Lone Peak Brewery in Big Sky, MT, started bottling four of their beers back in May. Those bottles made their way onto Missoula shelves over the past week and we got our first look at the artwork, which looks pretty snazzy. The four brews are Hellroaring ESP, IPA, Hippie Highway Oatmeal Stout and Nordic Blonde, …
Looking for a variety of great northwest craft beers, live music and a friendly crowd? Head to Hamilton this Saturday, July 23, for the 17th Annual Bitterroot Brewfest taking place at the American Legion Park from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The brewfest features more than 40 beers and wines including a brand new release…
Indeed, the posts on Growler Fills have dropped to a trickle recently, but that’s only a temporary situation. The final weeks of training, along with actually running the Missoula Marathon, left little time to explore the beer world. Add in summer activities and pleasantly busy work demands and the first thing to suffer is this…
As we announced back in April, The Missoula Brewing Co., makers of Highlander Scottish Red Ale under contract with Great Northern Brewing Co., reached an agreement with Great Northern to begin bottling Highlander in 22 oz. bombers. Well, now they’re ready to go and should be on the shelves in short order, likely in early…
What qualifies as a “session” beer is a topic of much debate in the beer world with no clear definition. Beer Advocate suggests it’s a beer with no more than 5% alcohol, a good balance between hops and malt and a clean finish, creating a highly drinkable beer. The lower alcohol and typically lighter body…
Sunday is the Missoula Marathon which means the vast majority of runners are in some sort of taper as part of their training plan. Webster’s defines “taper” as the “gradual diminution of thickness, diameter, or width in an elongated object.” Um . . er . . . . . that raises all manner of interesting…
Any lingering doubt about the intersection of craft beer and running was wiped away Wednesday night in Missoula as hundreds of runners, walkers and craft beer enthusiasts packed Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s northside location for Community U-Nite in support of Run Wild Missoula. Runners in the Run Wild Missoula marathon training group gathered under threatening skies…
Each Wednesday, Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s Northside location hosts a different non-profit organization for a fundraiser, with fifty cents of every pint sold donated to that organization. This Wednesday, June 29, 2011, beer and running come together to support Run Wild Missoula. Run Wild Missoula’s beer run will take off from the brewery (313 N. 1st…
For every one of my many birthdays, I’ve had some form of chocolate for desert. Most often, that’s been a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, though there was a stretch of chocolate pies in there, too. It’s a good streak to have. According to Mom, many of those early cakes had a train on top,…
Elevator Imperial IPA, Harvest Moon Brewing Co.’s latest offering to find its way to a six pack, is a curious beer. If someone told me it was a Belgian Dubbel, I’d say the alcohol was a little high, but would have no other reason to question the diagnosis. The beer pours a wonderful copper color,…