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Fri., Nov. 4, 2005

The Spokesman-Review

Feeling blue

Sushi fusion lounge Blue Fish finally – and softly – opened on Nov. 1, down the street from co-owner Ian Wingate’s other restaurant, Moxie. While the joint gains its sea legs, hours will be Tuesdays through Saturdays, 4 to 10 p.m. For more information, call 747-2111.

Scotland in Spokane

You won’t find any haggis

at the 50th Anniversary Highland Ball at The Davenport Hotel on Saturday. But you will find Scottish dance music, a variety of single malt Scotch bottles at a no-host bar, a buffet and more. The shindig kicks off at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $37.50. For more information, call (509) 922-3661.

Liquor ticker

Beer lovers, watch for the 2005 Alaskan Smoked Porter at local stores starting this month. Last year’s version won a gold medal at the 2005 Great American Beer Festival in the smoke-flavored beer category, according to the festival’s Web site.

Northern Lights Brewing Co., 1003 E. Trent Ave., recently tapped this year’s winter warmer. The 2004 batch made last winter weatherable – here’s to hoping 2005 is even better.

Good news: Newport, Ore., Rogue Ales brewer

John Maier has been experimenting with new small-batch recipes, says www.rogue.com, and is releasing a series of draft- only specials – labeled John’s Locker Stock – to limited retailers across the country. Among them are Oyster Cloyster (stout), Mogul Madness (amber), Love & Hoppiness (pilsner), Charlie (unfiltered strong ale), Glen Ale (strong ale), Schwartzbier (German dark lager), Saison (Belgian ale) and Hop Heaven (harvest ale). Better news: Spokane’s The Viking Tavern, 1221 N. Stevens St., and Eichardt’s Pub, 212 Cedar St. in Sandpoint, are the nearest among only 130 nationwide accounts selected to carry them. Cheers.

– Tom Bowers, staff writer

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