Peaks & Pints suggests pairing our Italian Grinder special with Fremont Brewing’s Baxter Cold IPA. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Italian Baxter SATURDAY, JAN. 8 2022: When Peaks & Pints sandwich special meets Fremont’s Baxter Cold IPA that’s amore. Salami, pepperoni, ham, white balsamic, red onion, Havarti, and arugula on French deserves a beer that complements the flavors. Enter Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Italian Baxter. PAIRING: Fremont Brewing Baxter Cold IPA This cold IPA has a hop aroma, fruity flavors, clean bitterness, and a bold, clean finish that makes the drinker crave another
Founder Paul Arney and his team are focused on one thing at The Ale Apothecary — making truly unique beers, using strictly Oregon ingredients — including local barley, wheat, hops, barrels, and even the wild yeast drifting around the high desert air — aged in oak, waiting patiently for the right moment to express themselves. Ex-Deschutes brewer Arney bottle conditions his beer, allowing for natural carbonation and more complex flavors that are unlocked after further aging, and as a result, everything at their Bend, Oregon taproom is in bottles. And much of it is already spoken for through the brewery’s
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock: 1.7.22 Hey there! Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 1.7.22 offers a window into what new beers have arrived to the our cooler. Swing by to say “hello” and set-up for the weekend. Cheers! Black Raven Brewing Macho Grande: Imperial hazy IPA full of citrus and tropical flavors thanks to the new Trident hop blend in harmony with Mosaic, 7.5% Block 15 Brewing Fluffhead: Hazy IPA with generous late addition hopping with Mosaic, Chinook, and Azacca for pungent notes of tangerine, papaya, and spruce, followed by a silky smooth, with just a
Peaks & Pints suggests pairing our turkey roasted red pepper sandwich special with Brave Noise Pale Ales. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Brave Noise FRIDAY, JAN. 7 2022: Today’s Peaks & Pints sandwich special is turkey, roasted red pepper, Gouda, mayo, red onion, and spinach on sourdough. PAIRING: Brave Noise Hazy Pale from Fort George Brewery and Great Notion Brewing “Have you ever experienced sexism in the beer industry?” asked Brienne Allan on Instagram. That inquiry sent shockwaves throughout craft beer, subsequently inspiring a BEVOLUTION. To keep the momentum going; to honor those who have
6-Pack of Things To Do: Jan. 7-9 2022 Peaks & Pints is dead tired from egg nogging our way through holiday parties. Thank goodness all that crazy applesauce has passed through the colander for another year. Now we can get back to a regular schedule of pairing local events with craft beer. Welcome to 6-Pack of Things To Do: Jan. 7-9 2022 in the greater Tacoma area. Cheers! MUSIC: During a moment in which the ability to remain calm is disconcertingly connected to the size of your Purell and paper towel stockpile, the sanitized pop sounds of 1970s Southern California
Joel Gregory, homebrewer and electrical engineer, opened Ex Novo Brewing in July 2014 with the mission to contribute profits to its four primary nonprofit partners: Friends of the Children, IJM, Impact NW and MercyCorps. These are organizations that work mainly to build stronger communities for the poor by reducing violence, providing support, and, in the case of Friends of the Children, by working with kids to break the cycles that keep communities in poverty and violence. Gregory initially envisioned the Northwest Portland brewery as a small neighborhood pub and gathering spot. It wasn’t long before he realized Ex Novo beer
Be like Greer Hubbard and pair this sandwich with Fieldwork Brewing Sticky Bandit IPA. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: The Greer THURSDAY, JAN. 6 2022: Peaks & Pints Pal Greer Hubbard cleans our beer lines under his company The Funk Busters he owns with his partner, Bethany Carlsen. They also briefly co-owned Mother Fern Brewing — Greer arriving from his head brewing gig at Odd Otter and Bethany running the Pacific Brewing & Malting brewhouse. Anyway, Greer’s favorite Peaks & Pints sandwich special is pastrami, jalapeños, provolone, red onion, and yellow mustard on French, which
Breweries and cideries support good causes in their communities throughout the year, but at the holidays they also band together to do more. When Douville Home Group approached nine such breweries and ciders to join this year’s Hoppy Holiday Food Drive, all nine said “yes” faster than you can say “253,” especially when they learned the Emergency Food Network would be, once again, the beneficiary. Indeed, 7 Seas Brewing, Black Fleet Brewing, E9 Brewing, Fierce County Cider, Incline Cider, Narrows Brewing, Odd Otter Brewing, Sig Brewing, and Wet Coast Brewing have been collecting canned goods for a month, with the
