Black Eagle Brewery Joins the Ranks of Montana Craft Breweries

Soaring into Montana’s vibrant beer scene, Black Eagle Brewery (adjacent to Pit Stop Tavern & Raceway Cafe) is serving and kegging beer north of Great Falls, Montana.

“We’ve been planning this for over a year and a half,” says partner and head brewer, Jason Lehman. “We have a new 15-barrel system that was made for us in Nebraska, so we’ll be able to distribute kegs right away.”

With this volume, Black Eagle Brewery already fills its own taproom and has beers available at the Pit Stop Tavern. The starting lineup includes: Smoke Stack Scottish Ale, Black Eagle IPA, Roe River Pale Ale, Smelter Men Blonde Ale, and Copper Nail Nut Brown Ale.

Lehman is somewhat of a homebrewer-turned-pro, but he had a little help from the other side of Montana.

“Paul Roys from Lolo Peak Brewery was instrumental in helping us get the brewhouse set up,” says Lehman.

“Our theme is very industrial,” he continues, “which reflects what Black Eagle was built on, and what Great Falls was built on.” That is evident with t …