List of breweries in Montana

Breweries in Montana produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. Brewing companies vary widely in the volume and variety of beer produced, from small nanobreweries and microbreweries to massive multinational conglomerate macrobreweries.

In 2012 Montana's 38 brewing establishments (including breweries, brewpubs, importers, and company-owned packagers and wholesalers) employed 220 people directly, and more than 4,700 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing.[1] As of August 2016, there are 68 breweries in operation in the state of Montana.[2]

Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Montana's breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Montana's breweries and related industries was more than $98 million.[1] Consumer purchases of Montana's brewery products generated more than $21 million extra in tax revenue.[3] In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Montana ranked 3rd in the number of craft breweries per capita, with 36.[4]

For context, at the end of 2013 there were 2,822 breweries in the United States, including 2,768 craft breweries subdivided into 1,237 brewpubs, 1,412 microbreweries and 119 regional craft breweries.[5] In that same year, according to the Beer Institute, the brewing industry employed around 43,000 Americans in brewing and distribution and had a combined economic impact of more than $246 billion.[6]

Legal information

Definitions

According to the Montana Code Annotated 2009, section 16-1-106:[7]

(5) (a) "Beer" means:

(i) a malt beverage containing not more than 8.75% of alcohol by volume; or

(ii) an alcoholic beverage containing not more than 14% alcohol by volume:

(A) that is made by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction, or a combination of both, in potable brewing water, of malted cereal grain; and

(B) in which the sugars used for fermentation of the alcoholic beverage are at least 75% derived from malted cereal grain measured as a percentage of the total dry weight of the fermentable ingredients.

(b) The term does not include a caffeinated or stimulant-enhanced malt beverage.

and section 16-3-213, Brewers or beer importers not to retail beer—small brewery exceptions:[8]

(2) (a) For the purposes of this section, a "small brewery" is a brewery that has an annual nationwide production of not less than 100 barrels or more than 10,000 barrels. (b) A small brewery may, at one location for each brewery license, provide samples of beer that were brewed and fermented on the premises in a sample room located on the licensed premises. The samples may be provided with or without charge between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. No more than 48 ounces of malt beverage may be sold or given to each individual customer during a business day.

Licensing
The roots of Montana's liquor licensing system date back to 1933, when Prohibition ended and taverns sprung up throughout the state. In 1947, the state enacted a quota system, allowing one tavern for every 1,500 residents of a city. However, the taverns in existence at the time were grandfathered in, and what the state considers to be an excess of liquor licenses now exists in Montana cities.[9]

History

Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita.[10]

• 1863 - "Gilbert Brewery" was founded by Henry Gilbert, Christian Ritcher, and William Smith, making it one of the Montana Territory's first breweries, though it was not the first.[11] Originally called "Thorn-Smith Brewery" and then "Virginia Brewery", the brewery continued until Montana Prohibition laws went into effect around 1916–1918. The brewery re-opened in 1934 but closed for good in 1974.[12]
• 1926 - Montana became the first state to repeal Prohibition enforcement. The petition to lift the ban stated its purpose was "to restore constitutional rights and liberty in the state of Montana by repealing all laws relative to prohibition except those relating to minors."[13] Efforts to reinstate the law two years later in 1928 failed.[14]
• 1997 - The cabaret license was created as a reaction to the fast-rising prices of regular liquor licenses. Cabaret licenses are more affordable and allowed restaurant owners to sell wine and beer.[15]

Breweries

406 Brewing Company

406 Brewing Company

Location	Bozeman
Opened	2011 (2011)
Owned by	Matt Muth

406 Brewing Company is a microbrewery and tasting room in Bozeman. It was opened by Matt Muth, a home brewer since college, in 2011, as the second brewery within Bozeman's city limits. Due to its recent opening, its production is limited, with no brews made regularly. It plans on offering food service in the near future.[16][17]

Beer[18]	Type	abv%	Season
English Pale	English Pale Ale
JAMBER Ale	Amber Ale
May Fest	Amber Ale	5.5
Porter	Porter
Session Pale	American Pale Ale	4.6

Angry Hank's Microbrewery

Angry Hank's Microbrewery

Location	Billings
Opened	2006 (2006)
Owned by	Tim Mohr

Angry Hank's Brewing is located in a former service station in a part of Downtown Billings known locally as the Brewery District. It was opened in 2006 by Tim Mohr, who had worked as a brewer at Red Lodge Ales for five years.[19] The Angry Hank from which the brewery gets its name is not part of the organization, but instead a Miller Genuine Draft-drinking friend of the family who always seemed angry. The idea for the name came when someone, in an attempt to console Hank said to him, "Don't be angry Hank," just as Mohr and his family were having troubles deciding on a name for the then-proposed establishment.[20]

Angry Hank's does not bottle its beer, and sells about 90% of its beer on site. Popularity of the relatively new brewery, credited in part by Mohr to nearby downtown hotel tourists and the taproom's hours coinciding with happy hour, has led to a stretched supply. Given such, the owner is considering expanding in the near future.[20]

Beer	Type	abv%	Season
Bah Humbock	Dunkler Bock	6.8	Winter
Blonde Ale	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	4
Dirty Girl Dunkel Weizen	Dunkelweizen	5.5	Summer
Dog Slobber Brown Ale	Brown Ale	5
English Pale Ale	English Pale Ale	5	Spring
Espresso Porter	Porter	5.3
Fried Dynamite Stout	Sweet Stout	5.8	Autumn
Frost Killer Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale	5.5	Autumn
Grizz Whizz	Wheat Ale	4	Summer
Head Trauma India Pale Ale	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6
Mood Swing	Brown Ale	5	Summer
Münchner Helles	Premium Lager	4.5	Autumn
Octoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen	5	Autumn
Pastey White Boy Prohibition Style Ale	Cream Ale	4	Summer
Smoked Porter	Porter		Special
Street Fight Imperial Red Ale	Amber Ale	6.5

