If you’ve been waiting since the day you were born to drink Scuttlebutt Brewing Company craft beer, this is your year: Everett’s renowned brewery turns 21 in July. If you’re already 21 you can enjoy Scuttlebutt craft beers a month earlier the June 1 Peaks and Pints Lodge Meeting when Scuttlebutt dons the ceremonial robe and Grand Poobah hat as we pour the brewery’s beers from our Western red cedar tap log.

For those not into math, Phil Bannan Sr. and his family founded Scuttlebutt Brewing in 1996. Family, indeed. The family business, which today employs about 75 people, started with a homebrewing kit Bannan’s wife, Cynthia, bought him on Father’s Day in 1990. Cynthia eventually kicked him out of the kitchen and into a facility at the Port of Everett. They decided to name their brewery “Scuttlebutt” after Cynthia’s nickname bestowed upon by her father after her impending birth became the scuttlebutt of Naval Station Norfolk where he worked. Phil Bannan Jr. is the brewery’s general manager, and he and his wife, Mindy, designed the taproom the recently opened taproom inside the production brewery in downtown Everett. For the last 16 years Matt Stromberg runs the brewing operations. Former Engine House No. 9 head brewer Doug Tiede sells the craft.

In addition to sweet giveaways, the June 1 Peaks and Pints Lodge Meeting with Scuttlebutt Brewing will feature the brewery’s KEXP Transistor IPA, Homeport Blonde, Amber Ale and 20th Anniversary Russian Imperial Stout.

LODGE MEETING WITH SCUTTLEBUTT BREWING, 6 p.m., Thursday June 1, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover