Hood River Hops Fest will host 50 regional breweries in downtown Hood River. Photo credit Pappi Swarner MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom awesomeness. … Silver City Brewery’s 20th anniversary culminates this Saturday with a giant party at its production brewery and taproom in Bremerton. The party will feature more than 20 beers on tap, live music, food trucks and games. Hood River Hops Fest, the Pacific Northwest’s largest fresh-hop beer festival with more than 75
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Swiss + The Red Hot = sour faces Studio 6 Ballroom + Hop Jack’s = ukes and ales GEEKS WHO DRINK Geeks Who Drink quiz is a fast-paced, two hour, eight round trivia night at 8 p.m. every Tuesday in The Swiss Restaurant and Pub. There are eight questions per round — heavy on pop culture — with teams of six people battling it out. What Eurythmics song did Madonna cover? Which celebrity pulled down a bigger paycheck in 2008: A-Rod or Tiger Woods? And how did the
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 5 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom thinker. … Fremont Brewing has launch Field to Ferment Fresh Hop Pale Ale — a rotating lineup of four fresh hop beers throughout the month of September. The first release features the early hop harvest of Centennial hops from Carpenter Ranches in Yakima. This release will be followed by Simcoe, Citra and then finally Mosaic. If you only have 48 hours in Portland – regularly cited as the city with the most breweries of
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 pumpkin beers and the latest action along the production line. This week, guest bartenders, wild yeast, fresh hops and more. Be sure
It’s going to be a beer-filled fall in the South Sound, and the one of the happiest splashes, at least to us, will be the opening of Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and eatery in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood. We’re taking over the former Paramount Theater, which opened in 1923 at 3816 N. 26th St. We found the original theater seats underneath the 1940s wood flooring that a five-and-dime store installed after it inhabited the same space. The city of Tacoma forced us to retrofit the building with steel — a lengthy process — so the old brick and curved
Widowspeak plays The Valley tonight. Photo credit John Stortz SATURDAY, SEPT. 3 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + South Sound Craft Crawl = self-guide tour of Tacoma and Brooklyn Burs Restaurant + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = psychic tyme Doyle’s Public House + Bikerobrew = good times WIDOWSPEAK The Brooklyn-based duo (via Tacoma and Lakewood) Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas, better known to most as Widowspeak, make pop music that’s light enough to float but carries enough moodiness to remain anchored in reality. It’s some of the best indie-pop
FRIDAY, SEPT. 2 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Washington State Fair + 7 Seas Brewing = moderately spicy to heavily spicy Rhythm & Rye + Boston Harbor Marina = summer’s final journey COLE In 2011, it was a Cole World with J. Cole formally introducing himself with is debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story. As the first artist signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation, J. Cole emerged onto the worldwide rap scene amid crushing hype. But the Fayetteville, North Carolina-bred rapper and Dreamville Records founder never broke. He just slowly and steadily turned out album after
Learn about ForeverGreen Trails while drinking craft beer at The Harmon Restaurant tonight. THURSDAY, SEPT. 1 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Swiss + Harmon Brewery & Restaurant = Green Tacoma Comedy Club + Silver City Brewery = Wily Temptress HOLY SMOKES Holy Smokes and the Godforsaken Rollers are a Portland-based, indie-blues duo that’ve gone from not a band to recording an EP to blowing out shows in a month. They perform country and delta blues as well as playing old time porch music with a modern spin. Catch them at 9 p.m.
