Saturday, July 12th, 2025

Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Tacoma Porchfest

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Today and tomorrow, Tacoma Porchfest strums to life—porches become stages, sidewalks become dance floors, and neighborhoods hum with the buzz of borrowed amps and backyard dreams. And here at Peaks & Pints, we’re handing the mic to the beers. This Saturday flight isn’t just a lineup—it’s a living, humming, hop-soaked mixtape of fictional bands born from the cans themselves. From a flannel-fueled IPA garage band and a synth-surf hexcaster, to a barefoot indie pop sunbeam and a hammock-dreaming psych-pop daybreak, each beer performs its own flavor-forward set from a different porch in the city. Roll for initiative. Crack a can. The Porchfest has already started. …

Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Tacoma Porchfest

Loowit Players Handbook: Warlock IPA

6.2% ABV

Conjured deep in the hop dungeons beneath Mount St. Helens, this West Coast IPA is a pact-bound potion of citrus incantations and bitter revelations. Mosaic, Citra, and Simcoe weave enchantments of pine, lemon peel, and a touch of stonefruit on a malt scroll crisp enough to summon flavor familiars with every sip.
Genre: Arcane prog-metal meets bardcore funk—think Dungeon Master doom riffs tangled in 12-string psychedelia and synth-harpsichord solos.
Porch stage: A shadowy Victorian porch lit by flickering LED candles and a 20-sided die projected onto the garage door. The band wears robes and war paint. The crowd rolls perception checks between songs. Somewhere, a lute solo morphs into a fuzzed-out face-melter. Your next sip? That’s your charisma modifier kicking in. 

E9 Brewing Pogo Stick Nelson IPA

6.3% ABV

Bursting with Nelson Sauvin’s white grape glow and a chorus of Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Comet, this hazy IPA bounces like a sunbeam on a trampoline. Juicy layers of lychee, citrus zest, and stone fruit swirl through a soft, pillowy haze that feels less like beer and more like summer on shuffle.
Genre: Bright, jangly indie pop with a fizzy, tropical soul—think Vampire Weekend covering The Shins at a garden party.
Porch stage: A front yard deck cluttered with mismatched lawn chairs and strung with string lights, where the band wears sunglasses at sunset and the crowd dances barefoot in the grass, hopped up on harmonies and lychee-scented breezes.

Single Hill Feral Joy IPA

6.3% ABV

A hazy IPA that pulses with vibrant hops—think pineapple sunshine, citrus bursts, and the soft kiss of florality—like a backyard sunrise through a pine grove.

Genre: Tropical psych-pop with a touch of floral funk—imagine Tame Impala meeting Animal Collective in a hammock jam.

Porch stage: Another front deck, this time framed by overgrown potted herbs and string lights, where the band sets up on an eco-chic pallet stage, suspended hammocks bobbing in the breeze. They launch into effervescent, dreamy grooves with fruity vocal loops and synth-soft harmonies that feel like swallowing warm summer air through a pineapple straw.

Old Schoolhouse Home Brew IPA

6.5% ABV

Like a fuzz pedal baptized in grapefruit and pine resin, Home Brew IPA plugs into your synapses with Simcoe swagger and Citra solos, riffing through layers of marmalade malt and citrus feedback until the whole glass hums with backyard bravado. This isn’t just an IPA—it’s a band of flannel-clad hop disciples playing sunburnt garage rock on a porch wrapped in peeling paint and summer regrets.
Genre: Pacific Northwest porch punk with a splash of jam-band improv.
Porch stage: A split-level bungalow with a leaning banister and a cooler doubling as a merch table.

8-Bit Brewing Ludus Occulta

6.7% ABV

A crisp West Coast incantation conjured in collaboration with Brujos Brewing, this double dry-hopped IPA channels Mosaic’s electric resin and Nelson’s white grape sorcery into a spell of bright citrus, pine, and bitter balance. Ludus Occulta doesn’t just pour—it pulses, a glass-bound soundtrack to something mysterious, fast, and unapologetically sharp.
Genre: Neon-drenched synth-surf punk with glitch breaks and lunar reverb.
Porch stage: A sharp-edged modernist patio glowing with blue LED tape and modular synth gear, where the band thrashes under a geometric pergola as drones buzz overhead and neighbors wonder why their Ring cameras are glitching.

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