Awards

Beer	Category	Medal	Year	Bestower
Münchner Helles	Münchner-Style Helles	Gold	2011	Great American Beer Festival

Bayern Brewing

Bayern Brewing

Location	Missoula
Opened	1987 (1987)
Annual production volume	10,000 US barrels
Owned by	Jürgen Knöller

Main article: Bayern Brewing

Bayern Brewery was opened in 1987 as the "only German brewery in the Rockies," and today is the oldest operating brewery in Montana. Brewers Thorsten Geuera and Jürgen Knöller are both from Germany and use all German equipment and recipes.[21] Knöller was born and raised in Bavaria, Germany (Bayern in German, hence the company's name), where he was apprenticed. He graduated as a Masterbrewer from Doemans' Masterschool for Brewing and Soft Drink Technology in Munich in 1987, after which he became the brewmaster for Bayern Brewing.[22]

All beer at Bayern is brewed according to Reinheitsgebot, otherwise known as the German Beer Purity Law or the Bavarian Purity Law. The law, originating in the city of Ingolstadt in the duchy of Bavaria, Germany in 1516,[23] concerns the standards for the sale and composition of beer. In the original text, the only ingredients that could be used in the production of beer were water, barley, and hops. The law also set the price of beer at 1-2 Pfennig per Maß.

At almost 10,000 barrels of brew a year, Bayern is the second largest brewery in Montana after Big Sky Brewing. Knöller has had facilities at three different locations, but the most recent move in 2002 was structured so that it could be expanded to produce up to 100,000 barrels per year if needed.[21]

Beer	Type	abv%	Season
Amber	American Dark Lager	5.3
Dancing Trout Ale (formerly Trout Slayer)	German Kristallweizen	5.6
Dark Wheat	Dunkelweizen	5.6	Winter
Doppelbock	Doppelbock	8.4	Winter
Dortmunder Uber Gans	Dortmunder/Helles
Dragons Breath Dark Heff Ale	Dunkelweizen	5.6	Special
Dump Truck	Heller Bock	6	Summer
Face Plant	Doppel weizen	7.5	Winter
Killarney	American Dark Lager	5.7	Spring
Maibock	Maibock	6.5	Spring
Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen	6	Autumn
Pilsener	Pilsener	5
Schwarzbier	Schwarzbier	4.8
St. Wilbur Weizen	German Hefeweizen	5.6	Summer
Traditional Dark	Dunkel	5.3

Awards

Beer	Category	Medal/Award	Year	Bestower
Dark Doppelbock	German-Style Strong Doppelbock	Gold	1999	North American Beer Awards
Doppelbock	German-Style Strong Doppelbock	Silver	2001	North American Beer Awards
Dragon's Breath Dark Heff	South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Weissbier	Silver	2010	US Open Beer Championship
		Judges Award	2010	US Open Beer Championship
Dump Truck	German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock	Bronze	2010	US Open Beer Championship
Maibock	German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock	Silver	2003	North American Beer Awards
		Silver	2000	North American Beer Awards
Schwarzbier	German-Style Schwarzbier	Silver	1999	North American Beer Awards

Beaver Creek Brewery

Beaver Creek Brewery

Location	Wibaux
Opened	August 8, 2008 (2008-08-08)
Owned by	Jim Devine Sandy Stinnett Russell Houck

Located at the edge of Eastern Montana, Beaver Creek Brewery describes itself as "an oasis in a desert of no microbreweries". As of 2008, the brewery was brewing at its capacity of about 200 barrels a year, and, despite its low production, has a distribution area spanning hundreds of miles because of the low population density of the region.[24]

The brewery was set up in Wibaux's historic old business district with equipment salvaged from the former Milestown Brewing Company in a former grocery store that had been closed since 1986.[25] As of 2012, Beaver Creek Brewery is the only brewery in the southeast region of Montana.

Beer	Type	abv%	Season
Castor Mexican Amber	Amber Ale	4.6
Choke Cherry Wheat	Fruit Beer		Spring
Paddlefish Stout	Stout	6.3
Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	6.6
Redheaded IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	7.3
Rough Rider Wheat	Wheat Ale	4	Autumn
Rusty Beaver Wheat	Wheat Ale	7.6
Sippin Pumpkin Ale	Spice/Herb/Vegetable		Autumn
Wibaux Gold	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	5.5

Big Sky Brewing Co.

Main article: Big Sky Brewing Company

Big Sky Brewing Company

Location	Missoula
Opened	1995 (1995)
Annual production volume	38,000 US barrels
Owned by	Neal Leathers, Bjorn Nabozney, and Brad Robinson

Big Sky Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Missoula, founded in 1995 by Neal Leathers, Bjorn Nabozney, and Brad Robinson.[26]

