Grizzly Growler

Still hard for me to get used to saying up the Root, but I understand why we do it. Nonetheless, here’s a list of current beers and upcoming specials at Bitterroot Brewing Co. that I stole from their newsletter, along with a rather funny version of Do, Re, Mi by noneother than Homer J. Simpson. [...]

If you missed last year’s beer dinner at Blue Canyon, and I know you did, because I was there, you really need to check out this year’s dinner. On (CORRECTION) Friday Jan. 23nd at 6:30 in Bison Room of Blue Canyon, chef Laurence Coffman and Big Sky head brewer Matt Long will take you on [...]

The first meeting of the Missoula Beer Appreciation Society is tomorrow evening. The weather will be frightful, so what’s better to do than go somewhere and drink good beer with other people who like good beer. Here’s what MBAS founder Mike Saxton has to say about it: Come one come all, to the first meeting [...]

Missoula has several great beer stores. In fact, you know you’re in a good beer store when you notice more than three shelves of cold beer and varieties that you’ve never seen before. But the sheer awe of walking in to John’s Market in Portland, Oregon is overwhelming. I think I got a bit dizzy [...]

While filming another story for the Missoulian, I ran into santa having a little fun at Blue Mountain. Turns out the big man drinks PBR Light when he can find it. Prost, GG

Since the last beer post was not beer related. This one will be. Here are my three local picks for tonight’s Griz/Spider game. The order does not represent importance, as each of these beer can hold their own against the others. The Griz had a strong year. Their one loss to Weber State was avenged [...]

A warning: This post is not beer related. Switching your allegiance in football, as in life, is not an easy thing. My father sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco as an immigrant fleeing persecution in Stalin’s Soviet Union. Therefore, he is and always will be a San Francisco 49ers fan. Had he [...]

Big Sky Brewing Co. released it’s newest beer recently. It’s a saison, and besides having a lot of history behind it, this beer has a great flavor profile, an uncanny pairability with food and an easy going disposition. Here’s a few words from head brewer Matt Long about Big Sky’s new saison: Our new brewer, [...]

The social networking of beer. My friend Mike Saxton, adventurer and founder of BeerTrips.Com, has started the Missoula Beer Appreciation Society. The goal, and I’m just guessing here, because Mike and I haven’t sat down for a beer in a while, is to provide a forum for the appreciation and enjoyment of beer in and [...]

Saw this picture in an Internet cafe in Calcutta. Which one are you? Prost, GG