WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Washington State History Museum + Peaks and Pints = Then and Now Olympia Film Society + Northwest Beerwerks = Voodoo and White Russians King’s Books + The Red Hot = Presidents and pFriems HIGHBROW BREW Washington State History Museum newest exhibit, Steins, Vines & Grinds, explores the culture and industry-related stories of three libations that continue to be wildly popular in the Evergreen State — beer, wine and coffee. The exhibit follows a general timeline through movements in the industries, beginning in pre-statehood then follows an arc of early
File Under: things that get you buzzed. Like many folks, you might be a slave to chemical rituals. Caffeine in the morning, and booze at night. In the name of efficiency, Peaks and Pints recommends combining the two at every opportunity. The pairing of roasted barley with roasted coffee is so natural; it’s almost surprising these stouts and porters didn’t catch on sooner. But coffee beers didn’t really start to percolate until the mid-90s, and even now they are far from a staple even among craft breweries. But almost no one argues with the inspiration — porters and stouts tend
Peaks and Pints use to love Tuesdays. Sandwiched between the protracted psychotic episode of Monday and the soul-crushing tedium of Wednesday, Tuesday is a peanut-buttery buffer of soothingly mediocre experiences. Productivity is high, outlook positive and acid reflux pleasantly fruity. Well, not anymore. In some belated — and misguided — response to Thursday being the new Friday, Tuesday has become the new Wednesday … or Monday … or both. Want to schedule a 6 a.m. breakfast meeting? How’s Tuesday look for you? Family emergencies? Bad hair? Exhausting games of one-upmanship with the office alpha male? Ah, Tuesday, we see you
Remember when you knew how to relax? It was probably before you had an iPhone, before you had kids, before you had a job that demanded 70 hours a week — plus weekends. Relaxation, we’re afraid, is a dying art (especially this time of year). That’s why we offer a five craft beer flight of tropical chill today. So pawn the kids off on Grandma, put your phone down, and get ready to swallow one seriously giant chill pill. Step one: Deep breath, South Sound. Step two: Grab today’s Craft Beer Crosscut sample flight of tropical-themed brews intended to give you
Celebrate Beer Can Appreciation Day at Peaks and Pints in Tacoma. Yes, it’s Beer Can Appreciation Day today, commemorating that storied day in 1935 when the world was introduced to a beautiful and paradigm-changing concept: canned beer. Krueger Brewing Company of Richmond, Virginia walked into a grocery store carrying a steel can that weighed in at almost 4 ounces and opened with a church key. Not long after, beer cans fell out of vogue. Not so anymore: today, the beer can industry is overflowing with smartly designed graphics and artwork on canned beer. Many believe that
Season of Strangers performs at The Valley tonight. MONDAY, JAN. 23 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + Peaks and Pints = 1980s and 1990s Rhythm & Rye + Pig Bar = Legit SHOEGAZE SEASON Tacoma musician Lino Fernandez has been rocking the South Sound in way or another, from garage rock band the Dignitaries to pop band Bandolier to the all-Filipino Hall and Oates cover band the Little Donuts. Fernandez’ new band, Season of Strangers, is a pretty substantial departure from his other projects. With Mandy McGee, the two singers drench
My name is Scrump, pronounced with a “ump”. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, JAN. 23 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom spins. … The rise of the incredible, edible IPA: From tacos to milkshakes, food flavors are being cooked into an unlikely beer style: the India pale ale. With a few days left in January Fish Brewing Company has released their planned releases for Spring 2017. 2 Towns Ciderhouse out of Corvallis, Oregon has released their latest imperial seasonal cider Serious Scrump in
Craft Beer Crosscut 1.23.17: A Flight of Scotch Ales Scottish style beers can be a malt lover’s dream beer, with its smooth sweetness and body. The epitome of malty, scotch ales are boiled twice as long as ordinary beer, caramelizing the sugars to build these deep flavors of maple and molasses. Recipes may include peat-smoked malt, which can lend smoky, earthy tones to the aroma and flavor. Scottish ales commonly fall into four general types: Light, Heavy, Export and the Scotch Ale. Historically these distinctions carried labels of the shilling currency, which reflected the price charged per barrel of beer
