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Paul Marshall and Jeff Grant’s Draught Works (pronounced “draft”) has opened its taps. The brewery at 915 Toole Ave. joins the likes of Bayern, Big Sky and Kettlehouse as Missoula’s proper breweries. With Flathead Lake Brewing of Missoula and Tamarack Brewing’s recent arrivals, the Garden City has turned into quite the craft-beer mecca. On tap [...]

The Missoula Downtown Association will hold the inaugural Winter BrewFest on Saturday, Feb. 12., from 1-7 p.m. on the main floor of the old Macy’s building in downtown Missoula. The event, which takes place during the opening weekend of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, is a fundraiser for Caras Park and will be the [...]

Still searching for more details on this, but it looks like there will be a new brew fest in Missoula taking place during the opening weekend of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on Saturday, Feb. 12. The event is to take place in the old Macy’s building, which was recently purchased by Virginia-based developer [...]

The Montana Brewers Association is at work trying to shift hours taprooms are allowed to operate, from the current 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., to noon until 10 p.m. The association is trying to push through a bill in the upcoming 2011 Legislature and hopes the online petition will gather some attention and support. They [...]

Woods Bay’s own Flathead Lake Brewing Co. is the midst of getting its labels approved in the hopes of bottling sometime in the next few months. Owner Greg Johnston says the brewery plans to bottle five of its beers at the start, its Brown Ale, Porter, Pale Ale, Stout and the popular IPA2. Johnston says [...]

After much speculation, Paul Marshall and his business partner are hoping to open their new Missoula brewery, Hellgate Brewing Co., in the early part of next year if all goes according to plan. They have their site picked out, 806 W. Spruce St., and are waiting to sign the lease and have a few other [...]

Raise your glasses, lager lovers: Craft beers have more than just weathered the recession. While other segments of the economy – and the hospitality industry, specifically – have slumped, sales of craft beer have skyrocketed. In fact, sales of craft beers have increased by about 50 percent over the last five years. Consider these interesting bits [...]

There’s good news today from Flathead Lake Brewing Co. Preparations for opening a new eatery and tasting room in Missoula are moving right along. Here’s the latest from Sandy Clare: Things are going well in Missoula and it looks like a Nov. 9th opening. We will have Montana hand crafted beers from Flathead lake Brewing [...]

One of my favorite brewers and one of Montana’s most awarded is leaving Montana Brewing Company to start his own brewery in Sheridan, Wyoming. Travis Zeilstra sent me a note today to tell me of his plans and introduce me to the man who has taken over for him at MBC. It’s one Evan Taylor, [...]

Do you love stopping off at Flathead Lake Brewing Company on your way to and from Glacier National Park? I do. In fact, I love stopping in there every chance I get. I’m a huge fan of the Imperial IPA, as most of you know. Well, the good news, so it seems, is that Flathead [...]