The North American Brewers Association International Beer Awards may be an awkwardly long mouthful to say, and be lesser known than the competition at the Great American Beer Festival, but it’s a big dang deal. Formerly known with the more friendly name North American Beer Awards, the competition is now in its 23rd year and…
Thousands of beer fans braved the crisp wind on a chilly afternoon Saturday to enjoy the Montana Brewers Association’s annual Fall Rendezvous in Missoula. The largest festival of its kind featuring only made-in-Montana beers, the warmly-wrapped patrons were treated to 118 beers in a wide-variety of styles from breweries stretching from Hamilton to Sidney. (That’s…
The Brewers Association handed out hundreds of medals Saturday morning at the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO, and one Montana brewery made a big splash. Helena’s Lewis and Clark Brewing Co. received three medals and was named the Small Brewing Company and Brewer of the Year, an award given to breweries producing…
Fifteen Montana breweries were awarded a combined twenty six medals at the North American Beer Awards on June 2, 2018. The competition is held in Idaho Falls each year in early June in conjunction with the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest. Organized by the North American Brewers Association, this well regarded competition is conducted as a…
The Brewers Association announced the winners of the 2018 World Beer Cup Thursday at the conclusion of the Association’s annual Craft Brewers Conference, held this year in Nashville, TN. It was the largest competition to date for the biennial event, with 8,234 beers entered in 101 beer style categories, a 25% increase over the 2016…
I’m a little late in sharing the news, but Montana breweries picked up more medals at the beer competition held in conjunction with the Great American Beer Festival. Winners were announced at a ceremony held in Denver, CO on October 7. Judges awarded 293 medals in 98 beer categories covering 161 different beer styles in…
Almost lost in the flurry of Great American Beer Festival medals being handed out this past weekend was even more great news for Montana Breweries. Tamarack Brewing Co. (Lakeside) won first place for Headwall Double IPA in the 18th Annual Alpha King Challenge held in Denver, CO on October 7 to coincide with the Great…
The winners of the 30th beer competition at the Great American Beer Festival were announced this morning in a ceremony held in Denver, CO. Judges awarded 286 medals in 96 beer categories covering 161 different beer styles in a competition that featured 7,227 entries from 1,752 breweries. Uberbrew will be carrying some serious hardware on…
Montana breweries posted another strong showing at the 2016 North American Beer Awards. The competition is held in Idaho Falls each year in early June in conjunction with the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest. Organized by the North American Brewers Association, this well regarded competition is conducted as a single blind sampling followed by rank ordering…
The 2015 Montana Brewers Fall Festival featured more than 150 Montana-made beers from across the state on a perfect October evening in Missoula, MT. Missoula’s local homebrewing club, the Zoo City Zmurgists, judged the beers using the BJCP style guidelines in a blind-judging format. (Disclosure: I participated in the blind-judging round to select the best-of-show…