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UPDATES WEDNESDAY 12/30

– River City has tapped more of its Midnight Marmot imperial stout over French oak chips with raspberries, one of the specialty beers featured in its recent International Marmot Festival .

Bellwether is serving a small-batch Nightshade Braggot honey beer brewed with jalapenos, Roma tomatoes, tomato leaves and red pepper flakes.

Enoteca in Post Falls is pouring the 2013, 2014 and 2015 vintages of Deschutes’ The Abyss barrel-aged imperial stout, with a $10 vertical tasting of 4-ounce pours of each.

UPDATES TUESDAY 12/29

– River City will be featured in a Meet the Maker event Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the North Side Onion , with Riverkeeper IPA, Midnight Marmot Imperial Stout, last year’s Celebrator Doppelbock and wine barrel-aged Huckleberry Ale on tap.

– The weekly Wednesday small-batch special at Daft Badger will be a big India brown ale dubbed Windigo (9.1 percent alcohol by volume, 55 International Bitterness Units).

A look ahead at this year’s final local week in craft beer:

– No-Li will pour a Pomegranate Raspberry Golden Ale at its Brewsday Tuesday event from 5:30 to 7:30.

– Iron Goat releases its 52nd and final Year of the Goat weekly small-batch specialty Wednesday starting at 4, with special prizes for the seven people who have made it in every week.

– Steady Flow Growler House, which pours pints as well as beer to go, has a New Year’s Eve Masquerade Party on Thursday starting at 10 p.m. with drink specials and a prize for the best mask.

– Selkirk Abbey again hosts a New Year’s Day Brunch on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with beer, coffee and mimosas for sale along with breakfast from Big Bear Deli for an additional $10.

– Mad Bomber’s second annual Punks for a Princess fundraiser on New Year’s Day, for a local girl in need of a service dog, starts with a Polar Plunge in Hayden Lake at 11 a.m. followed by a 1 p.m. punk rock afterparty at the brewery; registration is $25 at the event.

Check back tomorrow for a full report on holiday weekend hours and specials at area breweries. Happy New Year!

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "On Tap." Read all stories from this blog