Official #MTBrewPassport StampWith great pleasure, I announce the official launch of the Montana Brewery Passport program. The website is live (http://www.montanabrewerypassport.com), as is the official Montana Brewery Passport Facebook page; the passports are available for purchase; and custom stamps are currently being sent to all Montana's b ...
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Just like the onslaught of pumpkin beers every year at this time (which I quite enjoy), so too come a fantastic line-up of beer events, dinners, and brewfests. Further posts will highlight select events, but for today we will post a roundup of what's "on tap" for the Montana craft beer world. Friday September 5 16th Annual Maverick Brewfes ...
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Draught Works returns with its annual Chain Reaction Fresh Hop Festival, a bike and brew event in which 100 pounds of fresh hops gets transported via bike race up the Bitterroot Valley to join with freshly milled grains to brew the Chain Reaction Fresh Hop Ale. The event kicks off on Sunday September 7, 2014 at the Fais Do-Do Farm in Corva ...
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It’s back, it’s muddy, it benefits CASA of Missoula, and it’s sponsored in part by Big Sky Brewing Company. It’s also called an “annual ooey, gooey fundraiser.” The 4th Annual Montana Mucker will get down and dirty onSaturday September 6, 2014 at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. Participants will set off in ...
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Great Burn Brewing, Montana's 47th brewery and Missoula's 5th*, is opening its doors to the public at 3 p.m. on Friday August 29, 2014 at 2330 McDonald Ave. A few of us (and mostly their Mug Clubbers) got a sneak peek last night, along with the chance to sip on their initial line up of beers. Which include: Church Picnic Cream AlePale AleSmo ...
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Montana has a couple of excellent beer events happening this weekend. If you're nearby, check them out. Helena's 150th Birthday Brewfest (Saturday August 16) The Montana Brewers Association is organizing a special brewfest in Helena at Memorial Park in honor of its 150th birthday this year. 22 MBA-member breweries will be pouring 77 Montan ...
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Just because every Monday needs a little math, and I just had the pleasure of visiting Montana's 45th brewery, I got curious and did a little calculating. Montana has been teetering back and forth with our distant neighbor to the west, Oregon, with who ranks right behind Vermont (#1) in breweries-per-capita. What I discovered, unofficially, is ...
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As I returned from a weekend in Virginia City, Montana, and attending the Dog & Grog Brewfest, I detoured southwest to Dillon, Montana, and its new brewery, Beaverhead Brewing Company. Having been open about five weeks already, owner/head brewer, Brett Maki, says, “It’s been busy, which is great.” Brett was born an ...
Read More »Yesterday (which also happened to be the one year anniversary of Montana Beer!), general sale tickets for the Great American Beer Festivalcame and went (selling out in 41 minutes). Held each year in Denver (this year it’s October 2-4), over 700 breweries will be present and pouring at the largest brewfest in the world. Last year, 49,000 ...
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When craft beer fans think of canned beers, those with a little historical knowledge will quickly point to Oskar Blues Brewing in Colorado as the “father” of canned beers. The brewery started putting its Dale’s Pale Ale in cans back in 2002. Since then, many national and Montana breweries began canning their regular and season ...
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