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 1.5.22 A new year brings Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 1.5.22. … Alesmith Brewing Speedway Stout Vanilla & Cinnamon: Bourbon and cinnamon vanilla extract barrel aged Russian imperial stout with coffee, cinnamon, and vanilla beans, 13% Everybody’s Brewing Imaginary Friends: Winter IPA brewed with Crystal and Chocolate malts, plus Simcoe, Citra, and Cascade hops that learns toward a red IPA and subtle bitterness, 7.1% Everybody’s Passion Fruit Sour: The sweet and tangy golden pulp hidden inside the tough purple exterior transfers into as refreshingly tart sour ale, 5.6% Firestone Walker Brewing
Peaks & Pints suggests you pair our chipotle turkey sandwich special with Silver City’s Mystic Mojo. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Chipotle Mojo WEDNESDAY JAN. 5 2022: Today’s Peaks & Pints sandwich special is turkey bathed in chipotle roasted garlic sauce with Beecher’s Aged White Cheddar, onion, and tomato on French. PAIRING: Silver City Brewery Mystic Mojo This dynamic, hazy IPA utilizes Citra and Columbus hops that impart a myriad of piney, dank, and citrus fruit hop aromas and flavors that will bump up the chipotle roasted garlic sauce. THING TO DO: Because of COVID,
Jerry Seinfeld puts it perfectly in the Seinfeld episode “The Dinner Party.” He says, “People love cinnamon. It should be on tables at restaurants along with salt and pepper. Anytime anyone says, ‘Oh, this is so good. What’s in it?’ the answer invariably comes back: cinnamon. Cinnamon. Again, and again.” Spiced beers are commonly found during the winter holiday season. They are often made with cinnamon, plus nutmeg, clove, mint, figs and raisins, and other ingredients. These beers are hard to categorize because they take on the character of the add-ons. They come in both ales and lagers. Generally, spiced beers
6-Pack of Things To Do: January 5-6 2022 We must move. Forge ahead. Seek truth. Smile and sigh through the cotton/lycra covering part of our faces. Get on with it. The other option is just fatalism and doom and endless whining. And no one wants that. Everyone wants 6-Pack of Things To Do: January 5-6 2022. Cheers! FOOD DRIVE PARTY: The Hoppy Holiday Food Drive brought together nine local Pierce County breweries and cideries for a friendly competition to collect non-perishable food and hygiene items for Emergency Food Network, or EFN. Peaks & Pints is, once again, honored to host
Peaks & Pints suggests pairing our fancy ham sandwich with Lumberbeard Brewing’s Having the Believing saison. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Believing in Ham TUESDAY, JAN. 4 2022: Sometimes, nothing else will do. You have your mind set on a ham, Gouda, rosemary mayo, and red onion on a rustic French baguette, and you will go anywhere (bottle shop in the Proctor District), do anything (drink craft beer from a Western red cedar log) just to scratch that itch. PAIRING: Lumberbeard Brewing Having the Believing Lumberbeard Brewing’s Having the Believing traditional Belgium saison — with
Morning Foam: Hops up, hard seltzers down GOOD MORNING, SOUTH SOUND! Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 — Michael Stipe turns 62 today! CRAFT CHOICE CLICKABLES >>> Last year was a hoppy year for the Yakima Valley. Production for the Pacific Northwest totaled a record high of 15.6 million pounds of hops in 2021, up 11 percent from the 2020 crop of 104 million, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2021 National Hop Report. >>> According to the National Beer Wholesalers Association and their Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI), hard seltzers are sucking. >>> Yakima Chief Hops’ Bigger Than Beer podcast series
In 2000, Mississippi homebrewer Robert “Beaux” Bowman moved to Washington and landed at Mac and Jack’s Brewing in Redmond. Next, he worked at Far West Ireland Brewing (now closed), The Ram, and Lazy Boy Brewing, and anywhere else that needed his services. In April 2009, Beaux and Kat Gillespie opened Black Raven Brewing Company on the southeast corner of Willows Road Northeast and Northeast 95th Street just blocks from downtown Redmond and the Sammamish River Trail. Today, Peaks & Pints presents a to-go flight of Black Raven beer — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Black Raven
Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2021 Celebration Party The Hoppy Holiday Food Drive brought together nine local Pierce County breweries and cideries for a friendly competition to collect non-perishable food and hygiene items for Emergency Food Network, or EFN. Peaks & Pints is, once again, honored to host the Douville Home Group’s Hoppy Holiday Food Drive Celebration Party at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6. This event will include raffles for swag (must be present at the event), guests taps from each brewery and cidery, a last chance to give donations, and finally, the awarding of the Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2021
