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After a series of raids at three Philidelphia bars under the same ownership, the dust seems not to want to settle. The raids came after anonymous complaints of the unlawful sale of unregistered brands. As in certain unregistered craft beers, according to this article by BeerNews.org.
What implications does this have for Montana? In reality, not [...]

Green eggs and ham are one thing. I might have trouble with that until I try it. In the craft beer world, I don’t know if it would take so many words to convince someone to try it. I gotta hand it to beer writer Jay Brooks on this one. If only I had time [...]

This is a great review of some of the most popular and easy-to-find Belgian beer styles today, as well as some not-so-easy to find.
Read the New York Times review of Belgian golden ales here.
Prost,
GG

This Bon Appetit article on canned craft beer is a great example of how craft brewers, especially those in the Rocky Mountain West, are writing the history of beer they way they want to. Sometimes you have to take tradition and history and stuff it in a bottle and send it out to sea. Canning [...]

Check out my article about Blackfoot River Brewing Company in the digital version of Missoula Magazine. It’s the first article on the second set of pages. Just click the little buttons at the bottom of the magazine to scan through it. Clicking on the page will make it big enough to read.
Prost,
GG

It was Super Bowl Sunday of course. But that’s no excuse. On Friday, I received an E-mail from one Steffen Rasile, of The BarBeerians, asking if I could meet him for a pint at the Kettlehouse on Sunday. Well, I explained that the Kettlehouse Brewing Co. did not keep Sunday hours and suggested Bayern Brewing. We [...]

According to the MSNBC article below, beer is full of dietary silicon, which is really good for bone health. So, if you’re like me and don’t consume a lot of dairy, you might find beer to be just what the doctor ordered for strong, healthy bones.
Read the full article “Beer may be good for [...]

Somehow I missed the news that the Scottish brewery that makes Tactile Nuclear Penguin, at one time the world’s strongest beer, had been outbrewed by a German brewery. Given Fox’s propensity to report on extremes, I’m not surprised by this story about the world’s strongest beers.
Prost,
GG

I’m heading out to see Avatar at Salem’s new CineBarre. The idea behind these movie theater pubs is not new, but I’m starting to see more and more of these popping up around the country. Missoula has the Wilma, of course, but I wouldn’t mind seeing a few other chain theaters catering to those of [...]

I came across this on a friend’s Facebook page today, and it turned out to be the most enjoyable read of this long Friday. And now it has become imperative for me to share Craig Klein’s Allegory of the Beer Cave with you all. May it make for a great start to a weekend of [...]