THURSDAY, NOV. 3 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Lakewood Playhouse + Peaks and Pints = Lions, Tigers and International Stout Day The Valley + Downtown: On the Go = Link and Drink and Americana King’s Books + Engine House No. 9 = Puget Sound and the Columbia Gorge University of Puget Sound + Wet Coast Brewing Co. = Mo Bros WIZARD OF OZ “Hark! We, the people of the Land of Oz do hereby generally proclaim, with all due solemnity and pseudo-legally binding authority, that YOU shall, now and until such time as we appoint a successor,
MONDAY, OCT. 31 2016: South Sound events + craft beer Top of Tacoma + Parkway Tavern = Halloween G. Donnalson’s + Pint Defiance = Halloween HALLOWEEN PAIRING OPTION NO. 1 Top of Tacoma Bar and Café is cool. So cool those Weekly Volcano readers have voted it the Best Bar in Tacoma numerous times. But Top’s top-dog status has nothing to do with the fact that it won so many awards. Top was the best before it was voted the best. For cool to be recognized as cool it must be unrecognized cool first. Neighborhood regulars, the Tacoma music scene,
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on brewer costumes and the latest action along the production line. This week, scary beers, 21 runs, early Christmas, major awards and more.
MR. MALINOWSKI: OK, Two Beers Brewing Co. and Seattle Cider Company — let’s conjugate the verb “to drink,” or in French, “boire.” Present tense … BREWERY AND CIDERY EXPLOYEES: (In unison) Je bois. Tu bois. Il boit. Nous buvons. Vous buvez. Ils boivent. (An exasperated groan rises from the back of the class.) MR. MALINOWSKI: Brett, do you have a problem? BREWERY AND CIDERY SALES EXECUTIVE BRETT THOMPSON: Well, yeah. Why do we have to learn this crazy language? It’s not like anyone actually speaks it or anything. MR. MALINOWSKI: Well, son, your Two Beers Brewing and Seattle Cider
Halloween is finally here! Well, technically, it’s not here until Monday, but if a holiday the magnitude of Halloween falls on a Monday, it becomes the province of the entire preceding weekend. This year, Peaks and Pints will be treat-or-treating with a pillowcase, loading it with craft beer from local breweries. Speaking of local breweries, several have Halloween prefunk parties tonight. Here are a few South Sound brewery happenings: CASCADIA HOMEBREW AND BREWING COMPANY: The downtown Olympia homebrew shop and brewery has collaborated with Olympia hip-hop group Syncopated Knock on Hip Hop Pale Ale, a Belgian style pale infused with
The Russian Grand Ballet performs at the Pantages Theater tonight. FRIDAY, OCT. 28 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Hilltop Tacoma + The Red Hot = Washington beer and bluegrass lovers Broadway Center + Narrows Brewing Co. = Beauty The Valley + E9 Brewery = Devils and sours HALLOWEEN HILLTOP There’s a Halloween party on Hilltop Tacoma tonight. At 8 p.m., the TShirt Men (920 Martin Luther King Jr Way) will host bluegrass-ish band Dixie Highway, pour Wingman Brewers Rye IPA and create glow-in-the-dark Whiskey Rock N Roller T-shirts. The Eleven Eleven and Broken
Dystopian State Brewing Co. will open in Tacoma Nov. 4. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 28 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom nightmare machine. … Dystopian State Brewing Co., Tacoma newest brewery, will open Nov. 4 in the St. Helens neighborhood. Peaks and Pints knows the space well as it came close to being our home. It’s a beautiful, multistory building that was a car showroom in the mid-20th century with an old car elevator and amazing woodwork. We can’t
THURSDAY, OCT. 27 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Elemental Pizza = on the road Jazzbones + Rainier Growlers = Freshwell and fresh beer Traditions Café + The Fish Tale Brewpub = Dark Tales and dark cider Freighthouse Square + Two Town Pub & Café = Halloween G. Donnalson’s + The Copper Door = John “Gray Hound” Maxwell and Ken Bone Olympia Little Theater + Oly Taproom = Putnam and pumpkin CRAIG FERGUSON If you are someone who does internal vocalization while you read, it will enhance your experience to read this little ditty with
WEDNESDAY PREFUNK: Craft beer before Ben Folds, Hispanic Film Festival and Return of the Living Dead
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Washington Center + Growler Garage = Ben Folds, A Piano and Fort George University of Puget Sound + Zog’s = jungle Tacoma Comedy Club + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = comedy Obsidian + Pints & Quarts = Halloween prefunk BEN FOLDS Multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer Ben Folds will pound pianos in a solo rock performance entitled “Ben Folds and A Piano” at 7:30 p.m. in The Washington Center. The tour, reminiscent of his first solo tour in 2001 where he defied skeptics by delivering a high energy rock performance
