WEEKLY BEERMAIL
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2016
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2016

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*** SOCKEYE BREWING ***
20 Year Anniversary! 
Watch for Upcoming Events!

*** BOISE BREW BUS ***
Check Out The  Brewery Tour
and Receive $15 Off Each Ticket with Your 
Boise Beer Buddies Membership Card! 

*** CITY PEANUT SHOP ***
City Peanut Shop  is honored to have been selected as one of America's best small businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. As one of the 100 top companies in America, we can compete for a $10,000 prize. Voting details are below.

*** ROUND ABOUT BOISE ***
The Fun Way To Go From A to B!
Six Person Bike  For Sale
Contact Nick @ 208-871-2918 for Details

*** BELLA BREWING ***
Courtesy of Micro Filling Systems!

*** PAYETTE BREWING COMPANY ***
Official Sponsor of Treefort Music Fest in Downtown Boise, Idaho and produces the Official Beer of the festival, Axe Handle India Pale Lager. Axe Handle and other Payette beers are available at all Treefort venues serving alcohol as well as Alefort, representing over a dozen local breweries and craft beer stores by featuring everything from small, limited batches of specialty brews to a brewery's mainstay beers.

*** PREFUNK BEER BAR ***
Congratulations Justin & Alex! 
(Not exactly BEER news, but it is PreFunk offspring!)

*** MOTHER EARTH BREW CO ***
Your "Mother" is expanding the family!
Here is a  Link  to the new Nampa Brewery FB page;
Thank you for visiting, and always remember to...
"Love Your Mother!"

*** SOCKEYE / FLYING PIE ***
SockeyePizzaBeerFace Contest:
Tag yourself eating Flying Pie Pizza and enjoying Sockeye BEERS for a chance to win beer and pizza for a year! Let's see how creative you can get.  Tag Your Friends!

*** ALBERTSON'S ***
New Happy Hour Specials:
Starting on Monday, February 29th, we will start offering happy hour specials on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays of each week from 3pm to 7pm. We will offer $1.00 off on any beer $9.99 or less, $2.00 off on any beer $10.00-$19.99, and $3.00 off on any beer that is $20.00 and up. What a great deal!

*** BOISE BREW MINUTE ***
Boise Brew Minute (episode 70) - Shawn at 10 Barrel Boise talks about alternative hop schedules and why he puts hops in before the start of the boil. After researching, he decided to add some hops during the mash to increase the IBUs in their triple IPA. We also discuss some recipe details of that beer.  Listen Here

FEATURED EVENTS BEER_CALENDAR


*** BOISE HOTSPOT ***
Poker Tournament- $40 buy in, food, drink specials and prizes. All proceeds go to Boys and Girls Club. Come have fun and support a great cause. To sign-up contact: kelsey.wartman@alliancetit le.com or ben_thomas@alliancetitle.c om

BEER CALENDAR BEER_CALENDAR


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH:

* Hoppy Birthday Amanda Cardon!

* Hoppy Birthday Angela Stewart!

* 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm:  BEER Tasting  @ Boise Co-op with PELICAN BREWING @ The North End Store

* 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm:  Tap Takeover @ The Homestead Bar & Grill  Hosted by BOISE BREWING

* 6:00 pm: Boom Box Body  @ SPLIT RAIL WINERY

* 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm:  Bourbon and BEER Pairing  @ THE FRONT DOOR: Sister in crime and always great together, join us for a special evening of epic flavor proportions. We will have a bourbon rep on hand to talk this wonderful liquor and how we came about the pairings. We will offer each pairing individually or as a flight. We will be featuring Old Forester Signature with Laughing Dog Huckleberry Cream Ale, Elijah Craig 12 year with Postmodern Brewers Nut Brown and Woodford Reserve Double Oaked with La Trappe Quadruple.

* 7:00 pm: Boise Brewers Homebrew Club Club Meeting  @ The FRONT DOOR

* 7:00 pm: New Belgium Record Player Giveaway  @ TAPHOUSE

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: GNL Team Trivia  @ BOISE HOTSPOT

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: GNL Team Trivia  @ SLANTED ROCK BREWING

* 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: GNL Team Trivia  @ THE LOCAL with BARBARIAN BREWING

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH:

* 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm:  Charity Poker Event  @ BOISE HOTSPOT: Poker Tournament- $40 buy in, food, drink specials and prizes. All proceeds go to Boys and Girls Club. Come have fun and support a great cause. 
To sign-up contact: kelsey.wartman@alliancetitle.com or ben_thomas@alliancetitle.com



* 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm: Chemistry of the Cocktail  @ Discovery Center of Idaho


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH:
 
* 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm:  BEER Tasting  @ Boise Co-Op with IRON HORSE BREWERY @ The Village Store

* 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Sockeye Brewing Tasting  @ the new Canyon County Co-Op  featuring Dagger Falls IPA, Powerhouse Porter & Maibock, our Spring Seasonal

* 6:00 pm:  Borrowed Minds  @ POWDERHAUS BREWING w/Food by  Big Mike's Tids & Bits

* 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Free BEER Tasting @  Homebrewstuff-Craft-Bottle-Shop-and-Taproom  w/Jeremy: "This Saturday we will be featuring  Lagunitas Brewing  from Petaluma, California. Their local representative will be here to talk about this giant in the craft brew world and their array of unique, eclectic brews. Drop by HomeBrewStuff Saturday February 27th at 6:00pm to join the fun."

