Reminder: Bitterroot Brewfest is Tomorrow, Saturday, July 26

Just a reminder if you’re in the Hamilton, MT, area tomorrow or are otherwise looking for a beer event to attend.  The 20th Annual Bitterroot Chamber of Commerce Brewfest takes place Saturday, July 26, 2014, across from Legion Park in Hamilton. This long running celebration of the Bitterroot community is the Chamber’s primary fundraiser each…

Billings Brewery District Walking Tour

It may be unofficial, but you won’t get any argument about downtown Billings’ designation as the City’s brewery district. Boasting six breweries and two distilleries along a roughly eight block stretch of Montana Avenue and 1st Ave. N., Billings provides a perfect opportunity for a leisurely pub crawl on a sunny summer evening. It’s so…

Thirst Gear Offers Unique Way to Explore Missoula

As the hub of western Montana, Missoula is the home of four breweries, two brewery outposts, and more on the way. Perhaps the most interesting and oddball way to tour them is with a group of your favorite beer loving friends on a strange looking contraption known as the Thirst Gear pedal pub. Sure, residents…

What’s Your Favorite Beer Bar?

Craftbeer.com, a Brewers Association website, wants to know your favorite beer bar. The first step in their yearly determination of the Great American Beer Bars, nominations are now open for 2014. It’s a popularity contest, for sure, but one that is at least rooted in nominations from knowledgeable (?) beer fans.  To take part, click…

More Montana Brewery News: Openings, Closure.

Not very long ago it seems I only needed to issue one of these “Montana Brewery News” items once every six months or so.  This will be the third in the past two months.  By all accounts 2014 is likely to go down as the Year of the Brewery. If anyone wants to create a…

2014 Marathon Beer Run and Missoula Area Beer Guide

A huge welcome goes out to the thousands of runners headed to Missoula this week to take part in the Missoula Marathon weekend. The races follow an exceptional course and Missoula truly turns it in to a community event, thanks to the hard work of Run Wild Missoula and hundreds of volunteers. As always, there’s…

Win Beer, Help Prostates

Only two days remain to take part in a beer naming contest where you can win beer and help prostates just by being creative. The Microbrewed Beer of the Month club has teamed up with Fullsteam Brewery and Pints for Prostates for the opportunity to win a 6-month membership to The Rare Beer Club™ by…

Pints for Paths is Saturday, July 12, in West Glacier

The 4th Annual Pints for Paths Brewfest is Saturday, July 12, 2014, from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Heaven’s Peak Resort in West Glacier, MT. The event raises funds for the Gateway to Glacier Trail, a partially constructed trail along Highway 2 from Hungry Horse to West Glacier. Thus far, 3.5 miles of the trail…