Craft Beer Week: Thursday
Four days in, Spokane (and American) Craft Beer Week shows no signs of slowing down. Here’s a look at what’s on today’s docket (keep checking back for late-breaking updates):
– Twelve String welcomes six of its local colleagues from noon to 10 for Guest Brewery Night, with a tap lineup including No-Li’s Copper Donkey aged in Dry Fly wheat whiskey barrels; Orlison’s Roast House Stout aged in Irish whiskey barrels; Perry Street’s wine barrel-aged Chardonnay Tripel; River City’s Midnight Marmot imperial stout conditioned over raspberries and French oak chips; Trickster’s tart Berliner Weisse (with raspberry syrup) and Waddell’s Strong Peach Sour.
– Hopped Up taps a spiced rum-barrel aged strong ale when it opens at 3, along with a sour aged for eight months; all week, get $8 growler fills of regular beers with the purchase of a pint.
– Orlison’s Barrel Aged Beer Night from 5 to 9 features 2 Finger Pour from Old Forester bourbon barrels, Toasted Dragon from 3 Howls gin barrels and Roast House Stout from 3 Howls hopped whiskey barrels.
– Badass Backyard Brewing, which normally operates only on Saturdays, will be open from 4 to 8 and pouring its Palouse SMaSH collaboration with Black Label, made with locally produced Palouse Pint malt.
– Bellwether has a Meet the Owners Night from 5 to 8, with tours at 5 and 7 and special guest Joel Williamson from Palouse Pint, and also launches its Brewers Showdown homebrewers' contest, which continues through Saturday; buy a flight and vote for your favorite among the five entrants.
– Sorry, the Perry Street brewers’ dinner at Durkin’s Liquor Bar is sold out.
– Everyone is invited by the Brewers Association to participate in a nationwide toast at 5 p.m. in honor of American Craft Beer Week.
– An Iron Goat pint night runs from 5 to 8 at the Flying Goat, while a special beer-themed trivia night starts at 6:30 in the Iron Goat taproom.
– Coeur d’Alene’s Filling Station on 5th brings in Montana’s Madison River Brewing for a tasting from 5 to 7 including Golden Willie cream ale, River Hopper pale, River Dropper IPA and The Juice double IPA, with $8 growler fills of each.
– The Lantern Tap House hosts a No-Li night featuring the Big Juicy and Komrade imperial IPAs, plus a kettle sour, from 6 to 8 followed by live music by Buffalo Jones at 9.
– Wallace Brewing has a brewery tour with owner Chase Sanborn at 6:30, followed by a tasting; cost is $8.
– The Area 51 taphouses at both the downtown and North Side Onion Bar & Grill are holding a local IPA competition all week, with voting on blind taste-test samplers of entries by Bellwether, Big Barn, Orlison, Perry Street, River City, Waddell’s, Wallace and Whistle Punk.
– The Orange You Glad We Said Chocolate blood orange/chocolate porter collaboration by the Steam Plant and Waddell's is on tap at the North Spokane Growler Guys.
– The Blackbird features the Goat Breaker tart blood orange IPA collaboration by Iron Goat and Bale Breaker.
– Manito Tap House is serving a cellar release of Avery’s 2015 Mephistopheles imperial stout.
– Deschutes’ 2015 Abyss imperial stout is the day’s specialty at Republic Pi.
– Steady Flow Growler House and Waddell’s Brewpub have local tap takeovers all week (with a special beer-infused fresh sheet menu at Waddell’s), along with weeklong beer specials at Laughing Dog, Black Label and the Steam Plant plus $8 growler fills at Bennidito's Brewpub.