Without a doubt, whenever I see a new coffee beer on tap anywhere I try it. Coffee stouts and porters are a favorite style of mine. I’ve even got a homebrewed Bourbon Black Coffee and Oatmeal Porter on tap at the house that I brewed with Missoula’s Black Coffee Roasting’s bourbon barrel aged coffee beans.…
I love to brew. I’m not the most sophisticated at it, but there’s something magical about taking water, malt, hops and yeast and creating an infinite variety of the great nectar known as beer. So when Midwest Supplies asked us to review one of their ingredient kits, I readily accepted their offer. Actually, that’s not…
Happy Thanksgiving! Growler Fills is thankful for great craft beer, friends, family, good fortune and a host of other things on this snowy Thanksgiving morning in Missoula, MT. I hope your Thanksgiving day is filled with good times and, of course, great beer. The holiday season is filled with opportunities to reach into the beer…
Let’s kick this off with an outstanding beer, currently in my top ten list. Last winter, Redhook re-released a brew that never should have disappeared. It definitely delivers on its description as an “imperial stout enhanced by coffee and dark malts with a big roasted flavor.” It is a robust stout with a complementing coffee…