TUESDAY, MARCH 21 2017: South Sound events + craft beer …
Blue Mouse Theatre + Peaks and Pints = Rogue and pFriem
The Grand Cinema + 7 Seas Brewing = Single
ROGUE ONE AGAIN
Missed Rogue One: A Stars Wars Story the first time around? The Blue Mouse Theatre screens it at 7 p.m. For the uninitiated, this latest installment in the hugely popular sci-fi series is set long before the last film, which was set after the first three, labeled episodes four, five and six, but largely unconnected to the newer prequel trilogy containing episodes one, two and three. Got that? Either way, rest assured there will be a Death Star, evil villains and scrappy heroes saving the day.
PREFUNK: In 2012, Josh and Annie Pfriem launched pFriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Oregon, just south of the Washington state border, with the intent to brew “artisanal” craft beers influenced by “the great brewers of Belgium” and dedicated to their “homegrown roots in the Great Pacific Northwest,” according to their mission statement. The brewery prides itself on its strong family focus and community involvement, as well as its ingredients — while many craft brewery websites list the notable spices and hops used in their brews, none we’ve encountered boast the encyclopedic cataloging of every ingredient the way pFriem does. Drop by Peaks and Pints for pFriem’s Foudre barrel-aged Oud Bruin — a deep crimson beer featuring aromas of marionberry, apple butter and Cabernet, and big notes of raspberry, fig, Sherry and leather with a tart, jammy finish.
REINVENTING LIFE
Isabelle Huppert plays a woman at a point of personal crisis in Things to Come screening at 1:05 and 6:20 p.m. at The Grand Cinema. Huppert is Nathalie, a 60-ish professor of philosophy whose comfortable existence begins to unravel in small but collectively significant ways. So what to do? She lets her hair and guard down a bit, flirting with young men, taking in a cat, and learning to manage her newfound freedom.
PREFUNK: Chinook hop is usually used for its bitterness but has lately gained popularity for the aromatics it imparts in many American craft beers across the style spectrum, including 7 Seas Brewing’s new beer. The local brewery has released a Chinook Single Hop taking advantage of the hop’s spicy, piney and grapefruit profile. The Chinook Single Hop has a straightforward malt bill — pale ale, Pilsner, Munich and Carapils — and hopped at four different stages throughout the boil as well as dry-hopped in the fermenter for a clean, crisp, Chinook-forward beauty. Drop by the brewery’s Gig Harbor and Tacoma taprooms for a taste.