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on horses that pose with beers and the latest action along the production line. This week, beer syrup, hop beards, black latex beer
It’s a wickedly simple concept. Gather ye together five craft beers, pour 5-ounce samples of each and drink and self-deprecate and laugh easily and look at the chap next to you and chat up the crazy mixture of styles. But, you know, in a good way. Today’s Peaks and Pints Craft Beer Crosscut sample flight is a hodgepodge of goodness. Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider Und Sohn Schneider Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock 12% ABV, 15 IBUs Eisbock is a traditional German beer that is made by freezing off and removing water to further concentrate flavor, body and alcohol content. In other words, eisbocks
For single-minded devotion to quality, purity and tradition, the Trappist monks of Belgium are hard to match, especially when it comes to ale. It doesn’t take much imagination to get carried away picturing them at their work. Seated at their rough-hewn tables, clothed in their coarse robes, they spend hours in the serenity of silent prayer and study. Then the word goes out it’s time to brew the beer and like so many elves, off they go to perform their sacred chores. Unibroue founders André Dion and Serge Racine took beer brewing techniques used by said monks and brought them
FRIDAY, JAN. 20 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Peaks and Pints = Oregon craziness Olympia Film Society + Three Magnets Brewing Co. = Olympia craziness MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT DRUM Will saxophone-playing stilt-walkers ever get old? Even over a decade later, no one throws a party like a punk-rock marching band. Portland-based MarchFourth is a big band spectacular, consisting of a brassy assemblage of saxophones, trombones, trumpets, and a raucous drum/percussion corps anchored by a wireless electric bass. The group is also accompanied by world-class stilt-walkers, executing acrobatics and spinning fire six feet up.
MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom thank you! … Washington Beer Commission’s 8th Annual Belgianfest takes place at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion Saturday, Jan. 28. There are two separate sessions: afternoon and evening. The event will feature 42 Washington Breweries pouring more than 110 unique, innovative and delicious Belgian-style, Washington-brewed beers. Check out the 2017 Belgianfest beer list here. North Jetty Brewing and Heathen Brewing collaborated to produce an imperial red ale that captures the relentless spirit of the Washington coast. Graveyard of the Pacific is
In 2015, Oregon’s breweries crafted 1,700,000 barrels of beer. (A barrel is 248 pints.) Beer contributed $4.49 billion to the state’s economy and employs roughly 31,000 Oregonians directly and indirectly, from the guy who drives that beer truck all over Portland, to the woman working her family hop farm in the Willamette Valley, to the dude mushing thirsty peddlers around Bend on the Cycle Pub. But perhaps the snazziest stat is that of all the beer sold in state, 22 percent was made within its borders. In that same year, Oregon’s craft brewers sold 1.048 million barrels outside of Oregon,
THURSDAY JAN. 19 2017: Drink up South Sound … YEE-HAW Cowboy literature isn’t exactly an oxymoron, although it is a rare breed. Its authors publish books of vernacular verse, but are part of a living oral tradition that sticks close to its working-class roots. Tacoma Art Museum hosts a Western Reading Club at 7 p.m. Join fellow enthusiasts of the American West in roundtable discussions and hear from guest facilitators. PREFUNK: Peaks and Pints feels fortunate every time we tap a Holy Mountain Brewing Co. craft beer. These days, the demand for all things Holy Mountain is so high that
Everyone loves a sampler platter. Buffalo wings, chicken tenders, eggrolls, potato skins — who wants to choose? Decisions can be tough, sometimes too tough to make. Especially when it comes to cider. There are just too many ciders out there — black and white, dry to sweet, apple to pear. Fortunately, the Peaks and Pints Craft Cider Crosscut 1.19.17 flight is all about cider. Seattle Cider Company Dry Cider 6.5% ABV Seattle Cider Company, the city’s first post-Prohibition cider producer, delivers delicious artisan products. With zero percent residual sugar, its Dry is a very dry cider in a classical style.
