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Ecliptic Brewing and Brooklyn Brewery Tacoma Tap Takeover
2019-04-01 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th Street Tacoma, WA 98407 United States
Ecliptic Brewing and Brooklyn Brewery Tacoma Tap Takeover
The Brooklyn Brewery and Ecliptic Brewing tap takeover is going down Monday, April 1 inside Peaks and Pints’ little lodge in Tacoma’s Proctor District. It’s true. Ecliptic picked Peaks and Pints to showcase their newest Cosmic Collaboration series, “5 Beers for 5 Years,” in which the Portland brewery collaborates with five other esteemed breweries to brew five celestial concoctions, then taking each collaboration on separate tours supported by tapped craft beer from both breweries. Brooklyn Brewery certainly didn’t tell famed Brewmaster Harris no; the two breweries brewed an amazing Tangerine Farmhouse Ale to kick off the first tour, which Peaks and Pints will host the Tacoma release party April 1.
As guests enjoy the bright tangerine and balanced farmhouse spice of the Ecliptic/Brooklyn Tangerine Farmhouse Ale, they’ll ponder their next pints from a draft list that includes Brooklyn’s Lager, Bel Air Sour, Sorachi Ace Saison and Black Chocolate Stout. Ecliptic’s Luna Kolsch and Starburst IPA will be icing on the fifthwery, craft beer, tap anniversary cake.
Cheers!
ECLIPTIC BREWING AND BROOKLYN BREWERY TACOMA TAP TAKEOVER, 6-9 p.m. Monday, April 1, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover
LINK: Ecliptic Brewing 5 Beers For 5 Years: Brooklyn Brewery in Tacoma

Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight
2019-04-01 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-03-25 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-03-18 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-03-11 11:00 - 23:00
Where else can you enjoy a flight of cider from around the world, handcrafted sandwiches on fresh French and rye, freely surf the Internet from your wireless laptop below a ginormous circular saw blade? Answer: nowhere but Peaks and Pints in Tacoma’s Proctor District. Every Monday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., this craft beer and cider store, taproom and eatery offers a flight of five ciders centered around a theme or cidery. You’ll find Peaks and Pints staff has high energy and a passion for cider. You’ll feel like you’re drinking in Paul Bunyan’s vacation home.flight
LINK: Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flights examples

Peaks and Pints Gives A Damn: Rainier Beer For Tacoma Trees
2019-03-30 16:00 - 18:00
Peaks and Pints Gives A Damn: Rainier Beer For Tacoma Trees
If you know Robby and Justin Peterson, you knew Rainier Beer would be a part of their Peaks and Pints craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District. Not only do they adore the taste, they also house a Rainier Beer museum inside their other joint, Peterson Bros. 1111. The beer born in 1893 at the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, Rainier sits in our cooler, as well as permanently flows from our Western red cedar tap log. It’s a no-brainier that Rainier hugging, tree hugging Peaks and Pints hosts Rainier Beer For Tacoma Trees Saturday, March 30, an opportunity for Tacomans to have a beer or two in the craft beer lodge and learn more about some of the organizations and programs dedicated to sustaining and increasing the number of trees in the City of Destiny. Forty cents for every Rainier beer sold during to Rainier Beer For Tacoma Trees will be donated to the Tacoma Tree Foundation.
In addition to Rainier, the Tacoma Tree Foundation and City of Tacoma will advocate for more trees in Tacoma at Peaks and Pints March 30. Founded in 2018, The Tacoma Tree Foundation empowers community members to plant and care for trees in Tacoma. A TTTF representative will be on hand to speak and answer questions about their newly-formed non-profit. The City of Tacoma will also be joining the event to talk about their urban tree canopy goals and programs, particularly their free and discounted tree programs available for Tacoma residents interested in planting their own.
“Caring for the Pacific Northwest’s environment is inherent in Rainier’s culture and true to our brand,” says Kurt Stream, a field-marketing representative for Rainier Beer. “And as a resident of Tacoma myself, I’m excited to make the Tabs for Trees program hyper-local and put together an event that makes a positive environmental impact in the place I call home.”
Through the end of March, Rainier Beer cans feature a special red Tabs for Trees tab. For every 24 tabs collected — the number of cans in a case of beer — and returned to Rainier, one tree will be planted to help sustain the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Peaks and Pints and 30 or so other restaurants, taverns and bars in Tacoma are participating by collecting the tabs. Since 2014, Rainier has planted more than 100,000 trees across the Pacific Northwest as part of Tabs for Trees. This year, Rainier’s goal is to plant an additional 20,000 trees — 5,000 each across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
Stop by Peaks and Pints from 4-6 p.m., help Tacoma plant more trees and enjoy a Rainier with Robby and Justin Peterson.
PEAKS AND PINTS GIVES A DAMN: RAINIER BEER FOR TACOMA TREES, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, March 30, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, #TabsForTrees

