries, 7% Block 15 The Dab Lab, Lil Dab: Part of their experimental IPA series, this sessionable IPA blends extractions from a trio of citrusy and tropical
In 1872, Philip Miller planted apple trees in Wenatchee. Twelve years later, the first commercial planting, Peterson orchard, sprouted. In 1893, the Great Northern Railway Company linked Wenatchee with Seattle, and eight years later Seattle said Wenatchee apples were a thing. In 1902, Wenatchee dubbed itself the “Apple Capital of the World”. In 1970, Texan farmers Gene and Katie Handley plated Red Delicious and Golden Delicious in their new home of Wenatchee. Times were tough and the Handley children spent summer working the orchards instead of floating on rivers. Gene’s father, Harmond Handley also planted orchards in the Wenatchee Valley,
You’ll need snowshoes on Packwood Lake Trail #78 until early spring. Peaks and Pints: 7 Seas Double IPA and Packwood Lake Trail 7 Seas Brewing Double IPA was nominated as a number two seed in the Southwest Washington Region in the Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: NW Double IPAs, which will begin April 2, 2021. The tournament bracket will be released soon. In the meantime, we suggest you enjoy Peaks and Pints: 7 Seas Double IPA and Packwood Lake Trail combo with your friends. Hops: 7 Seas Double IPA Formerly known as Ballz Deep, this
Instagram Outsider: WA Growler Days, Mr. T Rules, Craft Malt Seal From brew days to snow days, from Washington Growler Days to “I pity the fool who doesn’t follow the rules!”, 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: WA Growlers Days, Mr. T Rules, Craft Malt Seal. View
Peaks & Pints has been drinking a ton of stouts and double IPAs — after all, February is stout month at Peaks & Pints, and our upcoming Tournament of Beer is Northwest double IPAs this year. Today, we could use a clean, classic style. We could use a kolsch. Since the German pale ale didn’t just originate in Cologne, or Köln, it technically can only be made there — we should spell it “Kolsch” without the umlaut since, again, Kölsch is a Cologne appellation. Kolsch is made with ale yeast and is fermented warm, yet commonly aged at colder temperatures,
