Grizzly Growler

Beginning on Sunday, Bitter Root Brewing is putting on Beer Bailout days with $3 pints and $1 off glassware and growler fills. To kick things off, the brewery is holding a Bailout Bash from 4-7 p.m. with food and music by the Big Sky Mudflaps. If you can’t make it then don’t worry, Beer Bailout [...]

It’s back to reality (i.e. work) for me after a great Christmas with the family. This year, the majority of my presents revolved around beer in one way or another: 2 bottle openers, a Kettlehouse Nalgene growler with fill, a glass that’s shaped like an upside-down bottle on the inside, a “punctuation” mug and a [...]

Quarry Brewing is holding a New Year’s Eve party on Friday from 5-8 p.m. in their taproom. There’ll be appetizers, live music and of course their selection of fine craft beers. If you’re in Butte, ring in the new year early with a pint or two. Also, might want to check out their revamped website. [...]

Evan S. Benn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch delves into the culinary world with tips on cooking with beer. Some of the specific brews might not be available in your area, so why not go local and use what you have? Cooking with beer – as an ingredient, not just a treat for the cook [...]

Wondering what do to with all those empty beer bottles? Target is now (and has been for eight months) accepting empty, and clean, bottles for recycling at its stores across the country. In Missoula, there are bins located in the front of the store and the glass is then shipped to Oregon. People dropping off [...]

Belt’s Harvest Moon Brewing Co., maker of Beltian White among other beers, is in the middle of an expansion to nearly triple its capacity to cater to out-of-state markets. Here’s the story by Erin Madison of the Great Falls Tribune: GREAT FALLS – On a recent morning, Stan Guedesse answered the phone at Harvest Moon [...]

Polson’s Glacier Brewing Co. is prepping a new American Pale Ale at the request of its customers called Wildhorse Island Pale Ale or Wildhorse IPA. Dave Ayers says it should be ready in the first part of 2011 on draft and hopes to bottle thereafter. “It will be a hoppy answer to all the requests [...]

Appalachian State, the sometime Griz rival in the FCS playoffs, has filed permits to create a brewery on its campus so it can sell craft beer made by students and professors. Here’s the story by Monte Mitchell of the Winston-Salem Journal: BOONE, N.C. – Appalachian State University trustees recently voted unanimously to pursue state and [...]

Beermapping.com, a website that uses Google Maps to point out breweries, pubs and more in cities across the globe, has declared today, Dec. 17, National Growler Day. They don’t really say why they chose today, but it’s still an idea that Grizzly Growler can get behind and it looks like it’s catching on. If you’re [...]

From the Associated Press: HELENA – Sen. Max Baucus and Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota have a little extra riding on Saturday’s championship game between Carroll College and the University of Sioux Falls. The second-ranked Saints (13-0) meet top-ranked Sioux Falls (13-0) in the NAIA national championship game Saturday in Rome, Ga. The Montana [...]