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  It wasn’t as cold as year’s past, but it wasn’t warm either last night at the 15th Annual Strange Brewfest, especially those wearing tights — which were many folks. The annual wacky winter beer and cider festival in Port Townsend, Washington honored the women and men in the Pacific Northwest’s brewing industry, dubbing them “strong, badass superheroes” with a superhero theme.
  This was my third Pike Chocofest, and it was a teemingly busy, fantastic, wonderful, exhausting and difficult to orient chocoholic’s dream of a night. Last night, Pike Brewing Co. presented an evening of delicious bites and drinks with more than 65 of Puget sound’s cool breweries, wineries, distilleries, restaurants, cheese makers, bakers and chocolatiers. It […]
  SudsPop: Positive Vibrations with Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. at Peaks and Pints at Basecamp Proctor Tacoma Monday, January 2, 2017
  Gritty City Sirens Christmas Carol Pub Crawl dropped by Peaks and Pints Bottle Shop at Basecamp Proctor in Tacoma December 23 2016
  BikeroBrew crew reprise Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. photo during the Tacoma brewery’s second anniversary party Saturday, Sept. 24 2016.
  Two things happen every year at the Olympia Brew Fest: dancing and hula-hooping. Saturday, both were front and center again at the Port Plaza in downtown Olympia when the fifth annual Olympia Brew Fest hosted 30-plus craft breweries and cideries, as well as large, fun crowd.
  The Parkway celebrated its 81st birthday Saturday, July 30, 2016, with an impressive craft beer tap list and live music. …
  Photos from Wet Coast 1st Anniversary Party, No-Li Brewhouse Patio Party at Northwest Beerwerks and Collab-O-Gasm at the Parkway Tavern …
  Wingman Brewers celebrated its 5th anniversary Saturday, April 23, in a warehouse three doors down from its Tacoma brewery.
  
  Peaks and Pints New Craft In Stock 10.23.20 offers a smattering of then new beer and cider that arrived at Peaks & Pints today. Stock up for the weekend!
  Ninkasi Forester Barrel Aged Ground Control Imperial Stout is brewed with Oregon hazelnuts, star anise and cocoa nibs, and is fermented with an Ale yeast that survived a trip to space and back, then aged in Old Forester Bourbon barrels for four months, 10%
  Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale is a limited edition sporting big, malty caramel drop with sweet toffee with just a touch of banana and cloves balanced against whole-dried Fuggle and Golding hops leading to a dry, bitter finish. 6%