As promised, we’re continuing to add events to Missoula Craft Beer Week as we tick down to the start of the week, this Sunday, April 28. Today we’ve added some great offerings from Tamarack Brewing Co. Beginning Monday, April 29, Tamarack Brewing Co.’s Missoula location will release a special beer, dubbed their Monkey Barrel Series,…
Missoula Craft Beer Week is getting close! It all kicks off with a Bacon N’ Beer breakfast at Draught Works Brewery at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. It is shaping up to be a great week, culminating in the 21st Garden City Brewfest on Saturday, May 4. In the past couple of days we’ve…
We are lucky. We are craft beer drinkers who enjoy rallying around our favorite beverage. It brings us together through innumerable social opportunities. It makes us fast friends with strangers. It gives us an opportunity to celebrate and debate and argue about the silliest of things. And we are lucky. We attend brewfests and tour breweries…
Today, the Brewers Association released its annual list of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S. based on 2012 beer sales volumes. Big Sky Brewing Co., Montana’s largest, again makes the top 50 craft brewery list – checking in at No. 47. The top tier of the list stayed the same…
Craft beer fans never need an excuse to pour a pint of the good stuff, but we never turn one down either. Started in 2009 by Justin Smith of Richmond, Virginia and Mike Connolly of Liverpool, England, National Beer Day is a celebration of the repeal of prohibition in America, 80 years ago today. It’s…
If you’re a homebrewer, you know Charlie Papazian. First published in 1984, his homebrewing guide, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, has served as the standard bearer ever since. Millions of us have taken comfort in Charlie’s words while brewing our latest: “Relax, don’t worry, have a homebrew.” Now the president of the Boulder, CO, based…
This month’s Session* topic is hosted by Bryan Roth, a beer enthusiast and homebrewer, who writes at This is Why I’m Drunk. He raises the topic of “Finding Beer Balance” and writes: Beer is more than the alcohol that goes into it – it’s the passion, history and community. Beer is also just one of…
The Montana House Business and Labor Committee took executive action this morning on House Bill 616, which many have dubbed the “brewery killing bill.” At the request of the sponsor, Rep. Roger Hagan, the Committee voted unanimously to table the bill, thus effectively ending its consideration during the 63rd Legislative Session. Friday is the transmittal…
Tired of beer dinners that leave you stuffed with creative courses filled with fresh, locally sourced ingredients and beers that span the spectrum from fruity farmhouse ales to barrel aged robust stouts? Well, here’s your chance for something different. Five courses paired with five beers specifically designed to leave you wanting more. That’s right, it’s…
It wasn’t expected to be like this. Before the 63rd Montana Legislature convened on January 7, 2013, most observers predicted a quiet session for craft beer. The Department of Revenue had it’s brew-on-premise license proposal. A smattering of proposals to provide for true bottle shops and to change direct shipment rules lurked in the fine…