TACOMA PREFUNK WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 2017: Ghostfish Kick Step IPA and The Wizard of Oz PREFUNK: Ghostfish Brewing has launched Kick Step IPA, a bold and gluten-free Northwest India Pale Ale, brewed to benefit Washington-based nonprofit The Mountaineers. Inspired by the 1906 founded outdoor-minded organization, the Seattle brewery created the hop bill with Comet — one of the oldest hops cultivated in the United States — and progressed forward with Columbus, Simcoe and Denali for a flavors of citrus, pine and tropical fruit. Peaks and Pints will host the South Sound released party for Ghostfish’s Kick Step IPA at 6
MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to The Disaster Artist. … Fish Brewing will release a scotch ale aged in a whiskey bourbon barrel at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 20 in its Fish Tale Brewpub. According to Fish hype, “This brew will lure you in with its aromas of bourbon, oak and rich malt and then take a big bite out of your will to resist as you savor this barrel aged strong Scottish ale. Liberal amounts of British Marris Otter malt, Kent Golding hops
Ten years ago today Mad Men drank its way into our lives. We miss Mad Men with its sociopolitical themes and stylish ’60s outfits. The morally-ambiguous-but-still-sympathetic characters got away with figurative murder because it was set in the advertising world of 1960 Madison Avenue: Everybody smoked and drank, no one wore a seat belt, women were disposable playthings, and behavior (good, bad or worse) was never justified or explained for easy consumption. Don Draper and the hustlers of Sterling Cooper sold the American dream. There was nothing on TV as seductive as Mad Men before — and years later, there
When a pirate screams “Avast!” they’re trying to get your attention. You should pay attention to Slaughter County Brewing Co. in Port Orchard. Scott Kirvin’s 30-year-journey to open his pirate-themed brewery began when a rugby teammates samples him on a homebrew, to homebrewing when he wasn’t clocked in to his software development career to opening his brewery in 2012. Named after Kitsap County’s original name, Slaughter County Kirvin brews his craft beers with a beautiful view of Sinclair Inlet, which separates his brewhouse from Bremerton. Peaks and Pints will host Kirvin and his Slaughter County beers at 6 p.m. Thursday,
The Barnyard Stompers raise a ruckus at The Valley tonight. Courtesy photo TACOMA PREFUNK TUESDAY, JULY 18 2017: Black Raven Second Sight Scotch Ale and Barnyard Stompers PREFUNK: 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. 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
Let’s meet Arnold of Soissons, the patron saint of hop-pickers. He received the nametag because he preached in the hop-growing region of Brabant, in what is now Belgium. Hops became more widespread when a Belgian princess married a Kentish prince and the dowry included land across from the Affligem brewery. Belgians reportedly sent the first hops to England for use in making beer. Anyhoo, Arnold of Soissons pulled his beer proliferation number after a monastery roof collapsed in Flanders, destroying the monks’ supply of beer. With only a few sad barrels remaining, Arnold asked God to lend a hand. The barrels
Peaks and Pints will host five Columbia River Gorge breweries on Sunday, Aug. 6, the opening night of Tacoma Beer Week 2017. The craft beer lost weekend is a terrific thing. The perk makes up for long hours at the bottle shop and destroyed hands, at least for a few days. But times have changed since the halcyon hedonism of yore, when Hunter S. Thompson — the most celebrated master of the fine art of spending a spell in a faraway locale, imbibing and debauching — was staggering around, weaving his half-remembered adventures into fabulist prose.
