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UPDATE SATURDAY 7/16

– Coeur d’Alene’s Filling Station on 5th has announced the lineup for its 12-tap Firestone Walker takeover tonight at 8: the Berliner-style Bretta Weisse and raspberry Bretta Rose; Opal saison; STiVO collaboration pilsner with Russian River; Pale 31 American pale; DBA British pale and the barrel-fermented, unfiltered UDBA; session Easy Jack, black rye Wookey Jack and Luponic Distortion Revolution No. 002 IPAs; Parabola barrel-aged imperial stout and Stickee Monkee barrel-aged quad (enter the raffle for a free growler).

UPDATES TUESDAY 7/12

– Daft Badger’s weekly Wednesday small-batch release will be a fruit-infused Huckleberry Hound Pale Ale.

– Payette’s five fifth-anniversary beers – Tumblewheat Red, Berry’d Alive Smoked Porter, Outlawed and C.R.E.A.M. imperial IPAs and Bo-He-Man imperial pilsner – will pour in a tasting Thursday from 5 to 8 at the North Spokane Growler Guys.

A look at the upcoming week in local craft beer:

MONDAY

– Drop D Stout is the beer of the week at Twelve String, with $4 pints and $8 growler fills.

WEDNESDAY

– Ballast Point will be featured in a free tasting of six IPAs at Pilgrim’s starting at 3:30: the session Mango Even Keel, Watermelon Dorado double and regular, grapefruit, pineapple and habanero Sculpin.

THURSDAY

Bellwether taps a summery Barefoot ginger blonde ale, with the 40 Below dessert shop on hand making snow fluff with the beer (plus other alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions).

FRIDAY

– Deschutes comes to the South Hill Growler Guys for a tasting from 4 to 7, including the new Black Butte XXVIII anniversary imperial porter along with last year’s, plus 2014 Abyss imperial stout.

Beerocracy will be pouring Dogfish Head’s 60, 90 and 120 Minute IPAs from 6 to 10, along with merch raffles.

– The Steam Plant will tap a 2015 reserve keg of its Coal Bunker Porter.

SATURDAY

– Newport’s Top Frog celebrates its third anniversary from 1 to 8 p.m. with the grand opening of its long-awaited taproom pouring 13 beers plus live music, games and food.

Downdraft introduces a lemon wheat Lemmy Weizenheimer as part of the Treaty Rock-a-Palooza party in Post Falls, with kids’ activities, car show, food trucks, live music and more from 3 to 10; proceeds support the Kootenai Boys & Girls Club.

– Special beers from Daft Badger, Downdraft, MickDuff’s, Paradise Creek and Post Falls Brewing – developed as collaborations with the Warriors of the Rotating Tap (WORT) homebrew club – will be flowing for Bands-Brews n’ BBQs from 5 to 10 p.m. in Plummer, Idaho, with the winner of the crowd voting to be brewed commercially. There’s also live music and competition barbecue; admission is $15 for adults, $5 for ages 6-13 (free for kids 5 and under).

And as always, keep checking back for more information on everything happening throughout the week.

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