Spokane Craft Beer Week 2016

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  1. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Most of the event information has been announced and there are 15 collaboration beers this year. There is also a blind IPA competition which is a first. Should be a great time.

    www.spokanecraftbeerweek.com
     
    #1 checktherhyme, Apr 24, 2016
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  2. catscadia

    catscadia Aspirant (299) Feb 25, 2016 Washington

    Bale Breaker and Iron Goat are collabing....... oooo baby.
     
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  3. Babbo

    Babbo Devotee (389) Mar 13, 2014 Washington

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    catscadia Aspirant (299) Feb 25, 2016 Washington

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  5. Babbo

    Babbo Devotee (389) Mar 13, 2014 Washington

    According to the posts, No-Li got 14 votes the first day of the competition, when several of their employees came in, then only eight more until the next-to-last day, when they suddenly got 27 - an organized push, apparently.
     
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  6. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Born and Raised is easy to pick out too. Darker SRM and more malt presence compared to all the others.
     
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    woemad Grand Pooh-Bah (5,601) Jun 8, 2003 Washington
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    I may have just done myself an injury reading this.
     
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  8. zestd

    zestd Savant (1,071) Jan 18, 2013 Idaho

    No-Li can die.
     
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  9. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Why do you say that? Opinions on beer quality aside; they do a lot of good things for our community and have seen incredible momentum in the past two years. Last weekend, I saw some of their employees painting buildings on East Sprague to help clean up the area. They also do a ton for the craft beer community in Spokane. They host awesome events and have always been willing to help out the little guys.

    I'm proud to have a brewery with such a large presence here and their company ethos is an added bonus.

    I'm not 100% sure what happened in this IPA competition, but it wouldn't surprise me if some employees came in and voted for their beer. Maybe they are proud of who they work for and wanted to win. So what? Sure, it skews things a little but I don't think it reflects on the company as a whole in any way.
     
    #9 checktherhyme, Apr 26, 2016
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Well, it is a little tacky, at a minimum, if this was an organized effort from the brewery. If it was the employees acting independently, it's a bit less egregious.
     
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    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    I agree completely. But saying that someone can die (as said above) is a bit overboard, especially when we don't even know what happened.
     
    #11 checktherhyme, Apr 26, 2016
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  12. zestd

    zestd Savant (1,071) Jan 18, 2013 Idaho

    No-Li isn't a person. I find their stuff to be mostly subpar. No love.
     
    #12 zestd, Apr 27, 2016
  13. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

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  14. woemad

    woemad Grand Pooh-Bah (5,601) Jun 8, 2003 Washington
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    I'm thinking I'll have to get myself to the unveiling of the Iron Goat/Bale Breaker collab.
     
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  15. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    The blind IPA tasting looks cool too and you can go all week. I'll hit that up for sure.
     
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