TACOMA PREFUNK MONDAY, SEPT. 11 2017: Atwood No Whey Bro and Moby-Grapefruit
PREFUNK: Atwood Ales’ No Whey, Bro is a blonde ale fermented with Lactobacillus bacteria cultured from yogurt. Dry hops (Citra, Ekuanot and Mosaic) add tropical and citrus fruit to the tangy aroma. No Whey, Bro’s flavors and acidity are all balanced components of what is the lemonade of craft beer — a light, refreshing, easy drinking, sour blonde ale. No Whey, Bro is pouring from Peaks and Pints’ Western red cedar tap log. Way.
5 P.M. RANDALL MONDAY: Everyone is familiar with the classic Herman Melville novel, Moby-Dick, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Less familiar might be Moby-Grapefruit, Jeff Fraychineaud’s epic tale of the Parkway Tavern and its captain, Sean Jackson, who relentlessly pursues the great Randall infusion every Monday night. The narrator of the novel is Nicholas Brosier, a bartender at the Parkway who undertakes the journey out of his affection for craft beer. Tonight, Chapter 253, as Jackson crams secret ingredients into the Randall full of Hi-Fi Brewing’s Moby Grapefruit double IPA he and Brosier bump heads and are both knocked unconscious — simultaneously! There is a lot of imagery and magical narrative here, designed to heighten the reader’s sense of concern. Who will wake first?
9:15 P.M. THE LITTLE HOURS: Aubrey Plaza and Kate “Oates” Micucci play convent nuns whose libido is awakened by the arrival of a mysterious stranger (Dave Franco). So basically, it’s like watching The Beguiled. The Grand Cinema, Tacoma
