If things go according to plan, you’ll be able to pick up some Bozeman Brewing Company beer in 12oz cans beginning this September, if not a bit earlier. Bozone joins Lewis and Clark Brewing Co. in recently announcing they’re going to the cans. L&C is switching over from bottles, but this is the first time…
We don’t recycle too much news here at Growler Fills, but I thought this article from OregonLive.com was more than interesting enough to pass along. That’s particularly true when it mentions one of my all time favorite beers, Deschutes’ Hop in the Dark. We loved this seasonal beer so much last year – its…
Today, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co.’s tap room is tucked into the corner of the brewery on Helena’s Getchel Street where OSB sheeting serves as wall coverings and a heavy pine bar guards the tap handles. Visitors enter through a nondescript door and make their way past fermenters, mash tun, kegs and other brewery staples…
Next week, May 16-22, marks the sixth American Craft Beer Week and will be the largest-ever celebration of U.S. craft brewers with events in all 50 states according to the Brewers Association. The week is an annual celebration of the more than 1,700 small and independent U.S. craft breweries that bring us this fabulous thing…
Lone Peak Brewery in Big Sky, MT, is joining the ranks of Montana breweries providing great craft beer in the convenience of ready-to-go bottles. Lone Peak’s Nordic Blonde, Hellroaring ESP, Lone Peak IPA and Hippy Highway Oatmeal Stout will be bottle conditioned and available in 22 oz bombers. The bottles will be distributed throughout southwest…
There are many styles of growlers out in the beer world these days, from the traditional glass, half gallon growler, to plastic and stainless steel containers, ceramic jugs and party pigs. The Montana Legislature even made it clear this session we can have growler’s filled anywhere beer is served from a tap. Now, Flathead Lake…
Voting in Charlie Papazian’s BeerCity USA 2011 Poll opened today and Missoula, MT is one of the choices where you can cast your vote. Missoulians should be honored to be one of the possible winners, but don’t take the unscientific poll too seriously. It’s meant as a fun exercise to celebrate craft brewing, generate discussion…
The Missoula Brewing Company announced today they’ve reached an agreement with Great Northern Brewing Co. to begin bottling Highlander Beer in 22oz bombers this summer. Great Northern Brewing Co. brews Highlander in partnership with Missoula Brewing Company. Highlander Scottish Ale is brewed in the Scottish export style with a smooth caramel malt flavor and just…
The theme for Tamarack Brewing Co.’s new Missoula location must be something like “don’t mess with success.” While the exterior of the new location is relatively drab and a far cry from the Lakeside original, the interiors bear a very strong resemblance. Each features a large, squared-up-horseshoe shaped bar surrounding a line up of taps…
The Brewers Association released today its list of 2010 Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies and Missoula’s Big Sky Brewing Company came in at No. 39. The list is based on 2010 beer sales volume for craft breweries in the United States. Considering there are now more than 1,700 breweries in the United States (not all…