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Live Music  @ CROOKED FLATS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH: 

* Hoppy Birthday Kevin Bolen!

* Hoppy Birthday Laura Kiehl!

* 12:00 pm: Girls Pint Out  Barbarian Brewing Tour

* 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Trivia Night @ SPACEBAR ARCADE: Join Us Every Sunday Night at 7 pm With A Different Brewery Each Week!  Lots Of Questions, Lots Of Swag & Lots Of Fun! This Week:  Pyramid Brewing

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH:  

* 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Kegs4Kause @ PAYETTE BREWING CO: 50% of Proceeds from BEER Sales to a different nonprofit each week! 

* 5:00 pm: Monday Funday @ PREFUNK BEER BAR - Meridian:  Introducing Monday Funday at PreFunk Beer Bar in Meridian! Join us every Monday at 5pm for beer specials, free darts and hourly prize drawings! Plus you can flip a coin with the bartender for your first beer. Call it right and it's only 25 cents! Some exclusions may apply. 

* 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm:  Green Flash / Alpine Tap Takeover  @ BITTERCREEK ALEHOUSE

* 7:30 pm:  Geeks Who Drink  @ EDGE Brewing Co

TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST:

* Hoppy Birthday Erika Teal Thornton! 

* 11:00 am - 10:00 pm:  The Growler Guys - Meridian Tuesday's Perfect Pairing: BEER and BEER! We will be doing $0.50 pints with a purchase of a 64oz fill (equal or lesser value beer). Every Tuesday, All Day - See you soon!

* 5:45 pm:  Boom Box Body  @ WOODLAND EMPIRE ALE CRAFT

* 6:00 pm:  Super Tuesday Party  @ POWDERHAUS BREWING 

* 7:00 pm: Paint Nite Boise  @ CRESCENT "No Lawyers" BAR & GRILL

* 7:00 pm: FREE Tasting @ BREWER'S HAVEN Nampa:  Tasting starts at 7:00 pm, get here early for a seat. Bring or order in food to curb the munchies, we have everything to feed your head. Bring a parent, neighbor or co-worker

* 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm:  Idaho Film Social Hour and Trivia  @ SPACEBAR ARCADE

* 7:30 pm: Open Mic Comedy @ CRESCENT BREWERY

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2ND: 

* 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: EDGE Music Wednesdays  @ EDGE BREWING CO

* 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm:  Sockeye Pint Night  @ DOUBLE TAP PUB in BODO

* 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Team Trivia @ PREFUNK BEER BAR - Meridian:  Team Trivia at PreFunk Beer Bar Meridian every Wednesday 7pm-9pm presented by Game Night Live

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* March 3 - 5: Three Year Anniversary  3 Day Celebration @ EDGE BREWING CO

* March 4th:  Three Year Anniversary Celebration  @ SLATE CREEK BREWING in Coeur d'Alene

* March 4th:  Bear Island Brewing Co Tap Takeover  @ Albertson's Growler Station 16th & State

* March 5th:  37th Annual Firefighters' Benefit Dance & Dinner  in Ontario with BEER & Wine Service by  Berts Growler Garage

* March 6th: Meet The Owners  Brewery Startup Lunch  @ MAGIC VALLEY BREWING


* March 12th: A Wild & Sour Time  w/SOCKEYE BREWING @ BIER:THIRTY

* March 13th: Tune into Food Network to catch  Grind Modern Burger's Chef Ryan competing on Guy's Grocery Games!

* March 23 - 27:  Treefort Music Fest - Pass Prices go up on March 1st; Map Your Adventure  Here

* March 25 - 27:  Alefort !

BEER MISC BEERMISC


*** BEAR ISLAND BREWING ***
New Brew!!! Our third Foundational recipe, "BearFaced" Brown ale, at 5.1% ABV & 21 IBUs it's a nice, drinkable ale with notes of honey and nut. Start looking for it around town now, cheers!

*** IDAHO BARLEY COMMISSION ***
Idaho Barley Crop Field

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* Contact BUDDIES DESIGNATED DRIVER SERVICE 7 Days a Week, 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, getting both you AND your vehicle home safely. Call or Text 208-870-7271 or for more info http://buddiesdd.com/ (Use Your BOISE BEER BUDDIES Membership Card and Receive $2 Off!) 

* Contact MyDD, DESIGNATED DRIVERS FOR HIRE, 7 Days a Week, 6:00 pm to 3:30 am, getting both you AND your vehicle home safely. Call or Text 208-918-0987 or for more info  http://www.myddrivers.com/ (Use Your BOISE BEER BUDDIES Membership Card and Receive $2 Off!)

* Contact RECAB BOISE, an eco-luxury transportation service using vintage Mercedes cars that are fueled with biodiesel.  Thanks to local restaurants we are able to fuel our vehicles with their waste fry oil and create our own  locally sourced biodiesel. Call 208-391-3801 or for more info http://www.recabboise.com  ( Use Your BOISE BEER BUDDIES Membership Card and Receive 10% Off!)