Wow, what a quiet week! A craft beer shotgun session, Juice Springsteen and a little brewery fire. Are you all camping in a dead zone? This week’s Peaks and Pints Instagram Stalker might be light but there are a couple solid entries. Be sure to keep tagging us at @peaksandpints and we will see you back here again next Sunday. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWQqR9DjeXK/?taken-by=duclawbrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BWbnpLQHCls/?taken-by=goodlifebrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BWdDzxhB6U_/?taken-by=pintplease https://www.instagram.com/p/BWfyAqcA_Gc/?taken-by=cmonboardbw https://www.instagram.com/p/BWfr8GuFRmW/?taken-by=chuckanutbrewery https://www.instagram.com/p/BWi5UVtBLFM/?taken-by=rogueales https://www.instagram.com/p/BWmw1zgFFjM/?taken-by=andunion https://www.instagram.com/p/BWndDfJAgzc/?taken-by=shortsbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BWl1doGBsp2/?taken-by=filip.adam
TACOMA PREFUNK MONDAY, JULY 17 2017: Tieton Cider Works and E9 Puppies Vs. Kittens Vs. Sean Jackson PREFUNK: In 2008, Craig Campbell and his wife, Sharon, began experimenting with making cider from dessert apples grown in their 400-acre commercial fruit orchards. Despite naysayers who warned that cider apples required a maritime climate, Craig also planted a two-acre test orchard with 25 varieties of cider apples. Today, their two-acre experiment expanded into Cider View, a 30-acre “high-density” cider orchard. In their commercial cidery, Tieton Cider Works, they blend American heritage, English and French cider varietals with dessert apples to capture the
Belgium looks like a film set for some massive historical costume drama. Belgium boasts more castles than any other place on earth, and Belgians earn most of their money by charging tourists to walk up those tall towers — and then amuse themselves by making fun of the fat, exhausted bastards. Of course, they once had a king named Clovis, so Peaks and Pints is pretty sure those bastards have been making fun of Belgians for that (and other things) forever. Belgians make a lot of chocolate. Some people think it is the best chocolate in the world. Those people
TACOMA PREFUNK SUNDAY, JULY 16 2017: Ommegang Game of Thrones Golden Ale and Proctor District Criterium PREFUNK: Yet again, HBO has decided that bottle shops don’t need to preview the new Game of Thrones, which Season 7 premieres tonight, and that’s cool with Peaks and Pints. What’s known about the penultimate season of the ultimate blood ’n’ boobs fantasy series is … well, nothing. Sure, there’s speculation on everything from the inevitability of Daenerys finally crossing paths with Jon Snow (duh) to the idea that Ned Stark is still alive (oh, shut up, nerds), but what is for certain is
Plunking a slice of lime, lemon, or orange on the side of a glass of craft beer is a distinctly American tradition — one Peaks and Pints wishes would kindly die. Not only do oils found in the peels of these fruits hinder head formation and rob you of precious aroma; they’re unnecessary. Craft brewers are already skilled at incorporating fruit flavors right into a beer, using the fruit to harmonize with similar notes found in hops or to spice up smooth wheat. Peaks and Pints’ Craft Crosscut 7.16.17: A Flight of Fruit Flavors features five refreshing treats for your
On this date in history: 1954 — The Boeing 367-80 makes its first flight from Renton Field southeast of Seattle. The jet-powered airliner would eventually become the Boeing 707 and usher in the jet age for passenger travel. The new model 367-80 was simply known as the “Dash 80,” and development continued despite the cool reception from the airlines. Boeing was confident that an airplane flying twice as fast as the propeller airliners of the time would eventually bring in the business to make the investment worthwhile. After Boeing test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnson barrel rolled the Dash 80 above
To celebrate the Summer, Washington brewers will be focusing on fruit infused beers at the Bremerton Summer Brewfest. Photo credit: Pappi Swarner MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, JULY 14 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to shocking snorting. … The 7th annual Bremerton Summer Brewfest will be held July 16-16 on the Bremerton waterfront again this year, just a short walk from the Seattle – Bremerton ferry. This event features 35+ Washington breweries pouring more than 100 craft beers, with an emphasis on fruit beers. The
Hops have been found growing across the globe, without any help from human hands, for centuries. These wild-grown breeds are known as landrace varieties. They showcase the terroir of their respective regions, exhibiting profoundly different flavor profiles depending on where they were found. We expect English ales to have a floral, woody hop character due to Fuggle, a variety found growing wild in England in 1861. The spicy, peppery Saaz hop is a hallmark of the Czech-style pilsner. German brews wouldn’t be the same without the cedar-and-tobacco aroma of Hallertauer Mittelfruh. But brewers and hop growers weren’t content to stick
