Coeur d’Alene Brewing lives on

Barrel-aged sours typically take a year or more to mature, but the new one from River City has been in the works for close to 20. The downtown brewery on Friday unveils its TW Frankensour , assembled Frankenstein-style from the remnants of four different beers – one dating back to 1996, from River City’s predecessor, Coeur d’Alene Brewing. (Some background: Before Coeur d’Alene Brewing was bought in 1999 by the family that later launched River City, it operated under the T.W. Fisher’s brand name, after its founder. It closed in 2010, but River City continues to make one of its more popular products, a huckleberry ale.)/On Tap. More here. (On Tap photo: River City’s TW Frankensour (right), and the now 19-year-old beer that inspired it)

Question: Were you a Coeur d’Alene Brewing/T.W. Fisher’s fan?