Reminder: Draught Works Chain Reaction Fresh Hops Festival

Here’s a reminder for you. Tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 8, Missoula’s Draught Works Brewery is hosting on of the coolest fresh hops events I’ve seen.  Volunteers will be picking fresh hops which will be transported via teams of bicyclists from the Bitterroot Valley to the Brewery in Missoula. Meanwhile, other volunteers will be milling 1,000 lbs…

Great Northern Hosts Hop Swap September 18

Great Northern Brewing Company wants your hops.  For the second year, Great Northern invites all Flathead Valley residents to bring in their locally grown hops and trade them for vouchers redeemable for products at the Black Star Draught House.  The hops will be used in the 2012 version of Frog Hop Pale Ale. The hop…