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.
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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.
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| Beth and Steve in front of the Donor Brick Wall |
Boise Weekly
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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 |
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.
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| Davis and Hailee |
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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. |
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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.
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| Heavens Gate Brewing Setup |
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.
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| The Brew Crew at Utara |
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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.
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| Keith, Cary and Melissa |
Our Blog on Western Collective Brewing
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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
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| Matchwood Brewery at Night |
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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.
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| Koto Brewing Entrance |
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Our Blog about Crooked Fence
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| The Westwood Brewing Entrance |
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42 CROOKED FENCE BREWING IN GARDEN CITY
Not a new brewer in Boise, but a rebirth of a brewery that closed in 2017.
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| Jeff behind the bar at the new Crooked Fence |
Our Blog about Crooked Fence
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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.
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| The new brewing equipment at Paragon |
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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.
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| Entrance and outdoor seating |
Words And Deeds
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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.
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| The Tap Wall |
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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.
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| Entrance and outdoor drinking area |
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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.
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| Eli, Jeremy and Margie |
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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 |
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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.
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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.
Note to readers, you can click on each picture to see the large version with more detail.
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