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Catching up with more news from the past week in local craft beer:

– Craft breweries are coming to Coeur d’Alene’s Art on the Green for the first time. The 48th annual event Aug. 5-7 will include an adult beverage garden with beers from Mad Bomber and Slate Creek, along with Summit Cider and local wines; hours will be Friday and Saturday from noon to 9 and Sunday from noon to 5.    

– The Spokane Brewers Festival has announced the first dozen breweries for its inaugural event Aug. 12-14 in the Spokane Arena parking lot: Badass Backyard, Bellwether, Downdraft, English Setter, Icicle, Iron Horse, No-Li, Northern Ales, Orlison, Paradise Creek, River City and Waddell’s. Look for more to be revealed in coming days.

– Laughing Dog on Friday began brewing at its new, expanded production facility near the original brewery and pub north of Sandpoint.

– Moscow’s Hunga Dunga Brewing Company is busy making beer and training servers in preparation for its opening sometime later this month.

– The next two Thursday brew cruises by Hayden Lake Cruises will feature Selkirk Abbey next week and Slate Creek on July 28. Tickets are $39, available through the website.

– The Steam Plant has a Wild Strawberry Sour on the way in the next few weeks, and in the meantime has made another batch of its popular Blood Orange Pale to last through the summer.

– Finally, for those who understand all this Pokemon Go stuff a bit better than yours truly, Young Buck, Bellwether, Selkirk Abbey and Post Falls Brewing have posted about the presence of Pokemon on their premises. Happy hunting.