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
406 Series Saison Belgian Farmhouse Ale	Saison
Barley Wine	Barley Wine
Belgian Brown Ale	Belgian Ale	7.8	Special
Biere de Noel	Abt/Quadrupel	8.75	Winter
Bobos Robust Porter	Porter	6.2	Winter
Bohemian Rhapsody Czech-Style Pilzner	Bohemian Pilsener
Bottleworks XI Anniversary Ale	American Strong Ale	11	Special
Bourbon Barrel Aged IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.2	Special
Buckin’ Monk Tripel	Abbey Tripel	10.5
Cowboy Coffee	Porter
Crystal Ale	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	4.7	Summer
Double IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	7.8	Special
E.S.B. (Extra Special Bitter)	Premium Bitter/ESB	5.2
Elephant Rock Imperial Saison	Saison
Extra Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	4.7	Special
Heavy Horse Scotch Ale	Scotch Ale	6.7	Autumn
Imperial Ale	Belgian Strong Ale	15.5	Special
Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout
IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.2
Ivan the Terrible	Imperial Stout	8.75	Special
Kriek Ale	Fruit Beer	10	Special
MDX	American Strong Ale	10	Special
Mexican Lager	Pale Lager	4.6	Special
Montana Trout Slayer Ale	Wheat Ale	4.7
Moose Drool	Brown Ale	5.3
Olde Bluehair Barleywine	Barley Wine	8.75
Barrel Aged Ivan the Terrible	Imperial Stout		Special
Powder Hound Winter Ale	English Strong Ale	6.2	Winter
Scape Goat Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	4.7
Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout	Sweet Stout	4.9
Smoove Cherry Ale	Fruit Beer	8.75	Special
Summer Honey	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	4.7	Summer
Weekend at Bernie\'s Pilsner	Bohemian Pilsener		Special
Wit	Belgian White (Witbier)	4.7

Awards

Beer	Category	Medal	Year	Bestower[27]
Barley Wine	Barley Wine-Style Ale	Bronze	2001	North American Beer Awards
Bière de Noël	Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale	Gold	2006	North American Beer Awards
		Gold	2003	North American Beer Awards
Bourbon Barleywine	Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer	Silver	2005	Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer
Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout	Imperial Stout	Gold	2003	Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer
Moose Drool Brown Ale	Brown Porter	Silver	2006	Los Angeles County Fair Competition
		Gold	2003	North American Beer Awards
Powder Hound Winter Ale	Old Ale	Bronze	2003	North American Beer Awards
		Gold	2002	North American Beer Awards
Scape Goat Pale	American-Style Pale Ale	Gold	1999	North American Beer Awards
Summer Honey Seasonal Ale	Specialty Honey Beer	Gold	2006	Los Angeles County Fair Competition
		Bronze	2006	North American Beer Awards
		Silver	2003	North American Beer Awards
		Bronze	2002	North American Beer Awards
		Silver	2000	North American Beer Awards

Blackfoot River Brewing

Blackfoot River Brewing

Location	Helena
Opened	1998 (1998)
Annual production volume	3,200 US barrels
Owned by	Brian Smith, Brad Simshaw and Greg Wermers

Blackfoot River Brewing is a microbrewery in Helena, opened in 1998 by Brian Smith, Greg Wermers, and Brad Simshaw.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
2009 Brewer's Reserve Barley Wine Ale	Barley Wine	10.8	Special
Belgian Tripel	Abbey Tripel		Autumn
Blue Collar Bitter	Premium Bitter/ESB	5.8
Bourbon Barrel Tartanic Strong Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale		Seasonal
Cream Ale	Cream Ale	4.6	Summer
Double Black Diamond Extreme Stout	Dry Stout	6.9
Gold (Organic Pale Ale)	American Pale Ale	5.2
Imperial Stout 2008	Imperial Stout		Special
Lewis and Clark Dark	Brown Ale	5.4
Lightfoot Pilsner	Pilsener	5.2	Summer
MacKenzie River Driftboat Amber	Ameber Ale	4.5
Maibock	Heller Bock	7.2
Mardi Gras Red	Amber Ale	5.7
Missouri River Steamboat Lager	California Common	5.6
North Fork Organic Porter	Porter	6.5
Octoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen	5.6	Authumn
Pale Bock	Heller Bock	7.2	Winter
Single Malt IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.9
Tartanic Strong Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale	7.75	Winter
Woollybugger Wheat	German Hefeweizen	6

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Blacksmith Brewing Company

Blacksmith Brewing Company

Location	Stevensville
Opened	2008 (2008)
Annual production volume	US barrels
Owned by	Eric Hayes

Blacksmith Brewing Company is a brewpub/brewery in Stevensville, opened in 2008 by Eric Hayes.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Backwoods Barley Wine	Barley Wine	12.3	Winter
Black Iron Malty IPA	Black IPA	6	Summer
Black Out Oatmeal Stout	Sweet Stout	8
Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter	Porter	7	Special
Bourbon Barrel Backwoods Barley Wine	Bareley Wine	12.3	Special
Brickhouse Blonde	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	5
Cutthroat IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.2
Fall Line Winter Ale	American Strong Ale	8.5	Winter
Hopper Hefeweizen	German Hefeweizen	6	Summer
Imperial Red Ale	American Strong Ale	7.2	Summer
Montana Amber Ale	Amber Ale	5.4
P.D. Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	6
Pulaski Porter	Porter	7
Simcoe Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	6.2	Special
Twisted Paddle Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5
Vanilla Porter	Porter		Special

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Bozeman Brewing Company

Bozeman Brewing Company

Location	Bozeman
Opened	2001 (2001)
Annual production volume	5800 US barrels

Bozeman Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Bozeman, opened by Todd Scott in 2001.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Bozone Select Amber Ale!!Amber Ale!!5.5!!Year 'round
Best Damn Ale	Amber Ale	5.5
Blackmore Lager	American Dark Lager	4.5	Summer
Bourbon Barleywine	Barley Wine	10
Bozone Batch 100 Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	6.5	Special
Bozone Hefe Weizen	Wheat Ale	6
Bozone HopZone IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	7.2
Bozone Nitro Stout	Stout
Bozone Select Amber Ale	Amber Ale	5.5
Buzzkill Java Stout	Stout		Special
Debacle Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	6	Spring
Funky Virtue	Sour Ale/Wild Ale		Special
Harvestfest Lager	Oktoberfest/Märzen	5.6	Special
Hopsimelia (Imperial IPA)	Imperial/Double IPA		Spring
House Bill 400	Barley Wine	10	Special
Hylander Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale	6.2	Summer
Maibock	Heller Bock		Spring
Mt Common	California Common	5.2
Nutbrown	Brown Ale		Winter
Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen		Autumn
Pale Project	American Pale Ale	7
Pinhead Pils	Pilsener	5
Plum St. Porter	Porter	5.75
Pumpkin	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	5
Spring IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)		Spring
Terroir	India Pale Ale (IPA)	7.1	Autumn
The Great One	American Strong Ale	10.5	Winter
Watershed Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.4	Special
Wee Nip	Barley Wine	11.6	Winter