Peaks and Pints Orval Day Taste Off
2019-03-23 11:00 - 23:00
Peaks and Pints Orval Day Taste Off
Please visit Peaks and Pints Saturday, March 23 as we join the top beer bars from across the globe in celebrating Orval Day 2019 — created by Seattle specialty beer importer Merchant du Vin in honor of the famed 1000-plus-year-old Orval Trappist Ale.
One of the most important beers to ever come out of Belgium, Orval is an amber-hued saison that is dry-hopped, then finished with Brettanomyces. Intensely aromatic and dry, this one-of-a-kind beer is as complex as it is unique. One of only 12 officially recognized Trappist breweries across the world; all Orval beer is brewed within the walls of Notre Dame d’Orval Monastery. The alluring complexity of this iconoclastic beer has made it a world classic, one that has inspired a generation of brewers across the globe to craft bone-dry beers of mixed-fermentation.
By participating in this event, you are also contributing to a great cause. On this day, Orval will donate proceeds from each bottle sold to the Safe Water Network, which provides clean, sustainable water to Ghana and India.
There is no admission fee for this event. Peaks and Pints will specially price tulip glasses full of Orval 2017 and 2018 for you to compare and contrast. Bottles of Orval 2018 will also available for purchase.
PEAKS AND PINTS ORVAL DAY TASTE OFF, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 23, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

Peaks and Pints Gives A Damn: Tree Hugging with Patagonia Brewing
2019-03-22 16:00 - 20:00
Peaks and Pints Gives A Damn: Tree Hugging with Patagonia Brewing
If you love cool shade, oxygen, and beautiful tree lined streets, then head to Peaks and Pints at 5 p.m. Friday, March 22, grab a pint of Patagonia Brewing Bohemian Pilsner and pick up a six-pack of the pilsner to go. Mother Earth would appreciate it.
Patagonia Brewing Co., originally from the Patagonia region in South America, believes life is best lived as an adventure. In an effort to reduce their global carbon footprint and to guarantee freshness, the brewery is brewing their Bohemian Pilsner in Fort Collins through their “Buy a Case, Plant a Tree” program. Partnering with the National Forest Foundation, they will donate one tree to be planted for each case sold; 17 trees for every keg. Cerveza Patagonia has committed to supporting National Forests by planting at least 200,000 trees by 2020.
As we learned in third grade biology, trees are essential to life. They create the very air we breathe and filter air pollution. What you may not know is that trees also build soil and help soak up stormwater before it can create a flood, and they offer energy-saving shade that reduces global warming and creates habitat for thousands of different species. Trees also help to reduce ozone levels in urban areas. Most importantly, trees sequester carbon, helping to remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the air, which cools earth. In fact, a mature canopy tree absorbs enough carbon and releases enough oxygen to sustain two human beings!
Patagonia Bohemian Pilsner has a rich golden color, a slightly sweet taste, and a refreshing and crisp finish. The soft carbonation makes it an easy to drink beer. Peaks and Pints likes to pair it with our Sherpa sandwich — turkey, goat cheese, arugula, red onion, tomato and spicy mayonnaise on French bread. Pilsner might be the most versatile food beer, with hops being able to cut through the spicy mayo and enough bubbles to cleanse the palate after the goat cheese. When in doubt, grab a pilsner.
PEAKS AND PINTS GIVES A DAMN: TREE HUGGING WITH PATAGONIA BREWING, 5 p.m., Friday, March 22, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, no cover

