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Beach beers

Rick Bonino

Sandpoint’s lakefront Beerfest is set to make a bigger splash when it returns for a fourth year on Saturday.

The brewery count has increased from 12 to 16, and organizers are hoping to double the 500-plus people who were served at last year’s event.

It runs from noon to 5 p.m. on the front lawn of the Trinity at City Beach restaurant. Beers will be poured under two large tents, with several smaller ones scattered around to provide some shade from the expected 90-degree heat.

Admission is $20, which includes a souvenir pint glass and six drink tokens. You get a full pour for two tokens, a 6-ounce sample for one; extra tokens are $3 each.

An early bird package is available online for $40 that also includes a “brewsie” (coozy) and a pulled pork sandwich. Proceeds support the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce’s tourism promotion efforts.

Designated drivers get in for $5, which includes two root beers from hometown brewery MickDuff’s. Children accompanied by a parent or guardian are allowed, though not encouraged, but dogs are prohibited.

 Live music will be provided by Tennis from noon to 2, followed by The Hophedz featuring Megan Turner.

A partial list of beer offerings has been released, including:

• Ballast Point – Grapefruit Sculpin IPA, Manta Ray Double IPA

• Downdraft – Third Channel IPA, Exit 5 Brown

• Hunga Dunga – Dry Hopped Pale Ale, Cold Brew Coffee Stout

• Laughing Dog – Huckleberry Cream Ale, Anubis Imperial Coffee Porter

• MickDuff’s – Se Habla Cerveza?, Lake Paddler Pale

• Paradise Creek – Huckleberry Pucker Shandy, Postal Porter

• Post Falls Brewing – OPC Hefeweizen, Stoney MacGuyver IPA

• Sockeye – Sour Puss American Sour, Velvet Falls Cream Ale

Also pouring will be Mad Bomber, Rants & Raves, Sawtooth, Slate Creek, Twelve String, Trickster’s, Waddell’s and Wallace Brewing.  Cider will be served by Summit and Whiskey Barrel.