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Flagship Beer: Bozone Select

Carter's Brewing

Carter's Brewing

Location	Billings
Opened	2007 (2007)
Annual production volume	US barrels
Owned by	Micheal Uhrich

Carter's Brewing Company is a brewpub in Billings, opened in 2007 by Michael, Becky, and Carter Uhrich.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
3440 English Bitter	Bitter		Special
Biere de Printemps	Bière de Garde
Billings Co-Hop Harvest Ale	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6	Autumn
Black Magic Porter	Porter	5
Blackened Cascadian Dark IPA	Black IPA
Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Magic Porter	Porter	5.2	Special
Boxcar Brown Ale	Brown Ale	5.3	Special
Carter The Great Imperial Oatmeal Stout	Imperial Stout
Carterfestbier	Oktoberfest/Märzen	5.5	Autumn
Coldwater Kölsch	Kölsch
Consequence Belgian Sour Brown	Sour Ale/Wild Ale		Special
Cru Ale Deville Sour Ale	Sour Ale/Wild Ale		Special
De-Railed IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.5
Downtown Dunkel	Dunkel	4.8	Autumn
Golden Spike Pilsener Lager	Pilsener	4.8	Autumn
Handcar Hefeweizen	German Hefeweizen	4.8
Hop Delivery Vehicle	American Pale Ale	6	Autumn
Indulge Belgian Style IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.4	Winter
Island Fever Coconut Porter	Porter		Special
Kriek du Carter	Lambic - Fruit	7	Special
La Grisette Farmhouse Style Ale	Saison	5.5	summer
Magic City Mild Ale	Mild Ale	5
Midnight Express Oatmeal Stout	Sweet Stout	5	Autumn
Mothers Milk Oak Aged IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.5	Special
Off The Wall Amber Ale	Amber Ale		Special
One Timer Holiday Porter	Imperial/Strong Porter	7.5	Winter
One Timer Winter Ale	American Strong Ale	8	Winter
Passion Belgian Pale Ale	Belgian Ale	5	Autumn
Pickers Pride Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5
Proper English Pale Ale	English Pale Ale
Rob Moore Abbey Ale	Abbey Dubbel	7.2	Special
Roundhouse Red Ale	Amber Ale	5.5	Spring
Saison De Carter	Saison	6.5	Special
Single and Celibate Trappist-Style Single Ale	Belgian Ale	5.5	Autumn
Station Master Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.4
Summer Kölsch	Kölsch		Summer
Switchyard Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale		Special
Trainwreck Imperial IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	8.6	Autumn
White Lightning Ale	Belgian White (Witbier)	4.5	Winter
Young Buck Strong Pale Ale	American Strong Ale		Special

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Draught Works Brewery

Draught Works Brewery

Location	Missoula
Opened	October 6, 2011 (October 6, 2011)
Owned by	Paul Marshall and Jeff Grant

Draught Works Brewery is a microbrewery and tasting room in Missoula. It was opened by Paul Marshall and Jeff Grant in 2011. Both studied brewing at the Siebel Institute of Technology and World Brewing Academy in Chicago. The brewery has six flagship beers.[32]

Beer	Type	abv%	Season
Clothing Optional	Pale Ale	5.2	All
Gwin Du	Welsh Style Tribute Stout	5.3	All
Quill Pig	Czech Style Pilsner	5.0	All
Scepter	India Pale Ale	6.1	All
Shadow Caster	Amber Ale	5.0	All
"That's What She Said"	Cream Ale	5.2	All

Flathead Lake Brewing Company

Flathead Lake Brewing Company

Location	Woods Bay
Opened	2004 (2004)
Annual production volume	US barrels
Owned by	Greg Johnston

Flathead Lake Brewing Company is a brewpub/brewery in Woods Bay, opened in 2004 by Greg Johnston and Terry Leonard.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
369' Stout	Stout	6.5	Winter
Dock Start Amber Ale	Amber Ale	5.6
Bufflehead Brown Ale	Brown Ale	6.2
The Centennial IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	7.3
Galaxy Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.3	Special
Holiday Ale	Winter Warmer	7.7
The Imperial IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	8.8
Painted Rock Porter	Porter	5.6
Rising Sun Espresso Porter	Porter	5.6
Swimmer's Itch Saison	Saison	5.3	Summer
Treble Hook Tripel	Belgian	9.4
Two Rivers Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5
Wild Mile Wheat	American-Style Hefeweizen	5.1

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Glacier Brewing Company

Glacier Brewing Company

Location	Polson
Opened	2003 (2003)
Annual production volume	600 US barrels
Owned by	Dave Ayers

