Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday glee now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 17: Frosty the Pizza Sandwich paired with Kulshan Kitten Mittens. Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 17: Frosty the Pizza Sandwich An Advent calendar traditionally tells the story of the days leading to Christ’s birth via a large wooden box with tiny “windows” that are opened each day to reveal a small candy. Over time, they have become a largely secular, mostly cardboard holiday fixture filled with chocolates. The craft beer industry has been brewing with chocolates for a while now, and by some sort of mathematical theory,
6-Pack of Things To Do: Thursday December 17 2020 Is it just Peaks & Pints or have the ’20s not seemed so fun this time around? Of course, we don’t have anyone at our craft beer bar/bottle shop/restaurant who can directly compare 2020 to 1920, but the mental stock images of flappers and speakeasies and jiving to big band jazz certainly stand in stark contrast to this year. Well, at least there’s the 6-Pack of Things To Do. Cheers! HOPPY HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE: The average slice of white bread has approximately 70 calories while the average beer has approximately 150 calories.
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday glee now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks and Pints New Craft Beer In Stock 12.16.20 Peaks and Pints New Craft Beer In Stock 12.16.20 welcomes a bunch of new beers to our cooler. … Level Beer Finish Him is a big, dark, roasty, sweet, slightly smoky, biscuity, imperial stout, 10% Little Beast Brewing Dear Giant double IPA is brewed with Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe for cosmic bursts of citrus, resinous rays, and a tropical aura, 8% Metier Brewing Black Stripe Coconut Porter — brewed with minority-owned business, Jerk Shack Restaurant — is silky smooth, well balanced porter, 5.5% Metier Trail Blazer Pale Ale crisp and delicious
Peaks and Pints Tap List includes Reuben’s Brews’ Three Ryes Men barrel-aged barleywine. Peaks and Pints Tap List: Reuben’s Three Ryes Men 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 (until pints return). While craft beer remains our foundation, you don’t have to be embarrassed for ordering artisan craft cider, wine, cold brewed coffee and kombucha as those delights are on tap too at Peaks and Pints. To follow our tap list live from your phone, click here for
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 16: Cranberry Christmas paired with Old Schoolhouse’s Snow Cause for Alarm vanilla coffee stout. Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 16: Cranberry Christmas Foodies know Christmas is the best time of year — there are so many mouth-watering treats to be had. Well, the bon vivants out there will be pleased to know you don’t have to wait till the big day to indulge, thanks to the amazing range of decadent holiday sandwich specials and beers at Peaks & Pints. Our Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar
6-Pack of Things To Do: Wednesday December 16 2020 Hi everyone! Hope y’ll are healthy and well. We found another 6-Pack of Things To Do today. Cheers! HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Sip, sip, hurray! Amitie Wine Company wine tastings are still on! The downtown Tacoma wine bar and store will host a virtual tasting Lilli Blaylock, from Prime Wine and Spirits, and Kris Blondin, owner of Amitie Wine Company, discussing four wines along with food pairing ideas. You can drink along, but hurry as the tasting is tonight. Jump on Amitie’s website and reserve curbside pick-up for Totus Tuus Brut
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday glee now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs three
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 15: Have Yourself A Pastrami Gouda Christmas paired with Stone Enjoy By 01.01.21. Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 15: Have Yourself A Pastrami Gouda Christmas For generations, households of all shapes and sizes have celebrated Advent around dinner tables, lighting candles to help count down the weeks until Christmas morning. With this tradition in mind, we are delighted to offer Peaks & Pints Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a holiday sandwich special and a winter beer behind a candy cane striped door.
