I saw a blog post yesterday that perfectly captures the overall principle governing Growler Fills. It’s All Relative. I’ve been around plenty of beer drinker’s to know how relative taste is. It is as varied as it is personal. My favorite beer – and there’s a few jostling for the top spot at any given…
Asheville you say? That’d be Asheville, NC, a city in the mountains of western North Carolina that bears a number of similarities to Missoula. It has an active and healthy population with a thriving cultural scene and an abundance of outdoor recreation. Oh, and great beer, too. Sound familiar? I ran across this article in…
2010 was a great year for craft brewing and there’s every reason to think 2011 will be even better. So let’s toast the new year and look forward to many more craft beer journeys to come. As luck would have it, the Rhino in Missoula tapped a keg of Deschutes Brewery’s The Abyss on new…
Topper and Topper’s Cellar, a fantastic place to get great beer and wine in Helena, MT, are featured in this article in the Helena Independent Record, including a quote from your’s truly. Topper truly has the passion and knowledge for great beer and wine and an amazing ability to communicate that passion to everyone who…
It is most definitely a white Christmas in Missoula, Montana where the temperature is 10 degrees, the house smells like baked goods and more great beer awaits in the fridge. And in the snow banks. A great Christmas Eve dinner of crab legs and crab cakes provided a great reason to break out some bottles…
Since we’re a little late to do an advent beer countdown for the holiday season, we’re gearing up for a 12 days of Christmas Cheer beer extravaganza. Well, extravaganza may be a bit of an overstatement, but what better excuse to try a new beer each day to wind down the holiday season? The traditional…
About a month ago I stumbled upon an article previewing the first ever Beer Bloggers Conference which was held this past week in Boulder, CO. The 108 attendees maxed out the available space for the conference and included a mix of brewery-associated bloggers and “citizen bloggers,” those unaffiliated with any business. Growler Fills fits into…
By the time I was done with the the Missoula Half Marathon back in July, I knew this running thing would be a regular deal, not a one shot thing. I like the way my new level of fitness feels. Remember those old BowFlex commercials that ran nonstop on television back in the 90s (maybe…
With the one year anniversary of Growler Fills arriving last Thursday, I’ve had a number of people ask me what beer I pulled out of the fridge for the celebration. The answer, ironically, is none. Oh, I had grand plans. The weather was great and I pictured myself coming home after work, throwing on the…
One year ago today, Growler Fills was born out of a desire to keep a log of the beers I’d tried and wanted to remember. As you can see from the first couple of posts, I had no interest other than to keep a few notes. It didn’t take long before that evolved into a…