This article first appeared in the June/July edition of the Rocky Mountain Brewing News. Look for it at your favorite breweries and bars, or subscribe here. Big Sky Brewing Co. Reaches Drinking Age Twenty-one years after beginning their first brew, one thing remains clear: brewing Montana’s most recognizable beer remains as fun as it is…
Big Sky Brewing Co. turns 21 this year and is hosting a fun celebration at Missoula’s Caras Park featuring 21 of the brewery’s beers. The party takes place from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on June 17, the same date Big Sky brewed its first beer at the original brewery on Hickory Street in 1995.…
The fun starts Saturday. If you’ve taken part in Missoula Craft Beer Week before, you know what that means. Lots of opportunities to enjoy beer with friends in wonderfully creative ways. For 2016, MCBW begins Saturday, April 30 and continues through Saturday, May 7. It’s the 5th year for Missoula Craft Beer Week and the…
This Saturday, September 19, marks the inaugural “Brews Cruise,” a bicycling tour of several Missoula beer hot spots and poker run designed to raise funds for a local charity. For 2015 proceeds from the festivities will benefit MTB Missoula, the area’s only mountain biking advocacy group. A project of Townsquare Media, Montana Brewery Passport, and…
This Saturday April 25 you’ll be able to kick off the 4th Annual Missoula Craft Beer Week by getting a peek behind the scenes at how your favorite Missoula beers are made. New this year for Craft Beer Week is the Missoula Beer Open House with all six of Missoula’s breweries providing behind the scenes…
Here is some welcome news from Missoula’s Big Sky Brewing Co. The brewery’s sought-after Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout will be released this year in four-packs of 12 oz. bottles. In past years Ivan had been packaged in 750 ml bottles – great for sharing, but not so great when you wanted to enjoy this…
A huge welcome goes out to the thousands of runners headed to Missoula this week to take part in the Missoula Marathon weekend. The races follow an exceptional course and Missoula truly turns it in to a community event, thanks to the hard work of Run Wild Missoula and hundreds of volunteers. As always, there’s…
The latest installment of the Garden City Community Brew will be released July 10 during Missoula’s Downtown Tonight event at Caras Park. The Lemon Lager brewed by Big Sky Brewing Co. will be on tap along with other limited release beers during the summer evening festivities. The Garden City Community Brew is a collaboration between…
Here are the winners from the 22nd Annual Garden City Brewfest, as judged by the Zoo City Zymurgists, Missoula’s homebrewing club: Best Pale Ale: Sweetgrass Pale Ale, Grand Teton Brewing Co.Best Strong Ale: Pack Train Double IPA, Big Sky Brewing Co.Best Wheat/Rye Beer: Salmon Fly Honey Rye, Madison River Brewing Co.Best Belgian Style Beer: Spring…
It’s been a fantastic week of events and it all comes down to today’s grand finale, the Missoula Downtown Assocation’s 22nd Garden City Brewfest. Have you had enough craft beer? Of course not. And to get your day started right, head to the Old Post for a pre-brewfest brunch with Big Sky Brewing. SATURDAY, MAY…