6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday December 15 2020 Stir crazy? January is yet to come, but cabin fever can descend upon the soul at any time. Life’s stresses and obligations can create the sense of being hemmed in. It may behoove you, then, to get some air — if not ozone, at least the rarefied air of human expression. Remember that Ebenezer Scrooge and the Grinch were reluctant at first, but the holiday spirit seeped its way through to even them. Maybe you could get there, too, with today’s 6-Pack of Things To Do. SANTA PHOTO: No matter what
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday glee now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 14: Et Tu, Rudolph, Et Tu? paired with Rogue Yellow Snow. Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 14: Et Tu, Rudolph, Et Tu? Peaks & Pints knows it can be very challenging to wait patiently until Christmas morning to open those pretty presents under the tree. To ease the temptation and make the holiday season even brighter, we recommend counting down the days to Christmas with Peaks & Pints Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a holiday sandwich special and a winter beer behind a candy
’Twas the 11th day before Christmas, and all through the city, everyone yearned for a cider and a Pesto Pastrami. The waffles were devoured, with nary a care, and boredom set in at every household lair. “Hey, it’s Monday,” they realized, “let’s head to Peaks and Pints! This is the glorious day that they serve cider flights!” Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight 12.14.20: Holiday Cider is a thing. Three ciders in a to-go flight, all could be called cider bling. As the 8 p.m. closing time neared, folks grabbed their sandwich order, arm full of craft beer and cider
Peaks and Pints New Beer and Cider In Stock 12.13.20 Peaks and Pints New Beer and Cider In Stock 12.13.20 is perfect to pair with today’s Seahawk’s game. … Airways Brewing By Air By Land By Sea is a modern Northwest-style collaboration with 7 Seas Brewing with San Juan Island sea salt and black lemons, 6.5% Airways Snow Pilot is a hoppy, hazy IPA with plenty of citrus, 6.5% Airways Winter Rye Lager is a Franconian-style kellerbier with a bit of spice and zing from the rye, 6.3% AleSmith Brewing Black Velvet Nitro Stout is a nitro-infused oatmeal stout with
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 13: O Holy Ham paired with Corsendonk Christmas Ale. Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 13: O Holy Ham It used to be that Advent calendars were mainly filled with family-friendly holiday goodies. The seasonal items were normally stocked with everything from chocolates to toys. But in the year of the pandemic, a new category is growing in popularity that may provide some holiday cheer for adults: Peaks & Pints Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a sandwich special and a winter beer behind a festival
Instagram Outsider: Fuzzy Claus, Elliot Greenman, Wild Little Wanderer From Fuzzy Claus to Angel Claus, from Elliot Greenman to snowsports, 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: Fuzzy Claus, Elliot Greenman, Wild Little Wanderer. View this post on Instagram A post shared by John Hocking (@tacomahomebrewer)
We’re taking a break from our Christmas beer flights for a to-go flight to pair with today’s Seattle Seahawks game against the New York Jets. The Seahawks host the winless Jets at Lumen Field at 1:05 p.m. As crappy as the Jets are, the Seahawks are coming off a Week 13 disaster to the Giants, so nothing is for certain. The Jets are still playing teams tough, but their worthy wide receiver Denzel Mims will miss the game for personal reasons, and their offense ranks 28th in the NFL. The outcome of today’s game will be determined by which Russell
6-Pack of Things To Do: Saturday December 12 2020 Peaks & Pints presents a 6-Pack of Things To Do Today. Thankfully, for once, we didn’t have to hire reporters to find events. We actually didn’t have room for the Santa Runs Tacoma 5K, Downtown Tacoma Holiday Haul Crawl, Job Carr Cabin Craft Saturday Ornament Kit, Zoolights, Fantasy Lights and on and on — it’s a busy day in Pierce County. Yay! ABT 12 DAY: Look, every day is Abt 12 Day here at Peaks & Pints. St. Bernardus’ flagship abbey-style quadrupel has been in our cooler since day one, so
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday glee now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 11: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Sandwich paired with Buoy’s Strong Gale Winter Ale. Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 11: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Sandwich To celebrate the holidays in the work-from-home era, you can remain in your pajamas all day, drink beer at breakfast, lunch and dinner, and “go” to work all at the same time. You might want to add a coat today as the Peaks & Pints’ daily advent calendar features a storm. Today’s Peaks & Pints Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a sandwich
6-Pack of Things To Do: Friday December 11 2020 Welcome to the holiday wonderland of 2020, where Santa visits are virtual or behind a mask and interactive kids’ activities have been nixed until next year. Still, there’s a lot that’s merry and bright this year, as 6-Pack of Things To Do demonstrates. Pro Tip: Please call ahead as online events are booking fast. HOPPY HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE: Newman’s Own Foundation, founded by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, operates CommonGood.com dedicated to sharing uplifting stories to highlight the good works of people, communities, and organizations from around the world. Newman
