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Off Trail with Deschutes Brewery featuring Pacific Wonderland Lager
January 20, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Off Trail with Deschutes Brewery begins with a bearded storyteller telling a tale about Gary Fish opening a brewpub in Bend, Oregon, in 1988, naming it Deschutes Brewery. There are references to the 10 straight batches of beer that went bad in the first year, original brewmaster John Harris’ brewing style, and how a buried keg of beer in the snow became Jubelale. From there, the plot follows a predictable path: Deschutes can’t keep up with demand, grows, grows again and two feuding families fight over the brewery while forbidden love blossoms, although we’re fact checking the last two scenes. All of this, rounded out with a lot of tumbling, and the occasional pyrotechnic.
Deschutes still remains family and employee owned, known for brewing a diverse line-up of award winning beers including its flagship beers Black Butte Porter and Mirror Pond Pale Ale — named after beautiful, natural places in Bend.
Off Trail with Deschutes Brewery will hit Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and eatery at 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20. Deschutes craft beers will flow from our Western red cedar tap tree, including a 2015 The Abyss and the new Pacific Wonderland Lager. Deschutes Brewery Sales Executive Norm Cartwright will emcee Off Trail with Deschutes Brewery. Cartwright will raffle off cool camping equipment with the money benefiting Green Tacoma Partnership.
The Beer
Cartwright will bust through the Peaks and Pints door Jan. 20 with Deschutes craft beers. He’s still whittling down the final craft line-up from a field of 87 beers, but Deschutes’ new Pacific Wonderland Lager, Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale and a keg of 2015 The Abyss Imperial Stout will be on tap.
Deschutes Brewery always believed the best way to respect tradition is to brew the unexpected. So when the Bend, Oregon, brewery set out to create a sessionable lager befitting of the Pacific Northwest, their sense of exploration led them to the dry-hopped Pacific Wonderland Lager. Citrusy Tettnang Mandarina hops combine with the crisp, bright character of a traditional lager to deliver a beer that is truly refreshing, and undoubtedly worth sharing.
The 2015 The Abyss Imperial Stout — brewed with licorice and molasses and aged in French oak and bourbon barrels — will pour into a snifter, allowing the aroma of bourbon, coffee and wood to lift you off our aged fir flooring as if in a séance. After aging for 10 months in our cellar (read: 7 Seas Brewing Tacoma plant’s basement) the flavors of molasses-tinged sweetness, coffee, dark chocolate, light cherries, cigar box, roasted malts, toast, currants and vanilla meld and fuse into an entirely different pleasure.
Green Tacoma Partnership
Formed in 2005, the Green Tacoma Partnership is a public-private venture between the city of Tacoma, Metro Parks Tacoma, Forterra, other nonprofits, businesses and community members. According to Green Tacoma partnership’s website, “The Partnership works to engage the Tacoma community in the restoration and maintenance of viable, healthy green spaces by connecting stewardship groups, providing resources and trainings and organizing public outreach. For Tacoma’s residents, working together for a common cause in a local green space is a great way to build community. A community of connected, educated and engaged volunteers is the backbone of a strong, healthy and beautiful Green Tacoma.”
The Raffle
Deschutes is sponsoring a $1 raffle with 100 percent of the funds going toward Green Tacoma Partnership. Raffle winners could score a portable fire pit, a camping cooler or Deschutes gift basket.
For more information on Deschutes Brewery, check out Peaks and Pints Houses of Craft section.
OFF TRAIL WITH DESCHUTES BREWERY, 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Tacoma, no cover
