Gayl / The Swiss

Sad news for Tacoma. Any loss of life is devastating. Didn’t want to make a post, but this was in my inbox to be spread around:

The Swiss pub will be closed through Sunday, May 31st, reopening for business on Monday, June 1st.
The celebration of Gayl Bertagni’s life will continue on Saturday, May 30th beginning at 3:00 pm at The Swiss Pub, 1904 South Jefferson, Tacoma, WA 98402. The Swiss is expecting quite a bit of turnout, and while they will be providing some food for the guests, would also like to request that you please bring a dish that you would have enjoyed sharing with Gayl.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Emergency Food Network and support your local farmers.

Firkin A…

For beer and ale, a firkin is equal to nine imperial gallons or a quarter of a barrel (40.91481 litres). Casks in this size (themselves called firkins) are the most common container for cask ale. A firkin is equal to half a kilderkin. Duh.

For our intents and purposes tonight, a firkin is a ceremonial hammer-related beer-gushing bar-top cask of delicious dry-hopped 3 Grid IPA from our pals at Schooner Exact Brewing Company. Tapping is tonight (Friday May 22) at 7pm at The Red Hot. Come and meet with all the brewers from Schooner Exact as we hang out and enjoy their creation. Special edition Schooner Exact Brewing Buttons by Bearded Baby for enjoyers of the cask…

Addicted to C.L.A.W.?

Cue the slick-back haired dancers…

As soon as we filled our Bearded Baby Buttons Dispenser with the awesome stylings of one Stowe, I realized we had some sort of unintentional shrine to C.L.A.W. forming.

Stowes buttons in the house, and 12 feet away is Stowe’s Beautiful Angle poster, which is topped by a custom Red Hot edition of the C.L.A.W. City Arts cover, which is topped by RR Andersons “My Goodness My Heidelberg” drawing…and we used to have a Mark Monlux screenprint that someone actually spilled a beer on before we got it framed. Don’t ask…

Does C.L.A.W. owe me money, or do I owe them my eternal gratidtude?