Wow! Missoula knocked it out of the park with last night’s inaugural Craft Beer Cup mini-golf tournament. What can you do for an encore today? Here’s the list: FRIDAY, MAY 2 Big Sky Firkin Tapping: 4:00 p.m. || The Rhino. 158 Ryman St. Join Big Sky Brewing at the Rhino for a First Friday tapping of Pack Train…
There is something for everyone on day four of the 2014 Missoula Craft Beer Week, with events ranging from an educational pedal pub tour to multiple beer and food pairings and even a beer book making class. Here’s are your events for Wednesday, April 30: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 “How to Taste Beer” Tour: 5:00 – 8:00…
Just a friendly reminder that a number of events for Missoula Craft Beer Week require advance tickets or sign-up. One is already sold out and several more are close, so get on it! Check the full schedule for all the details on these ticketed events: Sunday, April 27 Bacon-N-Beer Breakfast, Draught Works Brewery, 10:00 a.m.…
News came this week that Missoula Montana’s Big Sky Brewing Co. was voluntarily dismissing its trademark lawsuit against AB InBev after an agreement was reached between the parties. Big Sky filed the lawsuit over AB InBev’s alleged infringement of Big Sky’s “Hold My Beer and Watch This” trademark. Big Sky uses the slogan on its…
By now you’re sure to have read about Big Sky Brewing Co.’s lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch InBev, the global conglomerate responsible for Budweiser, Stella Artois, and Becks, to name a few. The news has circled the beer world and has also been carried in such non-beer related publications like the Huffington Post. In short, Missoula Montana-based…
The winners of the 2013 Great American Beer Festival’s competition were announced yesterday morning in the always electrically charged and highly anticipated ceremony before the final session of the massive brewfest. It was the biggest competition yet, on beer’s biggest stage, with 4,809 entries from 732 breweries evaluated by 201 judges from eleven countries.…
A friendly reminder here that the deadline for entries to the 1st Annual Montana Mashup statewide home brew competition is Thursday, October 10, 2013. While the competition will be held at Bridger Brewing Co. in Bozeman on October 19 and 20, several drop off locations have been secured across the state. Locations accepting entries up…
The organizers of the Missoula Marathon (Run Wild Missoula) not only put on one hell of a great race, they’ve turned the entire marathon weekend into a destination-worthy event. The fun kicks off on Friday, July 12, at 6:00 p.m. with a Beer Run and Social at the Iron Horse Bar & Grill at 501…
Missoula Craft Beer Week is getting close! It all kicks off with a Bacon N’ Beer breakfast at Draught Works Brewery at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. It is shaping up to be a great week, culminating in the 21st Garden City Brewfest on Saturday, May 4. In the past couple of days we’ve…
Today, the Brewers Association released its annual list of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S. based on 2012 beer sales volumes. Big Sky Brewing Co., Montana’s largest, again makes the top 50 craft brewery list – checking in at No. 47. The top tier of the list stayed the same…