Grizzly Growler

I’ve been looking forward to what would have been the 2011 version of All Souls Ale from Big Sky Brewing – especially after having a few glasses of the first batch over the past few weeks – and it looks like I’ll have to wait a bit longer. A friend told me Big Sky ran [...]

Imagine Missoula, a nonprofit associated with the All Souls Missoula church group, has joined with Big Sky Brewing Co. to create and bottle All Souls Ale, a limited-edition Imperial Saison. Profits from the beer go to Imagine Missoula, which aims to help meet people’s needs through arts and community-building. A release party will be held [...]

It’s rather fitting in Montana, actually. Big Sky Brewing Company’s Elephant Rock Imperial Saison is a Big Saison, and summer is a big season for people who’ve been limited by the cold and snow of winter. And just like everyone I know who goes big in summer, whether squeezing in 20 mile backpack trips into [...]

And I mean that literally. I think this Kettlehouse Brewing Company take on a classic beer could be put in a barrel for a few years and come out aged like a fine wine. It’s so big and bold and with a huge ABV of 10 plus, that it should hold up beautifully to the [...]

If you live in Western Montana, spring can be a long time coming. That’s if it’s not an El Nino year and the bizarro weather patterns that produce trees full of dead leaves in February and 60-degree, blue bird days in March, do not throw a kink into the rotation. You might find yourself tiring [...]

Unless this is the queen mother of all April Fools jokes, Big Sky Brewing Company is reportedly going to offer limited release beers in what they’re calling the 406 Series. And to make everything just awesome, the first beer will be a Saison – Belgian Farmhouse Ale. These 406 Series beers will be rotating specialties [...]

My wife talked me in to taking a late-afternoon yoga class at the YMCA today, after which we planned on a good, healthy dinner, a movie and then a good night sleep before Monday madness. Yoga went reasonably well. I held a decent number of positions and was able to keep from farting in public, [...]