SweetKiss Momma performs in Old Town Park tonight. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … SweetKiss Momma + Puyallup River Brewing = Champions Jazzbones + Pint Defiance = One Love Kittredge Gallery + Red Hot Tacoma = Silver SWEETKISS MOMMA Since forming roughly eight years ago, SweetKiss Momma came out of Puyallup on a full gallop. Formed in a church the band never intended to be a Southern soul rock band. But, as audiences began to embrace them as Southern rock, the band began to embrace that style. Turns out they fit
Figurehead Brewing Co. opens in Seattle Friday, Sept. 2. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Figurehead Brewing will become Seattle’s 60th brewery when it opens in the Magnolia neighborhood Friday, Sept. 2. Fresh off its 6th year “getting you from Pint A to Pint B” around Europe, Portland-based Beercycling introduces a new Oregon Beerway tour, kicking off in May 2017 and feature 5-days and 4-nights cycling between Portland and Hood River. The hot weather
TUESDAY, AUG. 30 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Local Boys Tap Room = The Little Mermaid and 7 Seas Le Voyeur + Oly Taproom = emo and fizz LIFE, ANIMATED It’s Tuesday, which means The Grand Cinema will screen another obscure indie film worthy of your attention: Talk, Animated. Just before he turned 3, Owen Suskind stopped communicating with the world, giving up language for gibberish — in the words of his father, the reporter Ron Suskind, Owen had become “unglued.” Doctors diagnosed Owen as autistic, and his family lost communication with him
MONDAY, AUG. 29 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazzbones + The Ale House Pub = Hop Valley in Herre Galaxy Theatre Uptown + 7 Seas Brewing = The files that Nicky Parsons hacks into shows us that there are/were 10 Black Ops projects: 01. Iron Hand, 02. Spectrum, 03. Hourglass, 04. Rubicon, 05. Spearfish, 06. Larx, 07. Outcome, 08. Emerald Lane, 09. Blackbriar, 10. Treadstone. ROCKARAOKE Whether you opened for Black Flag that one time, or you just like to belt “TV Party” to your cat, the people behind Rockaraoke want you to be their singer. Rockaraoke takes
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, AUG. 29 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom mystery. … Silver City Brewery is a well-oiled machine – with an educated staff that understands the importance of crafting and following a recipe. Change.org proposes Washington state recognize the significance of our natural resources and craft beer culture by officially adding “beer” as the State Drink. Following the debut of Star Trek Golden Anniversary Ale: The Trouble With Tribbles at Comic-Con International in San Diego and “Star Trek Las Vegas,” Shmaltz Brewing Company boldly goes
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 sour showers and the latest action along the production line. This week, water beers, animal beers, forest beers, school beers and more.
SATURDAY, AUG. 27 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Hilltop Street Fair + Parkway Tavern IPA Festival = Tacoma The Grand Cinema + Wine & Stein = fantasy Destiny City Film Festival = unusual honeymoon HILLTOP STREET FAIR There are a string of good reasons to lay your head in Tacoma. It’s friendly. It’s unpretentious. It’s affordable. It’s full of great neighborhoods. It’s full of great people. It’s surprisingly hip in its own odd way. Tacoma shines today at the Hilltop Street Fair from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come see the best of Hilltop with five music
Kim Archer performs at G. Donnalson’s tonight. FRIDAY, AUG. 26 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Destiny City Film Festival + North End Social Club = taking off The Zodiac Supper Club + Silver City Brewery = Sesh Appeal Pool Party G. Donnalson’s Kim Archer + Edison City Alehouse = favorite Standards DESTINY CITY FILM FESTIVAL The Third Annual Destiny City Film Festival kicks off today. The local film festival will be celebrating the art of cinematic storytelling from Aug. 26-27 at the historic Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma’s Proctor neighborhood. The program will
MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 26 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … The fifth annual Bellingham Beer Week will be held Sept. 9-18, 2016. Bellingham Beer Week began in September 2012 with a like-minded group of publicans, craft brewers, and supporters of great beers. In 2016, Bellingham’s many craft breweries (Chuckanut, Boundary Bay, Kulshan, Aslan, Wander, Structures, Menace and Stones Throw) plan to participate, as well as numerous beer pubs, restaurants, and supporting businesses. Lagunitas Brewing is coming to Seattle. will be taking over the old
