As one may have noticed in the last few weeks, we've altered the tone. This space is going to be dedicated to more than just what is just going on, we want to try to be informative about what we're doing as well. Unlike most newspapers, we assume that our subscribers read well beyond a 7th Grade level. We also believe you are looking for more than when we're doing another beer dinner or when the next brew fest is coming up. Always striving to be a bit humorous, we also want to be insightful. Big words, obscure references, you know, just making it fun again.

Also, there seems to be a large percentage of you who have been coming here for years, an amount I was unaware of until I started writing these little articles. We all want to thank you for your continued patronage over the years, the "salad days" if you will. You've weathered the advent of the hostess station, the closing of the back door (I was almost run over by a forklift last Monday, count your blessings!), the smoking ban, and the extradition of John Hostak, i.e. Johnny Vegas, to the Mexican Nationalists (I believe one too many repeat joke violations, ain't that right kitten? Meeeow!). Please go give him some company in Rocky Point at his new pizza and beer joint: Capone's Pizza.

As always, it is going to be another really busy summer and we're going to have a lot of new faces. Come in and say "Hi" to our new summer crew and make them feel welcome this burgeoning monsoon season! At any rate, we would love to hear your questions and concerns, what you want to know more about and what we could do to make things better. For the love of all that's Holy, what will it take to make you happy?!!

Father's Day is Sunday, June 15th and we believe - to borrow from Seinfeld - that while Dad may try to float around the house discretely like a day-old helium-filled balloon, you need to let him know he does NOT go unnoticed. So we've planned a special brunch for yer Pa at both Four Peaks locations! Bring him in and he will receive a genuine Four Peaks Logo Pint Glass to place on the mantel next to his kazoo. This is our gift to all the great dads out there. Sure beats a tulip, huh dads?

The buffet will include: a 15 item omelette station, prime rib carving station, peel and eat shrimp, Belgian waffles, chipotle BBQ stout pulled pork, carne adovada, spaghetti and wild game meatballs, chicken enchiladas, eggs benedict, country baked ham, scrambled eggs, country potatoes, hickory smoked bacon, sausage links, assorted fruit platter, tossed field greens, danish and dessert stations, and of course, crisp paper napkins.

Happy Hour beers all day long with plenty of drink specials. The doors open at 9:30am and the brunch begins at 10am. We know pops will love it! The free pint glass is for the brunch only and please, one per dad. We're not that rich.

IN TEMPE THIS WEEK

Hop Knot: Four different kinds of American hops are woven into this award-winning IPA, then mellowed only slightly with pure American malt. Few ales enjoy a cask as much as this one. 6.0% Alc./Vol.

Leroy Brown: Imported British hops give this true northern English brown ale a pleasing, mild bitterness. Its sweet toffee-caramel flavor - smooth and creamy from the cask - is the result of dark-roasted and lightly kilned malts. 4.9% Alc./Vol.

IN SCOTTSDALE THIS WEEK

8th Street Ale: It's like our award-winning English Style "Best Bitter" was made for cask conditioning. Mellow bitterness and a slightly sweet malt flavor accompany a heavenly hop aroma derived from lots and lots of rare imported Kentish hops. 4.5% Alc./Vol.