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday happiness now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs Brouwerij
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner would grab three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday happiness now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs
In December 2019, the Tacoma beer community helped donate 10,000 pounds of food to the Emergency Food Network. Tacoma beer community helps Hoppy Holiday Food Drive If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that community is an essential part of Pierce County. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the region in March, community organizations stepped up to ensure that our region’s vulnerable residents, among them, people experiencing homelessness, those who lost their jobs and don’t qualify for traditional unemployment benefits, and people in need of food. Despite the pandemic changing nearly everything about our lives —
Peaks and Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 9 Lemon Garlic Is Coming To Town paired with Hair of the Dog Brewing Doggie Claus 2020. Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 9: Lemon Garlic Is Coming To Town No matter where you live, some Christmastime traditions remain the same. Sure, you might have gone to the beach on the first weekend in December or substituted your Douglas fir with a sabal palmetto, but you have your holiday rituals. Peaks & Pints ritual is our Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a sandwich special and
6-Pack of Things To Do: Wednesday December 9 2020 6-Pack of Things To Do —The holiday gift that keeps on giving. Have a great day! MARKETPLACE: Shopping local for gifts this holiday season carries even more economic significance due to the past nine-plus months of pandemic setbacks disproportionately impacting small businesses. Among the many events to encourage shoppers to (safely) check loved ones off their holiday gift lists is the Mingle Jingle Marketplace at The Old Cannery in Sumner. The pop-up shop will offer a variety of gifts from businesses in Sumner and Puyallup. Order take out from Fat Zach’s
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday happiness now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 8: Sandwich Baby paired with Reuben’s Brews’ Three Ryes Men barleywine. Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 8: Sandwich Baby “Santa cutie, there’s one thing I really do need — Peaks & Pints’ sandwich special and Reuben’s Brews’ Three Ryes Men barrel-aged barleywine, so hurry to the Proctor District today!” Peaks & Pints celebrates the season with our Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a sandwich special and a winter beer behind a festival door. Today we open the Day Eight window revealing Sandwich Baby and
6-Pack of Things To Do: Tuesday December 8 2020 While the holidays are not beginning to crowd the calendar, there still are plenty of other illuminating activities — both online and in person — to enlighten your days. Lighten your pantry by supporting the Emergency Food Networks at eight local breweries and cideries. Now on to a 6-Pack of Things To Do! MEET ME AT PROCTOR’S PEPPERMINT PLACE: If you moved to Tacoma within the past decade, you probably know Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium’s Zoolights as the city’s premier holiday hot spot, but you may be less aware of
Every holiday season — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday happiness now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs
Peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 12.7.20 December is here, the Peaks & Pints 18-foot tree is lit, and we’re loading up our backpack with peaks and Pints New Beers In Stock 12.7.20 for the week. What’s in your backpack? Aslan Gold Goose Canadian Lager is a clean, malty, good old days pale lager with just enough hops for balance, 5% Block 15 The DAB Lab, Juice Joint pairs dank and citrusy kettle additions with a tropical and herbal dry-hop for resin-dipped pineapple skunk and freshly squeezed twisted citrus, 7% Block 15 Falling Sunshine IPA offers luscious apricot and
Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 7: Over The Bacon And Through The Cheese paired with Silver City’s Old Scrooge English barleywine. Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 7: Over The Bacon And Through The Cheese After everything that 2020 has thrown at us, Peaks & Pints can’t be blamed for wanting something nice to look forward to each day. There’s an Advent calendar for just about everyone with lots of options that include sugary treats, toys, makeup, books, and even daily surprises for pets. Peaks & Pints’ Adventwiches Beeralendar is a daily advent
And so it was that Former Regular Mary Jane came down from atop the mountain and said unto us: “Verily, Peaks & Pints, I really haven’t the taste for beer anymore, so I’ll have an apple cider — make that a six-pack.” Or words to that effect. Former Regular Mary Jane has wrapped up a very nearly plague-free internship and returned to Tacoma for some holiday R&R (we later discovered she meant Roxbury Russet — her favorite cider apple). Judging by her Instagram feed, exactly how she stayed very nearly plague-free is God’s own private mystery, but here we are.
