2018 IDAHO BREWERY UPDATES #1

Latest Brewery Updates as of January 31, 2018

by Bob Hubler

Photo of Coeur d'Alene from the Beer d'Alene website

I have received a lot of input over the last several weeks about new breweries in Northern Idaho.

First of all, I would like everyone to check out Beer d' Alene,   This is a new website created by Russell Mann to track the craft breweries in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho area.  Also check out the companion Facebook Group Page.  Russell was kind enough to provide me with information about two new breweries slated to open up in 2018.  He also let me know that the Down Draft Brewing has re-opened under new management.

Check the list below of potential up and coming Idaho breweries including Bent Tree Brewing in Athol and Westwood Brewing in Rathburn.  Thanks to Steve Armstrong, I have also added Clearwater Brewing in Kamiah.  Special Thanks to Sheila Francis for telling me about the Matchwood Brewing and Utara Brewing both coming to Sandpoint.  While researching breweries in Sandpoint, I found another planned brewery, Roots & Shoots Brewing.

Table of Idaho Breweries planning to open in the future.  New Additions in bold.

#	#	Brewery Name (Website)	Idaho Location	Brewery Type	Facebook	Plan to Open
?	?	Hardware Brewing	Kendrick	Brew Pub	Facebook	2018
?	?	Koto Brewing	Twin Falls			2018
?	?	Bent Tree Brewing	Athol		Facebook	2018
?	?	Westwood Brewing	Rathdrum		Facebook	2018
?	?	Guns and Oil	Boise	Tap Room		2018
?	?	Danelion Brewery	Melba		Facebook	2018
?	?	Spring Creek Brewing	Boise Area	Brew Pub	Facebook	2018
?	?	Utara Brewing	Sandpoint	Brew Pub	Facebook	2018
?	?	Matchwood Brewing	Sandpoint	????	Facebook	2018
?	?	Roots & Shoots Brewing	Sandpoint	????	Facebook	2018
?	?	2C Family Brewing	Nampa	Tap Room		2018
?	?	No Name Brewery	Caldwell	Tap Room		2018
?	?	Works Progress Administration	Boise	Brew Pub	Facebook	2019
?	?	Clearwater Brewing	Kamiah	Tap House	Facebook	2019
?	?	Black Bird Brewing	Boise Area	Tap Room	Facebook	2019
?	?	Charter's House Brewing	Boise Area	Tap Room	Facebook	2019
?	?	Summit Ridge Brewing	Boise Area		Facebook	2019
?	?	Accomplice Brewing	Boise Area	Tap Room	Facebook	2019
?	?	Simian Brewing	Boise Area		Facebook	2019
?	?	Soldier Creek Brewing	Fairfield	Brew Pub	Facebook	2022

Clearwater Brewing is currently a 30 tap Tap House.  They do not brew beer on premise, but have plans to have their own brewery in the future.

Bent Tree Brewing is planning to be a nano-brewery in the small town of Athol, Idaho.  They are in the early stages of getting permits and ordering equipment.

Westwood Brewing is a currently restaurant and bar.   They plan to build the brewery addition in 2018.  They currently serve liquor, beer and wine. 

Matchwood Brewing is in the building stages and will open in 2018 in Sandpoint.

Utara Brewing is also in Sandpoint.  They also have a restaurant specializing in Indian food and English style beer.

Roots & Shoots Brewing will become another Sandpoint brewery specializing in Gluten Free beer.

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Also Check out the Complete List  of Idaho Breweries.

2017 YEAR END LIST OF IDAHO BREWERIES - CURRENT AND PAST

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Idaho Craft Breweries Opened Since 1984

