The Montana Brewers Association will again hold its annual conference in Missoula this October and the lineup of presentations looks to be the best yet. Held at the downtown Holiday Inn Parkside, the conference takes place October 14 and 15. Registration is open to the public. Panel presentations include sessions on the state of raw…
It’s Grand Opening time for Imagine Nation Brewing Co with a day filled with live music, workshops, food vendors, new beer and plenty of fun from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. this Saturday, September 19. I’ll be leading one of those workshops, an informal beer tasting workshop that will cost you nothing more than the…
Held annually on the first Saturday in November, Learn to Homebrew Day was established by the American Homebrewers Association in 1999 to encourage homebrewers to introduce their non-brewer friends and family to the hobby of homebrewing. Consider yourself encouraged. I’ve been homebrewing since 1997, albeit with a few lean years in there. My journey is…
To understand the influence and impact U.S. Senator Max Baucus wields, one needed only to travel to Butte, Montana, earlier this week for the 2013 Montana Economic Summit. There, on the campus of Montana Tech, assembled such industry notables as Jim McNerney, CEO of Boeing, Safra Catz, President and CFO of Oracle, Richard Anderson, CEO…
The American Homebrewers Association is holding their 13th Annual Learn to Homebrew Day this Saturday, November 3, and homebrewing stores and clubs all across the country are getting into the action. Here in Missoula, Summer Sun Garden and Brew Supply on 128 West Alder St. is hosting events all day including all-grain and partial mash…
Indianapolis in July. How many of you marked that destination for your summer vacation? Unless you’re familiar with Indianapolis (and I’m not), it may not seem like a sexy destination for beer. Okay, who am I kidding. It still isn’t a sexy destination for beer like, say, San Diego or Portland. But the more I…
“Drink Local” is a phrase heard and seen often around the craft beer world. It’s not only a common catch phrase in support of local businesses, but a not so subtle dig at the macro-American-adjunct-lagers of the world. Drink fresh, locally made beer and you’ll enjoy a higher quality product while supporting your neighbors, so…
You’ve probably noticed the Sam Adams advertising campaign touting the fact their brown glass bottles protect the flavor of their beer better than green or clear bottles. I haven’t paid too much attention because this “fact” has been assumed for quite some time. (And apparently demonstrated through prior scientific studies, though I haven’t seen them.) …
On various occasions in this Blog, I’ve mentioned that a beer was available “on nitro.” What does that mean, you might be asking? Most beers are carbonated with carbon dioxide to varying levels typical of the style of beer or the brewer’s whim. An English brown ale might have relatively low carbonation while a west…