It is shaping up to be a beautiful Fall-like weekend in Montana and there are plenty of beer events to take advantage of. One of the more unique events is Draught Works Brewery’s Chain Reaction Fresh Hop Festival, combining a bike relay race carrying hops to the brewery and a pedal powered gain mill to…
The 16th Annual Maverick Brewfest again takes place in Caras Park in Missoula this Friday, September 5 from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. More than 40 beers are expected along with food vendors and live music with Sister Soul & the Medicine. Tickets are $10 which include a tasting glass and two beer tokens. Additional tokens…
Continuing one of the best weeks of beer news to hit Montana in . . well . . . at least a month, Great Burn Brewing Co. opens today at 3:00 p.m. Located at 2230 McDonald Ave in Missoula (just off Brooks St. and behind Jaker’s Restaurant), Great Burn is the first brewery to locate…
Try and locate the Missoula Brewing Company this afternoon and all you’ll find is a small notation on a bottle of Highlander Beer. That’s about to change in a very big way. Today, the Missoula Brewing Company announced plans to construct a brewery where Highlander Beer will again be brewed in Missoula for the first…
Draught Works Brewery’s annual festival of fresh hop love returns for 2014 on Sunday, September 7. The Chain Reaction Fresh Hop Relay is a 50 mile bike relay from the Fais do-do Farm in Corvallis, MT to the Draught Works Brewery in Missoula’s westside neighborhood. On Sunday, Sept. 7, up to twelve teams of four…
As the hub of western Montana, Missoula is the home of four breweries, two brewery outposts, and more on the way. Perhaps the most interesting and oddball way to tour them is with a group of your favorite beer loving friends on a strange looking contraption known as the Thirst Gear pedal pub. Sure, residents…
A huge welcome goes out to the thousands of runners headed to Missoula this week to take part in the Missoula Marathon weekend. The races follow an exceptional course and Missoula truly turns it in to a community event, thanks to the hard work of Run Wild Missoula and hundreds of volunteers. As always, there’s…
Missoula Craft Beer Week is not just about the beer. We strive to create educational events, too, building an entire week of fun with plenty of variety. Here’s one you might not have pictured. Art on Tap Missoula is teaming up with Elysian Brewing Co. and Caffe Dolce to present an evening of creativity…
After you get your fill of the annual Missoula St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday, head over to The Rhino where they’re closing down Ryman Street and hosting a collection of “big” beers for your drinking enjoyment. The Big Beer Fest takes place on Ryman Street between Front and Main streets on Saturday, March 15…
Missoula’s Draught Works Brewery knows how to take care of its patrons, working hard to produce a good variety of beers, a frequent stream of musical acts and other entertaining events and even a beer and bacon brunch. In response, craft beer lovers keep the laid-back tap room with its industrial elements of brick, wood…