Lantern shade of winter
Winter arrived in full force this week. And now, hot – er, cold – on its heels comes The Lantern Tap House’s Winter Beer Fest.
The fourth annual event, Thursday through Saturday in the outside tent, features 10 breweries per day arranged by geography: Idaho/Montana/Colorado California the first day, Oregon the second and wrapping up with Washington. You can vote for your favorite each session (winners announced at 9).
Admission is $15, which includes a commemorative tasting glass and five drink tokens; get a 4-ounce pour for two tokens, 10 ounces for four or a full pint for five (extra tokens $1 each).
There’s live music in the tent on Thursday at 5 by Benny & The Vinyls, and inside the Lantern by GrooveAcre on Friday and The Marshall McLean Band on Saturday (both at 9:30).
Here’s a rundown of the daily lineups:
THURSDAY (4-10 p.m.)
• Anderson Valley: Winter Solstice (6.9 percent alcohol by volume, 6 International Bitterness Units)
• Avery: Out of Bounds Stout (6.3, 51)
• Grand Teton: Coming Home rye barleywine (10, 75)
• Great Northern: Alpenglow Belgian-style tripel (8.5, 35)
• Lagunitas: Brown Shugga (9.8, 51)
• MickDuff’s: Chocolate Moose on the Loose brown ale (6.4, 22)
• New Belgium: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough collaboration with Ben & Jerry’s (6, 12)
• Payette: Payette Forward IPA (6.2, 70)
• Port Brewing: Santa’s Little Helper imperial stout (10.5, 70)
• Trickster’s: Soul Warmer porter (6, 35)
FRIDAY (4-10 p.m.)
• Beer Valley: Ginger Snapper Stout (7, 7)
• Crux: Tough Love bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout (11.5, 70)
• Deschutes: Jubelale (6.7, 65)
• Double Mountain: Fa La La La La (7.5, 85)
• Ecliptic: Filament IPA (7.2, 70)
• Fort George: Magnanimous IPA, brewed with fir tips (7, 70)
• Hopworks Urban Brewing: Abominable (7.3, 70)
• Laurelwood: 2014 bourbon barrel-aged St. Wenceslaus doppelbock (9.3, 45)
• Pelican: Bad Santa black IPA (7.5, 65)
• pFriem: Winter Ale (7.5, 65)
SATURDAY (2-10 p.m.)
• Bale Breaker: High Camp (7.3, 84)
• Black Raven: Festivus, with cranberry, citrus peel and spices (7.1, 48)
• Fremont: 2015 bourbon barrel-aged Kentucky Dark Star imperial oatmeal stout (14.5, 50)
• Georgetown: Tombourbon barrel-aged imperial brown (9.4, NA)
• Iron Goat: Cherry Chocolate Stout (7.8, 25)
• Paradise Creek: Peppermint Porter (6.6, 45)
• River City: 2015 Midnight Marmot imperial stout conditioned on Irish whiskey-soaked oak chips (8.7, 78)
• Schooner Exact: Mountain Boomer (7.5, 52)
• Twelve String: Twelve Strings of Winter (7.5, 65)
• Waddell’s: Mt. Spokane Lost Woods (8, 45)