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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

No-Li goes bronze down under

Rick Bonino

No-Li Brewhouse was back in the winner’s circle at yet another international beer competition.

Spokane’s largest brewery won bronze medals for its Mosh Pit tart cherry ale and Rise & Grind oatmeal/coffee/milk stout at the 2015 Australian International Beer Awards.

Those are its 15th and 16th overseas honors, following previous medals in Australia as well as Germany, Belgium and Japan. Entries are coordinated through the Denver-based Brewers Association.

Closer to home, No-Li is the featured brewery for June at Nectar Wine and Beer in Kendall Yards, with six offerings on tap: the new seasonal Brass Monkey golden strong ale with orange peel; Oyster Stout, brewed with fresh Puget Sound shellfish; Poser session pale and Crony session brown, plus old standbys Spin Cycle Red and Born & Raised IPA.

Brewery representatives will be on hand for an event Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring a 4-ounce flight of all six beers plus cheese and snacks for $10.

Twofer Wednesday: If you can’t wait until Thursday for your fix, a couple of other happenings are taking place tomorrow.

Daft Badger in Coeur d’Alene will tap the second in its weekly Wednesday small-batch series, a crisp, clean American Wheat Beer (6.4 percent alcohol by volume, 35 International Bitterness Units). There are only 5 gallons, so it could go fast.

And the crew from Big Barn in Green Bluff will be at The Hop Shop on Spokane’s South Hill for a tap takeover starting at 4 p.m.