Grizzly Growler

After hearing so much about the new Community Brew over at Big Sky Brewing Co. I was dying to try it. Missoula Five-O, created by Bill Ruediger and brewed by the folks over at Big Sky Brewing was and is the richest beer I’ve ever had. It’s a Chocolate Coconut Imperial Porter and lives up [...]

Give it up to the SLC, and Utah in general for that matter. The brewing scene has been rocking of late, especially since alcohol laws were modified a few years ago. And breweries have responded with a flurry of creativity. Take Epic Brewing for instance. According to their website, they are Utah’s first brewery since [...]

There was a time when I could drink a specialty brew by Rogue Ales that had chunks of hop floating in it as if it were a light session beer. I would joke about taking a whiskey glass and pouring the hop chunky beer over ice cubes and sipping it like liquor. Such was my [...]

Jake Talbot just might be the most recognizable brewer in Montana. I say might, because there’s no way to know for sure. But his ginger hair is unmistakable when cross his path inn Hamilton or elsewhere. He keeps it shorter now, but there was a time when he had long, red dread locks, a testimony to his [...]

If pressed, I’ll usually tell people my favorite single beer that I return to time and time again is North Coast Brewing Company’s Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. For several years, my best friend and I would get up at 6 a.m. on Sunday mornings and prepare a huge breakfast for 60 + people. We’d [...]

Here’s the description from Great Northern Brewing Company. Good Medicine Imperial Spring Ale now on tap at the Black Star Draught House. A well balanced malty, hoppy ale with quite a kick… a whopping 8% to be exact. Come enjoy one with us. Methinks I need to make a trip to Whitefish soon. Prost, GG