Coaster House Construction with 20 Corners Brewing
2019-03-21 18:00 - 21:00
Coaster House Construction with 20 Corners Brewing
The first 20 corners are the toughest. Ask any coaster house builder and they’ll agree — building a coaster house becomes easier after those first 20 corners are in place. Peaks and Pints isn’t sure if 20 Corners Brewing ran into the same issue and, therefore, stopped once they reached 20 corners on their beautiful brewery in Woodinville, but we do know delicious beer emerges from their 20-cornered structure.
Peaks and Pints will host 20 Corners Brewing and a beer coaster house building contest at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 in our craft beer bar, bottle shop and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District.
There are several ways to build a house of coasters. The “classic” method that you may have seen in popular media is based on a series of triangular trusses that peak to a point in a card pyramid. Many professional card-stackers, however, start their structures with a four-card cell or “lock box,” which forms a much more stable foundation for complex designs.
Peaks and Pints isn’t sure if Andrew Davis and Vern Olson formulated their 20 Corners Brewing business while sitting around a campsite table building a coaster house in 2013, but the duo incorporated their love for the outdoors into their building motif and craft beers, as demonstrated by the names of their beers we’re pouring: hazy Elk Haze IPA, hazy Ghost Trees IPA, Ground Rush IPA brewed with Simcoe and Mosaic, and Calypso Peach Sour.
“From fishing, skiing, biking, you name it, our love for the outdoors and creating a brewing process that positively impacts the outdoors is why we do this,” states the 20 Corners Brewing’s website.
Peaks and Pints likes how that stacks.
Join 20 Corners Brewing Thursday, March 21 at Peaks and Pints and build a house of coasters with all the corners.
COASTER HOUSE CONSTRUCTION WITH 20 CORNERS BREWING, 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

Peaks and Pints SudsPop: Hellbent with Jeff Hamel
2019-03-20 19:00 - 21:00
Peaks and Pints SudsPop: Hellbent with Jeff Hamel
The goal of most breweries is to bring imaginative and delicious flavors to beer, but also to ensure that customers’ expectations are met or exceeded, whether they are cellaring their beer or drinking it fresh at Peaks and Pints. Some brewers like using exciting ingredients during fermentation and performing exciting processes such as barrel aging his or her beer, others also enjoy adding a level of complexity and microbial risk to his or her finished beer. If they don’t control the microorganisms coming out of the brewery and going into bottles, consumers may receive poor, inconsistent and even unintentionally sour beer in the bottle.
Hellbent Brewing Co. owner and head brewer Brian Young will discuss the ins and outs of post fermentation in the brewing process at Peaks and Pints’ next SudsPop beer lecture and private concert night at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20. Each SudsPop event features a brewer, an exclusive one-off beer brewed by the special guest brewer and a chosen artist or band in our East Wing events room. Joining Young will be Jeff Hamel, the lead singer/guitarist from SweetKiss Momma, a rock and roll band with a Southern soul straight outta Puyallup, Washington.
May 30, 2015, Hellbent Brewing opened in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood. Peaks and Pints’ love affair with Hellbent began that day as we soaked in sunrays and IBUs while 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.
SweetKiss Momma takes Peaks and Pints back to joyous, carefree times hanging out with friends. Or, our love with the Puyallup band could be the fact SweetKiss Momma is a truly awesome band. Often sliding into country, sometimes stretching into blues, usually jamming live, turning some songs into opuses, the band touches on all the conventions of the Southern rock genre without turning them into clichés. Vocalist and SKM head honcho Jeff Hamel possessing a particularly authentic gravelly North Western Pacific set of pipes that fits perfectly whether the band is on a blues or rock roll.
Please join us 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 in the Peaks and Pints East Wing for an incredible night of beer and song.
Tickets are $14 plus tax, which includes the special event beer, nibbles from Peaks and Pints kitchen and, of course, all the beer education and music. There’s a limit of 20 people. Tickets are available at Peaks and Pints.
PEAKS AND PINTS SUDSPOP: HELLBENT WITH JEFF HAMEL, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, $14 presold

