Tamarack Brewing Co. in Lakeside, MT, is turning five years old this week and is celebrating by throwing a gigantic party on Friday, July 27, 2012. The brewery is located at 105 Blacktail Road in Lakeside, just off Highway 93. With the Summer Olympics mere days away, Tamarack has adopted an Olympics theme for the…
Missoula’s Draught Works Brewery is holding a Fresh Hop Festival on Saturday, September 8, 2012, that sounds like a heck of a good time in support of great beer and sustainable transportation. Volunteers will pick hops at a farm in Corvallis and teams of cyclists will rush them to the brewery for use in a…
Thirsty? There is plenty to do in Montana this weekend that will help take care of your thirst. The MetraPark in Billings plays host to the 2nd Annual Montana Brews and BBQs on Saturday, July 21. It makes my mouth water just thinking about those two things that go great together. Ryan over at Montana…
The Mountain Brewers Beer Fest, held this past Saturday in Idaho Falls, ID, is one of the biggest and best in the West with more than 80 breweries serving hundreds of beers. Even more breweries enter the associated brewing competition. The competition is sanctioned by the North American Brewers Association and consists of a blind…
Psssstt . . . . . . Sunday is Mother’s Day. If you haven’t figured out what you’re getting Mom, you might consider one of these Mother’s Day beer events. First, as we wrote about here, Blackfoot River Brewing Co. is hosting the Howling Wolf Chapter of Barley’s Angels for a ladies only beer and…
Helena’s 2nd Annual Ales for Trails fundraising event takes place this Friday, May 20, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds. Helena Ales for Trails exists to invest in the community by investing in the Helena trail system. Tickets are $10 in advance ($15 at the door) and are available…
The grand finale of the inaugural Missoula Craft Beer Week takes place tomorrow, Saturday, May 5, and the celebration is going to be a big one. Now in its 20th year, the Missoula Downtown Association’s Garden City BrewFest is an annual rite of spring in Missoula, marking both the end of winter (usually) and the…
Today is a busy day for Montana Senator Max Baucus as he heads into the second day of his Flathead Jobs Tour, touting highway jobs, industrial opportunities and an international trade mission in the northwest corner of Montana. Yesterday, Senator Baucus held a highway jobs roundtable discussion at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and took…
We’ve been hard at work adding more events to the inaugural Missoula Craft Beer Week and all our participants are really stepping up to the plate. New events include the Run Wild Missoula Craft Beer Week Special Edition Beer Run, Meet the Big Sky Brewing Co. Crew at the Iron Horse, and Three Ways to…
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…