Faithful readers (that’s you, right?) know we’re big supporters of Run Wild Missoula’s beer runs. Why? Because loving great craft beer is not mutually exclusive with an active, healthful lifestyle. It’s true. You can have the best of both worlds. It’s entirely possible to exercise regularly and also enjoy fantastic craft beer. So here’s the…
I thought I was done with statistics for a while until an article titled The Geography of Craft Beer crossed my path. You might recall I recently mentioned I wasn’t too impressed with the “craft breweries per capita” statistic that now has Montana as No. 2 in the U.S. It’s one of those statistics that…
Mainstream media is at it again. A recent article in the Los Angeles Times points out that beer is more popular than wine as Americans’ booze of choice. It appears a Gallup poll found 39% of American drinkers prefer beer while 35% favor wine. This doesn’t seem much like news as that’s been the case…
New Belgium Brewing Co. loves to travel around and spread the good word (about beer, that is) and tonight they’re setting up shop in Missoula’s Caras Park for Clips of Faith. That’s New Belgium’s “beer-toting, film-traveling, noprofit-benefiting show” featuring short films created by the brewery’s fans and shown on a great big inflatable screen. It’s…
Craft beer has finally hit the big time. The great keepers of the English language, Merriam-Webster, have added “craft beer” to the 2012 version of their Collegiate Dictionary. Man cave, gastropub, and f-bomb were also added. So now, thanks to Merriam-Webster, we know that craft beer is: noun: a specialty beer produced in limited quantities:…
I noticed the local weekly had a brief story this week about Montana taking over the No. 2 spot in “breweries per capita” based on information from 2011 released by the Brewers Association.* It’s a statistic we see thrown around on a fairly frequent basis. Montana keeps trading places with Oregon. Occasionally Maine sneaks in…
According to Marcus Food’s facebook page there is an English and Irish Beer and Cheese tasting event taking place tomorrow, Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at the Haymoon Downtown Flat in Whitefish. The tasting includes 10 English and Irish beers along with various cheeses. No word on the cost. Marcus Foods, located just…
1987 was a good year. Gas cost $0.89 a gallon. A pound of bacon would set you back $1.80. We mailed stuff back then for $0.24. Lethal Weapon and Dirty Dancing were top films. The Simpsons made their debut on television. U2’s Joshua Tree album was a bit hit. And well before the craft beer…
This Monday, August 6, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the pub in Missoula, Flathead Lake Brewing Company will tap a keg of Montucky Sour Cherry Brown Ale – a beer available only on Mondays while it lasts. Brewer Tim Jacoby will be on hand as a guest bartender to answer all your questions about this…
Today is the first Friday in August and that means it’s time to take part in The Session. As we first noted back in May 2011, The Session is a collective effort of beer bloggers around the world to write on a common topic once each month. I’d planned to take part as often as…