NEW IDAHO BREWERIES IN 2019

IDAHO BREWERIES THAT PLAN TO OPEN IN 2019 AND BEYOND

By Bob Hubler

BREWERIES THAT PLAN TO OPEN IN 2019

Just a brief look at some potential new Idaho Breweries that plan to open in the upcoming year.  These breweries have already started construction or completed construction awaiting licensing and permits.

SPRING CREEK BREWING IN AVIMORE

The Spring Creek Brewing Company is the brain child of Jeff Badigian and Marc Grubert.  This brewery is being built from the "ground up", meaning that they did not buy an existing building for their brewery.  Their brewery and pizzeria will be located in the Avimore Community just northwest of Boise. 

Facebook
__________________________

2C FAMILY BREWING IN NAMPA

The 2C Family Brewing will be owned and operated by Alvin Mullins.
The historical building that will house the brewery and tap room is currently being gutted to be refitted with the brewery equipment.  Alvin plans to open the tap room first,  The brewery will open when the construction and licensing is complete in the first half of 2019.

Facebook
____________________

DANELION FARM BREWERY IN MELBA

The Danelion Farm Brewery is not on a lot of local craft beer fans radar.  This brewery is being built by Nathan Guidinger on his small farm near Melba, Idaho.  His building is  complete and most of his equipment has been delivered. He is building this brewery on his own.  All the work is being done by his friends and family, so this brewery could be up and running in  the first half of 2019.

Facebook
________________

BENCH HOUSE BREWING IN BOISE

The Bench House Brewing Company has a location and a Head Brewer, now they just need to get zoning permits and start the process of licensing and refitting the building for a brewery. Head Brewer Derek Brown comes to this new brewery from Woodland Empire.  This brewery will not be ready to open until late 2019 or early 2020.


Facebook

_________________

GROUNDWORK BREWING IN LEWISTON

Lee and Mandy Henry plan to open their brewery in Lewiston sometime in 2019.  Construction is underway.  This will be Lewiston's first brewery after MJ BarleyHoppers ceased brewing in 2018.

Facebook

_______________

CITIZEN 33 BREWERY & GASTROPUB IN DRIGGS

Christian and Lisa Hanley purchased the Forage Bistro & Lounge in Driggs, Idaho in 2015.  They now want to want open a brewery.  Last year, Thai Teton opened the first brewery in Driggs.

Here is a quote from a story in the Teton Valley News published June 13th, 2018:

"The owners of Forage, along with Tatanka Tavern’s Kelly Williams and Jackson Hole resident Gabe Aufderheide, will open Citizen 33 Brewery & Gastropub on Main Street in Driggs in November with brewing equipment already purchased (it’s not onsite, yet) and permits under review with the city (not in place yet)."


Tatanka Tavern has already obtained an Idaho Brewers pub license for the brewery.  The original plan was to open the brewery November 2018 according the story.  Now the plan is open in the first quarter of 2019.

Instagram
______________________________

BENT TREE BREWING IN ATHOL

This will be a nano-brewery in the Coeur D' Alene suburbs.  

Facebook

_________________________________

TRESTLE BREWING IN FERDINAND

Trestle Brewing will return to brewing their own beer in 2019.  This brewery is the restaurant known for it's  great finger steaks.

Facebook
_____________________

_____________________

A FEW MORE BREWERIES THAT MAY OPEN IN 2019 OR 2020

These Breweries have not started construction and are still in the planning stages.

KARMA BREWING IN BOISE

Tyler Vanden Heuvel is planning a brewery in Boise.

Facebook
__________________

CLEARWATER BREWING IN KAMIAH

This brewery is still in the planning stages.  Brian Brokop opened his Beer 30 taphouse in Kamiah a couple of years ago, but wants to add a brewery.

Facebook
________________________

WPA BREWING IN BOISE

Dave Krick wants to open a brewery in Boise.  So far, he has been too busy running the Bittercreek Pub and Red Feather Lounge in downtown Boise.

Facebook
____________
_____________
______________

IDAHO BREWERY RUMORS

Brewery Name (Website)	Location	Facebook	Owner
Black Bird Brewing	Boise Area	Facebook	Shane Gibbs
Charter's House Brewing	Boise Area	Facebook	Tom Charters
Summit Ridge Brewing	Boise Area	Facebook
Accomplice Brewing	Boise Area	Facebook	Tim Williams
Simian Brewing	Boise Area	Facebook	Marvin Kinney
Soldier Creek Brewing	Fairfield	Facebook	Chris Bradley
Roots & Shoots Brewing	Sandpoint	Facebook
Stibal Liquors	Parma
Shredders	Boise		Justin Cantrell
Rustic Brewing	Boise

Off the Rails Brewing               Pocatello                         Bill Coryell


_________________

Updated List of Idaho Breweries

________________

NEW 2018 IDAHO BREWERIES PART 2

By Bob Hubler

A look back on the 12 new breweries that opened in Idaho in 2018 and other big events in the Craft Beer Scene in Idaho.

Read about the first 9 breweries in Part 1!

