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Little Bitch Otter

Posted on May 29, 2014 by brewster

Thursday May 29th was the official release date for Crooked Fence’s latest brew, “Little Bitch Otter” The Garden City brewer has a bit of a tradition of snappy quirky beer names, not that this necessarily distinguishes them from most other … Continue reading →

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Highlands Hollow Visit

Posted on May 1, 2014 by brewster

Highlands Hollow is one of the 4 “old school” brewpubs in Boise. The others being Sockeye, TableRock and The Ram.  In the last few years, though, nearly a dozen more have popped up around town but “the Hollow” is of … Continue reading →

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Boise’s North-End has a “Nano-Pub” Cloud 9 opens it’s doors

Posted on April 13, 2014 by brewster

Boise’s latest brewpub has opened in the Downtown/North end area and it was immediately evident that I waited far too long to make my inaugural visit. Over the last few months, Woodland Empire, and Edge Brewing have thrown their hat … Continue reading →

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Edge Brewing – First Visit

Posted on February 15, 2014 by brewster

The latest entry into the fray of Treasure Valley breweries is Edge Brewing.  Backed by multiple partners/investors, local home-brew supply shop, HomeBrewStuff’s owner Marcus Bezuhly is behind it and Kerry Caldwell, formerly of TableRock BrewPub is brewing it.  Edge is … Continue reading →

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Oskar Blues returns to Boise

Posted on January 20, 2014 by brewster

Its been a couple years since Lyons Colorado’s Oskar Blues’ distinctive cans have been seen on the shelves of craft beer sellers here in the Treasure Valley. Back in the Summer of 2010, citing production and capacity limits, the decision … Continue reading →

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Craft Beer – Not just for Bottles

Posted on January 18, 2014 by brewster

It is generally accepted that the best freshest beer is when it is right out of the keg.  On draft or on tap.  After that, the packaging that is used can affect the condition of the beer after a little … Continue reading →

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Woodland Empire opens it’s doors

Posted on January 15, 2014 by brewster

Another landmark event in the Treasure Valley’s craft beer explosion.  Woodland Empire Ale Craft opened it’s doors yesterday afternoon and began pouring the first four of what promises to be an interesting and eclectic gamut of craft beer for Boise … Continue reading →

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Launching a craft beer revival in Boise

Posted on January 7, 2014 by brewster

Brewforia Beer Market.  A purveyor of craft beer here in Boise and a location that I have been neglecting lately.  With the exponential growth of craft Breweries and bottles shops in the Boise area, this pioneer, spearhead of the movement … Continue reading →

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A visit from the Reverend

Posted on December 23, 2013 by brewster

Last week, out of the blue I received a direct twitter message asking what the best bars/tap lists/brewpubs in Boise were.  The sender was @revnatcider a fairly new hard cider maker from Portland and was headed this way, talking to bars … Continue reading →

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Home Brewpub

Posted on December 18, 2013 by brewster

I’ve written before, and mentioned several times since, about the recent craft beer explosion in the Boise area.  What I often tell people is 4 years ago there were 4 on premise brewing BrewPubs in town…now there are 9…I think..with … Continue reading →

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