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THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH - SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH

 

 

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Check Out The Newest BUDDY HUBS:

 

Haff Brewing: $1 Off First Beer

 

The Local: $1 Off First Pint of Beer

 

Slanted Rock Brewing Company: $1 Off Beers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

 

The Growler Guys - Meridian: $2 Off Growler Fills 

 

(May Not Be Combined With Any Other Offer, such as Happy Hour or Mug Clubs)


BREW NEWS BREWNEWS

 

*** THE GROWLER GUYS *** 

Grand Opening! April 10th & April 11th @ 2020 E Overland, Ste 100, Meridian (next to Harry's Meridian Grill);
Owned by Stewards Certified by Masters Brewers Association of America; Show your BUDDIES card opening weekend and receive a FREE Glass Growler w/purchase of a fill! Now the newest BUDDY HUB: Receive $2 Off Growler Fills all the time with your BUDDIES card! (Cannot be combined with any other offer);
Grand Opening Events in "FEATURED EVENTS" section below

*** PRE FUNK BEER BAR ***
Featured in 'The Best Craft Beer Bar in Every State' by Cool Material 

 *** STATE & LEMP, THE GROWLER GUYS, & PRE FUNK *** 

Featured in this week's BOISE WEEKLY column by Tara Morgan


 *** SOCKEYE BREWING *** Video Contest:

"Sockeye brews and offers our fine, handcrafted beers in some of the West's best places for outdoor fun and adventure.
We'd love to feature our Sockeye fans out there in full throttle, so send your videos our way for a chance to be included
in a Sockeye promo-and have a shot at taking home some of our best swag or beer! We're keepin' it simple for you,
and below you'll find the details. Enjoy some action-packed adventure-just bring the camera along!"   More Info Here

*** 2015 BEST OF TREASURE VALLEY SURVEY ***  
In the Idaho Statesman takes place through April 21st; 
Vote for your favorites  Here;
More info and 2014 winners  Here

FEATURED EVENTS FEATUREDEVENTS

 

 

  

*** THE GROWLER GUYS ***
 
Grand Opening!  April 10th & April 11th:
2020 E Overland, Ste 100, Meridian (next to Harry's Meridian Grill)
Owned by Stewards Certified by Masters Brewers Association of America;

Show your BUDDIES card opening weekend and receive a FREE Glass Growler w/purchase of a fill! Now the newest BUDDY HUB: Receive $2 Off Growler Fills all the time with your BUDDIES card! (Cannot be combined with any other offer);

Grand Opening Events:

* Friday, April 10th - Day One: 
Here is the line-up of breweries coming in to showcase their brews: 
 Guest: Beth
2-4 pm  EDGE Brewing CO.
 Guest: Steve Koonce Featuring Blackwater
4-6 pm:  Sockeye Brewing
, Guest: Todd Marshall - Featuring Dagger Falls and Sockeye Maibock
6-8 pm :  Payette Brewery
 Jacob Black or Nick Harvey

Haff Brewing

More Info Here

 

* Saturday, April 11th - Day Two: 

Breweries to showcase their brews:
Chris Blanchard AND
Sierra Nevada , Guest: Michael Morehouse - Featured Beers: Hoppy Lager and Hop Hunter 
4-6 PM  
Crooked Fence Brewing  AND  Woodland Empire Ale Craft  Guest: Keely Chanteloup - Featured Beer: City Of Trees

6-8 pm: Lagunitas Brewing Co, Guest: David Hatteberg - Featured Beers: Capp Stout, Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale
8-10 pm: Laughing Dog Brewing Guest: Greg Barnes - Featured Beers: 219 Pils, Laughing Dog IPA

More Info Here


 

BEER CALENDAR BEER_CALENDAR


THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH:

* 10:00 am - 7:00 pm: $8 Growler Fill Thursdays at HOMEBREWSTUFF - Craft Bottle Shop and Taproom

* 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Happy Hour @ SOCKEYE BREWING (Both Pubs): $3 Pints