Since Part 1 was published,  I have found 3 additional Idaho Breweries that should have been included in the year end blog.  Actually Sheila Francis found them and passed on the information to me.  Many Thanks Sheila.

Idaho Currently has 70 active breweries.  In the last 34 years, 92 breweries have opened and 22 have closed.

Check out my List Of Idaho Breweries.

Check out The Idaho Brewers United List of Idaho Breweries.

_________

GARDEN CITY BREWERY CHANGES OWNERSHIP

62 BELLA BREWING IN GARDEN CITY

On December 27th, 2018, Bella Brewing was purchased by Marc Impastato and Chuck Bannock.
Head Brewer Rahn Thomas will continue brewing the  Bella Beers and name Bella Brewing will remain the same.  As you may recall, this brewery was opened as the Haff Brewery by Brian Haff, and was later purchased by Tom Dey, who changed the name to Bella Brewing.

Chuck Bannock & Marc (Moose) Impastato

Facebook

THREE MORE NEW BREWERIES THAT OPENED IN 2018:

90 TETON THAI IN DRIGGS

The owners of Teton Thai, Ryan Haworth and Peter Smith, have opened a small brewery and tasting room in Driggs, just down the hall from their Thai restaurant and sushi bar.

 Facebook


_______________________

91 KASSIANA IN BURLEY

Brek Pilling  and  Brian Tibbets wanted to bring and upscale restaurant and event center to downtown Burley, Idaho.  That restaurant is the Kassiania Restaurant, Bakery, and Events specializing in  with exceptional food and live music.  They also have a micro-brewery that supplies their restaurants with hand-crafted beer brewed by two brothers that learned to brew beer in Germany.  The restaurant with brewer opened in November 2018 becoming Burley's first brewery in the modern era.

Facebook

________________

92 CRAFT BREWERS IN BOISE

Craft Brewers of Boise is a Bottle Shop and Tap room featuring a walk-in cooler.  They also sell home brew supplies.  Opened by Eli Taylor, a long time Boise homebrewer.  You may notice a familiar face when you visit.  Jeremy Jones now calls Craft Brewers of Boise his home away from home.

And they are also a licensed brewery that will serve the beer they brew on site with budding home brewers.  Great way to start your home brewing hobby with your beer on tap  for all your friends to share.

From left to right:  Levi, Jeremy, and Marjorie

Facebook

___________________

TWO MORE IDAHO BREWERIES CLOSED IN 2018

25 MJ BARLEY HOPPERS IN LEWISTON

MJ Barley Hoppers ceased brewery operations, but continues on at the Red Lion Motel as a Sports Bar.

_______________________________

56 TRESTLE BREWING IN FERDINAND

This little brew pub known for their finger steaks is still open, but took a hiatus from brewing in 2018.  Watch for their return to brewing in 2019.

Facebook
________________________________

NEW 2018 IDAHO BREWERIES

by Bob Hubler

A look back on the 9 new breweries that opened in Idaho in 2018 and other big events in the Craft Beer Scene in Idaho.

_____________________

BEAR ISLAND OPENS TAP HOUSE IN BOISE

One of the  biggest events in Boise was the Bear Island Tap House opening.  After 5 years of brewing beer out of their garage in Boise, Beth Bechtel and husband, Steve, opened their Tap House in a former fire station.  It will be a few more months until their brewing equipment can move into the Fire House #6 space, but the tap house is open for your business.

Beth and Steve in  front of the Donor Brick Wall

Boise Weekly

Facebook

____________
____________

THE NEW BREWERIES THAT OPENED IN 2018:

81 HARDWARE BREWING IN KENDRICK

Hardware Brewing was opened in March of 2018 by Doug and Christine Lohman becoming the 82nd brewery to open in Idaho in the modern brewing era.  It is also Idaho's 61st active brewery and the only brewery in Kendrick.

Hardware Brewing Entrance

Facebook

_________________________

82 JIM DANDY BREWING IN POCATELLO

First of all, I would highly recommend visiting this brewery if you ever visit Pocatello.  The ambiance is incredible.  The crowd was made up of old, young and children, too;  but no dogs unless they are service dogs, of course.  Opened on July 4th, this place has quickly become a favorite hang out for many of the patrons that I talked to.  When we visited, they  only had three of their own beers on tap, because they can't keep up with the demand.  But they have a solution; a new fermentor is on the way which will allow them to increase their production.

Davis and Hailee

Our Blog on Jim Dandy Brewing

Facebook

__________________________

83 PRIEST LAKE BREWING IN PRIEST LAKE

Priest Lake Brewing opened at the beginning of July.  Priest Lake Brewing is 5BBL brewery owned and operated by Kent Feldman.  Interesting that there is also another brewing company in Priest Lake called Priest Lake Brewing Co. owned by Tim Kassa.  Trademark fight coming.  See Story!  Kent Feldman is brewing and has the facebook page below.  Apparently Tim is not brewing yet and does not a have a brewing license.

