FIRST QUARTER 2024 IDAHO BREWERY UPDATES

 By Bob Hubler

Idaho entered the year with 99 breweries.  Four New Breweries opened in the first quarter of 2024 and two breweries closed.  Idaho ended the quarter with 101 active breweries. 

Four new breweries plan  to open in Idaho in 2024.

See List of Idaho Breweries for the detailed list.

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NEW IDAHO BREWERIES THAT OPENED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.

137 GEM STATE BREWING

Gem State Brewing was the first Brewery to open in 2024 and became the 100th Active Idaho Brewery.  

The original GEM State Brewing was located in downtown Caldwell, but only lasted a couple of years. 

This brewery has been in the works for five years and survived a pandemic and many red tape setbacks.   The wait was worth it.  The Grand Opening on January 6th had overflow crowds that were  finally rewarded with Eagle's very own Craft Brewery and Tap house

GEM STATE BREWING is a very unique Idaho Brewery for several reasons:

1 - It is one of the few Idaho breweries to build their own building, as opposed to buying a building that was used for another purpose.  

2 - The owners also live in an apartment located on the second floor of the brewery.

3 - The brewery is in downtown Eagle and surrounded by many local restaurants where you can order their food to go, then eat it at the brewery while enjoying great beer.

The bar top is actually made from the old oak tree that stood in the center of the original property.  Check out pictures below.

I predict great success for this new Eagle business as it is destined to be a popular local neighborhood pub that is within easy walking and bicycling distance from many Eagle residents..

Owners Kristi and Chris McGinnis

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138 TWISTED SLATE BREWERY

Owners Tiffanie Delaney and Nick Giese

After operating as a restaurant and tap house for the last two and a half years, this Hayden based pico brewery started brewing beer in early January 2024.   

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139 BOISE BOOCH

Boise Booch has a brewery license,  but does not brew beer.  They manufacture Hard Kombucha, an alcoholic tea.  Katie Powell is the owner/operator.

The fermenter

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140 3 BEARE CRAFT BREWING IN GENESEE

Pico Brewery - Growler Fills Only

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IDAHO BREWERIES THAT PLAN TO OPEN IN 2024

There are Three more Idaho breweries that plan to open their doors in 2024.  There will also be a fourth brewery that  will reopen with new owners after a two year hiatus.  

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RUKUS BREWING

Loose Screw Brewing will shut down their production in Garden City in April 2024. 

Kyle Durham of Rukus Brewing will take over the Loose Screw Brewing Garden City with a planned opening date in the 3rd quarter of 2024. 

Kyle Durham and Mike Garcia

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THE BRUERY 

Jimbo Wood,  Tasking Room GM

The Bruery will open a tasting room and tap house  in Meridian in the 3rd quarter of 2024.  Jimbo Wood will be the General Manager of the Meridian location.  The tasting room will be around 2,000 square feet and have 3,000 square feet of out door space.  There will be 36 taps showcasing Bruery beer and Offshoot beer. 

The Bruery Tap house will be at:  1184 S. Silverstone Way, Suite 100, Meridian,  Idaho 83642.

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 A little background of The Bruery:

The Bruery was found by Patrick Rue in 2008 in Placentia, California and specializes in very dark, barrel-aged high-alcohol beer.  Patrick swore that he would never brew an IPA!  When The Bruery was acquired by a Boston company in 2017, they kept the pledge made by Patrick, but to provide their customers with a wide range of beer choices, they started The Offshoot Beer Co. to brew their IPA's and other lighter beer.

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SAINT AGONY BREWING

Saint Agony Brewing in Saint Anthony plans to open a pico brewery in 2024.

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HARDWARE BREWING - KENDRICK

New Owners plan to brew their own beer starting in June 2024.  

Layne Harris is the new owner and is currently looking for a head brewer.

Hardware Brewing is currently licensed by the ABC to brew beer.

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OTHER IDAHO BREWING NEWS

103 LOOSE SCREW BEER CO.

Loose Screw Beer Co is planning to move their beer production from Garden City to a second Meridian Location.  This former funeral home will also have a tap room.  Their current McMillan location continue operations giving Loose Screw two Meridian locations.

105 E Carlton, Meridian, Idaho

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HIGHLANDER BREWING IN SALMON

Highlander has found their brewer.  Derek Brown formerly of Woodland Empire is now their head brewer.

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GUIDEPOST BREWING IN VICTOR

This brewery actually started in the basement of the Chiang Mai Tai Kitchen in 2022.  Check out the story below to see they become a 7 bbl brewery with their own brewpub.

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IDAHO BREWERIES THAT CLOSED IN FIRST QTR 2024

WILDLIFE BREWING

Sad to see Wildlife Brewing in Victor close it's doors after a 21 year run.

STAR ROUTE BREWERY

Star Route Brewery in Pocatello closed for good after 4 years.

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