Peaks and Pints Tap List includes Ninkasi Sleigh’r winter ale. Peaks and Pints Tap List: Ninkasi Sleigh’r 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 (until pints return). While craft beer remains our foundation, you don’t have to be embarrassed for ordering artisan craft cider, wine, cold brewed coffee and kombucha as those delights are on tap too at Peaks and Pints. To follow our tap list live from your phone, click here for iPhone and here for Android.
Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 6: Do They Know It’s Field Roast? sandwich paired with this year’s Anchor holiday winter warmer. Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 6: Do They Know It’s Field Roast? Peaks & Pints celebrates the season with our Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a sandwich special and a winter beer behind a festival door. Today’s holiday sandwich is inspired by the British vegetarian supergroup Animal Aid who recorded “Do They Know It’s Field Roast?” several years after British supergroup Band Aid recorded a different version as
Instagram Outsider: WA Pint Day, Stoked Weirdos, Smokestack Time Machine From a Mari Kemper hug to stoked weirdos, from Washington Pint Day to a beer monolith, 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, cheers to you! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kendall Jones, Beer ? Writer
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday hell now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 5: Khristmas In Thailand paired with Double Mountain’s Fa La La La La La Winter Ale Peaks & Pints presents Adventwiches Beeralendar Day 5: Khristmas In Thailand Peaks & Pints celebrates the season with our Adventwiches Beeralendar — a daily advent calendar featuring a sandwich special and a winter beer behind a festival door. We could present a toasted American cheese sandwich paired with Michelob Ultra and still improve upon the stale chocolate that typically hides behind an advent calendar’s cardboard doors. But fortunately, we make delicious handmade sandwiches
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 in 2016 became Peaks & 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. Dec. 5, 1933, passage of the 21st Amendment, brought an end to Prohibition. You might think there are already enough reasons to party
6-Pack of Things To Do: Friday December 4 2020 It’s beginning to look a lot like 6-Pack of Things To Do. … HOPPY HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE: Douville Home Group, in partnership with Peaks & Pints, has kicked of the annual Hoppy Holiday Food Drive, where local breweries come together to support Emergency Food Network. Through Jan. 8, please bring non-perishable food items and hygiene products to 7 Seas Brewing, E9 Brewing, Grit City Ciderworks, Narrows Brewing, Odd Otter Brewing, Sig Brewing, Wet Coast Brewing, Wingman Brewers, and Wet Coast Brewing, as well as Peaks & Pints, to be distributed to
Every December — while the bartenders close down our Proctor District craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant for the night — Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner grabs three holiday beers, heads upstairs to his office, cranks his computer speaks to an 11 and watches holiday Youtube videos. Obviously, he can’t perform his holiday tradition this year … at Peaks & Pints. No, his holiday hell now takes place inside his home, much to the chagrin of his wife and daughter. In the spirit of giving, we offer you the chance to share his joy. Today, he pairs the
Peaks & Pints Campfire Crowler meets Fleet Feet holiday stocking-stuffers. Peaks and Pints Proctor Presents: Fleet Feet meets Campfire Crowler Proctor is a boutique Tacoma neighborhood centered around North 26th Street and Proctor Street. It’s a small district packed with locally-owned and operated niche stores in which every detail — every window display, bushel of fresh produce or interior cheer — is carefully curated for customers. This year, the Proctor Business District dons candy cane stripes and white lights for their monthlong “Meet Me At Proctor’s Peppermint Place” celebration. Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and restaurant has called
Peaks & Pints Campfire Crowler meets Lapis holiday jewelry, gift items, paper goods, and home décor. Peaks and Pints Proctor Presents: Lapis meets Campfire Crowler Proctor is a boutique Tacoma neighborhood centered around North 26th Street and Proctor Street. It’s a small district packed with locally-owned and operated niche stores in which every detail — every window display, bushel of fresh produce or interior cheer — is carefully curated for customers. This year, the Proctor Business District dons candy cane stripes and white lights for their month-long “Meet Me At Proctor’s Peppermint Place” celebration. Peaks and
