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by Ron Swarner - Mar 13, 2024
Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Ambers bracket released
Peaks and Pints Tournament of Beer: Northwest Ambers bracket released Peaks and Pints…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 13, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Mosaic Single Hop
Mosaic first entered the hop market in 2012, thanks to Jason Perrault, a…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 12, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: More Dark Arts Stouts
Jack Harris loves stouts. He was brewing, drinking, and celebrating stouts before he…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 11, 2024
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: VIVID
Vivid can be defined as something that is clear, intense, and highly detailed,…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 9, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Outer Range
Outer Range Brewing founders Lee and Emily Cleghorn opened the brewery in late…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 8, 2024
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 3.8.24
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 3.8.24 You might not think you’re…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 8, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Our Mutual Friend
During this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, Peaks & Pints…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 7, 2024
Peaks and Pints Cider Flight: Finnriver
In the rolling farmland of Chimacum Valley along a salmon stream just south…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 6, 2024
Congrats! It’s a Beer: 7 Seas 7 C’s IPA
Congrats! It’s a Beer: 7 Seas 7 C’s IPA 7 Seas Brewing released…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 6, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Outdoors
Remember when you were perched at the top of Trappers Peak, feeling exhausted…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 5, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: 2024 Matryoshka Variants
It began in the 1700s when English brewers were favored by the Russian…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 4, 2024
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Tieton Cider Works
In 2008, Craig Campbell and his wife, Sharon, began experimenting with making cider…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 3, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Double Hazies
Let’s get right to the juicy stuff: New England-style, or hazy, India pale…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 2, 2024
NW Beverages hugs Finnriver at Peaks & Pints
NW Beverages hugs Finnriver at Peaks & Pints The last time NW Beverages…
by Ron Swarner - Mar 2, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Heaven Hill
The five Shapira brothers didn’t know anything about bourbon whiskey, and certainly didn’t…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 22, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Phantasm Powder
Thiols are a family of sulfur-containing aroma compounds naturally found in hops, either…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 21, 2024
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.21.24
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.21.24 Five beers from 12 Percent…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 21, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Grit & Grain Podcast
Beer gurus Matt McLaren (Orcas Distributing), and Ron Swarner (Peaks & Pints), and…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 20, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Mounds
In 1890, Peter Halajian left Armenia for Connecticut with big dreams of owning…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 19, 2024
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: 2024 President’s Day
Apples were among some of the first crops grown in colonial America. Potted…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 18, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Astoria’s Fort George
After spending the day at Fort George Brewery drinking all the stouts as…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 16, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Hop Butcher
In his poem "Chicago," Carl Sandburg refers to this great city as "Hog…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 15, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Great Notion Brewing
In 2016, James Dugan, Andy Miller, and Paul Reiter opened Great Notion Brewing…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 14, 2024
Peaks & Pints Beer Flight: Monet Valentine
Pair the warmth and romance of impressionism in “Imagine Monet” with chocolate-forward stouts…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 13, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Imprint Schmoojee
Ryan Diehl and Richard “Sid” Sidman opened Imprint Beer Company in Hatfield, Pennsylvania,…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 12, 2024
Tournament of Beer: Northwest Amber and Red Ales! Nominate favorite!
Tournament of Beer: Northwest Amber and Red Ales? Nominate favorite! In April 2024,…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 12, 2024
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Yonder Cidery
Founded in August 2020 by CEO Caitlin Braam and crafted by Head Cidermaker…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 11, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Washington Hop Mob 2024
Did you hear it? This morning, as Peaks & Pints tapped big, hoppy…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 10, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Lunar New Year 2024
The Lunar New Year 2024 occurs today, Feb. 10, bringing the lucky Year…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 9, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Fort George Dark Arts Stouts
If you've ever wondered at the appeal, the urge, the drive to attend…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 8, 2024
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.8.24
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.8.24 Here’s another drop of new…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 8, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Remember The Flagships
“What’s new?” is a phrase Peaks and Pints hears daily. In fact, that…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 7, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Hop Breeding Company
Hop breeding has been a thing for many centuries, but in the mid…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 6, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Russian Imperial Stout
There are tales of Peter the Great, the Russian Tsar who traveled to…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 5, 2024
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.5.24
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.5.24 Here’s your first round of…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 4, 2024
Fancy Pants Sunday: Prairie Artisan Indulge Me
Fancy Pants Sunday: Prairie Artisan Indulge Me Fashion-wise, we keep things casual at…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 4, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Imagine Monet
This Valentine’s Day, Tacoma Arts Live will open a unique immersive experience on…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 3, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Oakshire Dark Days
As curator of Peaks & Pints’ February Stout Month, Stoutula jumped in his…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 2, 2024
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.2.24
Peaks and Pints New Beer in Stock 2.2.24 Weekend hits! CEPHALOPHILOSOPHY, Bottle Logic…
by Ron Swarner - Feb 2, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Bottle Logic Stouts
The Peaks & Pints annual salute to February Stout Month has been hijacked…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 29, 2024
Peaks and Pints Monday Cider Flight: Pear
Perry and pear cider are both made from pears, but the similarities end…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 28, 2024
Fancy Pants Sunday 3 Fonteinen Schaarbeekse Kriek
Fancy Pants Sunday 3 Fonteinen Schaarbeekse Kriek Bone dry and cherry jam —…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 28, 2024
Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: de Garde
Tillamook, Ore., is a sleepy, remote, and often damp coastal town 74 miles…
by Ron Swarner - Jan 27, 2024
Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider Winter 2024
Peaks and Pints Cooler New Beer and Cider Winter 2024 Peaks and Pints…
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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