Beer, honey and history

Solace Mead & Cider adds beer to its lineup today, just in time for a special Renaissance-themed Night Market at Kendall Yards.

The joint tasting room by Green Bluff’s Hierophant Meadery and Twilight Cider will now be pouring beer from two taps, beginning with a pair of Hierophant collaborations that debuted at Bellwether Brewing’s recent Braggotfest.

Casus Fortuitous is a gruit (herbed beer) that was jointly brewed by Bellwether, Young Buck and others, aged in merlot barrels and mixed with Hierophant’s Gilead vanilla poplar mead. There’s also a blend of Young Buck’s gose (tart wheat beer) and Hierophant’s Matricaria chamomile mead.

Those two braggots – a honeyed beer/mead hybrid style that dates back to the Middle Ages – are appropriate fare for the special Renaissance fair version of the weekly Night Market starting at 4 p.m.

It aims to transport visitors back to the year 1527 through music, dance, storytelling and other re-enactments in conjunction with The Spokane Entertainer’s Guild. Costumes are encouraged.       

Hierophant plans to feature a variety of local beers in the future, both on tap and in bottles.