Summer into fall

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.
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