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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 [...]

Dubbed “Movember,” the men of Big Sky Brewing are putting away their upper-lip razors to get mustachioed in an effort to raise awareness and money for cancers that affect men. This is second year the guys over at the brewery have taken on this hairy challenge. On Nov. 1, the generally bearded crew shows up [...]

Spokesman.com has a short piece by features writer Paul Turner that takes a look at Montana’s brewing past. In what Turner calls “Know your Montana beer history?” the author complied some links to beers such as Great Falls Select, Butte Special, Billings Tap, Kessler and Highlander. Of note is that two of these beers, Great [...]

I grew up in LaGrange, Ill., a suburb outside of Chicago, and one of my best friends back then was Craig Frymark, who lived three houses down from me. When I moved to Missoula in 1995 at age 13 with my family, we lost touch, as is bound to happen. Recently, through my parents and [...]

Every first Monday of the month Scotty’s Table in Missoula hosts a special burger, fries and beer night, appropriately called First Monday. For $15 you get a locally produced burger, or a veggie burger if you prefer, as well as fries and a beer from Big Sky Brewing Co. Now you might be saying, “Whoa there [...]

First off, the Modest Mouse show last Friday was great, really great. It was my third time seeing them in Missoula and I think it blew the other shows out of the water. The sound was spot on, the weather played nice and the venue was excellent. I’d never seen a concert at Big Sky Brewing [...]

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Coney Island Brewing Co. is bringing George Washington’s beer recipe back to life to celebrate the New York Public Library’s centennial. Washington’s hand-written recipe is part of the library’s collection. Coney Island is only making a small batch for the public to taste, so unless you happen to be in Manhattan on May [...]

CraftBeer.com has a piece by Ginger Johnson on why women are the key to the growth of craft beer: Women are the future of craft beer in the US of A because they are the seriously under-tapped, misrepresented, and often overlooked market that can be developed to help sustain the entire craft beer community. If [...]

Can’t believe it is May already. This month’s Big Sky Brewing “Brewsletter” is odd, but I found myself smiling during it. Mexican Lager and the Big Sky Brewing Summer Concert Series are the topics of interest. Check it out, it’s worth a view. – Matt Pritchard

What’s the one topic that’s been on everyone’s mind in Missoula lately? The weather. This winter has been harsh, mostly in a good way. Tons of snow helped to make the slopes plentiful and extend the season, and hikers should have no problem finding places to slide for months to come. But all that snow [...]