We’ll miss you Mr. Kevin Lind! WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Tacoma Mountaineers + Peaks and Pints = Power To The People Tacoma Comedy Club + Pint Defiance = Laughs and Sticky Hands DANCING WITH SNOW Nothing really brings that dying-for-the-first-big-snowfall ache more than being reminded of the adrenaline rush and the awe-inspiring beauty of a winter playground landscape. The Backcountry Film Festival makes a stop in Tacoma tonight and is guaranteed to serve as that reminder. The Tacoma Mountaineers will screen the films at 7 p.m. It’s open to
MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom man on the street. … For the third straight year, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issued more than 1,000 new brewery permits, bringing the total number of permitted U.S. breweries to a record high of 7,190 in 2016. New Belgium Brewing’s new spring seasonal Whizbang, is a hoppy blonde ale with vibrant notes of mango, lemon, blueberry, and pine thanks to Mosaic, UK Admiral and Centennial dry-hopping. Celebrated by craft beer fanatics as
The holidays are intended to incite love, merriment and cheer. But with celebrations of Baby Jesus’ birth beginning months in advance, Peaks and Pints understands that the season’s overextension can instead provoke something else entirely — such as aggravation and a general sense of dread. Of course, this in turn triggers guilt — and by the time one resolves to just be happy, for cripes sake, Christmas is over. That is why Peaks and Pints presents a Craft Beer Crosscut 1.18.17: A flight of holiday craft beers. … Midnight Sun T.R.E.A.T. Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter 7.8% ABV, 30 IBUs Midnight
Old Olympia Brewery Brew House, built 1906, part of the Tumwater Historic District, Tumwater, Washington, photo by Joe Mabel Washington state beer geeks, rejoice! Nerding out on your favorite malted beverage is officially highbrow. Saturday, Jan. 21, the Washington State History Museum unveils its newest exhibit, Steins, Vines & Grinds, exploring the culture and industry-related stories of three libations that continue to be wildly popular in the Evergreen State — beer, wine and coffee. Museumgoers will drink up the passion of beverage industry leaders connected with the unique climate and geography of our state to place
TUESDAY, JAN. 17 2017: South Sound series + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Peaks and Pints = Olympic pRide, American pRejudice and pFriem Family Brewers The Valley + Narrows Brewing = Grape Jelly TUESDAY FILM SERIES It’s Tuesday, which means The Grand Cinema screens unique and thought-provoking films. At 2 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., the Tacoma indie movie house will show Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, a documentary that explores the hardships and achievements of 18 largely forgotten African American Olympic heroes who competed at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. After the 6:45 p.m. screening, Bernadette C. Ray
The nights are long. And cold. We decided to serve five beers as dark as the 5 p.m. sky for today’s Craft Beer Crosscut flight. The original “stout porters” of 18th century London were brewed for their heartiness in the face of harsh storage conditions; with any luck these five, 5-ounce pours will keep you just as well-preserved through the depths of winter. Peaks and Pints Craft Beer Crosscut for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, spans the stout spectrum. … Against The Grain 35K 7% ABV, 26 IBUs Against the Grain’s bottles are full of attitude that jumps out at you
MONDAY, JAN. 16 2017: Tacoma events + craft beer … B Sharp Coffee House + Peaks and Pints = Speakeasy The Grand Cinema + Parkway Tavern = Infusion PROHIBITION BE DAMNED The Drys all like A game of bridge, And Wets are strong For Beveridge. That little ditty ran in the Ironwood Daily Globe June 8, 1920. The Ironwood, Michigan newspaper ran stories and poetry on Prohibition, which began on this date in history, 1920. The question on everyone’s mind is: Will the featured storytellers and open mic-ers at tonight’s Creative Colloquy session tell tale based on Prohibition? There’s no