21st Amendment and No-Li Brewhouse 80’s Rock Lip Sync Battle
2019-03-14 18:00 - 21:00
21st Amendment and No-Li Brewhouse 80’s Rock Lip Sync Battle
Back in the 1980s, before karaoke really took off, pretending to be a rock star, as folks did on Puttin’ on the Hits (or #POTH, as it would no doubt be called today) was briefly kind of a thing. It’s not clear whether the success of POTH fueled the rise of “air bands,” or vice versa. But much as auditions for The Voice or Idol today draw thousands of wannabe Kelly Clarksons to open auditions, POTH held tryouts at malls and rec centers around the country.
Erik Youngren and Mike Lay religiously watched Puttin’ on the Hits, often watching it while chatting with each other on their landline phones.
“It is way easier when you don’t have to actually sing. Especially, if you can’t sing. Lip sync is way better. I understand why all the stars do it,” said Mike Lay. His group of three dressed like zombies and synced to the classic “Monster Mash” back in the mid-‘80s.
The sales executives for 21st Amendment Brewery and No-Li Brewhouse, respectively, will bring their passion to Peaks and Pints Thursday, March 14 when they host “80’s Rock Lip Sync Battle” from 6-9 p.m. In addition to tapping their craft beers, the two will perform their favorite lip sync routines in between sets of Peaks and Pints guests performing his or her favorites for major awards.
21st AMENDMENT AND NO-LI BREWHOUSE ’80S ROCK LIP SYNC BATTLE, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, March 14, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

Tacoma pFriem Can Release Party
2019-03-01 17:00 - 20:00
Tacoma pFriem Can Release Party
No one talked about recycling or reducing his or her carbon footprint back when you started covering your house with beer cans in the 1960s. You’ve worked slow and steady at covering your entire house with beer cans. The roof, windowsills, gutters, even your mailbox and fence are covered in beer cans. And, every Jan. 24 on National Beer Can Appreciation Day — the very day that canned beer first hit the American market in 1935 — you host a blowout beer can drinking party. The annual topic of conversation in your can cave? When is pFriem Family Brewers going to can?
Well, rip down that Krueger’s Cream Ale can door bell cover because pFriem Family Brewers has canned their IPA and Pilsner. And, Peaks and Pints will host the Tacoma pFriem Can Release Party at 5 p.m. Friday, March 1. pFriem Senior Brewer Bryan Cardwell and pFriem Sales Executive Blake Jackson will be in our craft beer lodge popping cans and discussing how your many outdoor adventures, backyard barbecues, or front yard light post calls for a can of pFriem.
The brewery has upgraded its facility and enhanced its infrastructure to make way for canning. The team expects annual barrel-age for cans to be around 5,000 barrels in 2019. To meet that production level as well as to continue to grow its draft and 500 ml bottle production, the brewery will be expanding its Hood River facility in 2019.
In addition to all the cans, Peaks and Pints will pour pFriem craft beer from our Western red cedar tap log because we CAN.
Hope you CAN join us.
TACOMA PFRIEM CAN RELEASE PARTY, 5-8 p.m., Friday, March 1, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

The Oligarchs are coming! The Oligarchs are coming!
2019-02-28 17:00 - 20:00
The Oligarchs are coming! The Oligarchs are coming!
The word oligarch first came into wide use in and about Russia in the 1990s; back then, it referred to men who had built their fortunes on the ruins of the Soviet economy and then used their wealth to obtain political power. In Putin’s mafia state, oligarchs have surrendered their autonomy — and any political ambitions — in exchange for wealth. In Breakside Brewery’s craft beer state, The Oligarch has surrendered its flavor to bourbon barrels for two years before being exiled to Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District.
Peaks and Pints will host the Tacoma release party for Breakside’s The Oligarch bourbon barrel-aged British imperial stout and its six variants 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 — the last day of Peaks and Pints February Stout Month.
The Oligarch. The “original” beer is a single batch of British imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels for more than two years in the making. Next, the Breakside brewers replaced their Russian fur brewer bibs for scientist lab coats adding a variety of ingredients to the base British imperial stout.
“This is also the first time we’ve blended different-aged batches of the same wood-aged stout into a finished blend, which gives The Oligarch incredible nuance,” says Breakside Brewmaster Ben Edmunds in a media release. “When we took on this project, we approached each blend seriously, trying to create a whimsical, balanced, and delicious set of flavors. I hope that people enjoy drinking these beers as much as we enjoyed creating and blending them.”
The Oligarch project encompasses 84 casks, resulting in 122 barrels of finished beer. Beers that will pour from Peaks and Pints’ Western red cedar tap log Thursday include:
The Oligarch: An imperial stout blended from four different batches of stouts aged in bourbon barrels, this craft beer is rich, sticky, sweet and aggressive.
Maple Oligarch: The maple bourbon barrels from Bissell Maple Farm in Jefferson, Ohio provide a ton of complexity, offering an especially nerdy delight to be found in this intense and rich beer.
Candy Cap: This variant is made with one of the Pacific Northwest’s most beguiling foodstuffs: candy cap mushrooms. Their intense brown sugar smell helps create a sweet-then-savory sensation that dovetails perfectly into some of the strong oxidative notes of the casks.
Bocconotto: Aged on cinnamon bark, toasted almonds, chocolate and a touch of lemon zest, this beer is an ode to one of Breakside’s favorite Italian pastries, a specialty of southern Italy.
Champurrado: Comprised of eight of the richest casks from the series and inspired by the flavors of Mexican champurrado, Breakside aged this stout on a mix of cacao nibs, vanilla bean, and toasted corn.
Piedmontese: The most elegant variant in this series, this beer was fashioned on the off-sweet cakes of northern Italy. Breakside conditioned this blend of maple barrel-aged stouts on Oregon-grown hazelnuts and vanilla bean and added a touch of sea salt for depth.
Coco Breakfast: Breakside grabbed inspiration from Edmunds’ favorite childhood breakfast cereal and loaded up the cocoa and vanilla for a beer that works for dessert — or breakfast.
THE OLIGARCHS ARE COMING! THE OLIGARCHS ARE COMING!, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

