Entertainment reporter Ernest A. Jasmin gave the lowdown today on the second annual Tacoma Craft Beer festival, which starts at 5 p.m. today and continues tomorrow at the Foss Waterway Seaport. Click here to read the whole story. Here’s your appetizer: the 48th annual Greek Festival at the St. Nicholas Church. Read details of the Greek festival here.
It’s October later this week and that can only mean one thing in Tacoma: Delicious beer must be consumed.
The second annual Tacoma Craft Beer Festival is this weekend, Friday and Saturday at the Foss Waterway Seaport. News Tribune entertainment writer Ernest Jasmin will have a story about the festival in this Friday’s GO section, but click “more” to see preview details now.
Also, Harmon Brewery celebrates 14 years of brewing this week. They’ll have a Brewmaster’s Dinner Thursday and other events all week. Click “more” for details Read more »
Two beer events are happening Saturday in Tacoma.
The first-ever Tacoma Craft Brew Festival, which SoundLife reporter Ernest Jasmin wrote about in today’s food section, takes place from noon-9 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 3) at the Foss Waterway Seaport, 705 Dock St. On tap will be brews from 7 Seas Brewing, Fish Brewing, Engine House No. 9, Harmon Brewery, along with about 40 other breweries from Washington and beyond. Admission is $18 in advance, $20 day of event; must be 21 or older to attend
The second beer event is Maltoberfest, a significantly more quirky and little known beer gathering paying homage to malt liquor. Yes, that’s right, malt liquor. It also takes place Saturday (Oct. 3), at Bob’s Java Jive.
I tried to put a foodie spin on malt liquor, but came up empty handed. So I asked organizer Craig Egan, who with Jen Orr founded Maltoberfest, to answer a few questions about malt liquor and Maltoberfest IV. Specifically, what kind of food do you pair with malt liquor? And how do you make a beer cocktail with malt liquor? Egan’s answers….