Big Al Brewing closed its doors Saturday. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, JAN. 16 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom Russian neo-noir superhero craziness. … Eight years ago, the beer scene looked a lot different. Craft beer was exploding, and Big Al Brewing opened in White Center. But Saturday was its last call. Alejandro Brown, aka Big Al, closed his Big Al Brewing in White Center. Ecliptic Brewing’s award winning Capella Porter will finally be released in bottles. In 2016 Capella Porter won gold at
A five craft beer Cascade hop salute Today’s Peaks and Pints Craft Beer Crosscut flight is for the two bearded dudes wearing Sierra Nevada T-shirts arguing about the merits of Cascade hops in front of our cooler yesterday. If you had more than one American craft beer, chances are you’ve tasted Cascade hops. Named for the Cascade Mountain Range, Cascade hops — a crossbreed of English Fuggle and Russian Serebrianker — were developed by the U.S.D.A breeding program in Oregon and released to the public in 1972. Flavors of pine, citrus, and floral undertones give these
The Snowpocalypse has struck craft beer. Breweries are at a standstill; brewers are reportedly stranded, trucks are unable to deliver the goods, and people are getting home in any way possible. Be sure to keep posting those craft beers nestled in the snow and be sure to tag @peaksandpints if you’d like a chance to be featured! Cheers! https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDqnIEB47-/?taken-by=peaksandpints https://www.instagram.com/p/BPEFRjXAVek/?taken-by=the5280beergeek https://www.instagram.com/p/BPGgq_XA0Bd/?taken-by=draftmag https://www.instagram.com/p/BPIIKnlgT87/?taken-by=filip.adam https://www.instagram.com/p/BPJWRWGA_Wi/?taken-by=mcmenamins https://www.instagram.com/p/BPL-vtqBvsD/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO-0dQojpCp/?taken-by=brewhaw https://www.instagram.com/p/BPQSBL5lZlD/?taken-by=rogueales https://www.instagram.com/p/BPOSKqwAgAm/?taken-by=hopworksbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BPLf4g4AnPu/?taken-by=shortsbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BPRQT53gH6E/?taken-by=deschutesbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BPS4zaFBg_n/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BPTBpKlhlAq/?taken-by=7seasbrew
Andy Kenser will provide the giggle water during SudsPop at Peaks and Pints Monday, Jan. 16. Flash back to the Roaring Twenties, when America was in the midst of the Prohibition: Booze was banned, stealthy speakeasies adorned Tacoma, and the Paramount Theatre sat in Tacoma’s Proctor District, which last year became Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and eatery. Prohibition, the law that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol in the United States, was ratified as the 18th amendment on Jan. 16, 1919, and went into effect on Jan. 16, 1920. In other words,
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner screens at 3 p.m. in Theatre on the Square. SUNDAY, JAN. 15 2017: South Sound events + craft beer and cider … Immanuel Presbyterian Church + Peaks and Pints = Blues and fruit forward Broadway Center + 7 Seas Brewing = Guess who and what’s coming to dinner BLUES VESPERS Reverend Dave Brown loves the blues. He hosts monthly Blues Vespers in his Immanuel Presbyterian Church nestled in Tacoma’s North Slope Historic District. Honored by the Washington Blues Society in 2004 with the “Keeping the Blues Alive” award, Rev. Brown’s secular
Based out of San Diego, Ballast Point Brewing Company started when a few guys with a love for good beer and good fishing decided to open up shop and sell their own brews. In 1992, Jack White and a handful of investors opened Home Brew Mart, a Linda Vista shop that sold malt, hops, yeast and advice to amateur San Diego brewers. Four years later, Ballast Point Brewery was added to the shop. Ballast Point is the 31st largest craft brewer in the country, but it has an extensive portfolio of year-round and experimental beers that are already in wide
Mr. Motorcycle will rock The Valley tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook SATURDAY, JAN. 14 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + Peaks and Pints = Something spectacular Doyle’s Public House + Wingman Brewers = Fig, Fennel, Almond and Stanton SQUEAK AND SQUAWK Squeaking. Squawking. Rocking. And rolling. Throw in some indie posturing, a dollop of cello playing, a healthy dose of experimenting, a smidge of history making and a heaping helping of tight pants and ironic haircuts — and you have the Squeak and Squawk. Sean Alexander and Peter Lynn founded the Tacoma
