Grizzly Growler

One of the coolest things about Missoula’s brewing community is the Community Brew, a partnership between Big Sky Brewing Co. and the Zoo City Zymurgists, our local home brew club.

The local brewers hold a competition that is judged by brewers at Big Sky. The winner gets to brew 300 gallons of the winning batch that are then sold at the brewery’s taproom. The proceeds go to a charity of the homebrew club’s choice.

The winner of this year’s Community Brew is an awesome Scotch-style ale called Hurruh, pronounced Who-Roo or something like that.

This peat-smoked heavy ale is so balanced you’d never know (until it’s too late) it carries a 7.7 ABV, and the smoky layer under the malts is like a silky afterthought on this beer. I can’t imagine it will last long once people get a taste of it.

But that’s a good thing for the Missoula Food Bank, this year’s recipient of the proceeds from the winning brew.

Congratulations to Jasper for winning this year’s Community Brew and congratulations to the Missoula Food Bank for all their hard work in the community.

Cheers,

GG