Video: What your style of beer says about you
My brother sent me a link to a graphic displaying “what your style of beer says about you” the other day from IWasteSoMuchTime.com. I dug a little deeper and here’s a video from Bite.ca.
- Matt Pritchard
Video: Denver’s Beer Culture
If you’re heading to Denver anytime soon, or just want another reason to go, check out this promotional video about the fine craft brewers in the Mile High City via craftbeer.com. I’ll be heading there in a few months, and this video is making me thirsty.
- Matt Pritchard
New Belgium’s Clips of Faith raises more than $2K for Missoula nonprofit
New Belgium Brewing’s Clips of Faith film and beer tour, which made a stop in Missoula in August, announced that it raised nearly $59,000 for nonprofits across the U.S. Figures out of the Garden City show the brewery helped bring in $2,269 for the Bike/Walk Alliance for Missoula and around 550 people attended the event. Submissions for next year’s showcase are already being accepted, so dust off that camcorder and get to work:
If you are a filmmaker, or an aspiring filmmaker, and would like to be part of New Belgium’s 2012 Clips of Faith tour, entries are now being accepted at www.clipsoffaith.com. To take a look at some of the winning films from 2011, visit www.clipsoffaith.com.
- Matt Pritchard
Awesomeness: Missoula’s Rhino takes tour of 50 beers in 50 days
The Garden City’s most beer-obsessed bar has a new website called, simply, 50beersin50days.com.
The idea is straightforward, the blog will look at 50 of the Rhino’s beers and will tell a short story about each one through pictures, words and videos. There will also be interviews with bar owners, brewers and distributors. The beers profiled thus far include Framboise Lambic by Lindemans, Black Hop Rising by Sierra Nevada Brewing, Slow Elk by Big Sky Brewing and Black Butte Porter by Deschutes Brewery.
I love this idea.
- Matt Pritchard
A trip down memory lane and into Barrier Brewing Co.
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 the wonders of Facebook, I’ve learned that my old pal Craig is now co-owner and co-brewer, along with Evan Klein, of Barrier Brewing Co. in Oceanside, N.Y. The brewery was recently featured on the Brewery Show and, in just more than a year, sounds like it’s taking off.
Having only been around for a year, Barrier Brewing Company is a young and powerful two man team, developing a vast portfolio of stylistic beers available in the New York City metropolitan area. With a strong focus on providing a unique approach to the craft beer industry, they are on the cutting edge of the craft beer wave. Visit with us as we find out what’s going on, and what the future may bring.
Wish Craig and and Evan all the best, cheers.
- Matt Pritchard
Big Sky Brewing Co. ‘Brewsletter’ for June 2011
It’s the beginning of the month so that means it’s time for Big Sky Brewing Co.’s video newsletter. This month’s clip has information on the Big Sky Brewing Concert Series, water restoration and some new beers. Sit back and enjoy, and congrats Alix!
- Matt Pritchard
Big Sky Brewing Co. ‘Brewsletter’ for May 2011: Mexican Lager
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
Big Sky Brewing Co.’s ‘Brewsletter’ for March 2011: Irish Stout time
The latest installment of Big Sky Brewing Co.’s monthly online “brewsletter” video brings news of the first limited bottle release of the year in time for St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish Stout. It’s described as “malt driven ” with a “sharp, roasted flavor” and has a “really nice hop finish.” There’s also a primer on the proper way to pour beer, as well as a list of several upcoming events for March. Enjoy.
- Matt Pritchard
Big Sky Brewing ‘Brewsletter’ for February 2011
This month’s ‘Brewsletter’ by the folks over at Big Sky Brewing Co. features an update on the upcoming release of Heavy Horse Scotch Ale.
- Matt Pritchard
‘How Beer Saved the World’ premieres Sunday on Discovery Channel
“Without beer we’d probably still be living in caves.”
That’s a line from the documentary “How Beer Saved the World,” which premieres Sunday at 6 p.m. MST on the Discovery Channel. The film looks at how beer helped create “math, poetry, the Pyramids, medicine, labor laws and America.” Check out a preview and set that DVR.
- Matt Pritchard