Peaks & Pints Sunday Jambic & Lazz

Peaks & Pints wants you to have a musty, old leather, barnyard, horse-blanket, and tart good time Sunday night. This should be easy to do since we’re pairing lambics with jazz in our Events Room from 6 to 8 p.m. Every first Sunday, we host Jambic & Lazz, an early evening of lambics paired with Kareem Kandi and his jazz trio.

Lambic, like music, requires years of dedication and a consuming passion. Whether straight, faro, gueuze, or fruit-based, lambics are produced only in one area of Belgium, the Senne River Valley, south and west of Brussels in the Pajottenland region. Officially speaking, lambic is an appellation like “Champagne” and “bourbon”; the l-word is strictly enforced and reserved for beers made exclusively in said region. Most importantly, they’re beers spontaneously fermented by the airborne wild yeasts and bacteria present in this valley and nowhere else on the face of the Earth. Nature didn’t just bless this area with the right yeasts and bacteria — it also endowed it with an ideal climate for slow fermentation, easy access to French wine barrels, and even tart Schaerbeek cherries. The real beauty of these ales is how different they are from brewery to brewery, batch to batch, barrel to barrel. Hell, the beer even changes with each sip down the glass. Adventure is out there — or at least in our Events Room.

The coolest cat in Tacoma, saxophonist Kareem Kandi, and his jazz trio perform very first Sunday in the Peaks & Pints events Room. Kandi is a versatile musician with strong roots in the traditions of jazz, blues, classical, and funk, and has been performing throughout the U.S. and abroad for years, gaining attention from critics and audiences alike.  While staying true to the musical styles of the past, he also keeps an eye toward the future by composing original music and new arrangements of timeless songs from the great American songbook. He just returned from a month-long tour in France, so hopefully, he will share stories.

JAMBIC & LAZZ with Kareem Kandi Jazz Trio and lambics, 6-8 p.m. Sunday, April 6, Peaks & Pints, 3816 N. 26^th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover

LINK: Peaks & Pints beer and cider cooler inventory