This month’s Session is hosted by Oliver Gray of Literature and Libation. To refresh your recollection, the Session is a long running project where beer bloggers and writers from around the world write about a common topic on the first Friday of each month. One writer serves as host, presents a topic, and prepares a…
The 24th annual Garden City Brewfest took place Saturday, May 8, as the 5th annual Missoula Craft Beer Week came to a close. The Zoo City Zymurgists homebrewing club handled judging duties for all beers served at the event. It was quite the weekend for Philipsburg Brewing Co. which won a silver medal at the…
The Brewers Association announced the winners of the 2016 World Beer Cup today at the conclusion of the annual Craft Brewers Conference, held this year in Philadelphia, PA. Montana’s Philipsburg Brewing Co. won the silver medal in the American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast category for its Haybag American Hefeweizen. Billed as the most prestigious beer…
Though not exactly a secret in these parts, Oskar Blues Brewery announced today it would begin distributing beer to Montana, completing nationwide distribution to all 50 states. The brewery, based out of Longmont, CO and now with additional breweries in Brevard, NC, and Austin, TX, signed with Summit Beverage for the Missoula and Butte regions…
The fun starts Saturday. If you’ve taken part in Missoula Craft Beer Week before, you know what that means. Lots of opportunities to enjoy beer with friends in wonderfully creative ways. For 2016, MCBW begins Saturday, April 30 and continues through Saturday, May 7. It’s the 5th year for Missoula Craft Beer Week and the…
The Montana Brewers Association, Montana Tavern Association, and Montana Restaurant Association announced today they are teaming up to launch a “buy local beer” campaign in support of Montana craft beer and local businesses. The campaign was originally announced during the Montana Brewers Association’s annual conference in October where the campaign was described as a series…
Philipsburg Brewing Co. spent the better part of the last two years securing a second location, planning, purchasing and installing a new 50 bbl brewhouse, and getting everything up and running for a major expansion. The brewery brewed its first beer at the new production facility five months ago while also working to get its…
Evan Parent, a San Diego home brewer and beer aficionado, feels deceived by MillerCoors and its marketing of Blue Moon Belgian-style wheat beer as a “craft beer.” For approximately a year and a half, Parent enjoyed Blue Moon, regularly purchasing it from Ralph’s and Vons grocery stores and 7-11 convenience stores. Parent chose Blue Moon…
The 2015 Montana Brewers Fall Festival featured more than 150 Montana-made beers from across the state on a perfect October evening in Missoula, MT. Missoula’s local homebrewing club, the Zoo City Zmurgists, judged the beers using the BJCP style guidelines in a blind-judging format. (Disclosure: I participated in the blind-judging round to select the best-of-show…
Two packed days of conference sessions and fun at the Montana Brewers Association’s annual conference wrapped up last night in Missoula, but the capstone of the week takes place this evening, October 16. The Montana Brewers Fall Festival has quickly become the state’s best brewfest (and there are a lot of good ones), always featuring…