* 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Thursdays @ PAYETTE BREWING: Wear Payette Swag & Get Your 1st BEER 1/2 Price

* 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Free Tours @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: BEER Tasting @ Boise Co-Op 

* 5:00 pm: KANNAH CREEK BREWING CO Brewery Night @ PRE FUNK Nampa 

* 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Girls in the GC with Art Party Boise:  Art Party Boise will be in with a PopUp studio to help you become a master painter (at least for one night)!
$20/person includes instruction, supplies, and your very own make 'n take home 8x10 painting. The hipster owl on the event banner of this page will be the featured painting. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Link is posted under the ticket section of this event. Click on "PopUp Studio (In-store) $20 and choose Split Rail Winery for the venue option.
Wine and BEER by the glass specials will be offered. Feel free to bring or order-in food.
Contact  casey.splitrailwinery.com  if you have further questions.

* 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: ALPINE BEER COMPANY Launch Party @ BIER:THIRTY  More Info Here

* 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm: Live Music @ HIGHLANDS HOLLOW with Blackberry Bushes Stringband

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Game Show Live Trivia @ PRE FUNK Nampa: Join us every Thursday from 7-9 for a night of game show trivia fun with Game Night Live. First game starts at 7pm with another one following at 8pm. Our host Chance will definitely make sure you have a great time and if that isn't enough, top two teams from each game win bar tabs for your next visit. Teams can be 2-8 people. So get your team and awesome team name together and join us on Thursday!

* 7:30 pm: Boise Rock School Adult Night with CROOKED FENCE BREWING 

FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH:

* 11:00 am - 11:00 pm: THE GROWLER GUYS - Meridian - Grand Opening - Day One:
Here is the line-up of breweries coming in to showcase their brews: 
12-2pm  Bear Island Brewing Co.  Guest: Beth
2-4pm  EDGE Brewing CO.  Guest: Steve Koonce Featuring Blackwater
4-6 pm:  Sockeye Brewing , Guest: Todd Marshall - Featuring Dagger Falls and Sockeye Maibock
6-8 pm :  Payette Brewery  Jacob Black or Nick Harvey

* 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Happy Hour @ SOCKEYE BREWING (Both Pubs): $3 Pints

* 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Fridays @ PAYETTE BREWING: Buy Something From the Foodtruck and Your 1st BEER is 1/2 Price

* 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Local Brewery Tap Takeover Growler Station Event @ Fast Eddy's on Ten Mile with SOCKEYE BREWING, PAYETTE BREWING, and CROOKED FENCE BREWING 

* 6:00 pm: Firkin Fridays @ Cole Rd SOCKEYE BREWING: Firkin Pints $3 All Night! 

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Flats Fridays @ CROOKED FLATS with The Brook Faulk Trio

* 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm: Live Music @ Cole Rd SOCKEYE BREWING w/Rebecca Scott

SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH:

* 10:00 am - 11:00 pm: THE GROWLER GUYS - Meridian - Grand Opening - Day Two: 
Breweries to showcase their brews:
2-4 pm:  LongDrop Cider Co.  Chris Blanchard AND
Sierra Nevada , Guest: Michael Morehouse - Featured Beers: Hoppy Lager and Hop Hunter 
4-6 pm   Crooked Fence Brewing  AND
Woodland Empire Ale Craft  Guest: Keely Chanteloup - Featured Beer: City Of Trees
6-8 pm:  Lagunitas Brewing Co , Guest: David Hatteberg - Featured Beers: Capp Stout, Undercover Investigation Shut Down Ale
8-10 pm:  Laughing Dog Brewing  Guest: Greg Barnes - Featured Beers: 219 Pils, Laughing Dog IPA

* 11:00 am - 10:00 pm: "Foos Fest" @ BERTS GROWLER GARAGE: Regional Foos Ball Tournament  More Info Here

* 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: $8 Growler Fills @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm: N.P.B in the C.O.T. - NORTHERN PINE BREWING @ Liquid Lounge  More Info Here

