Each Wednesday, Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s Northside location hosts a different non-profit organization for a fundraiser, with fifty cents of every pint sold donated to that organization. This Wednesday, June 29, 2011, beer and running come together to support Run Wild Missoula. Run Wild Missoula’s beer run will take off from the brewery (313 N. 1st…
Fans of Kettlehouse Brewing Co. in Missoula know they like to have fun with their beer and tend to create some exceptional seasonal brews. The streak continues with their new Poshed Porter, a moderately robust oatmeal porter brewed with cacao nibs from Missoula’s Posh Chocolat. It is a fantastic blend of two of Missoula’s best.…
While enjoying a couple of pints at The Rhino in Missoula on new years eve, we came up with the idea of handing out a few 2010 Beer Awards to mark another great year in craft brewing. One of the primary purposes of this blog is to generate discussion and interest in craft beer. Whether…
For Day 5 of the Growler Fills 12 Days of Christmas Cheer we’re keeping it local with an awesome sipping beer from Missoula’s Kettlehouse Brewing Co. I stopped in at the Myrtle Street location while running errands to try a couple of new ones on tap. Sadly, I was a day late for Kettlehouse’s Nutt-Cracker…
We stopped in at Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s old school Myrtle Street location this Saturday to try their new pumpkin ale. The brew is good. Quite good, with flavors of pumpkin, nutmeg and ginger. But we also spotted a new pale ale on tap and decided to grab a sample before heading out the door to…
Run Wild Missoula’s new monthly beer run is proving to be quite popular. More than 35 runners turned out on an unusually hot September evening for a four mile run and the great rewards that awaited. Chancellor of Libations Pat Cross led us on a circuitous route along the riverfront trail, through the university and…
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…
With a name like Discombobulator it has to be . . . . . . . well, dangerous, probably. It is a regular seasonal from the Kettlehouse Brewing folks and I stopped in for my first pint of it this past weekend. Discombobulator pours a dark mahogany brown with a fairly white head. It has…
Yes, you read that correctly. Along with Brick and Mortar Porter, High Gravity Bongwater is one of two beers Kettlehouse Brewing Co. brewed to celebrate the passage of Montana’s House Bill 400 which increased the amount of alcohol allowed in beer from 8.75% abv to 14% abv. Kettlehouse has long been famous for its Olde…
Brick and Mortar Porter is one of two beers Kettlehouse Brewing Co. brewed to celebrate the Montana Legislature’s House Bill 400 which significantly increased the amount of alcohol allowed in beer, opening up a range of new beers for Montanans. Kettlehouse calls this one a Belgian Imperial Porter and serves it at the new Northside…