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UPDATES FRIDAY 4/28
– River City's Randall for the weekend is Bloomsday Blonde through Pink Lady apples and cinnamon.
– Mad Bomber is pouring a new Scotch ale called One If By Land.
UPDATES THURSDAY 4/27
– Coeur d'Alene's Filling Station on 5th has an Occidental night starting at 6.
– Waddell's Neighborhood Pub on the South Hill taps the 2014, 2015 and 2016 vintages of Deschutes' barrel-aged Abyss imperial stout tonight from 6 to 9.
UPDATE WEDNESDAY 4/26
– The Palouse chapter of Girls Pint Out meets Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 at Pullman's Paradise Creek; RSVP for a brewery tour at 7 (admission $5 or an item donation for Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse).
UPDATES TUESDAY 4/25
– Laughing Dog and MickDuff's have a release party for their Jalapenos Dos Cerveza Mexican-style lager collaboration on Thursday from 5 to 8 at Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant in Sandpoint, with $3 pints (keep the glass), prize giveaways and special appetizers.
– Steady Flow Growler House hosts a Yakima Craft pint night Sunday from 3 to 6, with 1982 amber, Vern IPA and the Heather Scottish-style ale on tap.
– River City is serving $1 pints and $5 growler fills of its sessionable Afternoon IPA this week to make way for a new version coming next month for Spokane Craft Beer Week.
A look at the upcoming week in local craft beer:
MONDAY
– The new Hill Climb Honey Wheat ale is beer of the week at Orlison, with $3 pints in the downtown taproom.
TUESDAY
– Coeur d'Alene's Filling Station on 5th hosts the Idaho launch for Redmond's Black Raven Brewing starting at 6, with blueberry- and catnip-infused Kitty Kat Blues pale, Trickster and double Wisdom Seeker IPAs, Second Sight Scotch and Coco Jones Porter on tap, and the brewers on hand.
WEDNESDAY
– Pilgrim's presents a free tasting of Occidental's German-style beers starting at 3:30 including the Portland brewery's hefeweizen, pilsner, kolsch and altbier.
– An Idaho Craft Beer Month event at Enoteca will include special beer prices all day and Ales for the Trail tickets on sale from 5 to 8.
– Six No-Li beers will be on tap in a fundraiser for the Explore Art Program at Sandpoint's Washington Elementary School from 5 to 7:30 at Idaho Pour Authority.
THURSDAY
– Bellwether is donating $1 from every pint sold between 3 and 9 to Solution is Hours, which provides meals and clothing to homeless people in Spokane, and also collecting donations of new and gently used bedding items for adults and kids.
– Panhandle Animal Shelter presents a Yappy Hour from 4 to 7 at Laughing Dog with live music and a fenced-in area for dogs.
– The Steel Barrel has a Wander tap takeover from 5 to 9.
– Spokane launch parties for Seattle's acclaimed Reuben's Brews, new to local distribution, run from 5 to 8 at The Lantern Tap House, with $8 taster tray/pint deals, and 6 to 8 at The Blackbird, which will have $1 off beers.
– Badass Backyard Brewing taps a guest India session ale brewed by Waddell's Kevin Green at 6.
FRIDAY
– A Laughing Dog tasting runs from 4 to 7 at the Spokane Valley Total Wine.
– Founders comes to Bottles at 5 for a tasting of Rubaeus raspberry ale, the All Day session and regular Centennial IPAs, Dirty Bastard Scotch, coffee-spiked Sumatra Mountain Brown and barrel-aged, chocolate/coffee KBS imperial stout.
– Two more Spokane launch parties for Reuben's Brews are scheduled at 5 at Pints Alehouse with 10 beers on tap, and from 6 to 8 at Nectar Wine and Beer in Kendall Yards with pints as well as $10 taster flights of Gose, Pilsner, Daily Pale, Crikey and Azacca IPAs and Bourbon Barrel Breakfast Stout..
– Big Barn will pour at a four-course Cheers For Kids beer pairing dinner from 6 to 9 at the Washington Cracker Company building to benefit Vanessa Beehan Crisis Nursery. Tickets are $75, which includes a commemorative pint glass (or for $100, also get a limited-edition growler with a fill voucher plus entry into a special prize drawing).
And as always, keep coming back for more info on everything happening throughout the week.