Get Gas and Beer - One Stop

Facebook

____________________

84 HEAVENS GATE BREWERY IN RIGGINS

This brewery actually opened in 2017.  Heavens Gate Brewery was opened in late Spring of 2017 by Paul Gatti who is also the brewer.  The Taproom for the brewery is located in Summervilles Bar & Cafe.  We discovered this brewery after returning from out tour of the Jim Dandy Brewing Brew Pub.

Heavens Gate Brewing Setup

Facebook

____________________

85 UTARA BREWING IN SANDPOINT

This unique brewery is #65 in active Idaho Breweries.  Utara is unique among most craft breweries in that it serves India Cuisine instead of the normal brew pub fare.  Their beer will also be unique as they will brew English Style Ales.

The Brew Crew at Utara

Facebook

____________________

86 WESTERN COLLECTIVE BREWING IN GARDEN CITY

The long awaited Guns and Oil Brewery opened as the Western Collective Brewing in Garden City.  You will remember this location from the days when Payette Brewing brewed their beer there.  Construction on their new expanded tap room is complete and open for customers.

Keith, Cary and Melissa

Our Blog on Western Collective Brewing

Facebook

_____________________

87 MATCHWOOD IN SANDPOINT

Matchwood Brewing is the fourth active brewery in Sandpoint joining long time breweries: Laughing Dog, Mick Duffs and the new Utara.  This brewery is a long time dream of Andrea Marcoccia and Kennden Culp.  Matchwood Brewing is in a huge renovated warehouse becoming one of the largest breweries in the state of Idaho if you measure in square footage

.

Matchwood Brewery at Night

Story

Facebook

_______________

88 KOTO BREWING IN TWIN FALLS

Koto Brewing in Twin Falls Idaho opened in December.  Koto Brewing is a Brew Pub serving a wide variety of food in addition to their hand crafted beer brewed on the premise.

Koto Brewing Entrance

Facebook

_______________________

89 WESTWOOD BREWING IN RATHDRUM

Westwood Brewing shares production facilities with Utara Brewing in Sandpoint, but their restaurant and tap house is in Rathdrum.  Utara and Westood have an alternating proprietor agreement.  The first  breweries in the State Of Idaho to have this unique arrangement.

The Westwood Brewing Entrance

Facebook

___________________________

42 CROOKED FENCE BREWING IN GARDEN CITY

Not a new brewer in Boise, but a rebirth of a brewery that closed in 2017.

Jeff behind the bar at the new Crooked Fence

  

Our Blog about Crooked Fence


_____________________________

57 PARAGON BREWING IN COEUR D' ALENE

Paragon Brewing will brew their own beer in house after years of contracting their beer brewed at Mick Duff's in Sandpoint.

The new brewing equipment at Paragon

Story

Facebook 

________________________

________________________

IN ADDITION TO THE NEW BREWERIES, FIVE NEW CRAFT BEER/LOCAL CIDER VENUES HAVE RECENTLY OPENED IN BOISE

COPENROSS GROWLERS IN BOISE

Most Taps in Boise, 70 Taps pouring beer, cider and kambucha. Copenross is the only Growler Station in Boise serving food.

Entrance and outdoor seating

Facebook

Words And Deeds

__________________

BRU IN BOISE

Pour you own beer at this  downtown Boise Pizza place.  All local beer all the time.  You can pour a 3 ounce pour or a 16 ounce pour.  It's up to you.  Pour an ounce to taste and then  fill your glass if you like it.

The Tap Wall

Facebook

Words And Deeds

_________________________

HOPS AND BOTTLES IN BOISE

I visited Hops and Bottles on opening day.  This  Boise's first true bottle shop that does not sell Brew supplies or food.  With nearly 400 beer choices, it will be the place to go as new beers appear in Idaho.  I like that you can grab a beer out of the cooler and drink it there along with the many beers on tap.  Go down and visit Mark and Barley and get your favorite beer.

Entrance and outdoor drinking area

Facebook

Words And Deeds

_____________________

CRAFT BREWERS OF BOISE

Craft Brewers of Boise is a Bottle Shop and Tap room featuring a walk-in cooler.  They also sell home brew supplies.  Opened by Eli Taylor, a long time Boise homebrewer.  You may notice a familiar face when you visit.  Jeremy Jones now calls Craft Brewers of Boise his home away from home.

Eli, Jeremy and Margie

Facebook

_______________________

MERIWETHER CIDER HOUSE IN BOISE

Local Meriwether Cider Company has opened the first Cider House in Boise and in the State of Idaho.  Located downtown just across the street from 10 Barrel Brewing, they have 20 taps for Cider from all over the country and Europe too.

Finishing Touches

Words And Deeds


_________________________
_________________________

IDAHO BREWERIES THAT CLOSED IN 2018

43 SLANTED ROCK BREWING IN MERIDIAN

We are very sad to say goodbye to Bob Lonseth's Meridian brewery that closed at the end of January 2018.  Bob is optimistic that Slanted Rock Brewing will open again in the future somewhere in the Treasure Valley.

______________________

_________________________

Check out the complete list of List of Idaho Breweries

Our next blog will be about the new breweries planned to open in 2019.

Note to readers, you can click on each picture to see the large version with more detail.