Ranking high on our list of stupid childhood accidents was the time young Peaks and Pints rode a bicycle while wearing roller skates. All was fine until we attempted to park the bicycle — on a hill. We ended up crashing to the pavement and suffering a hairline fracture to our wrist. Sorry for the nostalgia, but the Peaks and Pints Craft Beer Crosscut for Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 is all about getting our freak on. Visit Peaks and Pints today for a flight of the following craft beers. … Green Flash Brewing Le Freak 9.1% ABV, 101 IBUs For
Nocturnal Habits rocks The Valley tonight. FRIDAY, JAN. 13 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Dystopian State Brewing Co. + Peaks and Pints = Kristen Marlo The Valley + The Hub in Puyallup = new ventures KRISTEN MARLO Singer/songwriter Kristen Marlo began singing before she could talk, and hasn’t stopped since. She is a classically trained vocalist and self-taught guitarist, but also an accomplished composer and lyricist and … bartender. That’s right. Behind the mic, her songs cover the full range of human emotion — from love and lust to rage and revenge. Behind
THURSDAY, JAN. 12 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Peaks and Pints = Multiple awesomeness Centerstage Theatre + Rainier Growlers = Woody and Lego ON THE ROAD The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts is now The Broadway Center for the Traveling Arts. The Tacoma entertainment producer is hitting the road. According to Broadway Center On the Road hype expect to, “Experience intimate concerts where there are no barriers between the audience and the performer — where you are free to connect to the music in a comfortable neighborhood setting. And by neighborhood they mean
MORNING FOAM FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 12 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom flyover. … In a year when a whopping 861 breweries joined the ranks of America’s booming beer industry, choosing favorites is an almost impossible task. A decade ago that number represented more than half of the national total. So, to help Beer Advocate build its Class of 2016: 34 of the Best New Breweries in the US, it asked its readers, followers, and contributors for their suggestions. Here are 34 of the most promising newcomers, as
Play video games at The Grand Cinema tonight. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Peaks and Pints = Karts and Barrels King’s Books + The Red Hot = Lushes Studio 6 Ballroom + Pint Defiance = Hops VIDEO GAME OPEN HOUSE Once the refuge of the nerd, the otherworld of video games is now accessible to nearly everyone. An untold number of hours are spent gaming on home computers, on cell phones during bus rides, and, around these parts, The Grand Cinema. The Tacoma indie movie house
MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom horseplay. … You ask Pat Nagle and the co-owner of Harmon Brewing Company and the Hub restaurants will tell you the South Hill Puyallup Hub opening Friday is the most beautiful Hub in all the land. He’s proud of it, to say the least. The signature pizza, pints and more restaurant concept will have up to 30 craft beers on tap while serving a large menu of our artisan thin-crust pizza and a variety of Northwest
I get up at seven, yeahAnd I go to work at nine;I got no time for livin’Yes, I’m workin’ all the time. TUESDAY, JAN. 20 2017: Tacoma event paired with craft beer … Lemay — America’s Car Museum + Peaks and Pints = hard work and easy drinking The Swiss Restaurant & Pub + The Copper Door = Jack and Nathan TOOLS OF THE TRADE Lemay — America’s Car Museum exhibit Tools of the Trade — Powering the Working Class tells the story of the steadfast work vehicles that formed the backbone of American commerce in
MONDAY, JAN. 9 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Blue Mouse Theatre + Peaks and Pints = Doctor Strange and Jimmy Page MARVEL’S SORCERER SUPREME Doctor Strange Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the Eye of Agamotto. Damn, it seems like just yesterday that the movie business was on pins and needles wondering if it could wring a halfway decent profit out of a second-tier superhero like Iron Man. Those of us who grew up on the comics don’t need as much convincing in that area; our main concern is how well the Master of