Glacier Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Polson, opened in 2003 by Dave Ayers.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Bald Beaver Barley Wine	Barley Wine	10	Special
Brewers Reserve - Biere De Mars	Saison		Spring
Brewers Reserve - Hop Garden Pilsner	Bohemian Pilsener
Brewers Reserve - Old Scottish Bastard	Scottish Ale		Special
Brewers Reserve - Wet Willy's Ale	Fruit Beer		Autumn
Centennial Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale		Special
Dunkel Hefeweizen	Dunkelweizen		Winter
Flathead Cherry Ale	Fruit Beer	5.5	Summer
Golden Grizzly Ale	Kölsch	5.5
North Fork Amber	Albier	5.5
One Barrel Batch - Aged Nitro Amber	Amber Ale		Special
One Barrel Batch - Barrel Aged Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen		Special
One Barrel Batch - Barrel Bomber Stout	Dry Stout	5.5	Special
One Barrel Batch - Pete's Pennypincher Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.2	Special
Port Polson Pilsner	Pilsener	5.5
Select Octoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen	6.7	Autumn
Slurry Bomber Stout	Dry Stout	5.5
Snowy Owl Stout	Stout
Wild Wolf Wheat	Wheat Ale		Summer

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Great Northern Brewing Company

Main article: Great Northern Brewing Company

Great Northern Brewing Company

Location	Whitefish
Opened	1994 (1994)
Annual production volume	6500 US barrels

Great Northern Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Whitefish, opened in 1995 by Minott Wessinger.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Wheatfish Wheat Lager	American Style Wheat Lager	4.75	Flagship
Going To The Sun IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	5.7	Flagship
Wild Huckleberry	Filtered Wheat Beer with Fruit	4.6	Flagship
Good Medicine Imperial Red Ale	Imperial Red Ale	8.0	Flagship
Guy on a Buffalo Coffee Stout	Coffee Stout	5.1	2014 Weathervane Series
Equinox Single Hopped Pale Ale	Pale Ale	5.3	2014 Weathervane Series
Empire Builder Imperial Pilsner	Imperial Pilsner	7.3	2014 Weathervane Series
TPA	Tea Pale Ale	7.3	Spring Seasonal
Amber Waves of Grain	American Lager	5.3	2014 Weathervane Series
Dark and Ominous	Ginger, Vanilla and Oak Stout	7.7	2014 Weathervane Series
iSanto Dios!	Mole Stout	8.7	2014 Weathervane Series
Frog Hop Fresh Hopped Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.0	Fall Seasonal
Glacier Chaser	Oktoberfest/Märzen	5.6	September Release
SnowGhost Winter Lager	American Dark Lager	5.9	Retired
Bucking Horse Pilsner	Bohemian Pilsener	5.1	Retired
Fred's Black Lager	Schwarzbier	4.9	Retired 2012
Highlander Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale	4.6	Contract
Black Star Amber Export	Pale Lager		Retired 2002
Hellroaring Amber	Amber Ale	5.1	Retired 2013
Black Star Black Lager	Schwartzbier		Retired 2002
Bucking Horse Pilsner	Pilsener		Retired 2012
Black Star Golden Lager	Pale Lager	4.6	Retired 2013
Bear Naked Amber	Vienna	7	Retired 2006
Big Fog ESB	Premium Bitter/ESB	6	Retired 2012
Bourbon Barrel Aged #1 Pack String Porter	Porter	5.2	One time release 2010
Bourbon Barrel Aged #2 Big Fog	Premium Bitter/ESB	6.1	One-time release 2010
Experiment #1	American Pale Ale		One-time release 2009
Pack String Porter	Porter	5	Retired

[36][37] Flagship Beer: Black Star Double Hopped Golden Lager

Harvest Moon Brewing Company

Harvest Moon Brewing Company

Location	Belt
Opened	1996 (1996)
Annual production volume	3000 US barrels
Owned by	Stan Guedesse

Harvest Moon Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Belt, opened in 1996 by Stan Guedesse.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Beltian White	Belgian White (Witbier)	4.75
Big Boned Stout	Stout
Charlie Russell Red	Premium Bitter/ESB
Coyote Ugly IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Electric City Pale Ale	American Pale Ale
Great Falls Select	Pilsener
Montana Amber	Amber Ale
Mulligan	Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Nut Brown Ale	Brown Ale		Autumn
Pigs Ass Porter	Porter	5

[38] Flagship Beer: Beltian White

Kettle House Brewing Company

Main article: KettleHouse Brewing Company

Kettle House Brewing Company

Location	Missoula
Opened	1991 (1991)
Annual production volume	10,000 US barrels
Owned by	Tim O'Leary

Kettle House Brewing Company is a brewery in Missoula that started in 1991 by Tim O'Leary as a "you-brew." It now consists of two separate small brewing facilities and taprooms in Missoula.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Al Pilsner	Pilsener	5	Summer
Barleywine	Barley Wine	9
Brick and Mortar Imperial Porter	Imperial/Stong Porter	11.5	Special
Cold Smoke Scotch Ale	Scottish Ale	6.5
Crystal Pils	Pilsener
Czech Style Pils	Bohemian Pilsener		Special
Disc Down Oatmeal Brown Ale	Brown Ale
Discombobulator Doppelbock	Doppelbock	8.5	Special
Double Haul IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.6
Eddy Out Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5
ESB	Premium Bitter/ESB		Autumn
Festival of the Dead Very Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5	Autumn
Fresh Bongwater Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5
Garden City Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5
German Alt	Altbier	6.5	R
Ginseng Pale Ale	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	5	Special
Ginseng SRB (Sports Recovery Beer)	Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Hefe Pumple	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	5	Autumn
Hellgate Honey Hefeweizen	Wheat Ale	6
Hemptober Spliff	Oktoberfest/Märzen	6.5	Autumn
High Gravity Bongwater Imperial Porter	Imperial/Stong Porter	9.5	Winter
Hopnosis American Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	6
Joe Bong Coffee Porter	Porter		Special
Lake Missoula Amber	Amber Ale	5.5
Liberty C.A.P	Pilsener	6
Maibock	Heller Bock	7.5	Spring
Montana Blonde	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	5
Myrtle Street IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.5	Special
Olde Bongwater Hemp Porter	Porter	5.5
Raftsafari Red	Amber Ale		Special
Road Rash Imperial Red Ale	American Strong Ale		Special
Saison	Saison		Spring
Sapped Out Maple Stout	Stout		Special
Seeley Axe	Specialty Grain		Special
Slow Ride Stout	Stout	6.5

