Grizzly Growler

It wasn’t my first choice for playing softball in the dead of winter, but 21st Amendment Brewing Co.’s Watermelon Wheat in cans intrigued me enough to splurge on a six-pack for the mid-winter classic in Missoula, Montana. I wasn’t the taste tester of choice though, that pleasure fell to my wife. I was sipping on [...]

I saw this on Stone Brewing Co.’s Facebook page. While it’s quite an honor for Stone, it’s also an interesting look at some of America’s most innovative breweries. It’s also interesting to not which breweries are not on this list.

Somehow I missed the news that the Scottish brewery that makes Tactile Nuclear Penguin, at one time the world’s strongest beer, had been outbrewed by a German brewery. Given Fox’s propensity to report on extremes, I’m not surprised by this story about the world’s strongest beers. Prost, GG

If you know Mike Baker, you know he’s not going far. But he is leaving the Kettlehouse Brewing Co., a place he’s sort of inhabited like a favorite sweater at least since I got to Missoula two-and-a-half-years-ago and probably much longer. Brewery people are some of my favorite people, mostly because they have an easy [...]

Ski season is in full swing, and you can get your fill of Bayern Brewing’s Face Plant on Saturday. Here are the pertinent details: The Face Plant tour continues at Lost Trail this Saturday. There will be a Face Plant relay at 1, teams of 3 can compete to race down chair 1. The Trail [...]

Pt2: Stone Skips Across the Pond from stonebrew on Vimeo.

The Big Sky Blue Canyon beer dinner is half full for registrations, so if you want it, I’d suggest calling in your reservations today. Here’s that menu again: Menu: 1st Course Baby Greens Salad, Apple Cider Viniagrete, Dehydrated Apple Chips, Spiced Pecan Crusted Amalethia Goat Cheese Beer: Big Sky Powder Hound 2nd Course Herb Grilled [...]

On Feb. 6th, there will be a party in Whitefish that shall usher in the second age of Black Star beer. Be there or be square.

Get your Kettlehouse Cold Smoke-logoed pint glasses, which will be possibly be free with the purchase of a beer at the Rhino, according to the ubiquitous Al Pils and the intrepid Tim O’Leary. However, I got the info second hand off the Kettlehouse Brewing Co.’s Facebook page. So don’t quote me on it. Prost, GG

Like when there is a foot of snow on your grill in mid-January for instance. Luckily, there are some other really great food/beer combos out there. And if you’re a vegetarian, well, there are options there too. Last night I stopped off at Big Sky Brwewing Co. to catchup with all the latest tap room [...]