#	#	Brewery Name (Website)	Idaho Location	Date Opened	Head Brewer's/Owners
1	X	Snake River Brewing	Caldwell	1984-1991	Tim Batt Owner/Brewer
2	1	Sun Valley Brewing Company	Hailey	1986-Present	Sean Flynn
3	X	T. W Fishers	Coeur d' Alene	1987-1999	Chris Patterson
4	X	Brownstone Restaurant & Brewhouse	Idaho Falls	1987-2010
5	2	Grand Teton Brewing	Victor	1988-Present	Various
6	X	Table Rock BrewPub	Boise	1991-2014	Terry Dennis - First Brewer
7	3	Highlands Hollow Brewhouse	Boise	1992-Present	Chris Compton
8	X	Thunder Mountain Brewery	Ketchum	1993-2003
9	4	McCall Brewing Company	McCall	1994-Present	Tom Cash,Edgar Newstadt
10	X	Treaty Grounds BrewPub	Moscow	1994-2003
11	X	Star Garnett Brewery	Boise	1995-1998	DeWain Hughes
12	5	Ram Restaurant & Brewery	Boise	1995-Present	Jake
13	X	Gem State Brewing	Caldwell	1996-1998?	Wayne Wright
14	X	Hollister Mountain Brewing Co	Coeur d' Alene	1996-2001
15	6	Bertram's Salmon Valley Brewery	Salmon	1998-Present	Nick Bertram
16	X	Coeur d'Alene Brewing Company	Coeur d' Alene	1999-2010	CDA/TWF History
17	7	River Bend Brewing	Hailey	2001-Present	Chris Harding
18	8	Portneuf Valley Brewing	Pocatello	2002-Present	Penny Pink
19	X	Idaho Brewing Co (Dr Hops)	Idaho Falls	2002-2009?
20	9	Sockeye Brewing	Boise	2003-Present	Josh King, Kevin Bolen
21	10	Wildlife Brewing & Pizza	Victor	2003-Present	Ric Harmon
22	11	Laughing Dog Brewing	Sandpoint	2005-Present	Fred Colby
23	12	Mick Duff's Brewing	Sandpoint	2006-Present	Mick and Duffy Mahoney
24	X	Pend Oreille Brewing Co	Sandpoint	2007-2009
25	13	MJ Barleyhoppers Brewing	Lewiston	2008
26	14	Salmon River Brewery	McCall	2008	Matt Ganz, Matt Hurlbutt
27	15	Wallace Brewing Company	Wallace	2008
28	X	Muggers BrewPub	Twin Falls	2008-2011
29	16	Idaho Brewing Company	Idaho Falls	2009
30	17	Crescent Brewery	Nampa	2009	Jerry Fergusson
31	18	Von Scheidt Brewing	Twin Falls	2009	Patrick Scheidt
32	19	Kootenai River Brewing Co.	Bonners Ferry	2010
33	20	Payette Brewing Company	Boise	2010	Mike Francis, Ian Fuller
34	X	Trail Creek Brewing	Twin Falls	2011-2012
35	21	North Idaho Mountain Brew	Wallace	2011	Mark Burmeister
36	X	Biplane Brewing Company	Post Falls	2011-2014
37	22	Sawtooth Brewery	Ketchum	2011	Paul Holle & Rob Curnutt
38	X	Moscow Brewing Co.	Moscow	2012-2016
39	X	Kilted Dragon Brewing	Boise	2012-2014	Cory Matteucci/Jeremy Canning
40	23	Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company	Post Falls	2012	Jeff Whitman
41	24	River of No Return Brewing	Challis	2012
42	25	Crooked Fence Brewing	Boise	2012	Kris Price
43	X	Slanted Rock Brewing Company	Meridian	2012	Bob Lonseth
44	26	Snow Eagle Brewing	Idaho Falls	2012
45	27	Sockeye Production Brewery	Boise	2012
46	28	Trickster Brewing	Coeur d' Alene	2012	Matt Morrow
47	29	10 Barrel Brewing	Boise	2013	Shawn Kelso
48	X	Slate Creek Brewing	Coeur d' Alene	2013
49	30	Wolf track Brewing	Cottonwood	2013	John Candalot
50	31	Broken Horn Brewery	McCall	2013	Kalen Dodge
51	X	Leaky Faucet Brewing	McCall	2013-2016	August Wheeler
52	X	Haff Brewing	Boise	2014-2015	Brian Haff
53	32	Woodland Empire Ale Craft	Boise	2014	Rob Landerman
54	33	Edge Brewery	Boise	2014	Brian
55	34	Cloud 9 Brewery	Boise	2014	Jake Lake
56	35	Mad Bomber Brewing	Hayden	2014	Tom Applegate
57	36	Paragon Brewing	Coeur d' Alene	2014
58	37	Trestle Brewing Company	Ferdinand	2014
59	X	Down Draft	Post Falls	2014-2017	Brayman/Garrett
60	38	Boise Brewing	Boise	2014	Lance Chavez
61	39	Bear Island Brewing Co.	Boise	2014	Beth Bechtel
62	X	Post Modern Brewers	Boise	2014-2015	Marvin Kinney
63	40	Bella Brewing	Boise	2015
64	41	Daft Badger Brewing	Coeur d' Alene	2015	Jake Capaul
65	42	County Line Brewing	Boise	2015	Zack Kiehl
66	43	Warfield Distillery & Brewery	Ketchum	2015
67	44	Barbarian Brewing	Boise	2015	James Long & Bre Hovley
68	45	PowderHaus Brewing	Boise	2015	Tyler Evens
69	46	Rants & Raves	Moscow	2016	Tyler Hawkins
70	47	Magic Valley Brewing	Buhl	2016	Rich White
71	48	Post Falls Brewing	Post Falls	2016	Dan Stokes & Alex Sylvain
72	49	Hunga Dunga Brewing	Moscow	2016	Graham Lilly
73	50	Mother Earth Brew Co.	Nampa	2016	Chris Baker
74	51	Mad Swede Brewing	Boise	2016	Jerry Larson
75	52	Radio Brewing Co.	Kellogg	2017	Fred Mehaffie and Ashley Malcolm
76	53	Moscow Brewing Co	Moscow	2017	Andy Severson
77	54	Shattuck Brewery	Elk River	2017
78	55	White Dog Brewing	Boise	2017	Troy & Joe Moore/Dan Jordan
79	56	Clairvoyant Brewing	Boise	2017	Eric Brooks
80	57	Lost Grove Brewing	Boise	2017	Jake Black

