Summer is here. Officially. Even actually, too. Today’s temperature topped 80 degrees in Missoula for only the third time this year. We’ve been long overdue and the sunshine is very welcome. Now its time to start marking the calender for some upcoming Montana beervents.  Here’s a few to get you started:

Third Annual Summer Fest, July 8 & 9, Stevensville, sponsored by Blacksmith Brewing Co.

Eighth Annual Dog and Grog Brewfest, July 16, 2011, Virginia City, 12:00 to 7:00 p.m., 10 Montana breweries.

Seventeenth Annual Bitterroot Brewfest, July 23, 2011, Hamilton, 3:00 to 10:00 p.m., 40 northwest breweries.

Second Annual Celtic Festival Missoula, July 30, 2011, Missoula, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., sponsored by Highlander Beer.  

Summer Snow Bus Brewfest, August 27, 2011, Whitefish, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m..

Third Annual Montana Brewers Festival, September 9, 2011, Bozeman, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., 70+ beers from 25 Montana breweries.

Thirteenth Annual Maverick Brewfest, September 9, 2011, Missoula, 4:00 p.m., 50+ northwest beers.

What other summertime beervents should we be aware of?  Send us an email at: growlerfills @ gmail . com and we’ll get the word out!