Maybe it’s because we grew up in a house where there was always some groovy Burt Bacharach hit on the record player, but we dig anything from the ’60s. So when we heard Modern Times will open “LeisureTown” taproom/brewery/playground in Anaheim later this year we dialed up the San Diego-based brewery asking for a “LeisureLodge” day of our own Thursday, July 13. It’s on, baby, yeah! Modern Times is a modern brewery, baby. Founded in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego in 2013, a consistent and modern aesthetic permeates everything they do. From their beautifully designed cans to their
San Diego, California, was destined to be a beer county. Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed his flagship, the San Salvador, from Navidad, Mexico, into San Diego Bay on Sept. 28, 1542, under the flag of Spain. He came ashore near Ballast Point on Point Loma. He was talked out of naming his discovery Sculpin but rather San Miguel and declared it a possession of the King of Spain. In November 1602, Sebastian Vizcaíno arrived with his flagship “San Diego”, sent north by Spain from Navidad. Vizcaíno surveys the harbor and what is now Mission Bay and Point Loma, naming the area
Visit five taprooms by bus Monday, Aug. 7, during Tacoma Beer Week 2017. Editor’s note: Sadly, the Tacoma Beer Week bus tour has been canceled. The craft beer drinkers are coming! The craft beer drinkers are coming! But rather than staggering through the Tacoma streets or worse, operating four wheels, they’ll be carted around in buses to five different craft beer taprooms during Tacoma Beer Week. An idea sparked by Parkway Tavern general manager Sean Jackson last year, with help from Kate Fahie of The Copper Door and Pappi Swarner at Peaks and Pints, a yellow
TACOMA PREFUNK MONDAY, JULY 10 2017: Dupont Avec Les Bons Voeux and The Mummy PREFUNK: In January 1970, Belgian brewery Brasserie Dupont needed a gift to dole out to key clients. Key chains just weren’t going to cut it. Since the brewery produces amazing ales they thought why not gift an ale: Avec Les Bons Voeux, which translates as “with best wishes.” It blew minds. Dupont eventually released it commercially, albeit in limited quantities. A blond ale boasting a hefty 9.5-per-cent alcohol, it pours with a hazy tint and is almost buttery-smooth in texture. There’s mellow fruitiness and yeasty bread
It’s National Piña Colada Day: And now that song is stuck in your head, which is why this day is not only absurd, but evil. In 1954, Ramón “Monchito” Marrero, a bartender at the Oasis Bar at the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico, came up with a delicious, fruity cocktail that celebrated the flavors of the Caribbean. The Piña Colada, made with rum, pineapple, and coconut, was an instant hit. Creamy, sweet, and tart, the cocktail quickly caught on with tourists and locals alike. The Piña Colada eventually became the official drink of Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, the cocktail’s popularity also
Hey Peaks and Pints Pals! Did you all have a good 4th? We hope you celebrated well and enjoyed some time off. Hard to believe it is already Sunday again. We’ve been swamped with holiday happenings so we haven’t stalked Instagram as much as we would like this week. Be sure to tag @peaksandpints in your next beer adventure for your chance to be featured the following week. See you then. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWF1B-2hvDv/?taken-by=hopworksbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BWHmwOpAnuA/?taken-by=alpinebeerco https://www.instagram.com/p/BWETYe_jyBf/?taken-by=deschutesbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BWLPZUtjJOf/?taken-by=cloudburstbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BWLkozOhj17/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWNqo2IAMx8/?taken-by=mikehessbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BWS3z6AjpZQ/?taken-by=foundersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BWRN0wWh4gh/?taken-by=3magbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BWVc1T1hTqW/?taken-by=pintplease
In 1846, California was a part of Mexico, and known as Alta California. Thanks to Mexico’s “Find Yourself Here” commercials on Samuel Morse’s newly invented telegraph Americans and immigrants flocked to Alta California like the salmon of Capistrano. Tensions mounted. June 10, 1846, a small group of resident Americans living north of San Francisco Bay stole Mexican Lt. Francisco Arce’s horses to prevent Mexican calvary attacks. The next day, the American horse thieves captured the town of Sonoma imprisoning Gen. Mariano Vallejo and his men. Some Americans led the prisoners to Sutter’s Fort in what would become Sacramento. The remaining