* 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Free Tours @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Taste208 @ Hyde Park (13th & Eastman): TASTE208 is a tasting event focused on the "spring release" of the best local beer, wine, spirits, and food in Idaho, the PacNW, and the West Coast region. Our goal is to partner with the best and biggest names in craft production and locavore sensibilities, focusing on several craft brewers, wineries, and distilleries to create an annual event to take place each spring in Boise, Idaho. More Info & Tickets  Here

* 9:00 pm - 2:00 am: Memory Smoker w/Vapour & Silk Shirt @ SPACEBAR ARCADE

SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH: 

* Hoppy Birthday Juhee Moon! 

* 11:00 am - 10:00 pm: $10 Growler Fills & $10 Pitchers of SOCKEYE BREWING's Six Big Beers

* 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: $8 Growler Fills @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 7:00 pm: Cards Against Humanity @ BOISE BREWING

MONDAY, APRIL 13TH:

 

* Hoppy Birthday Tim Ensign! 

 

* 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Kegs4Kause @ PAYETTE BREWING: 50% of Proceeds from BEER Sales will be Donated Each Monday; This Week's Beneficiary

 

* 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Garage Band Mondays @ GRIND MODERN BURGER: Hosting a Talented Local Musician Each Week

 

* 8:00 pm: Last Call Trivia @ BOISE BREWING: Trivia & BEER! 


TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH:

* 11:00 am - 10:00 pm: Growler Fills for $8 on Tuesdays at CROOKED FENCE BARRELHOUSE

* 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Tuesdays @ PAYETTE BREWING: Ride a Bike & Get Your 1st BEER 1/2 Off!

* 5:00 pm: SOCKEYE BREWING Pint Night @ BREWS BROTHERS PUB

* 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Wyakin Warrior Foundation Night @ HAFF BREWING: 
Wyakin Warrior Foundation is an excellent foundation to help support injured vets. On this night part of the proceeds from the Sergeant Haff IPA will be donated to Wyakin. Come down and meet the Sergeant Haff and help donate to a great cause.
More Info Here:  http://www.wyakin.org/ and  Here

* 5:45 pm: BoomboxBody @ WOODLAND EMPIRE ALE CRAFT 

* 6:00 pm: Open Mic Night @ BOISE BREWING 

* 7:00 pm: Free BEER Tasting @ BREWER'S HAVEN Nampa 

* 7:00 pm: Tuesday Trivia @ SAWTOOTH BREWERY: Teams of 1-6 People, $20/Team, Registration @ 7:00 pm, Game @ 7:30 pm

* 7:00 pm: Game Show Live! Tuesday Trivia @ CROOKED FENCE BARRELHOUSE 

* 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm: REFUGE Restaurant & Lounge: 2 for 1 Tuesdays on BEER: Great Local Craft BEER Selection! 

* 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm: Live Music @ Cole Rd SOCKEYE BREWING with B3 Side

* 8:00 pm: BEER & Comedy @ CRESCENT BREWERY in Nampa

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH:

* 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Happy Hour @ SOCKEYE BREWING (Both Pubs): $3 Pints

* 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Wednesdays @ PAYETTE BREWING: Buy Something From the Foodtruck & Your 1st BEER is 1/2 Price

* 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Live Music @ EDGE BREWING CO with Ben Brault

* 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm: Live Music @ HIGHLANDS HOLLOW BREWHOUSE with Slackline

THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH:

* 10:00 am - 7:00 pm: $8 Growler Fill Thursdays at HOMEBREWSTUFF - Craft Bottle Shop and Taproom

* 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Happy Hour @ SOCKEYE BREWING (Both Pubs): $3 Pints

* 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Thursdays @ PAYETTE BREWING: Wear Payette Swag & Get Your 1st BEER 1/2 Price

* 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Free Tours @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: BEER Tasting @ Boise Co-Op 

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Game Show Live Trivia @ PRE FUNK Nampa: Join us every Thursday from 7-9 for a night of game show trivia fun with Game Night Live. First game starts at 7pm with another one following at 8pm. Our host Chance will definitely make sure you have a great time and if that isn't enough, top two teams from each game win bar tabs for your next visit. Teams can be 2-8 people. So get your team and awesome team name together and join us on Thursday!

FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH:

* 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Happy Hour @ SOCKEYE BREWING (Both Pubs): $3 Pints

* 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Fridays @ PAYETTE BREWING: Buy Something From the Foodtruck and Your 1st BEER is 1/2 Price

* 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: IDAHO BOURBON DISTILLERS Open House with Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce: Ribbon Cutting, Tour, & Tastings  More Info Here

* 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm: BBP Unveils its Idaho Gives Plan, with BEER by CROOKED FENCE BREWING  More Info Here

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Flats Fridays @ CROOKED FLATS

* 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm: Live Music @ Cole Rd SOCKEYE BREWING with Chicken Dinner Road

SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH:

* Hoppy Birthday Shane Michael Brown! 

* 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: $8 Growler Fills @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm: SpringBrew with Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation: Friends, Live Music, & BEER! With IDAHO BREWING, WILDLIFE BREWING, SAWTOOTH BREWERY, and More!  More Info Here

* 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Free Tours @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Food Truck Rally @ Meridian City Hall  More Info Here

* 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Idaho GreenFest 2015: Celebrate Our Community With Live Music, Performance Artists, Local Food & Drink, and More!   More Info Here

SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH: 

* 11:00 am - 10:00 pm: $10 Growler Fills & $10 Pitchers of SOCKEYE BREWING's Six Big Beers

* 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: $8 Growler Fills @ PAYETTE BREWING

* 7:00 pm: Cards Against Humanity @ BOISE BREWING

SAVE THE BEER DATE SAVETHEBEERDATE

 

* April 24th: Pushing Borders Premier w/CROOKED FENCE  More Info Here

* April 24th: Whiskey Women Night @ IDAHO BOURBON DISTILLERS: Tastings, Food Pairings, & Education  More Info Here

* April 24th: Celebrate Arbor Day @ BITTERCREEK ALEHOUSE with a Wood-Aged BEER Event; Stay Tuned for Details

* April 25th: Crawl Around Boise - Pubs, Food & BEER!  Crawl Details Here

* May 2nd: Big Brew 2015 @ HOMEBREWSTUFF - CRAFT BOTTLE SHOP AND TAPROOM  More Info Here

* May 2nd: Kentucky Derby Party @ Les Bois Park (Live Horse Racing Begins May 16th)

* May 2nd: Free Comic Book Day @ SPACEBAR ARCADE: Comics, BEER, & More!  More Info Here

* May 4th: May The 4th Be With You @ HAFF BREWING  More Info Here

* May 7th: Modern Art 2015  More Info Here

* May 7th: Winemaker's Dinner @ State & Lemp with SPLIT RAIL WINERY; More Info to Follow

* May 8th: Gingerfest II @ Old Idaho Penitentiary  More Info Here

* May 9th - May 16th: Boise Bike Week: Watch for Craft BEER Safari Details!

* May 11th - May 17th: American Craft BEER Week!  More Info Here

* May 13th: PAYETTE BREWING 4th Anniversary Celebration - Watch for Info

* May 17th: Brew O'Lympics @ CROOKED FLATS - Watch for Info

* June 12th: CROOKED FENCE BREWING 3 Year Anniversary Party! Watch Their 3 Year Anniversary Video  HERE; Tickets on Sale March 13th 

* June 13th: Pigapalooza @ GRIND MODERN BURGER  More Info Here

* August 15th: Tour de Fat! 

BEER MISC BEERMISC


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*** BOISE BREW MINUTE ***  Check out the latest interview by Woody Sobey: Boise Brew Minute (episode 29) - Beth at Bear Island Brewing Company talks with us about her new IPA, Idaho Potato Ale. She explains how the first version of it grew out of necessity when she ran out of grain while stationed overseas. We also discuss her new Hef-Cream ale.

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