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Buch Bar — Peaks and Pints hosts JuneShine
January 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Buch Bar — Peaks and Pints hosts JuneShine
Kombucha — it’s the beverage we all love to hate and hate to love, to an extent. Some brands are better than others, while other brands are taking a twist on kombucha by making it hard — not hard to get, but hard as in boozy. If you’d like to know more about the latter, which Peaks and Pints doesn’t blame you, then meet delicious JuneShine Hard Kombucha at Peaks and Pints. We’ll tap three of the hard kombucha company’s flavors, plus many other flavors poured from cans, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30.
If Peaks and Pints was to host a hard kombucha company, it was going to be JuneShine. Founders Forest Dein and Greg Serrao live the Peaks and Pints way — outdoor adventures and craft beer. Although, that’s where we stop and the duo venture further. After the conscious eaters noticed a lack of healthy options in the San Diego grocery store alcohol shelves, they opened JuneShine Hard Kombucha in June 2018.
For the uninitiated, kombucha is made by allowing tea and sugar to ferment until a thick leathery layer called a SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) forms over the top. The yeast eats up the sugar and leaves behind delicious carbonation and active bacterial cultures — the good kind. Fruit or roots are added in the second fermentation. To make it boozy, more sugar and traditional yeast are added to achieve high levels of alcohol.
Kombucha may not be Tacoma’s favorite fizz yet, but trust: Its popularity is on the rise. Health fanatics love the fermented beverage for its probiotics and other healthful properties; foodies like the sweet-and-sour tang that offers a whole new palette of flavors to paint with (hello, cocktails). Peaks and Pints has had kombucha on tap since we opened Nov. 1, 2016, which the New Tribune recently confirmed. We now love it more because it’s boozy.
Join us Thursday, Jan. 30 for JuneShine on draft, in cans and a flight option. Cheers!
BUCH BAR — PEAKS AND PINTS HOSTS JUNESHINE, 6-9 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover
