A version of this article appears in the current June/July issue of the Rocky Mountain Brewing News, along with my regular Montana New column. Unfortunately for me, the Brewing News inadvertently listed the wrong author in the byline. Thus, I am reprinting it here. _____________________________________________ Drink Local. It’s a short, easy phrase that conjures up…
Remember when the idea of “good” beer in a can seemed as foreign as a clean-shaven hipster? Today, Bozeman Brewing Co. announced the launch of their latest beer in a can: Buzz Kill Java Stout. Buzz Kill is a seasonal beer available in limited quantities and more seasonal cans are on the way. If there’s…
Bozeman Brewing Co.’s annual Bozone Hop Harvest picking party is this Sunday, September 7, beginning at the wonderfully early hour of 8:00 a.m. (If head brewer Bill Hyland is there promptly at 8:00 a.m., I’ll personally buy him a beer next time I see him – subject to the keg exchange noted below.) Those with…
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…
“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…
The Mountain Brewers Beer Fest, held this past Saturday in Idaho Falls, ID, is one of the biggest and best in the West with more than 80 breweries serving hundreds of beers. Even more breweries enter the associated brewing competition. The competition is sanctioned by the North American Brewers Association and consists of a blind…
If things go according to plan, you’ll be able to pick up some Bozeman Brewing Company beer in 12oz cans beginning this September, if not a bit earlier. Bozone joins Lewis and Clark Brewing Co. in recently announcing they’re going to the cans. L&C is switching over from bottles, but this is the first time…
While over in Helena this week we had a chance to try a pint of Bozeman Brewing Company’s Black IPA which had just been put on tap at Bert & Ernie’s. The bartender said we were the first to order it, continuing our string of lucky beer timing. It’s been years since we’d had some…