Peaks & Pints suggests you pair our Beef & Beecher’s Bonus sandwich special with Gigantic’s Massive! Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Beef and Beecher’s Bonus MONDAY, JAN. 3 2022: Today’s Peaks & Pints sandwich special is our flagship Beef & Beecher’s with even more cheese! We added Havarti to roast beef, Beecher’s Aged White Cheddar with mayonnaise on toasted French bread. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Beef and Beecher’s Bonus will be served until 9 p.m. PAIRING: Gigantic Brewing Massive! Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine Barleywines make incredible companions for cold
6-Pack of Things To Do: Monday January 3 2022 As always, Peaks & Pints cares that you stay on top of things. That you have the latest info, the skinny, the 411. Or something. What we’re trying to say, in a circular fashion, is that 6-Pack of Things To Do is back posting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So, without much further ado — or any chronological sensibility — here is 6-Pack of Things To Do: Monday January 3 2022 in Pierce County today and tomorrow. Excelsior! TACOMA LIGHT TRAIL: The Tacoma Light Trail is exactly that: a walking or driving
Newtopia Cyder co-founder and cyderist Rick Moreno got his start in the industry as co-owner of beer bar Toronado in Seattle. Cyder, the old English spelling, is co-owned by his wife, Jennifer Hays Moreno, who met Rick while working in the health care industry. The San Diego cidery sources apples and other fruits in nearby Julian and Temecula, and as far away as Santa Cruz, Hood River and Yakima. Rick developed his cider chops in his garage, then apprenticed with Newtopia’s “master cyderist,” Rusty Figgens, a member of the family that founded Washington’s famed Leonetti Cellar, who also knows his
Brouwerij Bosteels Tripel Karmeliet pairs well with Peaks & Pints turkey pesto sandwich special. Tacoma Sandwich Special of the Day: Turkey Karmeliet SUNDAY, JAN. 2 2022: Today’s Peaks & Pints sandwich special is turkey, pesto, olive oil, balsamic glaze, and arugula on French bread. PAIRING: Tripel Karmeliet Belgian tripel is a style of beer that has the ability to work with a large range of food groups what with its depth in flavor and complex characteristics: spicy hops, herbal notes, sweet malt flavors, honey and caramel tones, and citric notes. Tripel Karmeliet is one of the
Instagram Outsider: Hopsicles, Tacoma Light Trail, New Year Wishes From Snow Days to New Year wishes, from Tacoma Little Trail to new beer releases, 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 and @ciderofdestiny for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Hopsicles, Tacoma Light Trail, New Year Wishes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jaci Hendricks (@jacihendricks) View this post on
People have been making pilgrimages to Portland, Oregon for Alan Sprints’ beer since the dark ages — back when hazy and sour beers weren’t made that way intentionally. His Hair of The Dog Brewing is proud to be one of the first breweries in America specializing in the production of high alcohol, bottle conditioned beers as well as experimenting with the barrel aging process since 1994. Sprints has 180 oak barrels used to age his beer from 6 months to 8 years. Today, Peaks and Pints gives you a taste of Sprints’ talent in a to-go beer flight we call
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 1.1.22 All right, college football fans! Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 1.1.22 is here to help make it a day. Cheers! Black Raven Brewing Feather Weather: American stout brewed with cocoa nibs and Radial coffee, 6% Ex Novo Brewing Kill the Sun Chocolate, Coconut & Almond: Basically, a Samoa cookie in a can, 11.7% Gigantic Brewing Massive: Barleywine brewed with Skagit Wintmalt then aged in bourbon barrels for molasses, citrus, and toffee malts, 14.3% Offshoot Beer Co. Pathways: Experimental hazy IPA brewed with Cryo Pop and Citra hops for hops-and-yeast based
If you followed at least a few of the New Year’s Eve drinking suggestions Peaks & Pints threw at you, chances are you’re in desperate need of an effective Hangover remedy this morning/afternoon, the first day (cough! ouch!) of 2022. Since the main culprit of a nasty hangover is dehydration, you should have been drinking plenty of water with your saisons and sours last night. If not, only time is going to make the hairy, ugly pounding go away. These morning-after drink recipes from legendary restaurateur Trader Vic Bergeron, however, may help. The Banana Cow: 1 crushed ripe banana (a
Well, here we go again. There weren’t that many New Year’s Eve events scheduled for this year anyway, but some of the ones that were planned have now been canceled or postponed because of Omicron. Between the ongoing labor shortage and spiking COVID cases, many bars and restaurants have chosen to (or have been forced to) shut down for the last few days of the year; as a result, many folks will ring in the New Year at home. Peaks & Pints hasn’t had any COVID cases, but, as we do, we continue to take the viruses seriously. We decided
Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 12.30.21 Peaks & Pints will be closing early, 8 p.m., on New Year’s Eve. Peaks and Pints New Beers in Stock 12.30.21 has your cheers! We’ll be open regular hours on New Year’s Day. Imprint Beer Co. Banana Dulce Apocalipsis: Chocolate-forward imperial stout conditioned on Thai bananas for super rich treat with prominent banana notes, 12% Imprint Galaxy Glob: Double dry hopped, single hop Galaxy hazy IPA with hoppy citrus and dank notes, 6.2% Imprint Phoenix Rising: Collaboration with Upper Reach Meadery, this imperial stout is brewed with maple syrup, honey, chocolate, hazelnuts,
There’s something so sweet about sweet. The cavemen knew it; they were willing to risk limbs and whatever other body parts weren’t covered in hair in order to grab honey from beehives. Over many, many thousands of years, the preferred form of sweet evolved from honey to all kinds of confections, including craft beer. Today, Peaks & Pints presents a to-go flight of beer that tastes like Almond Joy candy bars — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Almond Joy and Mounds On the Fly. Almond Joy, and its counterpart, Mounds, are cult favorites — candy bars
If you’re not from New England, then there’s a chance you probably never heard of Imprint Beer Company. The Hatfield, Pennsylvania craft brewery is known for their robust flavors including their IPAs, kettle sours, fruited pale ales and their ever-popular “Schmoojee” brand fruited sours. As a present to the world, Imprint created 12 holiday themed Schmoojee smoothie sours, which Peaks & Pints sold out quickly. Also, as a present to the world, we kept a few 12 Days of Schmoojee smoothie sours to sell daily from our cooler. Today, as our Christmas Eve to-go beer flight, we present our remaining
Competition is fierce when it comes to making alcohol. In the wine industry, collaborations amongst vintners are few and far between. One would be just as hard pressed to find two coffee roasters willing to join forces to brew the perfect cup. And good luck finding a maker of vodka, whiskey, or rum who’s clamoring to blend his or her sacred liquid with that of another distiller’s. But craft beer breweries have been collaborating with one another on everything from recipes to bottle artwork for decades. The best craft beer collaborations often result in something unique that neither brewery would
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 12.21.21 Peaks & Pints will show tonight’s Seahawks game on all our screens. Dine with us and cheer them on with our selection of 850 beers and ciders, including Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 12.21.21. … E9 Brewing Fuzzy Claus: Special barrel blend of barrel-aged barleywine, imperial stout, and Belgian dark strong for notes of candied dried dates and apricots with lightly roasted dark chocolate, 9.5% Fremont Brewing Head Full of Dynomite v.34: Hazy IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic, Strata, and Sorachi Ace hops, 6.8% Future Primitive Brewing Beautiful Terror: Russian
Peaks & Pints will admit it — we know all the words to certain classic musicals. At times we find ourselves unknowingly humming, say, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” while stocking the cooler. Or we can’t help but sing “The sun will come out tomorrow” when an instrumental version confronts us in an elevator. Yes, we’ve all grown up on classic musicals — The Sound of Music, Annie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, etc. We just can’t help it. The tunes — and even the occasional piece of unforgettable dialogue — are permanently ingrained on our brains. No doubt we’ll be mouthing the words
Dave Brown loves the blues. As a reverend, Brown formerly hosted monthly Blues Vespers at the 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, Brown’s secular concerts of professional blues music rival the best blues shows in the state. Brown has hosted his Blues Vespers are various Tacoma locations since leaving Immanuel Presbyterian. Tonight, he sets up inside the Spanish Ballroom bringing in Jerry Miller to entertain. Miller is founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, which continues to perform
Instagram Outsider: Devastating Fire, Hoppy Holidays Food Drive, Ugly Sweaters From a horrible downtown Olympia fire to a happier Hoppy Holidays Food Drive, from ugly holiday sweaters to holiday beers, 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 and @ciderofdestiny for your chance to be featured on Peaks and Pints Instagram Outsider. Until we meet back here again next week, enjoy Instagram Outsider: Devastating Fire, Hoppy Holidays Food Drive, Ugly Sweaters. View this post on Instagram A post shared by RMCCo.
