Darkness, that seductive seasonal creature, slinks back into Peaks & Pints the moment Thanksgiving week stirs awake — and this year it doesn’t come alone. Something strange happens when the sky leans into eclipse: a hush, a shimmer, a lingering cosmic pulse that ripples through Proctor like a whispered dare. As the sun slips behind its shadowy veil, our taps answer in kind, suddenly tilting toward the nocturnal, pouring nothing but obsidian swirls and midnight-thick enchantments, as if the universe itself reached down and adjusted the draft handles.
Beginning at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24 and lingering like a velvet bruise until 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, the draft lines will hum with shadow: brooding pours from Alesong, E9, Gigantic, Great Divide, Fremont, Matchless, Prairie, Stoup, and other twilight conjurers who excel at turning malt into midnight.
Thanksgiving Day itself? Utterly, unapologetically dark — the doors closed, the lights off, the lodge catching its breath beneath whatever sliver of sun remains.
Every other day, expect an indulgent parade of nocturnal delights: dark drafts, daily dark flights, even a few rare creatures released from the cellar’s haunted hush. There’s no admission, no secret handshake, just each pour priced by glass or by five-ounce temptations arranged into flights. Bottles are available to take home or to crack open on-site with a corkage fee, because every lodge needs a little ritual — especially under an eclipsed sky.
Peaks & Pints Dark Days of Thanksgiving 2025 runs 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday, Nov. 24 through Friday, Nov. 28 (closed Thanksgiving), at 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma. No cover, just the warm glow of shared darkness aligned with the cosmos.