[39] Flagship Beer: Cold Smoke Scotch Ale

Lone Peak Brewery

Lone Peak Brewery

Location	Big Sky
Opened	2008 (2008)
Annual production volume	US barrels

Lone Peak Brewery is a brewpub/brewery in Big Sky, opened in 2008 by Steve Nordahl.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Bourbon Barrel Oatmeal Stout	Sweet Stout		Special
Bourbon Barrel Steep N Deep Winter Ale	American Drink Ale		Special
Buck Snort Porter	Porter
Headplant Pale Ale	American Pale Ale
Hellroaring ESB	Premium Bitter/ESB
Hippy Highway Oatmeal Stout	Stout
Hopfest ’08	Brown Ale		Autumn
Imperial IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	9	Winter
IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Nordic Blonde Ale	Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Steep N Deep Winter Ale	American Strong Ale		Winter
Swiftwater Pils	Classic German Pilsener	5
Wits End Belgian White Ale	Belgian White (Witbier)		Summer

[40]

Montana Brewing Company

Montana Brewing Company

Location	Billings
Opened	1994 (1994)
Annual production volume	900 US barrels
Owned by	Sean Graves

Montana Brewing Company is a brewpub/brewery in Billings, opened in 1994 by CSKT INC.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Ape Hanger Ale	American Strong Ale	6.3	Special
Beartooth Espresso Porter	Porter	5.5	Winter
Belgian Strong Pale Ale	Belgian Strong Ale	7.9	Special
Bighorn Bourbon Stout	Stout
Billings IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)		Special
Blind Boar Amber	Amber Ale
Custers Last Stout	Stout	5.5	Special
Cutthroat Rye	Specialty Grain
Dark Side	Stout		Summer
Drunkin Pumpkin Ale	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	4.5	Autumn
Dry & Dark Hard Cider	Cider
Fat Belly Amber	Scottish Ale	4.6
Foglifter Breakfast Stout	Sweet Stout		Special
Harvest Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5	Autumn
Holligan's Irish Red Ale	Irish Ale		Special
Huckleberry Wheat	Fruit Beer
Legless Double English IPA	English Pale Ale
Malley's Irish Dry Stout	Dry Stout		Special
McWoody Scotch Ale	Scotch Ale
Mistle-Cone IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)		Winter
Pomegranate Wheat	Fruit Beer
Raspberry Wheat	Fruit Beer		Summer
Sandbagger Gold	Golden Ale/Blond Ale	4.7
Scotch Ale	Scotch Ale		Winter
Sharptail Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5
Stillwater Rye Saison	Saison	5.7	Autumn
Two Moon Saison	Saison	7.5	Special
Wee Heavy Scotch Ale	Scotch Ale		Special
White Eagle Baltic Porter	Baltic Porter		Special
Whitetail Wheat	Wheat Ale
Wild Wild Wit	Belgian White (Witbier)
Montana Jabroni	India Pale Ale (IPA)

[41]

Muddy Creek Brewing Company

Muddy Creek Brewing Company

Location	Butte
Opened	2015 (2015)
Owned by	Gregg Wigen, Christopher Sherman, Todd McAdams

Muddy Creek Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Butte, opened on 2/27/2015 by Gregg Wigen, Chris Sherman, and Todd McAdams. You are all welcome here! Great Beer & Good Times is what we do. Come be a part of it. Muddy Creek Brewery is a family-friendly micro brewery located in Uptown Butte Montana at 2 E. Galena Street. Each week you'll find live music in a quiet enough space to visit with your friends and family. We invite you to come and hang out and go with the flow @ the Creek.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
An Ri Red	Red Ale - Irish	5.6	Spring
Big Johnson	ESB (Fresh hops from the Johnson's backyard)	8.25	Fall
Black Ice	Fruit Beer (Blackberry)	6.7	Spring / Summer
Blasted IPA	American IPA	5.2
Blue Sky Blonde Ale	Fruit Beer (Blueberry)	5.0
Butte Original	American IPA	6.5
Clementine	American Pale Wheat Ale	5.0
Crazy Beautiful	American Pale Ale	5.2
Dirty Blonde Ale	Blonde Ale	4.1
Fallen Rock	American Pale Ale	5.2
Good Time	American Pale Wheat Ale	4.8
Highlands Hefeweizen	Hefeweizen	5.2
Jack Smashed Pumpkin Ale	Oktoberfest / Spiced Beer	6.7	Fall
Karma	Belgian Pale Ale	6.7
Mandarin Tango	Fruit Beer (Orange)	5.0
Muddy Creek Chocolate Stout	Oatmeal Stout	6.5
No Paddle Amber Ale	Amber Ale	5.2
Ry Dog Red IPA	India Pale Ale	6.4
Seeing Other People	ESB	5.0
Shweet Wheat	Hefeweizen	5.6
Skinny Cow IPA	American IPA	7.0
Storm the Door Vanilla Porter	Porter	6.9
Sunburn Habanero IPA	American IPA / Spiced Beer	7.0
Winter Elf Stout	American Stout	5.7	Winter

Background and Grand Opening [42]

