You probably don’t think about it much when enjoying the hops in your favorite IPA or the roasted malts of a robust stout, but there’s a lot of intellectual property* in beer. It’s the curse nature of my day job that often leads me to such thoughts even when I should be blissfully kicking back…
“Drink Local” is a phrase heard and seen often around the craft beer world. It’s not only a common catch phrase in support of local businesses, but a not so subtle dig at the macro-American-adjunct-lagers of the world. Drink fresh, locally made beer and you’ll enjoy a higher quality product while supporting your neighbors, so…
Photo Credit: Bioalloy.org We’ve all worn a little beer or wine after committing a clumsy beer foul, but researchers in Australia have figured out how to ferment beer and wine into a “fabric” they believe will provide the low-cost, environmentally friendly textile of the future. One of the researchers go started on the project after…
The running related magazines and blogs I enjoy are frequently touting the latest studies on super foods for athletic performance. If it tastes good and provides a few benefits, I just might bite. Despite being four weeks out from marathon No. 2, my diet resembles something closer to that of a couch potato than your…
Have you seen the latest advertising push from Guinness? As shown in the photo below, Guinness is seeking to “become more relevant and get talked about in bars” by issuing a new glass which displays a QR code when the glass is filled with Guinness. Scanning the QR code with your smart phone apparently allows…
A beer blogger, an industry rep and a U.S. Senator walk into a brewery. Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . . . Such was the scene last Wednesday evening at Draught Works Brewery, Missoula’s newest brewery and one of it’s hottest social spots. Rather than being a joke, however, it was the…
As we’ve covered in previous posts, Kettlehouse Brewing Co. announced this month they’re pulling out of the Kalispell, Helena and Great Falls markets. If Kettlehouse ramps up production to keep up with demand, they’ll pass the 10,000 bbl per year mark and could no longer sell beer in their two Missoula tap rooms. Thus, unless…
“Beer Runners Gone Bad” is a news headline that immediately caught my attention this morning. I pictured a bunch of my fellow beer runners accidentally getting tricked into drinking a Bud Light Chelada. Or perhaps a foul odor emanating from the pack after a run at the Run Wild Missoula pint night at Kettlehouse. No,…
Today, Growler Fills welcomes guest writer Eric Cioe* for his take on the 10,000 barrel limitation recently highlighted by Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s decision to pull out of three Montana markets. BY ERIC CIOE – Kettlehouse Brewing has unfortunately been forced to make a tough decision: either pull out of some of their markets, or shut…
Montana, we have a problem. Back in January we highlighted an issue mentioned in a Missoulian article that featured a recent expansion at Kettlehouse Brewing Company’s northside location. Local brewery expansions are always worth celebrating, but this one came with a troubling quirk. Montana law allows breweries to sell pints for on-premise consumption within a…