Peaks and Pints February Stout Month
2019-02-28 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-27 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-26 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-25 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-24 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-23 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-22 11:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-21 11:00 - 23:00 and 6 more dates
Peaks and Pints February Stout Month
February can suck.
This is not substantiated by facts other than the days are short, the nights are cold and greeting card giants cash in when candy hearts reign among freezing rain.
Not to mention, at the beginning of the month a chubby bucktooth rodent boasts that winter will probably never end.
Stout, anyone?
Peaks and Pints’ staff knows February’s a struggle, and that’s why we’re making it rain stouts every day in February. First, stouts are one of our favorite craft beer styles, and second, it’s cool to sip a single style from several brewers side-by-side.
Not all stouts — a style marked by the use of roasted malts and barley — are created equal though, with alcohol levels, recipes, flavorings and textures running the gamut. From the traditional stouts that emerged after porter rose to popularity in England in the 1800s to today’s kaleidoscope of craft variations, the characteristics found within the category are myriad. Peaks and Pints will tap all variations throughout the month, including Anderson Valley’s Huge Arker, North Coast Bourbon Barrel Aged Old Rasputin XXI, Avery Nuttiest Professor Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout, Backwoods The Stumbler, Modern Times Devil’s Teeth, AleSmith Celestial Dawn Speedway Stout, Ommegang King of the North Imperial Stout, plus stout-y delights from Fremont, Fort George and Firestone Walker, among other cellared and recently-released stouts.
February’s looking stout — at least at Peaks and Pints.

The Occidental Beerist in Tacoma
2019-02-27 17:00 - 19:00
The Occidental Beerist in Tacoma
The German Beer Purity Law — Reinheitsgebot — is three years past its quincentennial: 500 years of absolutely nothing but barley (or wheat), hops, water and yeast. Not so much as a spruce tip or cacao nib may defile anything called “beer.” Occidental Brewing’s brewmaster Dan Engler mostly brews beers in the spirit (if not the letter) of the Reinheitsgebot. Opening in 2011 in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood, Occidental makes some of the best German-style beers in the Northwest, including their authentic Bavarian Hefeweizen. It’s hefeweizen makes one want to throw on a pair of lederhosen over your flannel. If you like wheat beer — heck, even if you hate it — you must try this sweet, banana- and clove-scented hefeweizen pouring from Peaks and Pints’ Western red cedar tap log Wednesday, Feb. 27 during Occidental Brewing’s Tacoma Launch Party.
Did you choke on your Occidental Hefeweizen as you read that last sentence? Yes, You have been enjoying Occidental craft beers for quite some time at Peaks and Pints, but that’s because the brewery’s sales executive Chris Spinelli has been periodically driving his beer up to Tacoma. This month, Occidental signed with NW Beverages, which means Spinelli can cancel his Goodyear Tires of the Month membership. NW Beverages driver Shawn Emil will now deliver Occidental beer weekly to Peaks and Pints, which means a constant stock of goodness.
Peaks and Pints will host the Occidental Brewing Tacoma Launch Party from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27 pouring their Hefeweizen, as well as Alt, Helles Lager, Kolsch and Pilsner.
THE OCCIDENTAL BEERIST IN TACOMA, 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th, Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

