Tamarack Brewing Company in Lakeside, MT turned 3 years old this week and celebrated with two new brews, an Anniversary Amber and Grizzly Bear Coffee Stout. I was fortunate enough to be passing through this week and was able to stop for lunch and try out a pint of the Stout. Grizzly Bear Coffee Stout…
For the 4th of July Weekend we headed up to Rollins on Flathead Lake for some chilly camping. In Montana you never know what you’re going to get for any particular holiday. Snow tends to usher in Memorial Day even if the previous week has seen 80 degree temperatures. By coincidence, I spent my first…
Work took me up to Kalispell this week which always gets me thinking about finding some new beer to try. Kalispell isn’t what I’d call a beer town, but there’s a few spots here and there that occassionally have something interesting on tap. That didn’t pan out this time, but there’s a better reason for…
Back in late October I had the good fortune to stop in at Tamarack Brewing Co. and sample some of their Vanilla Bourbon Stout. I predicted it wouldn’t last long enough for me to get back there to enjoy more than just a sample, but I got lucky. I was able to make a return…
Tamarack Brewing Co. in Lakeside, MT is doing some great things with beer. Sure, they’ve got a nice stable of always available beers, but that’s not what I like most about them. Rather, their quick rotation of small batches of creative beers means there’s almost always something new on tap, or just around the corner…
Wow. This is a freakishly good beer. And odds are by the time you’re reading this post it is long gone. As of yesterday, there were only 2 or 3 kegs left. I sampled this one at the brewery about three weeks ago and knew it was something special. On this return trip was I…
This is another fine example of Tamarack’s creativity and, you might say, courage. I got a sample of this one, but did not have time to try an entire pint. Dang. I’m reluctant to admit I’m not likely to get back up there before this one is sure to be gone. Aged three months or…
Sometimes through no fault of your own you manage to have good timing. That was the case with me when I stopped by Tamarack Brewing Co. recently on the way back from Kalispell. Just 30 minutes before I stopped for lunch, the fine folks at Tamarack had added this beer to their line up. A…