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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Blowing into town

Rick Bonino

After a bit of a drought, the Inland Northwest is about to add another new brewery.

Downdraft Brewing in Post Falls has announced its grand opening next weekend, Nov. 1 from 1 to 9 p.m.

The project of a pair of homebrewing couples, Downdraft originally was planned for the Spokane Valley as Cloudburst Brewing, but later changed the location (to the Treaty Rock Center business plaza on Seltice Way), and the name (because of a trademark issue).

Launching with a 10-barrel system, it will focus on straightforward styles including an amber, pale, IPA, brown and stout.

Downdraft will be the first brewery in Post Falls proper since the closure of BiPlane Brewing last November. (Selkirk Abbey has a Post Falls address, but is much closer to Coeur d’Alene.)

It’s also the first brewery opening in the area since Perry Street Brewing in March, following a string of six openings in five months in late 2013 and early 2014.

More are on the way. The 238 Brewing Company is awaiting final federal approval before becoming Green Bluff’s second brewery, while construction continues at Black Label in downtown Spokane and Daft Badger in Coeur d’Alene.