Steep Ravine performs at Rhythm & Rye tonight. THURSDAY, AUG. 25 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Enumclaw Pro Rodeo + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = Yee-Haw Citracado! Rhythm & Rye + Fish Brewing = Steep! The Swiss + The Copper Door = Oregon trail PROFESSIONAL RODEO The Enumclaw Pro Rodeo hits the Enumclaw Expo Center at 7 p.m. You can watch tough people get thrown around by burgers on the hoof, enjoy the smell of large animal pucky or watch Mutton Bustin’ in which children ride sheep. Wooooeee, that’s a hoot! PREFUNK: In
The Fawcetts rock The Valley tonight. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + The Red Hot = Stickee, Parabola, Helldorado & Rockford Swing Wine Bar + Northwest Beerwerks = Certified B Northern pacific Coffee Co. + Dunagan Brewing = community THE FAWCETTS You read his music prose in the Weekly Volcano. You enjoyed his espresso skills at Bluebeard Coffee. You ask his opinion behind the counter at Hi-Voltage Records. He’s Rockford Rowley, and he plays guitar in the Tacoma alternative rock band The Fawcetts, which will fill The Valley
John checks on his 20,000th brew Thursday at Rogue Headquarters in Newport, Ore. Photo courtesy of Rogue Ales MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer and cider news … In May of 1989, John Maier arrived in the small coastal town of Newport just in time to create brew #1. Twenty-seven years and 20,000 brew later, John still rides his bike daily over the Yaquina Bay Bridge to the brewery where he continues to create innovative brews that have garnered international acclaim. It’s hard to imagine a more beautiful setting
TUESDAY, AUG. 23 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + The Copper Door = stars The Valley + 99 Bottles = punks and Loser NORMAN LEAR DOCUMENTARY If you were conscious in the 1970s, you know Norman Lear. At one point in that decade, six of the top 10 shows on television were either created or developed by him: All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and Sanford and Son. The Grand Cinema will screen the documentary Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You — which examines several of
The Kareem Kandi Trio performs at Rhythm & Rye in downtown Olympia tonight. MONDAY, AUG. 22 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Rhythm & Rye + The Pig Bar = night of classics Tacoma Rainiers + 7 Seas Brewing = right answers KAREEM KANDI BAND Saxophonist Kareem Kandi has seen to it that the groove-oriented jazz concepts he began articulating while attending the Cornish College of the Arts continue to unfold, shaping new generations of players in his classrooms. With a sax front line descended directly from jazz classics, Kandi draws from blues, funk,
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, AUG. 22 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … As brewery-centric neighborhoods increase, more walkable hot spots are heating up the American beer map. Perhaps none glows as warmly as Portland’s twin districts: These districts, which measure about 2.5 miles, are home to 10 breweries, with even more coming online soon. From Microsoft to craft beer: Why a Seattle entrepreneur traded tech for beer. American beer ain’t what it used to be thanks to European barley. Anchor Brewing Company announces the debut of
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 new beer soaps and the latest action along the production line. This week, Stone Anniversary, Bend Brewfest, fresh hop release, The Waldos
The Everett Craft Beer Festival, held three inches from the sun yesterday, offered 100-plus craft beers from more than 30 breweries — actually held in downtown Everett. While I quickly regretted my decision to knock back a bourbon barrel-aged winter ale (11%) in the hot concrete enclave, I did remain alive long enough to enjoy a smattering of delicious craft brews. The Nitro Brown Ale with Hazelnut and Praline from Mukilteo-based Diamond Knot Craft Brewing was my personal fave, even though it was a chocolate brown ale on a hot day. It was like drinking liquid chocolate. I drank two
Let’s be honest, there’s no better way to spend a Saturday than with a craft beer in one hand, a hula hoop in the other, and a gaggle of thirsty friends hanging out on a grassy field in sweltering heat. Right? That’s exactly what went down at the fourth annual Tumwater Artesian Brewfest yesterday at the Tumwater Valley Golf Course Driving Range, among food trucks, and all the super-size beer pong, human version of foosball and DJ dancing you could handle. Top breweries from Washington and Oregon showed up with their best summer brews, plus an Oktoberfest from O-Town Brewing, Night
Daniel Blue performs at Jazzbones tonight. SATURDAY, AUG. 20 1026: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazzbones + E-9 Brewery = Daniel Blue Berry The Valley + Zog’s = Pop Rye-der Olympia Film Society + Tumwater Artesian Brewfest = burp! DANIEL BLUE The Motopony frontman, fashion designer, artist, poet, writer and former crown prince of T-town’s hipsterdom returns to Tacoma for a show at Jazzbones. Daniel Blue could be called a rock star, if touring the world, including performing at the Sundance Film Festival, and recording a solo record at Abbey Road is a prerequisite.
