In the more-good-news category, Blacksmith Brewing Co. is now on Facebook. If you “Like” them (what was wrong with the “become a fan” button?) you can get updates of events and new brews on tap and a host of other news. Vanilla Porter is reportedly going back on tap tomorrow (May 7). I also hear…
On a recent layover at one of Missoula’s coffee shops, I was perusing the May issue of Lively Times when an advertisement for a Young Dubliners’ show caught my eye. The venue was a place called Bones Brewing Pub and Eatery in Billings. Curious, I checked out the website and found a place I’ve not…
Right on cue (noon, actually) Mother Nature decided to open up the clouds with a strong showing of rain mixed with snow to usher in the 18th Annual Garden City Brewfest. But this is Missoula. We love our festivals and a little cold weather, rain and snow isn’t going to deter us from a time…
Perhaps you might have heard by now about the 18th Annual Garden City Brewfest taking place this Saturday, May 1 at Caras Park in Missoula beginning at noon? What, three posts in this blog not enough for you? If not, this week’s Missoula Independent is devoted to the beer scene in Missoula and has your…
Though the weather forecast is less than stellar (Mostly cloudy, 51 degrees, 20% chance of showers), the 18th Annual Garden City Brewfest at Caras Park in Missoula will carry on rain or shine. Think of it this way. The lines will likely be shorter than last year when the sun was bright enough to burn…
Pairing coffee and a porter or stout is as natural a pairing as cookies and cream or peanut butter and chocolate. The roasted malts in the beer provide similar flavor profiles to the roasted coffee beans. Roasted malts are barely or other grains, some malted, some not, typically roasted at high temperatures in a drum…
Last Saturday we had an opportunity to stop in at the newly reopened Flathead Lake Brewing Company in Woods Bay on the way back from a short trip to Flathead Lake and Kalispell. Things were a bit quiet during mid afternoon, but the wind was whipping up whitecaps on the Lake and the occasional rain…
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is celebrating its 30th Anniversary in style. And that is great news for the rest of us. They’ve brewed four unique beers as a collaboration between the founders of the American craft brewing industry. You can read about the project here. I encourage you to spend a little time checking it…
As the first beer in our Full Sail Brewmaster Reserve Round Up we popped open Hop Pursuit, described as an extra pale ale with a medium malt body with a ton of hop flavor and a zing of bitterness. It has Cascade, Willamette and Mt. Hood hops – “old school craft brewing hops” in Full…
Posted prominently at all time along the edge of this blog is my philosophy about enjoying beer. It’s all relative. That’s really how I feel about beer, though I’ll admit to hoping it staves off the occasional angry email when I haven’t enjoyed a favored beer as much as someone else. I mention this because…