There are some hobbies better kept to yourself. You know, the ones you do alone in your basement late at night. And then there are some truly cool hobbies, like model railroads. These should be celebrated and dragged out in the open for all to admire. Which is why the 25th Annual Model Train Festival, downtown Tacoma’s biggest model railroad exposition (considering, of course, the relatively small size of the subjects at hand because they are, of course, models), is being held through Jan. 2, instead of like, a half-hour. This gives you plenty of time to enjoy every floor
Don’t let these dark days get you down, Gauthier. Hop in the Christmas Revels’ time machine, journey back to the days of colorful folk stories, beautiful harmonies, lively dances, resplendent costumes, and intriguing traditions. We’re talking singing, dancing, storytelling, beauty, mystery, and hilarity inside the Rialto Theater at 2 and 7:30 p.m. As it has been for the past quarter of a century, this production is directed by B. J. Douglas. It relies, once again, on musical direction by, and the lovely voice of, Megan Oberfield. This year, though, the songs, dancing, and stories are from 18th Quebec. The show
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 12.17.21 Welcome to Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 12.17.21! We got some killer drops in from Beer Zombies, Block 15, Fort George, Mason Ale Works, Oskar Blues, Revision, Single Hill, Structures, and Wander. See you soon! Beer Zombies 21 Beers of Bad Luck: Collaboration with the band Bayside celebrating the end of their tour, “21 Years Of Really Bad Luck,” this hazy double IPA is double dry hopped with Citra, Mouteka, and Galaxy for fresh citrus, over ripe guava, a whispering of stone fruit and a back end of bright grapefruit,
Let’s get right to the juicy stuff. Peaks & Pints is talking, of course, about New England-style, or hazy India pale ales. They keep coming and coming with no sign of slowing down. It’s predominately what people ask for when they approach our Western red cedar tap log. New England Style IPAs are brewed to be juicy and fruit forward, even when there’s no fruit in the brewing process. You’re getting the aroma and experience of different types of hops as well as the pure magic of brewing beer. The good news — thanks to hazy and juicy there are
Bret Gordon left the University of Colorado with a degree in Economics and a passion for craft beer. He continued into the finance world, probably sipping an Avery Brewing beer here and there. It didn’t take long for him to realize that being at a desk was not for him and he wanted to become a professional brewer. That passion led him and his family to California where he went back to school to earn a Professional Brewing Certificate at the University of San Diego. He swore he would never go back to school, but beer will make you do
Nothing makes grown-ups want to snuggle more than a slow walk through spectacular animal-themed Christmas lights while sipping hot chocolate under a cold, starry sky. In fact, many folks would pass through the seven levels of the Candy Cane Forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then walked through the Nelson Bennet Tunnel to see this year’s ZooLights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Through Jan. 2, the Zoo is a colorful winter wonderland with more than 700,000 LED lights representing Northwest landmarks and zoo creatures. In addition, there are whimsical animal scenes; for instance, sledding penguins!
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 12.14.21 It’s cold. It’s Tuesday. Your boss dropped a Christmas Eve schedule on you. It feels like nothing will go your way today, but that’s where you are wrong! Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 12.14.21 has a little sunshine in your life with some new craft beer! As you can see, we have an abundance of joy today. Let’s run ’em down. … Airways Brewing Final Departure: Imperial Stout with hints of coffee and chocolate, plus a toasty finish accompanied with hop bitterness, 9.9% Crux Fermentation Project Mountain Traffic: Red ale
You know you’re already humming “White Christmas” in your head. If you aren’t, we are. The Grand Cinema screens the classical musical film White Christmas at 7:15 p.m. The beloved 1954 film brings to life the story of song-and-dance men Bob Wallace and Phil Davis (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye), who, while romancing a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen), wind up spending Christmas in a Vermont inn rather than in sunny Florida … aw, heck, you know what it’s about. Romantic mix-ups. Tap numbers. Patriotic hugs. And, of course, a lot of singing: “Where the treetops glisten and children
As you set your sights and stomach on your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day feast; consider cranberries. No doubt you’re thinking roast beef or roast ham, mashed taters, glazed carrots, stuffing pigs in a blanket, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, and Yorkshire pudding, but don’t forget the most important condiment: cranberry hard cider. You should have saw that coming. After all, it’s Monday, which means Peaks & Pints suggests a cider flight to-go. Cider has roots in the holidays after all — going back to the Middle Ages, people would go wassailing to orchards in the English countryside, chanting recitations in hopes
