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This site is typically about beer and its related fields of interest. Today, we are talking about Mead. Fermented beverages are typically named according to what is being fermented. Grapes make wine, pears make perry, apples make cider, barley (and some other grains) make beer. If you are fermenting honey, then you are making Mead….
Garden City, ID, has been a bit of a “hotbed” of craft beer activity for about 20 years now. Comings and goings over the years, starting with the craft beer explosion in the early 2000’s, have included a dozen or more establishments. Some have gone by the wayside, and some others are still with us,…
The Boise area’s newest player to the craft beer scene is Wild Frontier Beer Project. Taking over the site previously inhabited by Mad Swede Brewing, which called it quits last October. The man behind WFBP is Chris VanSickle, most recently of 10 Barrel Boise. He was one of the survivors there when Tilray Brands, of…
Powderhaus Brewing, situated at the West end of Garden City, got started in late 2015. Its Bavarian Alpine style and log building style distinguished itself aesthetically from other craft beer locations. Its leanings toward offering European lagers also helped set it apart. The population of craft beer venues in the area had been growing fast…