Scouts’ Honor: Girl Scout cookies paired with Rainy Daze beers
2019-02-21 18:00 - 21:00
Scouts’ Honor: Girl Scout cookies paired with Rainy Daze beers
Just in case you somehow missed them in front of supermarkets, annoying account supervisor Chuck at your office or at your front door, Girl Scout Cookie Season has arrived. Through this annual tradition, Girl Scouts across the region learn valuable life skills, earn badges and generate work for local dentists. Once you’ve filled your cupboards with Thin Mints, Samoas or whichever cookies you prefer, you might be tempted to sit back and enjoy them with a nice, tall glass of milk. But here at Peaks and Pints we prefer pairing our cookies with Rainy Daze Brewing beers.
Thursday, Feb. 21, the Poulsbo brewery will celebrate the most delicious season of the year, when taste buds get to revel in the glory of Thin Mints, Shortbreads, Peanut Butter Patties and other Girl Scout cookies paired with Baltic Porter, Dukes Up Red, Sunrise Coffee Porter, Test Drive Amber, Goat Boater IPA and other Rainy Daze beers at Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District.
“It’s fun, and it’s tasty,” says Rainy Daze founder and head brewer Mike Montoney. “That’s what beer is supposed to be about anyway.”
Cookies will be paired with pints, snifters and tulips full of Rainy Daze deliciousness, as well as a five-beer, five-cookie flight option.
Like so many things in life, Girl Scout cookies are a fleeting pleasure. They’ll only be available for a short, period of time. Then you’ll have to resort to black-market eBay buying. Feb. 21 is your chance to taste most of the Girl Scout Cookies in one sitting.
SCOUTS HONOR: GIRL SCOUT COOKIES PAIRED WITH RAINY DAZE BEERS, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

Peaks and Pints SudsPop: Dark Secrets of Stouts and Song
2019-02-19 19:00 - 21:00
Peaks and Pints SudsPop: Dark Secrets of Stouts and Song
Trying to pin down exactly what makes a stout is no easy task. We know they originated in Britain during the 18th century, are considered to be one of the first “true” beer styles and are typically dark in color, roasted in flavor. From there, it gets a little foggy.
That’s because stout didn’t start as a style; it started as an adjective. Had you walked into a pub around 1750, you likely would have called for a “stout porter,” porter being a popular dark ale and stout denoting the high alcohol content. Then in the early 1800s, the Irish brewery Guinness brought the alcohol content down to just over 4 percent by volume, and started sending their iconic beverage to the States in 1817, converting stout from adjective to noun. The modern-day notion of stout took hold.
Odd Otter Brewing Head Brewer Greer Hubbard will discuss the dark secrets of stouts at Peaks and Pints’ next SudsPop beer lecture and private concert night at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19. Each SudsPop event features a brewer, an exclusive one-off beer brewed by the special guest brewer and a chosen artist or band in our East Wing events room. Joining Hubbard will be singer/songwriter and Odd Otter beertender Angie Lynn.
February is National Stout Month. Hubbard is all in brewing four stouts this month, with one debuting for the 20 Peaks and Pints SudsPop ticket holders. As you sip his stout you’ll learn a little lactose gives sweet stouts velvety creaminess and a milky-sweet smirk; oatmeal stouts augment roasted barley with sweet oats for a chewy, crazy-creamy mouthfeel; assertive roast headlines foreign extra stouts, but ABVs under 8 percent keep them manageable, and many more stout facts, drinks and recipes.
With a sunny disposition and a jazz-queen magnetism, Angie Lynn carries an infectious rhythm both on and off stage. Even the aching honesty of lyrics like “your sad eyes get me every time” ring with irresistible toe-tapping momentum, the perfect tipping point between melancholy and euphoria. Angie’s voice carries the warmth and soul of a recording on vinyl: well-traveled, utterly timeless, and carrying secrets and promise in every passing glance.
Please join us 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 in the Peaks and Pints East Wing for an incredible night of beer and song.
Tickets are $14 plus tax, which includes the special event beer, nibbles from Peaks and Pints kitchen and, of course, all the beer education and music. There’s a limit of 20 people. Tickets are available at Peaks and Pints.
PEAKS AND PINTS SUDSPOP: ODD OTTER AND ANGIE LYNN, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, $14 presold
