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UPDATES FRIDAY 7/1
– The Coeur d'Alene Growler Guys has a Scuttlebutt tasting today from 4 to 7 featuring the Everett brewery's Amber, Porter, Triple 7 Belgian and KEXP Transistor IPA.
– Four Bellwether beers will pour in a First Friday tap takeover starting at 4 at Bon Bon in the Garland Theater: Second Breakfast hefeweizen, Fibber McGee's IPA, Lightbender Cascadian dark ale and Albion strong heather ale.
– Benndito's Brewpub is pouring a single-hop Liberty pale ale today in honor of the Fourth.
– Iron Goat just tapped Boyd's Galaxy Brown (4.5 percent alcohol by volume, 39 International Bitterness Units), hopped with fruity Galaxy.
– Hopped Up has $8 growler fills for the holiday weekend on Saturday with the purchase of a pint.
– Orlison is offering $2 off growler fills today and Saturday.
– Selkirk Abbey is doing pint and growler specials through the weekend.
UPDATES THURSDAY 6/30
– River City will tap a firkin of River City Red fermented with lager yeast and dry hopped with East Kent Goldings for First Friday, along with the release of its summer seasonal Inconceivable Imperial Pilsner, and is doing $10 growler fills Friday and Saturday.
– In conjunction with today's community pint night from 3 to 9 to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest, Bellwether is serving a small-batch Turkish Coffee Red Ale collaboration with fellow North Monroe business Vessel Coffee Roasters, brewed with classic Turkish coffee herbs and spices as well as both coffee grounds and espresso.
UPDATES WEDNESDAY 6/29
– The First Friday firkin at Twelve String will be Red Guitar (formerly Valley) Red dry-hopped with Amarillo.
– Slate Creek releases its summer seasonal High Route Hefeweizen for tonight's Slate@8:00, with $3 pints, live music and pizza by the slice.
– Moscow's Rants & Raves taps two new small-batch specialties, a Belgian wit and a bourbon Scotch ale, for Brewer's Night at 7.
UPDATES TUESDAY 6/28
– A grapefruit-infused Jet Star imperial IPA is today's specialty pour for No-Li's Brewsday Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30.
– Daft Badger's weekly Wednesday small-batch release is Badgers Bounty IPA aged in a chardonnay barrel.
A look at the upcoming week in local craft beer:
MONDAY
– The all-Citra Arpeggio Pale Ale is the beer of the week at Twelve String, with $1 off pints and growler fills.
TUESDAY
– Twelve String releases its mildly sour summer seasonal Passion Fruit Gose,
WEDNESDAY
– The #SpoBU Twitter meetup group has its monthly gathering from 4 to 6 p.m. at No-Li.
FRIDAY
– Twelve String launches its Christmas in July with the rerelease of High Note Black IPA, Roundabout Confusion harvest ale and Twelve Strings of Winter ($4 pints/$8 growler fills).
– Pilgrim's presents a free tasting of canned beers and ciders for the holiday weekend starting at 3:30, including Stiegl Radler, Sierra Nevada's Otra Vez gose, Oskar Blues IPA, Delirium Tremens Belgian strong and the Atlus Session and Locust Dark Cherry ciders.
SATURDAY
– The Lantern Tap House's summer concert series continues with MickDuff's beer specials and music at 9 by Heavy Wood.
And as always, keep coming back for more information about everything happening throughout the week.