Note the updated numbering system above.  The first column is the number of all Idaho breweries in the modern era (Post 1980). The second number is the list of Active Idaho Breweries.

IDAHO BREWERIES: LOOKING AHEAD TO 2018

By Bob Hubler

What is on the horizon for Idaho breweries in 2018?  The following five breweries will most likely open in 2018.  All five are in various stages of construction:

#	#	Brewery Name (Website)	Idaho Location	Brewery Type	Facebook	Owners/Comment
81	58	Hardware Brewing	Kendrick	Brew Pub	FB	Currently Restaurant Only
82	59	Koto Brewing	Twin Falls	Brew Pub	FB	Shane Cook
83	60	Guns and Oil	Boise	Tap Room		Original Payette Brewery location
84	61	Danelion Brewing	Melba	Tap Room	FB	Nathan Guidinger
85	62	Spring Creek Brewing	Boise Area	Brew Pub	FB	Jeff Badigian/Marc Grubert

The Hardware Brewing Company was started by Doug and Christine Lohman.  They already have started their restaurant in a former Hardware store on Main Street Kendrick, Idaho and working hard to start brewing.  They could be serving their own beer as soon as March 2018.

The Koto Brewing Company aka "Twin Falls Brewing" aka "Nameless Brewing" is planning to open in the first quarter of 2018.  Shane Cook, the owner, currently operates a Coffee and Sandwich shop in Twin Falls.

Three of the new breweries will be in the Treasure Valley bringing the local brewery count to 25 breweries.  See the list at BoiseBeerCulture.com  Two of these breweries are being built from "ground up" like Powderhaus Brewing in Boise.

The Guns and Oil Brewing Company is an established brewing company out of Texas.  They currently brew their beer at other breweries.  They purchased the original Payette Brewing facility and are currently upgrading it to have a larger tap room.   The Guns and Oil Brewing Company specializes in lagers.  They will make a majority of lagers at their new production facility in Garden City

The Danelion Brewing Company 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 second half of 2018 or the first half of 2019.

