On a day when the weather provided everything from pouring rain to sunny October blue skies to howling winds, 2,500 participants at the 6th Annual Montana Brewers Festival had 137+ opportunities to appreciate some of the finest beer anywhere. The 2014 festival, held Saturday, October 11, was my fourth and one thing was readily apparent:…
The Montana Mashup statewide homebrewing competition returns for 2014, combining a great competition with an impressive lineup of speakers. Hosted this year by Missoula’s Zoo City Zymurgists homebrewing club, the competition and conference takes place Saturday, October 18, at the Missoula Wingate Hotel. The entry deadline for competition beers is Saturday October 11. Last year’s…
Held each year in June, the annual 2014 North American Beer Awards took place last weekend in conjunction with the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest in Idaho Falls, ID. The competition organized by the North American Brewers Association is conducted as a single blind sampling followed by rank ordering of the entries within a category. It’s…
Higherground Brewing Co. and Summer Sun Brew Supply are teaming up again with the second installment of the Sasquatch Home Brew Competition, June 14, 2014. Think you make the best Stout, IPA, Barleywine or Hefeweizen? Here’s your shot to prove it. Drop off three 12 oz bottles (or 36 oz in whatever form) of your…
Here are the winners from the 22nd Annual Garden City Brewfest, as judged by the Zoo City Zymurgists, Missoula’s homebrewing club: Best Pale Ale: Sweetgrass Pale Ale, Grand Teton Brewing Co.Best Strong Ale: Pack Train Double IPA, Big Sky Brewing Co.Best Wheat/Rye Beer: Salmon Fly Honey Rye, Madison River Brewing Co.Best Belgian Style Beer: Spring…
They’re not brewing beer yet, but Lolo Peak Brewing Co. is hosting a homebrew competition with one heck of a grand prize: the chance to spend a day brewing at Lolo Peak and have your winning beer on tap when the brewery opens in 2014. Here’s the scoop. The competition is open to non-professional brewers…
The first annual Montana Mashup statewide home brew competition was held this weekend in Bozeman, with judging taking place at Bridger Brewing Co. Spawned out of good-natured smack talk between home brew clubs Zoo City Zymurgists (Missoula), Rimrock Brewers Guild (Billings) and Bridger Brew Crew (Bozeman), the competition serves to celebrate the home brewing culture…
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…
This October, home brewers throughout Montana (and beyond) will have the opportunity to square off in Montana’s first* statewide home brew competition. A cooperative effort of Missoula’s Zoo City Zymurgists, Bozeman’s Bridger Brew Crew, and Billing’s Rimrock Brewers Guild, local home brew clubs, the 1st Annual Montana Mashup Competition will be held in Bozeman on…
The Sasquatch Home Brew Competition is almost here! All entries are due by Saturday, June 15 at noon at Higherground Brewing Co. at 518 N. First Street in Hamilton (or by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, if you’re dropping them off at Summer Sun in Missoula). Sponsored by Higherground Brewing Co. and Summer Sun…