Coffee Porters Abound in Western Montana

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…

Big Sky Brewing Community Brew IBA

Want to get your picture on a tap handle? Not only that, but have 300 gallons of your own beer brewed up by an award winning brewery? All you need to do is win the Zoo City Zymurgist’s annual homebrew competition and this, too, can be yours. Each year, the Missoula area homebrew club puts…

Bobo’s Robust Porter: Funny Name, Great Beer

What I’m about to say might be considered blasphemy by some in these parts, but I’ll say it anyway.  Big Sky Brewing’s regular lineup of beers doesn’t really “do it” for me. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying it’s bad beer. Far from it. I’m just reinforcing the basic tenant of this blog which…