FRIDAY, JULY 8 2016: South Sound events + craft beer …
Straight Outta Oz + Stone RuinTen IPA = Operation Bucket of Water
Kenny Rogers + South Sound Craft Crawl = you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel
STRAIGHT OUTTA OZ
For over a century, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has proven to be one of the most strangely malleable stories in all of American literature. Broadway actor Todrick Hall is the latest to find pieces of his own autobiography in the tale of a murderous farm girl and her imaginary friends. It’s too early to say if the American Idol semifinalist’s traveling musical Straight Outta Oz will enter the pantheon of notable interpretations, but check out Hall’s 20 original OZ songs at 7:30 p.m. in the Pantages Theater.
PREFUNK: The Triple IPA, as its name implies, pushes beyond an imperial IPA or double IPA. The Triple IPA isn’t a judged style, at least not yet, but it’s becoming more commonly used by breweries to distinguish their hoppiest beers. In 2012, Stone Brewing first released its decidedly indelicate Triple IPA as Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the beloved year-round release Stone Ruination IPA. Renamed to Stone RuinTen IPA, today’s version still uses the same recklessly hoppy recipe as the 2012 release quenching the bitter thirst that runs rampant among members of Team Stone. They pack a whopping five pounds of hops into each barrel, and cranked up the ABV to stand up to the hop onslaught. Clocking in at 10.8 percent ABV and 110 International Bittering Units, the beer is unabashedly bitter–in a good way. Drink one, as well as Stone IPA, Stone Ruination IIPA and a Ruination variant with orange peel and vanilla bean, from 6-11 p.m. at Edison City Alehouse.
KENNY ROGERS
Kenny Rogers came into this world in Houston in 1938, the only baby ever to be born with a thick white beard and gravelly voice. He was one of seven children born to Floyd and Lucille Rogers, and we assume his parents recognized early on that Kenny was special. Whether they realized Kenny would be “the Gambler” is another story. Rogers is a country music icon, but he began his career preferring jazz and doo-wop, as evident by his work in the mid-’50s with the Scholars and later the Bobby Doyle Trio. However, neither group managed to take advantage of Rogers’ potential. In 1967 Rogers formed the First Edition (later renamed Kenny Rogers and the First Edition). Though he had yet to harness the raspy vocal styling he’s become famous for, the First Edition helped Rogers reach a national audience. In the late ’70s Rogers had a string of four records reach number one on the country charts, including Kenny, and the five times platinum The Gambler. Rogers had arrived, and will arrive again at 8:30 p.m. in the Emerald Queen’s Showroom.
PREFUNK: A year ago Ken Thoburn’s vision came true. The Wingman Brewers co-owner and head brewer launched the South Sound Craft Crawl, a beer trail program involving a map, South Sound breweries and a growler reward for visiting all 15. This week, South Sound Craft Crawl 2.0 launched with more breweries and cideries, a new map and a new growler reward. Jump on http://www.traveltacoma.com/south-sound-craft-crawl/ for a list of participating breweries and get craft crawling