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.  They are currently seeking investors.  Check here for investment opportunities.  They also plan to open in the second half of 2018.
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The Three Breweries below are still in the planning stages and will probably open after 2018:

#	#	Brewery Name (Website)	Idaho Location	Owners	Comment
86	63	2C Family Brewing	Nampa	Alvin Mullins	Building Aquired
87	64	No Name Brewery	Caldwell	Tony Stewart	Next to Stewart's Bar & Grill
88	65	Works Progress Administration	Boise	Dave Krick

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

Vinnie pouring beer in the last days of Slanted Rock Brewing

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#	#	Brewery Name (Website)	Idaho Location	Head Brewer/Owner	Comment
43	23	Slanted Rock Brewing Company	Meridian	Bob Lonseth	2012-2018

A Toast to our Favorite Slanted Rock Beers:

INITIAL POINT IPA

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IRON BUTT RED ALE

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SILHOUETTE DARK ALE

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AFTERNOON DELIGHT GOLDEN ALES

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D.N.T SCOTCH ALE

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And it looks like big changes in our local cideries:

Meriwether Cider Company to open a Cider House in Downtown Boise:
Story Here

Longdrop Cider Company sold to Washington company:
Story Here

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List of Idaho Breweries

List of Boise Area Breweries and Craft Beer Locations

Contact Bob Hubler at BoiseBeerCulture@gmail.com for additions or changes to this blog

2017 IDAHO BREWERIES REVIEW

A LOOK BACK AT THE BREWERIES THAT OPENED AND CLOSED IN 2017

By Bob Hubler

When the Lost Grove Brewing brewery and tap room opened in Boise in 2017, they became the 80th brewery to open in the State of Idaho since 1984 when Tim Batt opened his Snake River Brewing brewery just west of Caldwell, Idaho.  Check out the current list of breweries in Idaho:  List of  Idaho Breweries

Idaho added six new breweries in 2017 albeit one brewery was a reopening of a brewery that closed the year before.  Moscow Brewing was the name of a brewery that operated in Moscow, Idaho from the 1882 until 1908.  Lucas Rate started a brewery in Moscow in 2013 and named it the "Moscow Brewing Company"  in honor of that first Moscow brewery.  His brewery shut down in 2016.
The Moscow Brewery reopened in June 2017 with new equipment and new owners.  See full story here.

New growth from old roots — Moscow Brewing Company grand reopening marks a continuation of a rich Moscow brewing history

The Radio Brewing Company became Kellogg's first brewery since the 1800's when it opened in April 2017.  They are a Brew Pub offering a full range of food to compliment their craft beer on tap. Check their blog out at http://www.radiobrewingcompany.com/blog-2/

The Shattuck Brewery became Idaho's 77th brewery when it opened in Elk River, Idaho in 2017.  This very unique Idaho brewery is on the road to nowhere located just outside of Idaho's remote Elk River.  This area is known as a great area to hunt in the fall.  Nate Schwartz is the founder, owner and brew master.  He plans to keep his taproom closed in the Winter months.

Three new breweries opened in Boise in the last half on 2017.  Clairvoyant Brewing and Lost Grove Brewing opened in buildings that were converted to breweries, while White Dog Brewing opened at the Table Rock Brew Pub location.

Check out the list below for information on each of the new Idaho breweries:

75	55	Radio Brewing Co.	Kellogg	Brew Pub	Facebook
76	56	Moscow Brewing Co	Moscow	Brew Pub	Facebook
77	57	Shattuck Brewery	Elk River	Tap Room	Facebook
78	58	White Dog Brewing	Boise	Tap Room	Facebook
79	59	Clairvoyant Brewing	Boise	Tap Room	Facebook
80	60	Lost Grove Brewing	Boise	Tap Room	Facebook

It is always sad to see any brewery close it's doors.  Both of the breweries that closed down in 2017 were from North Idaho, just a few miles from each other. Click on the links below for their stories.

48	21	Slate Creek Brewing	Coeur d' Alene	Tap Room	2012-2017
59	22	Down Draft Brewing	Post Falls	Tap Room	2014-2017

That's a wrap on the 2017 Idaho Brewery News.

The next BoiseBeerCulture Blog will be the forecast of the Idaho new brewery openings in 2018.