Grizzly Growler

Craft brewing has been on an inexorable march since it was birthed out of home brewing in the late 70s. The 80s separated the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, and the 90s saw the emergence of what would become the rock stars of the craft brewing revolution. These grew up on the backs [...]

If you didn’t know this, Glacier Brewing Co. has one of the coolest collections of old logos you’ll see. And while I’m on the subject, check out this old logo the company never used. There is something really unique about the art work used by Montana breweries. Prost, GG

Sour beers are growing in popularity here in the U.S. The upcoming SourFest on Saturday, February 27, 2010, 5 – 12:00 p.m., hosted by Avery Brewing Co. looks to be a decent collection of U.S. sour and brett beers. Here’s the info. Hoping to see you there. Featuring 35+ of the best sour, wild and [...]

I’m heading out to see Avatar at Salem’s new CineBarre. The idea behind these movie theater pubs is not new, but I’m starting to see more and more of these popping up around the country. Missoula has the Wilma, of course, but I wouldn’t mind seeing a few other chain theaters catering to those of [...]

The Grizzly Growler will be Oregon bound for a week, which means I’ll be reporting about, and hopefully collecting, many good beers that might not be available in Montana. All the better to stretch my imagination. But look for posts about some really cool beer coming up in the next week. I’d like to wish [...]

Hey all, I spent some time on Aaron Flint’s Voices of America program on the radio this morning along with Montana Brewer’s Association director Tony Herbert and Red Lodge Ales owner and MBA president Sam Hoffman. Great discussion about all things Montana craft beer related. Listen to the entire program here. Prost, GG

I don’t have actual confirmation yet, but the Montana hop vine is reporting that the popular east lake brewery just south of Big Fork will reopen in the same location, but under new ownership. I’m told that former brewery Tim Jacoby will again take the reigns, though I don’t know if he’ll use the same [...]

Bayern Brewing looks to be doing some cool things with their Face Plant beer. I think this sounds like a great birthday trip. The Face Plant ski/board with Bayern schedule is beginning. Starting January 16th there will be an all day event at Silver Mountain in Idaho. There will be a bus with Face Plant [...]

Here’s a great little podcast from the folks over at Main Ingredient food blog. It features He’Brew beer from Shmaltz Brewing Co. Powered by Podbean.com Prost, GG

We first came up with the idea last year. Larry Coffman, executive chef at Blue Canyon and Big Sky head brewer Matt Long and I had been getting together around this time of year to talk about the annual Big Sky/Blue Canyon craft beer dinner. Last year, Larry was open to the suggestion of doing [...]