Tour the “Gridiron Glory: the Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame” at the Washington State History Museum while drinking Three Magnets craft beer Thursday, July 13. Art courtesy of WSHM Football is the number one sport in North America. Some may rue that truth and some may cheer it; where you stand on that point says a lot about what you look for in a sporting contest. But in contrast to the endless spring, summer and fall of a long baseball season, football offers a compact handful of games, lending each one maximum import
Against The Grain Brewery’s Rico Sauvin IIPA offers a mild malt flavor behind lemon peel, pine, plum and white grapes. TACOMA PREFUNK JULY 8 2017: Rico Sauvin and Tacoma Pride PREFUNK: We all remember Rico Suave. According to singer Gerardo in 1991, Rico Sauve was a Latin ladies man whom, according to the song, his “only addiction has to do with the female species.” It’s our guess after one sip Rico Suave would also be addicted to Rico Sauvin, Against The Grain Brewery’s double IPA brewed with Nelson Sauvin hops. Named after both its founding region
Collaborations are common in the friendly craft beer world, where like-minded brewers often team up to meld brains over the kettle for a day. Sometimes, brewers journey cross-town or even cross-state for such projects with the results eventually being tapped at both brewers’ home pubs. Typically, whoever owns the collaboration brewing system and sells the beer sets the rules. Also, when professional brewers collaborate with other professional brewers, the conversations lean toward technical details. When professional brewers collaborate with civilians, the brewing room chatter tends to be more about big ideas and work up something possible. Yesterday, Peaks and Pints
Dogs have been associated with breweries for centuries. Many a brewer has stood watch over a mash tun with a faithful canine companion, although not in Pierce County as the Health Department states reusable glassware and food don’t pair well with canines. Dogs are also a familiar sight on beer labels. Lagunitas Brewing Co. has a dog for its logo, a pit bull inspired by Petey from The Little Rascals. Taking it a step further, it could be said dogs are the animal equivalent of beer-drinkers: happy, loyal with a general joie de vivre that makes you want to hang
The Living Body presents its body of work at The Valley tonight. TACOMA PREFUNK THURSDAY, JULY 6 2017: Hellbent Brewing and the Living Body PREFUNK: May 30, 2015, Hellbent Brewing Company opened in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood. Our love affair with Hellbent began that day as we soaked in sunrays and IBUs sunk in a couch in the brewery’s back parking lot. Good times. It wasn’t until a sample bottle of Dang! Citra IPA made it to our 2016 Thanksgiving dinner that we pledged our undying love. The hops smacked the tryptophan with toasted caramel, bright
Seattle native Josh Pfriem began homebrewing while at Western Washington University in his early 20s then moved to Utah as a ski bum. He worked at Utah Brewers Cooperative for a few years before moving back to his old college town of Bellingham to brew at Chuckanut Brewery, where he helped win the Great American Beer Festival Small Brewpub of the Year in 2009. He moved to Hood River, Oregon to work at Full Sail but left in December 2011 to open pFriem Family Brewers — across the highway from Full Sail along the banks of the Columbia River —
North By North will rock The Valley tonight. TACOMA PREFUNK MONDAY, JULY 3 2017: Gigantic Kölschtastic and the sexy thriller PREFUNK: Kölsch is made with ale yeast and is fermented warm, yet commonly aged at colder temperatures, making it a hybrid between the lager and the ale. That’s fantastic. No, wait! That’s Kölschtastic! That’s what Gigantic Brewing calls its Kölsch and it’s every bit the truth. What makes the Portland, Oregon’s Kölsch stand out is the use of whole leaf hops in the Gigantic hop back, lending hop flavor without the bitterness usually associated with this
The yins to Cascade’s yang, Centennial hops are often used in parallel with the famed citrusy varietal. Centennial hops are sometimes referred to as “Super Cascade” due to their higher bittering properties. They were first bred in 1974 as a cross between many different strains including Brewers Gold, Fuggle, East Kent Golding and Bavarian hops. The name comes from the Washington state Centennial Celebration, which occurred in 1989, just before the public release of Centennial hops in 1990. Though not as aromatic as their smaller, older brothers, their excellent blend of floral and bittering characteristics make them well-suited to extra-hoppy
Ah yes, a long holiday weekend is upon us! Are you excited Peaks and Pints Pals?! With the unofficial start to summer, what styles are you most excited for? We hope you get to enjoy the outdoors and perhaps even stock your cooler from our cooler. Whatever you do, be sure to share your lovely beer photos with us and tag us at @peaksandpint. We’ll meet you back here again next week. Cheers! https://www.instagram.com/p/BV0CkZFj85R/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BV0DPbKh_V3/?taken-by=helmsbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BVyN5LHngvW/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxkZeIhVHu/?taken-by=filip.adam https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxp3NJBy-D/?taken-by=bikerobrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BV0mAnCjlHf/?taken-by=ninkasibrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BV0kZbnDNLr/?taken-by=block15brewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BV42qZsh6ol/?taken-by=oskarblues https://www.instagram.com/p/BV5fCUKHKP2/?taken-by=thebeeroness https://www.instagram.com/p/BV5E2_ygd_8/?taken-by=nolibrewhouse https://www.instagram.com/p/BV8V1L7B0n4/?taken-by=culturebrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BV-wjHkA8fb/?taken-by=shortsbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BV5xvv5FjA_/?taken-by=dicksbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAvB5YhvK1/?taken-by=pintplease https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBP9cFDr9_/?taken-by=grixsenbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BV-8cUXjH1p/?taken-by=deschutesbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BV-8jhyhJ8y/?taken-by=draftmag https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBXAHqAhUt/?taken-by=wingmanbrewers https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBfZe8BUi5/?taken-by=peaksandpints https://www.instagram.com/p/BV_PAO_lFeX/?tagged=beercamp https://www.instagram.com/p/BV_M8O6DosH/?tagged=beercamp https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAj9dZlWdw/?tagged=beercamp https://www.instagram.com/p/BWD4GLTBpvA/?taken-by=rogueales https://www.instagram.com/p/BWDxDnUF4_Z/?tagged=craftbeerlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BWD0LxsjRbX/?tagged=beercamp
This date in history July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia voted to approve a resolution for independence from Britain. On that same day, the Pennsylvania Evening Post published this: “This day the Continental Congress declared the United Colonies Free and Independent States.” So why do we celebrate July 4th as Independence Day? Because that is the day the declaration was sent to the printer, who then put that date on the top of the document, copies of which were distributed throughout the colonies and beyond. The next year the Continental Congress decided to take a commemorative
Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman poured his beer during the entire Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across The World craft beer festival at Seattle’s Gas Works Park Friday, June 30, 2017. Photo credit: Pappi Swarner The weather was gnarly. OK, it was only a sweltering 83 degrees — which is just about incomprehensible for a Western Washington festival — and we shuffled around Seattle’s Gas Works Park with other sweaty craft beer and cider tasters, shifting between booths emblazoned with names of the breweries Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. handpicked to serve the sunscreen’d masses. Yesterday’s Sierra Nevada
TACOMA PREFUNK JULY 1 2017: Modern Times Ice and Weird Elephant PREFUNK: Founded in the early summer of 2013, Modern Times Beer is a San Diego-based brewery that focuses mainly on session-style IPAs, but also includes an array of hybrid styles from the brewers’ experiments with mixing and matching hops, fruits, yeasts, and barrels, including an innovative line of sours, the result of pilot batches. Peaks and Pints pours Modern Times’ first pilsner, Ice, from our western red cedar tap log. The brewery hopped it with Czech Saaz and Australian Summer hops, before lagering the hell out of it for
TACOMA PREFUNK FRIDAY, JUNE 30 2017: New Holland Dragon Milk S’mores and the Greenriver Thrillers PREFUNK: The simple beauty of s’mores: Find the right stick. Poke it through a marshmallow and stick it over a campfire. Once it’s the perfect gooeyness and crispiness, carefully plop it on top of a piece of Hersey’s chocolate and sandwich it between graham crackers. Did you forget to make camping reservations this weekend? Get your s’mores fix at Peaks and Pints. First, the only place you’ll find Auntie B’s S’mores Jars is at our little lodge in Tacoma’s Proctor District. The chocolate cream base,
Peaks and Pints is spent this week, folks. We’ve got nothing for our beer flight today. We’re like our 12 pack of Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Across The World — torn, trampled, and empty except for one pathetic, half-drank, beaten bottle. We’ve got nothing witty to offer and no tangents to lead you down. We’ve been sitting in front of this computer for hours, trying to come up with good stuff — and good sentences — with only mild success. As night once again turns to morning and this is all we have on paper for today’s beer flight, it’d
