Grizzly Growler

Yes, this is one of those I-only-have-five-minutes-to-blog-today posts, but cut me a little slack, I haven’t reached the Zen-level of full time beer blogger yet. I still have have my day job in other words. But if I had to pick a Halloween beer this year, it would have to be this fantastic imperial stout [...]

Butte is back in the brewing business. It’s been years since a hometown beer laced the rims of local mugs in the gritty mining town. The magic of Quarry Brewing Company is all on the inside. The nondescript brick building on West Galena won’t give you much of an indication of what’s inside, but what’s [...]

Barley wine always was this refined beverage that came in tiny bottles like Rogue’s Old Crustacean used to, and which you consumed in a sherry glass or something similar. Apparently that is not the case anymore as I found out while perusing the beer selection at the Good Food Store last week. Turns out Sierra [...]

Do you want to know about just what kind of beer to have with that chicken marsala dinner? Look no further than Missoula’s own Mark Thomson. He’ll be your guide to what’s hot and what you should drink with just your slippers on an a roaring fire. Prost, GG

You may have noticed a sign on your favorite local pub indicating higher beer prices. Some of you may care, some of you may not. But sooner or later, rising beer prices are going to affect all of us. When I posed the question about rising beer price to Kettlehouse Brewing Co. head man Tim [...]

The Darwin Awards are given out yearly, and mostly posthumously, to members of the human race who successfully, and often stupidly, remove themselves from the gene pool. It looks as though it’s time for an animal version of that award, though Darwin might roll over in his grave at my mentioning that. And, of course, [...]

OK, so not all of us go nuts about celebrating those odd-year anniversaries. But I’m glad Deschutes Brewing Company, in Bend, Oregon, did. Their 19th Anniversary Golden Ale is an ode to craft brewing in all of its glory. From the addition of Saaz hops to Belgian white candy diamonds, this beer has an ingredient [...]

I’ve got to thank an editor for sending this one my way. New Zealand’s Croucher Brewing Co. co-owner, Paul Croucher, is offering a lifetime of free beer for the return of a lap top stolen in a break in. This makes me want to become a crime buster in New Zealand. Read the whole story [...]

Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, pours samples of his award-winning beers at the GABF. (Check out those ABVs on the board behind him)

Can a brewery add a distillery without compromising its integrity? That’s the title of an article I read recently, for which I can no longer find a link. But the title is enough to get me going. Rogue Brewing in Newport, Oregon has successfully integrated two of America’s favorite craft industries, beer and liquor. Small [...]