On a recent layover at one of Missoula’s coffee shops, I was perusing the May issue of Lively Times when an advertisement for a Young Dubliners’ show caught my eye.  The venue was a place called Bones Brewing Pub and Eatery in Billings.  Curious, I checked out the website and found a place I’ve not yet heard about advertising “fine hand-crafted micro brews, brewed right here in the bones brewery.” Clicking on “The Beer” link takes you to a page with a note that “new brewing menu coming soon”, but also saying that the brewhouse is now brewing and new beers are now on tap. Ratebeer.com lists 10 brews from Bones Brewery, so perhaps they’ve been around for a bit.  Unfortunately, I haven’t had an opportunity to venture much out of western Montana recently.

This place seems to be following in the mold of Tamarack Brewing and Montana Brewing Co. where the brewery and the restaurant are two separate entities which share space.  The restaurant has a full liquor license allowing it to serve alcohol later than a brewery tap room and without the volume limitations. 

Anyone been there? Incidentally, the Young Dubliners are headlining the 1st Missoula Celtic Festival on July 31, 2010 at Caras Park. Definitely an event not to be missed. 

[UPDATE:  Discovered that Bone’s Brewing is a second Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co. location, which you might have guessed from the beer logos which appeared after this post was written.]