Due to fire suppression craziness, Peaks and Pints will now open at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom Kermit. … Sorry folks. It’s out of our control. The fire suppression system installed in our building didn’t pass inspection again. Peaks and Pints can’t open today. We’ll now open at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. With the months it took to retrofit the building with steel and the months to install the fire suppression
MONDAY, OCT. 24 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Galaxy Uptown Theater + Local Boys Tap Room = Silver Screen and Silver City Collins Memorial Library + Tacoma Restaurant Week = food for thought WHAT NOW? That Kevin Hart keeps racking up the superlatives. He recently dethroned no less than Jerry Seinfeld as America’s highest-paid comic, and according to the promo for his latest concert flick, What Now?, he’s the first comedian ever to sell out a stadium. (53,000 folks in Philadelphia — though we say Gilbert Gottfried could pack Bass Pro Shops with the right promotion.) Taking
A tout le monde / A tous mes amis / Je vous aime / Je dois partir / These are the last words I’ll ever speak/ And they’ll set me free. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, OCT. 24 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom rocker. … Earlier this month, at the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, two South Sound beers stood head and shoulders above the competition. Located in Olympia, Fish Brewing Company’s American style wheat beer with yeast, Leavenworth Boulder Bend
There have been lots of posted Instagram photos to comb through this week. Humans dressed as deer, light beer equations and brewer memorials. You’ll find all that (plus silliness) right here in this weeks’ edition of Peaks and Pints Instagram Stalker. Be sure to keep posting those craft beer drinking pumpkin photos and be sure to tag @peaksandpints if you’d like a chance to be featured! Cheers! https://www.instagram.com/p/BLs0KqmAJtO/?taken-by=mountainbrewski https://www.instagram.com/p/BLqiah3Anq-/?taken-by=jimmi_theboot_davies https://www.instagram.com/p/BLri2FHBw9e/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLpGAc8gaYQ/?taken-by=allagashbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuGQjphHsx/?taken-by=kenthoburn https://www.instagram.com/p/BLt_FgEhxdb/?taken-by=7seasbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuLYBxB2ua/?taken-by=elysianbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuiYGnjhDY/?taken-by=columbiadist_pdx https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuUmxUgYLH/?taken-by=sierranevada https://www.instagram.com/p/BLtwlKKBAtD/?taken-by=thebrewdad https://www.instagram.com/p/BLyFH47hth_/?taken-by=trnql https://www.instagram.com/p/BLyYBhhARyz/?taken-by=flyingdogbrewery https://www.instagram.com/p/BLxphKCF4jd/?taken-by=perfectpourpod https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuSaERgEX4/?taken-by=foundersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuY68yAHAr/?taken-by=deschutesbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BLthjW4Br5_/?taken-by=thehopsartist https://www.instagram.com/p/BLwvzuwh9td/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLruQm2glbC/?taken-by=foundersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLwitVqD9kQ/?taken-by=dicksbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLwgmyoBIFr/?taken-by=harmonbrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BL2D0FeALba/?taken-by=jordanmarsh https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1l4XTgFLO/?taken-by=greenflashbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1brIbjxyT/?taken-by=aleauteur https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1GChkBFqi/?taken-by=oddotterbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BL2A8asgq4T/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5Ao2OBqxa/?taken-by=cbiscuit705 https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5BO1zjAKM/?taken-by=buoybeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1kvVhAzu9/?taken-by=lalo1981_ https://www.instagram.com/p/BL435JIhKUn/?taken-by=gigharborbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5Mdl9AW5A/?taken-by=brittany_spicer https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6Svvwg_lP/?taken-by=febyolla https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6HuWoAv03/?taken-by=honestbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6XftdDR0c/?taken-by=fw_sourjim
Vanilla will rock The Valley tonight. SATURDAY, OCT. 22 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazzbones + Wingman Brewers = Southern rock and German pumpkins The Valley + Dick’s Brewing = saluting the past Dunagan Brewing Co. + The Hub in Gig Harbor = Barleywine and Hefeweizen Bonus: Top of Tacoma R-Day SWEETKISS MOMMA Proving that great Southern rock comes as much from the soul as the place of birth, SweetKiss Momma from Puyallup has been cranking out critically-acclaimed, independent American roots music over the last few years, blending its gritty Northwest origins with
