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BeerMuda Triangleaired on KPAX July 30 at 4 p.m. and the cast and crew had a great time at a viewing party at The Dram Shop. This new venture, created by Kelley Bigelow at Brand Edge Marketing and produced by Gravity Media Productions, brings Montana’s diverse and exciting craft beer scene to life while adding a good dose of unique ad ...

The Taste is returning for seconds on March 3, 2017 at Neptune Aviation in Missoula. It's one of the three fundraisers the Montana Food Bank Network organizes annually, and only the second year for The Taste. I was fortunate to attend the event last year and can say it's about as tasty as any event in Montana. Guests will enjoy over 100 diff ...

Hoppy New Beer...er, Happy New Year! My resolution is to provide lots of great, timely beer stories to you, my dear readers, in 2017. There is no shortage of excellent topics to cover that highlight Montana beer: new breweries, new cans, bigger breweries making more beer, and (unfortunately) breweries that are going through some unplanned chang ...

   Montana's 65th brewery of the modern era, Backslope Brewing, has finally opened in Columbia Falls.  A couple of years ago we had a brewery, but alas, it was short lived and many dreams were dashed and hearts broken.  I'm not here to lament over that, but rather to sing the praises of Darin and Carla Fisher's dream of op ...

     As I approached the entrance of the new Flathead Lake Brewery I admit I really didn't know what to expect when it came to what the interior of a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified craft brewery might look like.  Please don't let it be unappealing, understated, and underwhelming.  Ple ...

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'l ...

Sign up for the class you really want to take this year, Kettlehouse Kolledge 2015. Registration is limited to the first 100 people, and it starts today at 5 p.m. at the Northside Taproom. The best part, aside from the beer, is that registration is free! In its fourth year, Kettlehouse Kolledge is the "koolest klass" around. Montana Beer Fin ...

   Normally, given the opportunity, I would have visited the brewery and spoken with the owners personally to report on this, but the Flathead Beacon beat me to it.  The Flathead Beacon has limited distribution, so if you live outside of the Flathead, odds are you didn't read the great piece that Tristan Scott wrote concerning th ...

Missoula is a happening town when it comes to New Years Eve. For years the town has come alive with First Night, which now includes 80+ performances at 30 venues from noon to midnight. These events are all family-friendly and alcohol-free. But perhaps you need to take a break for dinner AND grab a beer. You’re in luck. Burns St. Bistro an ...

   With the closing of Desert Mountain Brewing, back in September of 2013, residence of Columbia Falls once again found themselves without a hometown brewery.  Darin & Carla Fisher intend to remedy that problem by opening Backslope Brewing in early summer of 2015.    Darin has over 10 years of brewing experi ...