Here’s an interesting nugget that came across the beer wire today. In Charlie Papazian’s latest column on examiner.com he discusses the value of hops to the innovation and creative flavors in American craft beer. He notes this year’s excellent harvest of bittering hops will shove prices down due to the abundance of such hops. On…
No, it’s not the latest Judd Apatow movie, it’s time for Run Wild Missoula’s monthly beer run. What? You didn’t think these monthly feasts of fitness and fun took the winter off, did you? Even in the dark and slippery night, the beer runs continue for the hardy. This month the run takes place at…
Western Montana breweries have been busy lately creating a variety of new beers for the fall and winter season. From big IPAs and porters to pumpkin ales and even a wintermarzen, there’s a lot to try and something for everyone. With Thanksgiving week upon us, now is a great time to take a break, head…
Here’s a fun app/site for the beer friendly crowd. Since August I’ve been checking out Untappd*, a way to keep track of the beers you’re drinking and connect with other beer lovers. Once you’ve created a free account, you can “check in” the beer you’re currently drinking along with where you’re drinking it. You can…
The 2011 version of Great Northern Brewing Co.’s Frog Hop Fresh Hopped Pale Ale is out and I enjoyed a bottle of it the other night. Great Northern’s brewery in Whitefish, MT is just down the road from Purple Frog Gardens, a family market farm practicing sustainable farming techniques without the use of synthetic herbicides…
Black IPAs are hot. IPAs as a whole continue to be a fast growing segment of craft beer sales and these roasted malt versions are popping up all over the place. The most recent local addition is Bitter Root Brewery’s Last Cast Black IPA. On the way to working up a review, I stumbled upon…
Just when you were coming to grips with the first ever International #IPA day back in August, along comes the inaugural International Stout Day. Were stouts feeling left out? Not getting the love they deserve? Whatever the reason, with the days getting shorter – and much colder – our attention is turning once again to…
Ahh, Las Vegas. For all it’s sins, vices and pleasures, craft beer hasn’t been one of them. That’s changing and if you like treasure hunts, Vegas provides a mixture of frustration and payoffs. I spent a few days in Las Vegas for the first time recently and hit up google for a little research before…
Okay, so “dangerous” really isn’t the right word, but now that I have your attention hear me out. If I ask you to name that one beer that has, shall we say, an unusually pronounced effect on you does one immediately come to mind? For me, that beer is Cold Smoke Scotch Ale from Kettlehouse…
I got word yesterday that the Brooklyn Brew Shop’s Beer Making Book is ready to launch on November 1, 2011. Unlike most homebrew recipe books, this collection by Erica Shea and Stephen Valand will take your homebrewing adventures far beyond the norm, one gallon at a time. One gallon you say? The traditional homebrew batch…