Tacoma Little Theatre invited Dracula into its home. Photo courtesy of Facebook FRIDAY, OCT. 21 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Tacoma Little Theatre + Rainier Growlers = Killer Obsidian + Three Magnets Brewing Co. = feats of amazement G. Donnalson’s + North End Social Club = North End goodness SUCK ON THIS Just in time for Halloween, Dracula will sweep the stage at the Tacoma Little Theatre. Directed by Pug Bujeaud, this new adaptation restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the stage. As Count Dracula begins to exert
Rogue’s winter seasonal IPA is now in cans. MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 21 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom usefulness. … Travelocity has released its first Beer Tourism Index, working with the Brewers Association to highlight the best spots for beer lovers across the United States. Travelocity created the index after a survey they conducted last year, where three-fourths of the1,000-plus participating candidates said they’d like to take a trip that allowed them to explore craft breweries and taste local brews. Wingman Brewers
Peaks and Pints to host Green Flash Treasure Chest Fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Tacoma’s Proctor District. In the United States, breast cancer is the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Although the overall rate of diagnosis of breast cancer increased in the 1990s, it began decreasing in 2000 and has remained steady in recent years. The overall breast cancer death rate has dropped steadily over the past 22 years. Pink campaigns have been remarkably successful in what they set out to do, namely increase breast cancer awareness
Watch the 75-minute documentary film Just Eat It about food waste and food rescue at the University of Washington-Tacoma tonight. THURSDAY, OCT. 20 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + Parkway Tavern = winter is coming University of Washington Tacoma + Odd Otter Brewing Co. = to the rescue DOOM ROCK Portland trio Disenchanter echo 1970s rock without sounding like a retro rip-off, and are devastatingly heavy without getting bogged down like so many doom bands. Plus, frontwoman Sabine Stangenberg is a powerful vocal force that few of Disenchanter’s contemporaries can match.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Blue Mouse Theatre + The Defiant Goldfish = animals rule Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + 7 Seas Brewing = Europe in the house THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS Some franchises have legs and some just don’t, so it’s fortunate that Illumination Entertainment came along with its Despicable Me/Minions juggernaut, which we’ll wager is going to be a much longer-lived occupier of that old Hanna-Barbera space than poor Jimmy Neutron was. Enter Illumination’s new thought, The Secret Life of Pets, where humans step aside momentarily so we can get
Wingman Brewers will host Last Call Comedy Showcase Oct. 22. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom outlandishness. … Casey McLain, former Washington Beer Blog writer and beer podcaster, will host the Last Call Comedy Showcase at Wingman Brewers Saturday, Oct. 22. According to pre-show hype, “The show is a midnight show, and will feature some of the best comedians in the Puget Sound area. The show starts late, and borrows its concept from Seattle’s Super Secret Show, which,
Watch Our Little Sister at The Grand Cinema today. TUESDAY, OCT. 18 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + The Copper Door = Stone cold Tacoma Public Library + Pint Defiance = O’Leary & Spring & Brown & Scary OUR LITTLE SISTER From Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (After Life, Still Walking) comes Our Little Sister, a sweet, sensitive family drama based on the popular manga Umimachi Diary, by Akimi Yoshida. The story revolves around the lives of three sisters: responsible, motherly Sachi (Haruka Ayase), fun-loving Yoshino (Masami Nagasawa), and oddball Chika
Obrador will reunite after 10 years at Rhythm & Rye tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook MONDAY, OCT. 17 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Rhythm & Rye + Spar Café = cheers to the past The Valley + 7 Seas Brewing = trivia slings and Arrows OBRADOR Performing from 1976-2006, Obrador released four CDs and performed as a seven-piece ensemble that grew to an 8-, 9- and 10-piece band. The band was a who’s who of local musical talent: Michael Moore, Michael Olson, Paul Hjelm, Tom Russell, Steve Luceno, Steven Bentley, Connie Bunyer and