Awards

(as of April 2017)

Beer	Category	Medal	Year	Bestower	News
Blue Sky Blueberry Blonde Ale	Best Beer of Festival	Gold	2017	Tap Into Montana	[43]
Various Beers	Best Brewery	Gold	2016	Butte-toberfest
Black Ice	Fruit Beer	Bronze	2016	Great Falls Bear & Gear Brewfest	[44]
Crazy Beautiful	Pale Ale	Bronze	2016	Great Falls Bear & Gear Brewfest	[44]
Sunburn Habanero I.P.A.	Spiced Beer	Bronze	2016	Great Falls Bear & Gear Brewfest	[44]
Storm The Door Vanilla Porter	Best Beer of Festival	Silver	2016	Tap Into Montana
Various Beers	Best Brewery	Silver	2016	Tap Into Montana
Jack Smashed Pumpkin Ale	Best of Festival	Gold	2015	Montana Brewers Association	[45][46]

Philipsburg Brewing Company

Philipsburg Brewing Company, LLC

Location	Philipsburg
Opened	2012
Annual production volume	US barrels

Philipsburg Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Philipsburg, opened in August 2012.[47]

Beer	Type	ABV%	Season
Algonquin "Gonk"	Amber	5.8	Year round
Badfinger	Imperial Stout	10	Year round
Bourbon Barrel Badfinger	Barrel Aged Imperial Stout	11.5	Special
Czech One-Two	Czech Pilsner	5.6	Year round
Corners Porter	Coffee Porter	6.6	Year round
Five Phantoms	Pumpkin Barley Wine	8.4	Special
Flint Creek	California Common	4.2
Haybag	American Hefeweizen	5.7	Year round
HEYpricot	Apricot American Hefeweizen	5.7	Special
Hoptower #1	Single Hop IPA	6.4
Hoptower #2	Single Hop IPA	6.4
Hot Spot	Blood Orange IPA	7.5	Fire season
Incarcerator	Doppelbock	8.2
Otter Water	Session Pale Ale	4.5	Year round
Razzu!	Raspberry Wheat	5.2	Year round
Rope Swing	Saison	5.7	Year round
Tramway	Rye Pale Ale	6.4	Year round

Quarry Brewing

Quarry Brewing

Location	Butte
Opened	August 29, 2007 (2007-08-29)
Annual production volume	US barrels
Owned by	Chuck and Lyza Schnabel

Quarry Brewery is a microbrewery in Butte, opened in 2007 by Chuck Schnabel.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Basalt IBA	Black IPA		Summer
Bauxite Brown	Brown Ale
Galena Gold	Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Headframe Hefeweizen	German Hefeweizen	4.2
Hematite Hop Burst Style Beer	American Pale Ale		Summer
Ironstone IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)		Special
Mica Maibock	Heller Bock		Spring
Opal Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen		Autumn
Open Cab Copper Ale	Irish Ale	4.83
Open Pit Porter	Porter	4.83
Rose Quartz Frambois	Lambic - fruit		Special
Sandstone Stout	Sweet Stout	5.8
Shale Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	4.83
Slate IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.7
Smokey Quartz Rauchbier	Smoked		Autumn

[48]

Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company

Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company

Location	Red Lodge
Opened	1998 (1998)
Annual production volume	7500 US barrels
Owned by	Sam Hoffmann Justin Moore

Red Lodge Ales Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Red Lodge, opened in 1998 by Sam Hoffmann. Its head brewer and production manager is Justin Moore. Lead brewers are Rush Nicholson and Dylan Shanks. Sales team are Doug the Beerbarian Bailey, Andy Simpson, and Phil Bridges.

The brewery produced nearly 8,000 barrels in 2014, boasts the largest solar thermal array in the state, and distributes to central and eastern Montana, western North Dakota, and northern Wyoming.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Beartooth Pale Ale	American Pale Ale	5	Year round
Bent Nail IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.1	Year round - 12 oz bottles
Broken Nail Double IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	8.5	Mid-Summer - 22 oz bombers
Czech Mate Pilsner	Czech Style Pilsner	5.3	Year round - 12 oz bottles
Glacier Ale	Altbier	5.3	Year round - 12 oz bottles
Harvest Ale	American Pale Ale	5.5	Early Fall
Helio Hefeweizen	American Wheat	5.4	Year round - 12 oz bottles
I Do Wit	Belgian White (Witbier)		Retired
Jacks 90 Scottish Ale	Scottish Ale	6.2	Year round - 12 oz bottles
Kings Cupboard Chocolate Stout	Sweet Stout	5	Early Winter
Liver Eatin Ale/Fur Trapper	Dunkelweizen	5.4	Spring
Günther Drei Hop IPA	American Strong Pale Ale	7	Retired
Monster Maibock	Heller Bock	7	Retired
Octoberfest	Oktoberfest/Märzen	5.1	Early Fall - 22 oz bombers
Rock Dodge Porter	Robust Porter	5.75	Year round
Reserve Ale	Kölsch	5	Late Spring
Busted Barrel Series	Barrel Aged	5-7	Special
Easy Sippah Session IPA	American Pale Ale	4.37	Special
Ullrfest Lager	German Munich Lager	5	Winter
Dos Goatees Doppelbock	Doppelbock	8	Late Winter - 22 oz bombers
Summer Daze Doppelweiss	Doppelweiss	7.5	Late Spring - 22 oz bombers
Widow Maker	Heller Bock	6.5	Winter

[49]

Tamarack Brewing

Tamarack Brewing

Location	Lakeside
Opened	1998 (1998)
Annual production volume	US barrels
Owned by	Craig Koontz

