Great Northern Brewing Co. teams with String Cheese Incident keyboardist on new beer

Great Northern Brewing Co. is working with Kyle Hollingsworth, keyboardist for the String Cheese Incident and member of the aptly named Kyle Hollingsworth Band, to create a new beer for the upcoming outdoor concert series on Aug. 4 and 5 in Whitefish.

Hollingsworth, who is a homebrewer himself, helped Great Northern come up with a pale ale infused with earl grey tea leaves, which gives the beer a “distinct herbal citrus aroma and a crisp finish.” Great Northern is brewing a 20-barrel batch for the concert series, but if you can’t make it you can get the recipe here.

The Great Northern Outdoor Concert Series takes place Aug. 4 and 5 in Whitefish. Keller Williams will headline the show on Aug. 4 and the Kyle Hollingsworth Band will headline Aug. 5. Doors open at 2 p.m. each day and the headliners are slated to take the stage at 7 p.m.

Here’s a video on the collaboration. Just to warn you, it’s a little cheesy (pun intended):

- Matt Pritchard