Missoula’s Draught Works Brewery has begun its long-awaited expansion in to the space next door to its current location at 915 Toole Avenue. The expansion project will allow the brewery to more than double its current production capacity as well as add a canning line. The space was most recently used as a climbing facility,…
The continued rise of Montana’s craft beer industry is not just spawning new breweries. Many established breweries are embracing beer’s popularity with expansion projects, too. Philipsburg Brewing Company is one of the latest to take on a significant expansion, including a new building, additional equipment and a bottling line. Co-owners Cathy and Nolan Smith purchased…
Cole Schneider and Maggie Doherty opened Kalispell Brewing Company less than nine months ago, but quickly growing demand has them undertaking their first expansion project. Kalispell opened with a fermentation system using four 10 barrel fermenters. The expansion project increases fermentation capacity 150% by adding two 10 barrel fermenters and two 20 barrel fermenters for…
Mid summer. That’s the target date for Flathead Lake Brewing Company’s move to an expansive new facility in Bigfork, MT. Construction is underway and tanks are being custom made by W.M. Sprinkman Corp. in Wisconsin. If all goes according to plan, beer should be flowing from the facility this fall. The new facility will have…