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by Ron Swarner - Mar 25, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Hop Butcher For The World
In his poem "Chicago," Carl Sandburg refers to this great city as "Hog…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 24, 2025
Peaks & Pints Monday Cider Flight: Pear
Traditional Perry differs from pear cider, often apple cider with pear flavoring. This…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 22, 2025
Peaks & Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 3.22.25
Peaks & Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 3.22.25 Grab an Orval and Peaks &…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 22, 2025
Peaks & Pints celebrates Orval Day 2025
Peaks & Pints celebrates Orval Day 2025 One day a year, beer bars…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 18, 2025
Peaks & Pints Drekker Beer Flight
Scientist Mark Bjornstad, builder Darin Montplaisir, businessperson Jesse Feigum, and engineer Mason Montplaisir…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 16, 2025
Double Mountain Brewery 18th Anniversary Party Recap
Double Mountain Brewery 18th Anniversary Party Recap Your parents' anniversary has nothing on…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 14, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Urban Roots
Urban Roots Brewery is a collaboration between friends Peter Hoey, formerly the brewmaster…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 13, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Privatbrauerei Ayinger
Today, we’re taking you to Germany Alps — specifically the 1200-year-old Bavarian village…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 12, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: National Milky Way Day
Happy National Milky Way Day! In 1923, Frank C. Mars created the Milky…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 12, 2025
Tacoma Silent Trees: Mountaineer Tree Breaking Silence
Tacoma Silent Trees: Mountaineer Tree Breaking Silence “I was 217 years old when…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 11, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer Flight: Northwest IPAs Prefunk
Peaks & Pints has unveiled the official bracket for its Tournament of Beer:…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 11, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest IPAs bracket released
Peaks & Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest IPAs bracket released Peaks & Pints…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 9, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tacoma Beer Week Flight: Incline Cider
While repping Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits in Arizona, Jordan Zehner made cider…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 8, 2025
Peaks & Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 3.8.25
Peaks & Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 3.8.25 Our draft list is packed with…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 8, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: International Women’s Day
In ancient Europe, brewing was almost exclusively a woman's role. The medieval times,…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 7, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tacoma Beer Week Flight: Great Notion
At Multicare Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, everyone adores Olaf – not the charming…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 6, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tacoma Beer Week Flight: Living Haus
Post-pandemic, arts organizations have become isolated and entrenched in surviving and bringing audiences…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 5, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Logan Brewing
In August 2020, Chris Palumbo opened the charity-focused brewery Logan Brewing in Burien.…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 4, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Loowit Brewing
Peaks & Pints brewed our eighth house IPA at Loowit Brewing in downtown…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 3, 2025
Peaks and Pints Yonder Monday Cider Flight
Founded in August 2020 by CEO Caitlin Braam and crafted by Head Cidermaker…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 2, 2025
Tacoma Beer Week 2025: Tacoma Arts Live in the Living Haus
Tacoma Beer Week 2025: Tacoma Arts Live in the Living Haus The allure…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 2, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Kareem Kandi and Krieks
Jazz, that most American of musical form, is also the unofficial music of…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 1, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tacoma Beer Week 2025: 7 Seas
Polar bears, the first species to be declared threatened or endangered because of…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 1, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tacoma Beer Week Flight 2025: Silver City
Commencement Bay is one of the brightest spots of hope for environmental restoration…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 28, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: The Lost Abbey
Tomme Arthur opened The Lost Abbey in May 2006, earning a devoted following…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 28, 2025
Incline Cider sets up Basecamp Proctor through 2025
Incline Cider sets up Basecamp Proctor through 2025 Incline Cider Company began in…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 27, 2025
Peaks & Pints Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts Stout Flight
If you've ever wondered at the appeal, the urge, the drive to attend…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 26, 2025
Peaks & Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.26.25
Peaks & Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.26.25 Hey! There's no rain! Come enjoy…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 26, 2025
Peaks & Pints Tacoma Beer Week 2025: Tasting Prefunk
“Whereas, Tacoma is home to a thriving craft beer scene that continues to…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 25, 2025
Peaks & Pints Reuben’s Brews Flight
Reuben’s Brews is the most award-winning brewery in Washington – collecting more than…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 24, 2025
Hope Is A 4-Legged Word during Tacoma Beer Week 2025
Hope Is A 4-Legged Word during Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Not all MultiCare…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 23, 2025
Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts in Tacoma
Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts in Tacoma Peaks & Pints…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 23, 2025
Peaks & Pints Bale Breaker Beer Flight
In 1920, Michael Loftus, an Irish immigrant and grandfather of BT Loftus, follows…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 22, 2025
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Sweet Tooth
“Invention, my dear friends, is 93 percent perspiration, 6 percent electricity, 4 percent…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 21, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.21.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.21.25 Happy Friday! Stop by Peaks &…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 21, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Bow & Arrow Brewing
Bow & Arrow Brewing was founded in 2016 by Shyla Sheppard and Missy…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 20, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Chuckanut
Chuckanut Brewery co-owner Mari Kemper returns to Peaks & Pints with lagers, giveaways,…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 19, 2025
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.19.25
Peaks and Pints New Beer Six-Pack: 2.19.25 The Peaks & Pints Cooler is…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 19, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Jester King
There was a hot minute where the only place to access Jester King…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 18, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Oatmeal Stouts
Not all stouts — a style marked using roasted malts and barley —…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 17, 2025
Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Gose With The Flow
Tacoma Beer Week 2025 Gose With The Flow There in the tiny, tranquil…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 17, 2025
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: One Tree Cider
Back in the day, George Washington’s troops received rations of it. John Adams…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 16, 2025
Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts Recap
Fort George 2025 Festival of the Dark Arts Recap Beer journalism is fundamentally…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 16, 2025
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Prairie Artisan Ales
After sharing their different and experimental variations of saisons working as gypsy brewers,…
Hoppy Holiday Food Drive 2021 a success
[caption id="attachment_38893" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Odd Otter Brewing brought in the most food for the Emergency…
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