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…
For the 34th Great American Beer Festival, 1,552 breweries from all 50 states and Washington D.C. entered 6,647 beers in the related competition (20 percent more than in 2014). From those entries, 275 medals were awarded in 90 beer categories. Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the beers best meeting the style guidelines…
The 34th Great American Beer Festival takes place September 24 to 26 in Denver, Co. and represents the largest collection of U.S. made beers served at any public tasting event. More than 60,000 attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy samples from more than 3,500 beers from 750 breweries from across the U.S. It is…
With hop harvest season coming to a close it’s time to enjoy one of the year’s best beer seasonals: fresh hop ales. These beers highlight the flavors and aromas of hops by using them at their best, straight from the harvest. A well-done fresh hop ale has a certain extra zing to it that is…