Vicci Martinez performs at The Swiss tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook FRIDAY, AUG. 19 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Swiss + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = music and beers Harlequin Productions + Boston Harbor Marina = meeting in center ring VICCI MARTINEZ Tacoma’s own, Vicci Martinez is a singer-songwriter who continually goes against the grain both musically and lyrically. She doesn’t adhere to guidelines of what pop music is supposed to be or how it should be presented. Given her penchant for writing honest, heartfelt songs, she doesn’t have to either.
MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 19 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … South Puget Sound Community College offers a Historic Brewery Tour of the original Olympia brewery Saturday Aug. 20. Paul Knight, who began his lengthy brewing career at Olympia in 1961, will lead the tour. He even helped train a craft brewing legend, Larry Sidor, founder of Crux Fermentation Project and formerly the brewmaster of Deschutes Brewery, when he spent a good portion of his early brewing career at Olympia. The Tumwater Artesian Brewfest will
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made screens three times at the Capitol Theater today. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Olympia Film Society indie Indiana Jones + Fish Brewing = greatest film & Fish night ever Tacoma Comedy Club + Parkway Tavern = brag and Bragg Sylvester Park + Growler Garage = past and present The Valley + The Ale House Pub = family-owned Jazzbones + The Red Hot = worthy trio The Swiss + Pint Defiance = history RAIDERS OF THE INCOMPLETE FILM In 1982, three
image credit https://justbeerapp.com/ MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Seattle’s Georgetown Brewing is diving headfirst into the Pokemon Go craze with a new beer called Pekkochu Imperial Pale Ale and ABV Public House in Hillsboro, Oregon, is hosting its beer release and gaming party. One of the better craft beer festivals in the Pacific Northwest, Central Oregon’s largest beer festival returns this weekend to the beautiful setting of the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend. This year’s Bend Brewfest will
TUESDAY, AUG. 16 2016: Films and craft beer in the South Sound … Olympia Film Society + Three Magnets / Matchless Brewing = There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. The Grand Cinema + Red Hot Tacoma = First to present it SHAKESPEARE LIVE The BBC will be turning back time reuniting former Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate to co-host Shakespeare Live!, a theatrical event from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre marking the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death, and showing on Olympia Film Society’s Capitol Theater’s big screen at 6:30 p.m. Tate and
Broken Spoke hosts Beer and Bingo tonight. MONDAY, AUG. 15 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Creative Colloquy + Broken Spoke = B-1 to have fun tonight Donnalson’s + 7 Seas Brewing = surprises CREATIVE COLLOQUY When “OMG” entered our modern lexicon, it took on a myriad of meaning. Sometimes it’s incredulous (“OMG what?!”), sometimes disgusted (“OMG, ew.”); and other times it’s just, well, “OMG.” The slang-shorthand for “oh my God” could to life during tonight’s Creative Colloquy session featuring real stories from real people, sharing their stories and prose: good, bad and abbreviated.
