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More than 100 regional beers and ciders will pour for the 25th annual Fall Fest this weekend at Schweitzer Mountain Resort.

This year’s event at the Sandpoint-area resort has been extended to four days, from Friday through the Monday holiday.  And there’s an expanded layout for the drinks tent (also including wine), food court, soda tent, kids’ activities, arts and crafts vendors and the music stage, with 11 bands performing through the weekend.

Beer tasting packages with souvenir glassware range from $15 for a five-ounce taster and four fills, to $40 for an 18-ounce copper mug and three fills; those can be pre-ordered online (plus fees) through midnight today, and will be sold onsite while supplies last. Extra drink tokens will be available for sale, and you can skip the packages and just buy tokens to get your beers poured in a regular plastic glass.

Beer tent hours are Friday from 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Here’s the posted tap list (subject to change):

Alaskan: White Wheat, Big Mountain pale

Alpine: Duet and Windows Up IPAs

Bale Breaker: Field 41 pale, Dormancy stout

Ballast Point: Dead Ringer Oktoberfest, Sculpin IPA

Barley Brown’s: Saison, Point Blank red

Bayern: Pilsener, Dragon’s Breath dunkelweizen

Big Sky: Shake a Day IPA, Slow Elk stout

Black Raven: Kitty Kat Blues blueberry pale, Coco Jones coconut porter

Boise Brewing: Burn One Down brown, Black Cliffs stout

Deschutes: Pacific Wonderland lager, Fresh Squeezed IPA, Hop Henge imperial IPA, Swivelhead Red India red ale

Elysian: Night Owl pumpkin, Space Dust IPA

Firestone Walker: Luponic Distortion and Adversus double IPAs

Fremont: Lush IPA, Proletariat porter

Georgetown: Johnny Utah pale, Bodhizafa IPA

Goodlife: Secret Stash sour, Descender IPA

Grand Teton: Ale 208 blonde, Fest Bier or Gose

Great Northern: Wheatfish and Wild Huckleberry wheat lagers

Hop Valley: Alpha Centauri and Citrus Mistress IPAs

Iron Horse: Life Behind Bars kolsch, Irish Death dark ale

Laughing Dog: Anniversary ale and Rocket Dog IPA

Melvin: IPA, 2x4 double IPA

MickDuff’s: Irish Redhead, TBA

Mother Earth: Say When IPA, Peanut Butter Stout

Ninkasi: Helles Belles lager, Pacific Rain pale

No-Li: Amber, Big Juicy IPA

North Coast: Scrimshaw pilsner, Pranqster Belgian-style golden

Odell: Drumroll pale, Rupture IPA

Post Falls Brewing: Coffee Pale, Coconut Porter

River City: Girlfriend Golden, Huckleberry Ale

Rogue: Hazelnut Brown, Mocha Porter

Saint Archer: Blonde, IPA

Selkirk Abbey: Northern Cross amber, Infidel IPA

Silver City: Ridgetop Red, Tropic Haze IPA

Slate Creek: Hefeweizen, Norse Nectar pale

Sockeye: Mango Dagger Falls IPA or Sourpuss, Porter

10 Barrel: Cucumber Crush gose, Joe IPA

Ten Pin: Groove pineapple wheat, Angle amber

Trickster’s: Mosaic SMaSH pale, Hazy IPA

Waddell’s: Blackberry Sour, Left Hook IPA

Wallace: Huckleberry Shandy, Compressor SMaSH bock

Woodland Empire: Pilsner, So Juicy IPA

Also look for ciders from Ace, Atlas, D’s Wicked, Edge, North Idaho Cider, Schilling, Spire Mountain, Summit, 2 Towns and Whiskey Barrel.

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