not specifically a downtown topic, but the Treasure Valley craft beer and wine scene continues to grow.
Twenty-five years ago there were 2 microbreweries and 1 winery in the valley. now, there are almost 30 microbreweries, 22 wineries and vineyards, cider breweries, a micro distillery, and even an artisan meadery. Some of these have tasting rooms or restaurants downtown, but most are scattered throughout the valley:
Microbreweries and brew pubs (30)
Opening soon:
Spring Creek Brewing
Dandelion Brewing
2C Family Brewing
Karma Brewing
Bench House Brewing
Gem State Brewing
Existing:
Barbarian Brewing
Bear Island Brewing
Beer Valley Brewing Company
Bella Brewing
Boise Brewing
Clairvoyant Brewing
Cloud Nine
County Line Brewery
Craft Brewers of Boise
Crescent Brewery
Crooked Fence Brewing
Edge Brewing
Highlands Hollow Brew Pub
Lost Grove Brewing
Mad Swede Brewing
Payette Brewing
Powderhaus Brewing
Mother Earth Brewing
Sockeye Brew Pub
The RAM
Western Collective Brewing
White Dog Brewing
Woodland Empire Ale Craft
10 Barrel Brewing
Micro-distillery, Ciders, Mead
Bardenay Restaurant and Distillary
Long Drop Cider
Meriwether Cider House
Mythic Mead
Wineries and Vineyards (22)
Bitner Winery
Cinder Wines
Coiled Wines
Fujishin Family Cellars
Hat Ranch Winery
Hell’s Canyon Winery
Huston Vineyards
Indian Creek Winery
Koenig Vineyards
Parma Ridge Winery
Potter Wines
Sandstone Vineyards
Sawtooth Estate Winery
Split Rail Winery
Ste. Chapelle Winery
Telaya Wine Co.
Vale Wine Co.
Vine and Branch Ranch
Vizcaya Winery
Weston Winery
Williamson Orchards & Vineyards
3 Horse Ranch Vineyards
(we need a wine drinking emoticon!)