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UPDATE SUNDAY 5/7
– Wear your Bloomsday T-shirt today and get pint discounts at English Setter , Waddell’s Brewpub , Bellwether , Big Barn , 238 (for any Bloomsday or Cherry Pickers Trot shirts) and the Coeur d’Alene Growler Guys (with race bib).
UPDATES SATURDAY 5/6
– Lost Boys’ Garage has a No-Li night from 6 to 8 with $4 pints of Red White & No-Li pale, Amber, Slacker, Born & Raised IPA and Wrecking Ball imperial stout, plus a brewery rep and prizes.
– Coeur d’Alene’s Filling Station on 5th is doing $3 pints and $8 growlers of all Idaho beers.
UPDATE FRIDAY 5/5
– No-Li is pouring a pineapple and serrano pepper-infused Poser pale ale for Cinco de Mayo, and tonight will tap a firkin of a Spin Cycle Red/sour blend with peaches. Elsewhere, River City ‘s Randall for the weekend is Girlfriend Golden through jalapeno, lime and cilantro, and Perry Street is serving an all-taco menu; see below for info on other Cinco-related happenings at The Steel Barrel , Downdraft and V Twin .
UPDATE THURSDAY 5/4
– Nectar Wine and Beer in Kendall Yards hosts a kickoff event tonight from 6 to 8 for its May brewery of the month, Deschutes, with six beers on tap: Pacific Wonderland Lager, American Wheat, Hopslice Summer Ale, the Fresh Squeezed and Passion Fruit IPAs and a reserve keg of 2015 Abyss. Get a flight for $10.
UPDATE WEDNESDAY 5/3
– Mad Bomber , owned by a former Army EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) specialist, observes EOD Memorial Weekend on Saturday with a food from Blue Smoke BBQ, a pistol raffle and a Bomb Suit Pong Challenge with the winner receiving a free pint each day for a year; a portion of proceeds benefits the EOD Warrior Foundation .
UPDATES TUESDAY 5/2
– Bellwether on Thursday rereleases its seasonal Kulning , a non-hopped braggot (honey beer) brewed with juniper, oats, rye, wheat and smoked barley; get a pint for $4 between 5 and 8 with a purchase from the CRATE food truck.
– Selkirk Abbey officially launches Northern Cross Amber , the latest in its non-Belgian sideline, for trivia night Thursday at Enoteca with the stout also on tap.
– V Twin celebrates Cinco de Mayo on Friday with $4 pints all day and merchandise drawings.
– The North Spokane Growler Guys hosts a Yakima Craft tasting Friday from 6 to 8.
– Hill Climb Honey Wheat is beer of the week at Orlison, with $3 pints in the downtown taproom.
A look at the upcoming week in local craft beer:
MONDAY
– Coeur d’Alene’s Paragon Brewing pub marks its third anniversary with its third house beer guest-brewed at MickDuff’s, Windy Bay IPA, with $3 pints of that, Hiawatha Pale and Red Dog Brown all day.
– The city of Millwood is featured for this month’s LocALE Mondays at No-Li; get a souvenir glass with a pint purchase
WEDNESDAY
– Pilgrim’s presents a free Wallace Brewing tasting starting at 3:30 with Idaho Select Lager, 1910 Black Lager, 6:60 India Pale Lager and Huckleberry Shandy.
THURSDAY
– The Coeur d’Alene Growler Guys will donate $1 from each pint sold and 20 percent of food proceeds to the Inland Northwest Food Network during its inaugural Kegs for a Cause event from 4:30 to 7.
FRIDAY
– The Steel Barrel celebrates Cinco de Mayo with specials on house-brewed Little Spokane and Young Buck beers, plus beer and tequila pairings and bacon-wrapped Tijuana-style street dogs.
– Downdraft’s Cinco de Drinko from 7 to 10 will include giveaways, live music, food from Las Brasas Mexican Grill and a costume contest along with a pair of small-batch specialties and the return of India Rad Red for the summer.
SATURDAY
– Daft Badger’s “Time for Another Party” will feature jalapeno cheddar brats, music by The Devon Wade Band from 4 to 8 and bottled beer specials.
– The Inland Brewers Unite club marks National Homebrew Day with a joint Big Brew Day brewing session at Nu Home Brew in Spokane Valley starting at 10 a.m.
SUNDAY
– Big Barn reopens its taphouse for the season with the rerelease of its Miss Maggie’s Lavender IPA (wear your Bloomsday T-shirt for $1 off your first pint) plus the Tacos Tijuanas food truck from 1 to 6 and music by Lonesome Lyle from 2 to 5.
And as always, keep checking back for more info about everything happening throughout the week.
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