MORNING FOAM FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 29 2017: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to summer snow sports. … It won’t be too long before beer drinkers start noticing a new notice on their bottles and cans. In an effort to help small, independent craft beer makers distinguish their product from breweries recently acquired by Big Beer, the Brewers Association released a new craft beer seal as of Tuesday morning. The San Antonio Current thinks it’s a good thing. The Full Pint has issues with the seal and the Brewers Association. Dustin Guy
American craft breweries began seriously researching Southern Hemisphere hop varieties last year because many hops varieties grown in the United States are becoming more expensive and more difficult to get as the craft-brewing industry expands and more consumers embrace craft beer. The main Australian hop regions are the states of Tasmania and Victoria; the main varieties grown there are the high-alpha varieties Millennium and Super Pride. Together these two varieties amount to almost one-third of Australian hop production, followed by Pride of Ringwood and Topaz, which together account for roughly one-quarter. The other varieties of note are Nelson Sauvin, Victoria,
Taste the IPA Dr. Randall Breedlove brewed with Tacoma Brewing Co. at Peaks and Pints today. TACOMA PREFUNK WEDNESDAY JUNE 28 2017: Dr. Breedlove’s IPA and other tastings PREFUNK: Dr. Randall Breedlove is a badass. The registered pharmacist built computers, websites and databases while attending pharmacy school. The Tacoman has been a clinical pharmacist, drug information specialist, pharmaceutical automation implementation specialist and most recently involved in healthcare information technologies. That’s all badass, but when he’s not wearing a white coat he’s pedaling road and mountain bikes in faraway lands with post ride craft beer celebrations. You
Did you know that June 18 was National Buy Dad a Beer Day? Neither did we! Here we are, preparing to celebrate National Belgian Beer Week July 14-21, and Dad had to be like, “Oh! Look at me! I’m special! I deserve my own celebration a month earlier to upstage all of you mere plebeian Belgians.” It wasn’t enough you put us on restriction from scarping your 1967 Plymouth Barracuda with our belt buckle, now we’re suppose to buy you a beer every year. That’s cool. You deserve it Dad. Anyway, there’s such a thing as National Belgian Beer Week
SOUTH SOUND PREFUNK TUESDAY JUNE 27 2017: Triceratops Strawberry Blonde and the Dusty 45’s PREFUNK: Fruit beers used to be lame, right? Artificial-tasting blueberry ales, cloyingly sweet strawberry wheats … but no more. Fruit beer has come a long way and is finally welcome on serious draft lists. Peaks and Pints has Triceratops Brewing’s delicious Strawberry Blonde on tap. It’s a classic blonde ale with 27 pounds of strawberry per barrel. Triceratops head brewer Rob Horn added strawberries three days before the end of fermentation to leave a slightly dry strawberry finish, but without loosing that delicious strawberry flavor. This beer finishes
Imperial India Pale Ale is one of the most preferred beer styles these days. The Imperial India Pale Ale (IIPA), also called a double IPA, has deep golden to reddish-amber color and medium- to full-bodied mouthfeel. These big, bold IPAs are known for a strong hop profile with resiny, piney and/or citrus tones, depending upon the type of hops in the recipe. There should be some maltiness that lends balance and flavor complexity. Strength may range from 7.5 percent to 10 percent ABV. Many hop-centric brews seem to be in a race to out-bitter each other. Peaks and Pints is
TACOMA PREFUNK MONDAY, JUNE 26 2017: Wayne’s World and the All Stars PREFUNK: In news that will simultaneously make you feel ancient and also burst out an inevitable “excellent,” Wayne’s World, the acme of SNL skit-to-film adaptations turned 25 this year, and to celebrate, Peaks and Pints while run the soundtrack through our jukebox for this week’s SudsPop music and craft beer happening at 7 p.m. tonight. The 1992 film, of course, starred Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hesher-meets-slacker best buds Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, who broadcast a no-budget cable-access show from Wayne’s basement in Aurora. All this
Looking for excuses to crack open a beer during the summer, whether you’re having a cookout, sitting on the stoop watching the traffic jams, or just celebrating another Monday well-done. Consider a wheat craft beer — the mellow, citrusy brews that are many people’s first foray into craft-beer drinking. As an overarching label, “wheat beer” can mean an awful lot, and this is likely something that craft beer drinkers who are just beginning to explore the world of beer wouldn’t fully understand. Ultimately, all the term “wheat beer” really implies is a brew where more than 50 percent of the
