Tamarack Brewing Co. in Lakeside, MT, is turning five years old this week and is celebrating by throwing a gigantic party on Friday, July 27, 2012.  The brewery is located at 105 Blacktail Road in Lakeside, just off Highway 93.

With the Summer Olympics mere days away, Tamarack has adopted an Olympics theme for the party.  Come dressed as your favorite athlete with prizes for the best costume.  Word has it there’s also a “Five Figure Adventure Race starting at 5:00 p.m. 

What’s that you ask? The race has five legs: 1. a pint off; 2. a quarter mile sprint; 3. a 100 meter swim; 4. a 1 mile bike race; and 5. another pint off.   For more details and to sign up, head to Tamarack’s facebook event page. 

Reverend Slanky fires up the live music at 8:00 p.m.  Tamarack’s Barrel Aged Anniversary IPA is on tap all day and you can get a burger and a beer for only $5 up until 5:00 p.m.  I’ve had more than my share of those (burgers and pints) and can attest to that being a fantastic deal. 

Missoula friends take note.  The party is at the brewery in Lakeside, not at the Missoula location.  If you show up wearing a speedo at the Missoula Tamarack, expect strange looks.  Then again, it’s Missoula so you might not even get those.