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, OCT. 17 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom strangeness. … Firestone Walker Brewing Company says it will stop brewing Wookey Jack, Double Jack and Opal. Firestone Walker’s Proprietor’s Reserve line is winding down, and the three beers referenced above will accordingly dwindle from distribution by the end of the year. Vancouver, Washington’s established Loowit Brewing is celebrating their 4th Anniversary Saturday, Oct. 22. Loowit has won numerous Washington State Beer Awards, a silver at the World Beer Cup and recently helped launch North Bank
Mr. Blackwatch will mooo-ve you to tears and cheers at The Spar tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook SATURDAY, OCT. 15 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Spar + Pint Defiance = lasers and pumpkin beers Orca Books + Top Rung Brewing = Thurston County talent The Valley + Zog’s = death metal and fresh hops Bonus: Rainy Daze grand opening MR. BLACKWATCH In 2012, Tacoma musician, producer and actor Doug Mackey got the band back together — the band being Mister Blackwatch, which was born, lo, many years ago when the band had
FRIDAY, OCT. 14 2016: South Sound events + craft beer Jazzbones + North 47 Brewing = new goodness Obsidian + Oly Taproom = spectacular TEDDY HAGGARTY PARTY Skeletons rock out. Mermaids rock out. Snakes weave. Unicorns hang out. Hey! Wait a minute! Is it? … It is. Tacoma artist Teddy Haggarty installed a new mural at Jazzbones. For 15 years, Haggarty’s menagerie of psychedelic animals adorned the Sixth Avenue hot spot’s east wall. Maybe you didn’t notice as you grinded before a DJ, but those critters went away months ago after a string of noise complaints drew scrutiny from the
MORNING FOAM FOR OCT. 14 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom trends. … Starbucks is serving up its most experimental drink yet – a glass of IPA beer topped up with a shot of espresso. The beverage took a year for the Starbucks team to master and brings together two of the best drinks ever for really unusual creation. Dreamt up by coffee master Justin Burns-Beach, the Espresso Cloud IPA was inspired by the mixing process behind Starbucks’ Shakerato — where a combo of espresso and syrup is shaken
She’s so pretty. THURSDAY, OCT. 13 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Washington Center + Fish Tale Brewpub = history The Valley + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = Smash Fresh Hop Jazzbones + Farrelli’s Pizza = rising to the top Pacific Lutheran University + Rainier Growlers = oafs and gourds RITA MORENO Back in the 1950s, when Rita Moreno was beginning her film career (she began at a much younger age in theater in New York City), there weren’t many Latina roles, and the ones that did exist were degrading and demeaning. Early on,
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … McGavick Conference Center + Odd Otter Brewing Co. = Odd shapes and Oddtoberfest Harlequin Productions + Northwest Beerwerks = Lights Out BEST BAGGER BATTLE Paper or plastic? Grocery stores are ticking time bombs of OCD-triggering mania and wellsprings of pet peeves that make normally kindhearted people want to stab their fellow shoppers through the eyehole with a carrot. Most of the complaints are aimed at the baggers. At 3 p.m., baggers who know what he or she is doing will converge on the McGavick Conference Center in Lakewood
Up close look at Sierra Nevada’s Hop Torpedo / photo credit Pappi Swarner MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom (actually top) IBUs. … If you like good food and craft beer, Tacoma is the place to be, according to a survey from WalletHub, ranked 47th in the nation. The site says that Americans spend a third of their food dollars on restaurants. Ten Rogues will win their face on a bottle of Dead Guy Ale this Halloween with
TUESDAY, OCT. 11 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + Gig Harbor Blazing Onion = beer Galore Tacoma Film Festival + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = Dreamland MOBINA GALORE Mobina Galore, a female duo that comes off like Courtney Love fronting the New Bomb Turks, will rock The Valley tonight. Jenna Priestner makes a retro-tinted garage-pop racket as the singer-guitarist of the scrappy two-piece. Marcia Hanson drives the drums. Mobina Galore creates an in-your-face dynamic that moves with an approachable force, often lashing out with a flurry of white-heat guitar violence, and then striking a dramatic
Watch a stop motion sci-fi action thriller about squirrel apartheid and other cartoons at The Grand Cinema tonight. MONDAY, OCT. 10 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Tacoma Film Festival + Narrows Brewing = squirrel apartheid and super alpha University of Puget Sound + 7 Seas Brewing = wet goods and wet hops NOT YOUR SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS Tacoma Film Festival continues with seven screenings today, including “Not Your Saturday Morning Cartoons” showcase at 9:15 p.m. We’re talking sci-fi action thriller about squirrel apartheid; a wild, innocent cat vs. a strange monster; hip, party-loving
