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Sockeye Brewing is an icon of Boise area craft beer. Started in 1993, and for a long time it was one of THE 3 breweries in town. Well, 4 if you count the Ram, but they are a national chain, albeit with some local unique brews. Highlands Hollow and Table Rock were the others. Before…
Hazy IPAs. What can I say? Were they all the rage? Sure. Have they run their course? Also, yes…mostly. Are they here to stay?. Well, yes again. First, though, a few definitions and a brief beer history lesson: Hops are for bittering…and more IPAs are a style that employs a lot of hops for…
Take Hwy 55 north out of Boise, and a few miles up the road, just past Shadow Valley golf course, is the “Planned Community”, Avimor. Construction on the development began in earnest in 2005. In the 20 years since, over 800 homes have been constructed. Avimor is now home to about 1500 residents. Partnership In…
Happy Birthday, Ruckus Brewing In East Garden City, near a small cluster of wineries tucked into a commercial cul-de-sac shared with a popular sandwich lunch spot, is a little brewery in a location that has previously hosted a few others. Since 2014, 4340 W. Chinden has been home to Haff, Bella, Loose Screw, and, for…
This past weekend kicked off the first annual “Freshies & Friends” fresh hop beer festival in downtown Meridian, ID. Several local breweries pouring unique and one-off fresh hop beers to celebrate the hop harvest of 2025. This is a popular and busy time of the year for craft beer, and there have been these kinds…
Another brewery/taproom is saying goodbye to the Boise area this week. It has been a rough year for local craft beer and the industry in general. This time, it is Mad Swede throwing in the towel. Starting 9 years ago, almost to the day, Jerry and Susie Larson launched the brewery in an industrial park…
Originally posted on November 9, 2023 Boise, for a long time, had been home to 3 or 4 breweries/Brewpubs and in the mid 2000s, everything craft beer sort of took off. Garden City seemed to be the epicenter of that explosion, partly due to the favorable utility rates offered to commercial tenants. Payette, Crooked Fence,…