8/18/2023 0 Comments Scuttlebutt brewery t shirts![]() RON SWARNER: Let’s wade through the soft water. When the final buzzer sounded, Little Beast Lezak grabbed 64 percent of the votes and a date with Ecliptic’s Spectra Hoppy Pilsner in the Second Round. Porter not only brewed at two of the state’s largest breweries, Deschutes and Full Sail, but he co-founded one of the buzziest ever, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales. Little Beast’s owner/head brewer Chuck Porter has been around the block a few times too. ![]() All Wayfinder’s medals, all the accolades, even award-winning lager head brewer Kevin Davey (Chuckanut, Firestone Walker, Gordon Biersch) couldn’t stop Lezak’s beast mode. “Eat my rubber Wayfinder Beer! Vote now, daily and preferably every five minutes for our Lezak Czech Pilsner in Tournament of Beers.” Yes, indeed, Little Beast Brewing went into beast mode yesterday. “We’re going to burn some dust here,” stated Little Beast Brewing’s Facebook page. PEAKS AND PINTS WEATHER GUY: I need that Fuzz Box. Ecliptic Spectra Hoppy Pilsner moves into the Second Round. When the finish buzzer sounded, Spectra Hoppy Pilsner looked up to see a victory with 52 percent of the votes. While the two breweries lost their heads, Spectra and Eastside Oatmeal continued to pound away. Baerlic busted out their new Fuzz Box Hazy IPA with haze of pineapple, mango, stone fruit, watermelon, candy, juicy fruit, sticky pine, resinous pitch, earthy black tea, duff, must, heavy metal, punk rock and stomp box in that order. Then, Ecliptic began promoting their upcoming Cosmic Collaboration Hazy Double IPA with Firestone Walker. RON SWARNER: Spectra and Eastside Oatmeal battled back and forth all day, changing leads several times. PEAKS AND PINTS WEATHER GUY: Oh … um, l-look, if Dru Bru built this large wooden badger. Snow pilsner or not, Scuttlebutt poured it on strong. There’s a rumor Dru Bru head brewer Dru Ernst built a giant pilsner glass out of snow in front of the brewery yesterday. The traffic along Interstate 90 was extra heavy with Uber drivers as folks traveled back and forth between the two breweries. RON SWARNER: In yesterday’s only blowout game Scuttlebutt Ray of Hope Pilsner grabbed 77 percent of the votes over Dru Bru Serious Bru. PEAKS AND PINTS WEATHER GUY: Can’t wait for Task Force to open their Lakewood taproom! GAME 2, WASHINGTON STATE REGIONĨ. Chuckanut had to battle all day to squeak out a win with 58% of the votes. Chuckanut Pilsner is another award-winning beer from one the nation’s most revered brewers of craft lagers. The brewery is all the talk in the Lakewood City Hall halls. ![]() Task Force Brewing is one of the darlings of the South Sound, including Joint Base Lewis-McChord. RON SWARNER: The nice thing about a number one seed is it usually means you have a paddy-cake game the First Round. Thursday, April 11, First Round Northwest Pilsners Games results GAME 1, WASHINGTON STATE REGIONġ. PEAKS AND PINTS WEATHER GUY: Can’t wait for Sunday when Arya and Jon, Dany and Tyrion, and some dragons that are ready to f- sh– up. After the weekend break, eight new Northwest pilsners go at it around 9 a.m. Without further ado, let’s take a gander at yesterday’s results. RON SWARNER: The Tournament of Beer: Northwest Pilsners hosts competitions Monday through Friday up to the championship game Saturday, April 27 live at Peaks and Pints bottle shop, taproom and restaurant in Tacoma’s Proctor District. Rain Saturday and Sunday with winds gusting as high as 20 mph and 100 percent chance of precipitation. My forecast calls for mostly cloudy, with a high near 55, for hiking the Ozette Triangle. ![]() The Northwest’s finest pilsner purveyors brew it perfect every time. Sure, there are plenty of brewers wearing “Light As A Pilsner” T-shirts who can brew a mighty fine batch of pilsner. Not willing to put in the time, effort, and money to pull a water report and consult the available resources on brewing water chemistry, and you can pack your brewers paddle and go home. Each match is do or die - one misstep and you’re out of the dance. This is a tournament, folks, not a playoff. RON SWARNER: Over a three-week period, Peaks and Pints pits 64 of the Pacific Northwest’s best in a Grandpa hops-to-Grandpa hops battle of pilsners. Tournament of Beer: Northwest Pilsners First Round April 12 ![]()
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