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Read this Beernews.org article highlighting the sale of rare beers on eBay and just what some others think of the practice. Would you buy Westvleteren 12 on eBay at higher than equillibrium prices? Prost, GG

I’ve seen bottles of the coveted Westvleteren 12 go for upwards of $45 a piece, and I’ve asked more than one friend to bring me back a bottle of what many consider to be the world’s finest beer. According to Beernews.com, there may or may not be an agreement in place to be able to [...]

For me, nothing will take the place of a good, old-fashioned road trip to check out a brewery. But this comes close. Take a few minutes and check out the new Brewery Tour from Blackstarbeer.com. It’s a look at the transformation going on at Great Northern Brewing Company in Whitfish, and it’s one of the [...]

What is your favorite Montana Spring Beer?

Who doesn’t love a big, slobbery mess that is a Saint Bernard? Turns out there are a few people out there who don’t, which results in a lot of abandoned dogs. Did you know that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Bayern Brewery’s St. Wilbur Weizen, Bayern’s popular wheat-style beer, go to [...]

Seeing all those pioneering craft brewers and home brew legends standing next to each other on the iconic-at-birth Sierra Nevada Brewing Company site dedicated to the project is amazing. Ken Grossman, the man who picked craft brewing up from the ashes left over from the close of the first pioneer Jack McAuliffe to found Sierra [...]

The beauty of things like Twitter and Facebook is that it makes real people more accessible. I met Buckbean Brewing Company, of Reno, Nevada, through Twitter. And I’m absolutely stoked about getting my hands on some of their beer. The first of the three I received looked like a tall boy of Fanta with its [...]

I had just finished up a late Saturday breakfast when my friend Keila Szpaller, author of the phenomenal city/gov/what-you-need-to-know blog MissoulaRedTape.com, called to see what our plans were for the day. When I told her I intended to chill out and relax after a busy workweek, she invited us over to relax on the front [...]

I’m not going to spend a lot of time lamenting the limitations on getting fine craft beers from around the world here in Montana. Mostly because you can actually get fine craft beers from around the world right here in Montana. Take Brewdog’s Rip Tide Twister Merciless Stout. OK, so it’s not Tactile Nuclear Penguin [...]

Announcing the Kettlhouse Brewing Company Blue Canyon Brewer’s Dinner You’ve tasted Big Sky Brewing Company and Blue Canyon doing food and beer as you’ve never seen it before, now it’s time to see what happens with Kettlehouse Brewing Company and some ale-inspired food creations by chef Larry Coffman. Here’s the menu: Amuse Bouche: TBD 1st [...]