Welcome back MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY,OCT. 10 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom Morpheus. … Fish Brewing Company in Olympia grabbed a bunch of awards at the 2016 World Beer Awards. Fish’s Leavenworth Biers Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen won United States Best Dark Wheat Beer 2016, Fish Tale Beyond The Pale won USA Pale Silver Medal 2016, and its Reel Ales 10 Squared won United States Best Pale Barley Wine 2016. For a complete list of 2016 World Beer Awards winners, click here. It was
There has been lots of Instagram photos to comb through this week. Awards were given out, pumpkins were tapped and costumes were donned. You’ll find all that (plus silliness) right here in this weeks’ edition of Peaks and Pints Instagram Stalker. Be sure to keep posting those craft beer nestled against cactus photos and be sure to tag @peaksandpints if you’d like a chance to be featured! Cheers! https://www.instagram.com/p/BLHjDTUh_5P/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLHcYXAgJuN/?taken-by=napasmithbrewery https://www.instagram.com/p/BLHI5LRhsaQ/?taken-by=yakimavalleyhops https://www.instagram.com/p/BLGRZUkBDEY/?taken-by=trnql https://www.instagram.com/p/BLJDpUkhqOP/?taken-by=trnql https://www.instagram.com/p/BLQFglkBHFb/?taken-by=oddotterbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLO29CmhAV2/?taken-by=harmonbrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BLPcA8vA0nJ/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLO5qh0BcGB/?taken-by=jayrayadspr https://www.instagram.com/p/BLPXS38A_cx/?taken-by=moderntimesbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BLQZ_oABpYl/?taken-by=mykrislife https://www.instagram.com/p/BLQF8WnBYGz/?taken-by=therealbradykelleher https://www.instagram.com/p/BLQBeG9DLmV/?taken-by=kellyjsmith1 https://www.instagram.com/p/BLSORwtDjTR/?taken-by=oktoberfestnw https://www.instagram.com/p/BLRcNiKh642/?taken-by=elysianbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLSaV_iDpJJ/?taken-by=philipsburgbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BLSnj8QBfY8/?taken-by=samistephenson https://www.instagram.com/p/BLT_CNdgTiB/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUYbAsgq4z/?taken-by=washingtonbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BLT3heSha1u/?taken-by=harmonbrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUlWNaBLJ6/?taken-by=elysianbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLWTjQsBQxR/?taken-by=themigueledwards https://www.instagram.com/p/BLVQOt1Dodn/?taken-by=travisamonroe https://www.instagram.com/p/BLVDhSjBOQO/?taken-by=jrclotfe https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUdcsRhL55/?taken-by=kaitlynwitman https://www.instagram.com/p/BLWYJJxDj6s/?taken-by=ssiegel32 https://www.instagram.com/p/BLWRHbZg7Et/?taken-by=positivelynatural https://www.instagram.com/p/BLULw_qgbYf/?taken-by=greatdividebrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BLWVVcXhUiz/?taken-by=onus_iv https://www.instagram.com/p/BLWPnEeh7t_/?taken-by=k_doetsch https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUeG5cjHRR/?taken-by=thebeeroness https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUORF6AEDV/?taken-by=nolibrewhouse
Jeanette and Donovan DeWitt of Sumner took first place in the 2016 Great Pumpkin Beer Festival costume contest. Photo by Pappi Swarner By now, everyone knows Elysian Brewing’s 2016 Great Pumpkin Beer Festival was a version of Hurricane Matthew with cinnamon, cloves and allspice. It was wet, windy, and the line to get in and the lines to grab beer were lengthy, but that didn’t stop us from having a good time. A little rain and line (OK, a lot of rain and lines) didn’t stop enthusiasts from standing together to enjoy some of the finest
Dave Pendleton, head brewer, and Julie Pendleton, owner, grabbed silver for their Dick’s Brewing Co.’s Barleywine. Photo courtesy of Facebook It was a pretty good day for Washington state breweries at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival Awards ceremony, the beer world’s equivalent to the Oscars. The annual commercial brewing contest and tasting event, sponsored by the Brewers Association, was held in Denver yesterday as part of the annual ginormous three-day beer festival that sees 800 U.S. breweries pouring 3,800 beers to some 60,000 attendees. Out of nearly 7,227 entries form 1,752 breweries, 286 medals were awarded
