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Missoula finished in 18th place out of a total of 31 cities in the annual BeerCity USA poll, while Asheville, N.C., and Grand Rapids, Mich., shared the title this year. In total, Missoula had 402 out of the 55,926 votes cast, according to Charlie Papazian’s article. Not bad. Not good, but not bad. Here’s this [...]

Bitter Root Brewing Co. in Hamilton is celebrating American Craft Beer Week with beer, music and food throughout the week. Here’s the lineup: Tuesday, May 15 All beers $3, $1 off growler fills Trivia Tuesday Shellfish and beer pairings on the grill Wednesday, May 16 One keg of Belgian Barley Wine Game night Shellfish and [...]

A friend of mine is part of the Grizzly Scholarship Association so I thought I’d pass this along to anyone interested in downing some beer for a cause. Missoula’s Tamarack Brewing Co. is holding a Community Tap Night tonight (Tuesday, May 15) to help out the GSA. For every beer sold, 75 cents goes toward [...]

So this is a bit late, but like they say, better late than never (plus I’ve had finals). The 20th annual Garden City Brewfest was held last Saturday at Caras Park as part the first Missoula Beer Week. I really need to remember to head over to these shindigs earlier. I always seem to show [...]

Several Montana breweries took home some hardware over the weekend during the 2012 World Beer Cup awards ceremony. Nearly 800 breweries throughout the world entered close to 4,000 beers into the competition, which took place at the beginning of May and is held every two years. Montana breweries entered 29 beers and four of those won [...]

Voting is currently under way for the title of BeerCity USA 2012 and Missoula is again one of 31 cities in the running. Notorious beer city Asheville, N.C., has won three times and is probably the favorite again this time around, unless thirsty Missoulians see fit to do something about that. The poll ends May [...]

The 20th annual Garden City Brewfest will once again set up shop in Caras Park on Saturday, May 5, from noon until 8 p.m. There will be more than 60 beers available, including brews from new breweries around Montana such as Higherground Brewing Co., Bowser Brewing Co. and Wildwood Brewing Co. A 7-ounce glass is [...]

The Missoula Downtown Association and the guys over at Growler Fills have come together to create the inaugural Missoula Craft Beer Week. There are events all week, including a screening of “The Love of Beer” a documentary that details women in the craft beer industry, which takes place Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Wilma. If you [...]

If you believe Friday the 13th is unlucky, there’s an easy way to turn your fortunes around. The 2012 Montana Beer Festival takes place in Bozeman on April 13 at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds from 6:30-10 p.m. More than 30 breweries will be pouring beer, including 406, Carters, Rogue, Stone, Grand Teton and a host [...]

Big Sky Brewing Co. has started to announce the lineup for the 2012 Big Sky Brewing Summer Concert Series, and while I wasn’t as excited about the first act (Primus on June 17), I’m ecstatic about whose coming Thursday, June 28 – Wilco! The show was announced Monday and tickets go on sale Friday at 10 [...]