It’s last call for your chance to take part in the Montana Brewers Association’s Flathead Cruise with Charlie Papazian. There are a few tickets left for this Saturday’s event which includes a three hour cruise around Flathead Lake, live music, food, Montana craft beer and one of the legends of the brewing world. Home brewers…
As a beer fan there little doubt you already know it is American Craft Beer Week, a celebration of small and independent craft brewers organized by the Brewers Association. If you didn’t know, it’s time to step up your beer fan credentials. American Craft Beer Week began Monday and runs through Sunday, May 19. Begun…
Today, the Brewers Association released its annual list of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S. based on 2012 beer sales volumes. Big Sky Brewing Co., Montana’s largest, again makes the top 50 craft brewery list – checking in at No. 47. The top tier of the list stayed the same…
If you’re a homebrewer, you know Charlie Papazian. First published in 1984, his homebrewing guide, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, has served as the standard bearer ever since. Millions of us have taken comfort in Charlie’s words while brewing our latest: “Relax, don’t worry, have a homebrew.” Now the president of the Boulder, CO, based…
The Brewers Association (that’s the big, national one, not the Montana one) recently stirred up a major backlash when its op-ed piece appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 13, 2012. The piece was written by Charlie Papazian and Bob Pease, President and COO of the Brewer’s Association, and Dan Kopman, CEO of Schlafly…
When we look back on 2012, no story will better define the year-in-beer from a big picture perspective better than the “craft versus crafty” debate. Though it reached a full boil in December, the story has been bubbling steadily throughout the year. In a nutshell, it is a story about distinctions. About distinguishing between craft…
The Great American Beer Festival takes place this Thursday through Saturday (Oct. 11-13, 2012) in Denver, CO, and eight Montana Breweries will be on hand. This Annual showcase by the Brewers Association is the largest collection of American beer and serves as one of the most prestigious competitions of its kind. Tickets to the festival…
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…