Tamarack Brewing Company is a brewpub/brewery in Lakeside, opened in 2007.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season
Dock Days Hefeweizen	German Hefeweizen	5
Dr. Tom's Pils	Pilsener		Autumn
DRye Reign Roggen	Specialty Grain	5.3	Special
Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Ale	Spice/Herb/Vegetable	5.4	Autumn
Grizzly Bear Coffee Stout	Stout	6	Special
Hat Trick Hop IPA	India Pale Ale (IPA)	6.8
Head Wall Double IPA	Imperial/Double IPA	9.1
Tamarack ESP	English Pale Ale	4.8	Special
Mahogany Brown Ale	Brown Ale	5.2
Old Stache Whiskey Barrel Porter	Imperial/Double Porter	8.9
Rye Sally Rye PA	Specialty Grain	6	Special
Saints Inn Scotch Ale	Scotch Ale	6.66
Save the Trails Black Kolsch	Amber Ale	4.6	Special
Switchback Stout	Sweet Stout	6
Tree Top Bock	Heller Bock		Autumn
Vanilla Bourbon Stout	Sweet Stout	7.5	Special
Wakeboard Wit	Belgian White (Witbier)	4.2	Spring
Yard Sale Ale	Amber Ale	5.6

[50] Flagship Beer: Yard Sale Ale

Wildwood Brewing

Wildwood Brewing

Location	Stevensville
Opened	2012
Annual production volume	US barrels
Owned by	Jim and Pannha Lueders

Wildwood Brewing Company is a brewery opened by Jim Lueders in Stevensville in 2012.

Beer	Type	abv %	Season	Location
White Bark Wheat Ale	Wheat Ale	5.6	All	A classic Bavarian wheat beer
Discerning Pilsner	Bohemian style Lager	5.0	All	A classic Czech Republic Pilsner
Mystical Stout	An Irish style dry stout	5.4	All	Cork City, Ireland
Bodacious Bock	Traditional German Spring Bock	7.5	All	Germany
Ambitious Pale Lager	A classic Munich style lager	5.0	All	Munich, Germany

[51]

Notable defunct breweries

Though Montana had a robust early brewery history, many notable companies were severely weakened by Prohibition and others finished off by the expansion of national breweries.

List of defunct Montana breweries Brewery Location Opened Closed Status Founded by Type of brewery Production (bbl) MBA member Flagship beer Notes Anaconda Brewing Company Anaconda 1900 1958 Closed Henry Mueller Microbrewery - Rocky Mountain Beer Became Sugrue Bottling Company after closing Basin Brewing Company Basin 1964 Closed Bertoglio Microbrewery - Big Hole Brewing Company Belgrade 1996 2002 Contract Brewpub 3000 - Beer selection produced by Madison River Brewing Company Bones Brewing Company Billings - Open Brewpub No Bridger Brewing Belgrade 1993 1995 Closed Microbrewery 1000 - Butte Brewery Butte 1885 1918 Closed Henry Muntzer Microbrewery - Centennial Brewing Company Butte 1876 1918 Closed Leopold Schmidt & Raymond Saile Microbrewery - DG Barleys Kalispell Closed - - Gilbert Brewery Virginia City 1863 1974 Closed Henry Gilbert, Christian Ritcher, and William Smith Microbrewery - Originally called "Thorn-Smith Brewery" and then "Virginia Brewery", it continued until Montana Prohibition laws went into effect around 1916–1918. It re-opened in 1934 but closed for good in 1974. Great Falls Select Great Falls 1930s 1968 Closed - - Himmelberger Brewing Company Billings 1994 Open Dennis Himmelberger Microbrewery 360 No Kalispell Malting and Brewing Company Kalispell 1893 1955 Closed Microbrewery - Kessler Brewing Company Helena 1865 1958 Closed Microbrewery - Kessler Brewing Company (II) Helena 1984 2000 Closed Microbrewery 6000 - Lang Creek Brewing Co. Marion 1993 2009 Closed Microbrewery 5000 - Lewistown Brewing Company Lewistown 1894 1937 Closed Microbrewery - Lightning Boy Brewery Belgrade 1998 2004 Closed Microbrewery - Was part of the Utah Brewers Cooperative Milestown Brewing Company Miles City 1992 Closed Brewpub -400 - The Golden Spur Missoula Brewing Company LLC Missoula 1900 1964 Contract Microbrewery - Highlander beer brewed by Great Norther Brewing Company Rock\'n M Brewing Belgrade 1994 1996 Closed - 2000 - Rocky Mountain Brewing Company Anaconda Closed - - Silver Bow Brewery Butte 1876 1918 Closed Microbrewery - Spanish Peaks Brewing Company Bozeman 1991 2003 Closed Microbrewery - There is a brewpub at this location. Tivoli Brewery Butte 1900 1918 Closed Microbrewery - Standard Gold Whitefish Brewing Company Whitefish 1991 Closed Microbrewery 2500 - Wild Hare Brewing Hamilton 1996 Closed - 1000 -

Anaconda

• Anaconda Brewing Company - 1900–1958[52]

Butte

• Butte Brewery
• Centennial Brewing Company
• Tivoli Brewery

[53]

Helena

• Kessler Brewing Company - 1865–1958; 1984–2000[54]

Kalispell

• Kalispell Malting and Brewing Company - 1893–1955[55]

Montana Brewers Association (MBA)

The Montana Brewers Association was founded in 2008.[56]
Its previous name was the Montana State Brewers Association, established in 1997.

Its purpose is the promotion of the production and sales of the freshest and highest quality Montana-made beers through education, public awareness and support for local breweries' products, profession, and histories, while documenting their economic impact and legal responsibilities throughout the state.[57]

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

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