SATURDAY, OCT. 8 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Rhythm & Rye + Oly Taproom = boot stompin’ and boot drinkin’ Pacific Lutheran University + Rainy Daze Brewing = new take Tacoma Film Festival + The Hub in Gig Harbor = flash mobs and pints RABBIT WILDE Though all four members of Rabbit Wilde grew up running around wooded areas of the same small town in the farthest Northwest corner of Washington state, brothers Zach and Nathan didn’t meet Miranda, the third founding member, until they had all ended up in New York City. This kind of backyard
FRIDAY, OCT. 7 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Washington State Fairgrounds = Das Scocious The Valley + Zog’s = Fuzztoberfest Donnalson’s + Edison City Alehouse = still fresh Olympia Film Society + Three Magnets Brewing = Olympia Arts Walk DR. JOHN Dr. John (aka Malcolm Rebennack, Mac, the Night Tripper) is, to say the least, a living blues legend and progenitor of swamp rock, psychedelic blues and whatever else you want to call it. He released many classic albums (Gris Gris, most notably) and a string of notable singles (“Right Place, Wrong Time”). He
Dude! MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 7 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … So your favorite craft brewery just sold to a megacorp. Now what? More than 4750 fresh-hop beer lovers came to Hood River, Oregon Sept. 24 for the annual Hood River Hops Fest. New for this year’s festival was the Hood River Hops Fest Awards, which included the Best of the Fest and People’s Choice Awards, won by Baerlic Brewing Co. for its Pioneer Fresh Hop Special Bitter and
At Freighthouse Square everyone can hear you scream. THURSDAY, OCT. 6 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Silver City Brewery = going big Frighthouse Station + Narrows Brewing = terrestrial and extraterrestrial TACOMA FILM FESTIVAL OPENS The Tacoma Film Festival — now in its 11th year and hosted by The Grand Cinema tonight through Oct. 13 will include 145 films and 13 events for one week at eight venues across the city. This year sees the inclusion of new local studios, new events, even a weekend of new virtual-reality technology.
Bainbridge Brewing, left, and Rainy Daze Brewing will be pouring and playing at the South Sound Craft Beer Festival Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Tacoma Dome. Photo by Pappi Swarner Temperatures are (slowly) dropping. The days are growing shorter. Kids are putting a foot through your Jack O-lanterns. And you have been working your way through the flood of autumnal colors on the shelves of your favorite beer shop. The orange and rust-colored packaging is synonymous with falling leaves and gourd-filled cornucopias. Fall beers have all the attention. Therefore, the Washington Beer Commission would like to
Creative Colloquy Crawl organizer Jackie Casella, left, and writer Jenni Prange Boran will be Crawl-ing tonight in downtown Tacoma. Photo courtesy of Facebook WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Creative Colloquy Crawl + Parkway Tavern = stories and spice Gig Harbor Piece County Library + Wet Coast Brewing = stories and spice The Grand Cinema + Puget Sound Pizza = stories and spice CREATIVE COLLOQUY CRAWL Tacoma will be saturated with verse tonight. The Creative Colloquy Crawl will pepper our metropolis with stories big and small, and some promise to be
Ice cream and craft beer are joining forces to protect our winters. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom awesomeness. … Amid declining production at its Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, Wash., Craft Brew Alliance has laid off at least a dozen of the production employees who worked at the facility, Brewbound has learned. Local Northwest brews are taking over the taps on Washington State Ferries. You will soon be able to enjoy beers from breweries like Black
Check out beautiful photography snapped at Wolf Haven at King’s Books tonight. Photo courtesy of Annie Marie Musselman TUESDAY, OCT. 4 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … King’s Books + The Copper Door = Stadium District howl The Valley + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = Bohemians and belly laughs WOLF HAVEN IN PHOTOS Join photographer Annie Marie Musselman and author Brenda Peterson as they talk about their book, Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America, at 7 p.m. in King’s Books. This book of photographs introduces the many wolves
MONDAY, OCT. 3 2016: South Sound beer + craft beer The Blue Mouse Theatre + RAM Brewery = Ramming speed University of Puget Sound + Silver City Brewery = Silver tongue STAR TREK BEYOND The Star Trek of today is less about traveling to distant worlds to learn valuable lessons regarding society and more about running through corridors and leaping off big, high moving things before the madman destroys the city/planet/space base/cosmos/whatever. Star Trek Beyond still falls heavily on action-adventure, as Hollywood demands of all modern blockbusters. But somewhere in there, you can sense a template taking shape for how
