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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 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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

“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 [...]

Not a whole lot new in Big Sky Brewing Co.’s monthly video newsletter. However, they do mention they’re going to bottle their Cowboy Coffee Porter for the first time in January. – Matt Pritchard