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, JAN. 9 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom quaffing. … The 8th Annual Belgianfest takes place at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion Saturday, Jan. 28. The event features more than 100 Belgian-style beers, all brewed by Washington breweries. There are two sessions (afternoon and evening) and tickets are available online. Bridgeport Brewing Company released Old Knucklehead Barley Wine No. 017 for the 17th consecutive year. Through its history this beer has featured prominent “knuckleheads” of Portland that include one of the city’s most famous mayors, Bud Clark
SUNDAY, JAN. 8 2017: Tacoma event paired with craft beer B Sharp Coffee House + Peaks and Pints = Belly-dancing and beer flight BELLY-DANCING Cold? Warm up with a little belly dancing at 7 p.m. in B Sharp Coffee House in Tacoma’s Opera Alley. The Tacoma Belly Dance Revue celebrate sits first anniversary demonstrating several styles of belly dance. Watch these mysterious and sensual ladies as they hypnotically twist and roll with zill-tipped fingers. Be sure to get there before 7 to score a table, or you’ll be all tippy-toed in the back, craning for a glimpse of a scarf
This week’s Peaks and Pints Instagram Stalker, er, stalks snow beers, beer cars, music beers and more. Be sure to keep posting those craft beer nestled against cactus photos and be sure to tag @peaksandpints if you’d like a chance to be featured! Cheers! https://www.instagram.com/p/BOgL1H6g2Ks/?taken-by=matchlessbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BOh_f2Rhhi9/?taken-by=breaksidebrews https://www.instagram.com/p/BOnMRc8AcOg/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BOm0I6oADh1/?taken-by=filip.adam https://www.instagram.com/p/BOnoldgjIRz/?taken-by=heathenbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BOvuEBoD3gt/?taken-by=_hoplovr https://www.instagram.com/p/BO2u0L0BiQK/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO0qRMMBLy_/?taken-by=pikebrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO5zevVBe7V/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO5PG0CjFqY/?taken-by=thebeeroness https://www.instagram.com/p/BO5lSqPBiEt/?taken-by=oddotterbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO-er4FhtbW/?taken-by=ninkasibrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO8a_ZfA2UJ/?taken-by=allagashbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BO-UsXSFvgc/?taken-by=ashevillebrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BO-__NNBvA7/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BPAPwt1hnt2/?taken-by=trnql
Oh sure you’ve got your Kiss Ass Blasters and your epic Hopulus Erectus and your exploding Mount Saint Humulus, and every single thing everywhere smells like some combination of pine and hops and citrus and hops and happiness and hops and anxiety and hops and malt, of course. And sure there’s your rampant witty T-shirts, Magic Marker hop tattoos, sudden vicious unrelenting laugh attacks and Uber. This is pretty much a given. And of course there is always, always Drinkability. All topped off by the glory that is a “Roadshow.” Bless you Kim and Kendall Jones. We speak, of course,
SATURDAY, JAN. 7 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … Doyle’s Public House + Peaks and Pints = Oregon in the house Jazzbones + Narrows Brewing = Ring of Fire OREGON TALENT Cascade Crescendo, from Portland, Oregon, has been crafting its own brand of bluegrass since 2013. Pulling from their vast range of collective influences, Cascade Crescendo plays original, high-energy bluegrass, jamgrass, and Americana with Hunter White before the mic, Den Beck on blazing fast mandolin, Taylor Skiles thumping bass lines and Harrison Olk going all Scruggs-style banjo with high lonesome harmony vocals. The quartet is as quick with
Head to Peaks and Pints’ cooler and create a six-pack. OSKAR BLUES TEN FIDY There are boastful stouts with a bitter bite and modest stouts that are like silky milk chocolate. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy is at Camp Bitter, and the marshmallows have been held over the fire too long, as the nose tells us. There are definitely layers of malty sweetness, but this beer is so roasted, and so hoppy that it comes off as bitter as hell, like the darkest chocolate matched with the blackest coffee kind of bitter. Speaking of dark, make sure you have some White
