Grizzly Growler

This week, Sen. Max Baucus held the first meeting of the Small Brewers Caucus, which he co-chairs with Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo. The caucus aims to showcase issues important to craft brewers and push those issues forward. Montana’s barley and the role it plays in the brewing industry was the focus of this week’s meeting: [...]

It was our first 4th of July celebration without kids in at least 12 years, so my wife and I decided to get out of town and go have an adventure of our own. Flathead Lake seemed a logical destination, surrounded as it is by great Montana breweries. After a good 4-mile run in Missoula’s [...]

Here’s a note from Lewis & Clark Brewing Company in Helena. I think that distributing hop rhisomes among your beer loving public is a brilliant way to insure good hoppiness in the future. Way to go Lewis & Clark, Great Northern Brewing Company and other brewers doing the same thing. Hey Hop Heads! Cascade Hop [...]

The Montana Brewer’s Association has been working hard to forge alliances with Montana farmers to insure that the world-class barley grown here is used to produce the state’s amazing selection of craft beers. With the help from a Growth Through Agriculture Grant, you’ll begin to see this seal at your favorite Montana breweries that are [...]