A big thanks to Innis & Gunn for sharing their latest offering with us at Growler Fills. This Scottish stout, released in the U.S. in March, is the first beer to be aged in former triple-distilled Irish Whiskey barrels. The beer is aged for 60 days as part of three different maturations following fermentation: oak…
Tomorrow is the last Wednesday of the month and that means it is time for Run Wild Missoula’s Beer Run. This month the Beer Run returns to Tamarack Brewing Co. of Missoula at 231 West Front St. where you can enjoy some great food and a variety of craft ales after your run. The run…
Flathead Lake Brewing Company is set to release its latest seasonal tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, and it’s a tasty little number you’ll want to explore. Even better, with this release you’ll have an opportunity to try three distinctly different Belgian style ales at both FLBC locations. Dirty Ginger is a Belgian Golden Strong Ale with…
A most excellent beer-related documentary is set to make its Montana debut on Thursday, May 3, during Missoula Craft Beer Week at the Historic Wilma Theater. The Love Of Beer is a feature length documentary about women in the craft beer industry in the pacific northwest. Why? After moving to Portland, producer Alison Grayson noticed…
The inaugural Missoula Craft Beer Week gets started less than two weeks from now. Most of the 20+ events are open to just dropping by, but there are two you’ll need to sign up for: The first is the Garden City Brewery Bus Tour on Friday, May 4, 2012. This is a bus ride adventure…
Helena’s Green Meadow Country Club is the site of a fundraiser for ExplorationWorks this Thursday, April 19, 2012, featuring a beer seminar and samples of craft beer and hard cider from Montana, Oregon, Wisconsin and Belgium. Brian Smith of Blackfoot River Brewing Co. and Cortland Dunn of George’s Distributing will present a one-hour beer seminar…
The Brewers Association released today it’s annual list of the top 50 craft brewing companies based on 2011 beer sales volumes. Montana’s largest brewery, Big Sky Brewing Co., made the list at No. 37, two spots higher than in 2010. Thirty six of the top 50 are small and independent craft brewing companies which the…
A beer blogger, an industry rep and a U.S. Senator walk into a brewery. Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . . . Such was the scene last Wednesday evening at Draught Works Brewery, Missoula’s newest brewery and one of it’s hottest social spots. Rather than being a joke, however, it was the…
In the heart of a typical Montana spring snowstorm last week, I stopped in to see the Quarry Brewing Company’s new “digs” in The Grand Hotel on Broadway Street, nestled in Butte’s historic uptown. With the snow it was a quieter, though still lively, Friday night than normal, which allowed me to share great beers…
The 6th Annual Montana Beer Festival is taking place tomorrow, April 13, 2012, at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds in Bozeman, MT. Some 33+ breweries taking part in the event which runs from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $30 and get you unlimited tastes during the festival. V.I.P. tickets are available for $50 which…