Rack & Cloth Cidery will pop-up in Portland Aug. 19. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, AUG. 15 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … While American brewers experimenting with hops in the 1970s have been credited with kickstarting the global craft beer revolution, few people know that the movement might not have been possible without scientists working in Chuvash during Soviet times. Pop-Up Taprooms are all the rage these days, Rack & Cloth Cidery is a beloved but relatively unknown
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 Borg brewers and the latest action along the production line. This week, Tayberry updates, beer bloggers with old cars, Vancouver Brew Fest
Please accept my resume for consideration to be a Program Director for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. The stage has always been a part of my life. My mother was an actress and my father staged musical numbers when he wasn’t homebrewing. That I ended up a on the production side of theater instead of an actor or musician was only due to my lack of talent in either. Still the theater has been an important part of my life for 20 years now and I do not see that changing. I’m also a craft beer enthusiast. I
SATURDAY, AUG. 13 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … LANco + Brew Five Three = huge and energetic Music and Art in Wright Park + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = go local CHANT-ALONG COUNTRY LANco, comprised of five best friends Brandon Lancaster, Tripp Howell, Eric Steedly, Jared Hampton and Chandler Baldwin, recently impacted country radio with their debut single “Love Live Tonight” which is featured on their four-song, self-titled EP produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town). The Nashville-based band preforms shout-till-you’re-hoarse kind of music, brought to life by a group with a performing style
FRIDAY, AUG. 12 2016: South Sound events + craft beer The Valley + The Eastside Club Tavern = Fruit Fly for the Stoner Guy Rhythm & Rye + Boston Harbor Marina = barbecue and bluegrass STONER ROCK Every once in a while, you fall into some inexplicable mood, put aside your Heavenly, Pastels, and Cat’s Miaow records, and pull out your battered, pot-scented gatefold copy of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid. The album is a genuine ’70s relic, passed down to you by your brothers, guys who kept interrupting your recent family photo viewing session with exclamations of “Man, we were so
Greta Matassa performs outside at Pacific Lutheran University tonight. THURSDAY, AUG. 11 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazz Under the Stars + Rainier Growlers = Colossal 120 Minutes Cruise-In + North End Social Club = IPAutos JAZZ OUTDOORS Recent Earshot Jazz Hall of Famer Greta Matassa performs the last Jazz Under the Stars concert for the season at 7 p.m. in the outdoor amphitheater of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on the Pacific Lutheran University campus. The mainstream jazz singer’s voice, regarded as one of the best in the business, has a
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Walk Tacoma Scavenger Hunt + 7 Seas Brewing opening = Yay Tacoma! Champagne Sunday + Northwest Beerwerks = Yay outdoors! Jazzbones + The Red Hot = Awkwafina and apples Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + The Copper Door = Destiny City delights WALK TACOMA SCAVENGER HUNT If you’re the type that gets bored easily, we found an activity to keep you crazy busy. Downtown On The Go hosts Walk Tacoma Scavenger Hunt launching from Tollefson Plaza between 4:30-5:30 p.m. Open to the public without pre-registration, participants — individuals or
One ringy dingy … MORNING FOAM FOR AUG. 10 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Former soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, who learned to homebrew in Olympia, founded JDub’s Brewing Co. in Sarasota, Florida. “I was buying my homebrewing ingredients in the back of some dude’s house in Olympia and thought that was f—ing awesome.” What is life really like for the founder of a small and independent brewery? JDub held nothing back. … New Order has brewed a beer. The band
Welcome to Tacoma, 7 Seas Brewing. Photo credit Pappi Swarner It’s April 2015 and Mike Runion and I are drinking beers at Mississippi Studios in Portland Oregon before the Mudhoney show. After a long day at the Craft Brewers Conference we donned big smiles. Our joy has nothing to do with an endless stream of craft beer. Rather, we both had just signed letter of intents to launch craft beer projects in Tacoma. We a brief moment we ignored the forthcoming drama. Fifteen months later, Runion’s smile returns. Runion and his business partner and brewmaster, Travis
TUESDAY, AUG. 9 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Silver City Brewery = Vertical B Sharp Coffee House + The Copper Door = hint of Bananas SEE A WEINER Political documentary meets cringe comedy in Weiner, which seeks to answer the question asked every time another public servant admits to a sex scandal: What was he thinking? The film documents the extended fall from grace of former Congressman Anthony Weiner. It depicts an electoral process that poisons the soul of all who participate and one man who, even after being poisoned, asks for seconds.
“I took myself down to the Tally-Ho Tavern to buy me a bottle of beerI sat me down by a tender young maiden whose eyes were as dark as her hair.” MONDAY AUG. 8, 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Tacoma Rainiers + Powerhouse Brewery = hopefully plenty of Doubles The Swiss + The Copper Door = you bring it RAINIERS VS RIVER CATS Did you see yesterday’s Tacoma Rainiers’ game against the Sacramento River Cats? Oh, man. Pitcher Zach Lee gave up seven hits and seven runs, including a three-run homer, and the
