Grizzly Growler

The Missoula Winter BrewFest returns for its second year on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 2 to 8 p.m., this time at the old Safeway building on West Broadway next to St. Patrick Hospital. Cost is $10 for a 7-ounce glass and two tokens, and $1 per token thereafter. The Missoula Downtown Association expects more than [...]

Missoula’s Draught Works is gearing up to host the first official Frosters Anonymous party on Friday, Jan. 27., in an effort to bring a little warmth to our neck of the woods. So what is Frosters Anonymous?  Well … it’s “a new thing where you pretend to act like the weather is nice (and) take a [...]

The 18th annual Micro Brew Review and Cool Dog Ball heads to the Helena Civic Center Ballroom on Friday, Jan. 27, as part of a fundraiser for the Race to the Sky sled dog race. Seventeen breweries will be on hand, including Blackfoot River Brewing, Lewis & Clark Brewery, Big Sky, Bayern, Bitter Root Brewing, Harvest Moon, [...]

Looking for a last-minute weekend getaway near the Crown of the Continent? The Belton Chalet in West Glacier is holding a dinner paired with Tamarack Brewing beers on Friday beginning at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $50 for the dinner or $185 per couple for dinner and a room, which seems like a pretty decent deal. [...]

Black Star is once again offering the chance to barter for a year’s supply of beer – 1,248 bottles. The Black Star Barter will take place during the Whitefish Winter Carnival in downtown Whitefish on Saturday, Feb. 4, and if you want to win a trip you can enter here before Jan. 15. Voting takes [...]

Hey all, Grizzly Growler will have some slight changes in the works over the next couple of weeks starting with a new email address, GrizGrowler@gmail.com. I am moving on from my job at the Missoulian to go back to school (accounting of things), but will be maintaining the blog and Facebook page. Check out the updated [...]

Draught Works is quickly becoming one of my go-to places to grab a quick beer in the late afternoon or on a Sunday. I’ve worked my way through their mainstay beers and tried out their first seasonal (I’m going to say ever), called Half-Nuts Rye, the other day. What is it: Rye Brown with Hazelnut [...]

The brewery boom continues, almost to the point where it’s tough to keep track of what’s going up where and when. Higherground Brewing Co. is preparing to open at 518 N. First St. in Hamilton, according to its Facebook page, bringing to three the number of Bitterroot Valley breweries. Coming December 2011!!! Handcrafted beers and wood [...]

As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year that was. So GG’s interested: What was the most memorable beer you had this year? Now, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the best beer, just one that sticks out in your mind. For instance, it could be one you had while [...]

Jeremy Cowan, owner of San Francisco-based Shmaltz Brewing Co., returns to western Montana for the second year in a row to talk about and sign copies of his book “Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah: How It Took 13 Years, Extreme Jewish Brewing, and Circus Sideshow Freaks to Make Shmaltz Brewing Company an International Success.” Cowan will [...]