3rd ANNUAL GRAINMAKER BEER FESTIVAL ON FRIDAY, AUG. 9
Harvest-season fundraiser celebrating Inland NW grains used in craft beer hosted at YaYa Brewing
SPOKANE VALLEY, WA — A beer festival showcasing breweries working with Inland NW-grown grains will be hosted at YaYa Brewing Company from 3-9 pm on Friday, August 9. Sixteen beers will be poured, with each release brewed specially for the event as collaborations between participating breweries.
Participating breweries will be visiting the region to experience the local grain harvest. Brewers will be traveling to Spokane from across Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, California, Colorado, and Baja Sate, Mexico.
GRAINMAKER Festival is co-sponsored by Cold Stream Malt & Grain of Latah, WA and LINC Malt of Spokane Valley. Brewers are invited to participate due to their excellence in beer-making and contributions to the emergence of the Inland Northwest region as a premier producer of grains specialized for use in craft beer.
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The festival is a fundraiser for the barley fund of the WA Association of Wheat Growers. Tickets are available on-line (https://tinyurl.com/bdhabmpz) for $40 and will be $45 at the event day-of. Tickets will include five 9 oz pours and a commemorative glass. Additional pours will be available at the event. Featured beers will be available on a first-come, first-served basis until gone. An expanded patio featuring beer pouring stations and live music will be part of the event. Food will be available on site through Sauced, the restaurant attached to YaYa.
“We’re most excited to bring brewers and beer lovers together to celebrate the brewing skills and abundant barley harvest here in the Pacific Northwest,” said Rachel Verhey-Goicoechea, Director of Relationships for Cold Stream Malt & Grain. “Our festival not only celebrates the art of brewing but also honors the hard work of our farmers and the sustainable practices that define our approach to agriculture.”
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LINC and Cold Stream partner to supply craft malted grains to brewers across the western US and beyond. GRAINMAKER highlights many of the places their malted grains are being used in beer.
“GRAINMAKER is an awesome showcase of the wonderful grain being grown and malted in our region,” shared Bret Gordon, owner and head brewer of Lumberbeard Brewing in Spokane. “GRAINMAKER Festival is a great way to discover many of the amazing flavors our region’s malt provides in a variety of different beers, all produced by a variety of outstanding breweries.
Participating breweries include:
- YaYa Brewing Co (WA)
- Seek Beer Co (CA)
- The Outskirts Brewing Co. (WA)
- Trap Door Brewing (WA)
- Wendlandt Cerveceria (BC Mexico)
- Halcyon Brewing Co (WA)
- Obelisk Beer Co. (OR)
- Varietal Beer Co. (WA)
- pFriem Family Brewers (OR)
- Terramar Brewstillery (WA)
- Brick West Brewing (WA)
- Our Mutual Friend Brewing (CO)
- Whistle Punk Brewing Co. (WA)
- Deschutes Brewery (OR)
- Human People (WA)
- Ilk Beer (WA)
- Woodland Empire (ID)
- Uprise Brewing (WA)
- Fort George Brewing (OR)
- Lumberbeard Brewing (WA)
- Cervecería Transpeninsular (BC Mexico)
- Ravenna Brewing Co. (WA)
- Fall Brewing Co (CA)
- Cerveceria Valle Dorado (WA)
- TapRoom Beer Co. (CA)
- Holy Mountain Brewing (WA)
- Steeplejack Brewing Co. (OR)
- No Boat Brewing (WA)
- Harland Beer (CA)
- Reuben’s Brews (WA)
Members of the public planning to attend the festival on August 9 can contact festival organizers at grainmakerfest@gmail.com or on Instagram at @lincmalt, @coldstreammalt, or @yayabrewco with questions. Photographs include in this release are available for use, and were captured at the 2023 GRAINMAKER Festival. HOURS: Now open daily from 12p-9, open until 10p on the weekends
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