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Missoula Craft Beer Facts
Posted On November 26, 2014
Re-posted from Destination Missoula
Big Sky Country is known for fresh air, wide open spaces, and views that dreams are made of but what may surprise some is that Montana is also 2nd in craft breweries per capita in the country. With over 40 breweries in the state of Montana, it is no wonder that several have settled into the Missoula area and that Missoulians are welcoming new breweries every year.
1. OVER HALF THE MALTED GRAIN USED FOR BREWING IN MONTANA, IS ACTUALLY GROWN IN MONTANA.
2. BEER BREWED IN MONTANA IS SOLD IN 24 STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY, IN 5,000 RETAIL LOCATIONS.
3. MONTANA RANKS 2ND IN NUMBER OF BREWERIES PER CAPITA.
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Beer Institute: One Brewery Job Supports 45 More in Other Industries
Posted On September 15, 2014
This article appeared on Brewbound.com on August 26, 2014 by David Eisenberg
A new study from the Beer Institute has found that for every one job created by a brewery, an additional 45 jobs are supported in other industries, ranging from agriculture to transportation.
To conduct the analysis, the Beer Institute commissioned the economic research firm John Dunham & Associations to look at the state-by-state excise tax collections on beer and compared those figures with the number of employees in any given business.
Montana’s craft beer industry booming
Posted On September 4, 2014
This article appeared in The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 7:30 pm
LaNette Jones, left, and her husband, Brice Jones, owners of Katabatic Brewing Co., have spent two-and-a-half years researching and remodeling a historic building to open their brewery in Livingston this fall. A recent study found the craft beer industry has more than doubled in size in the past four years.
The Growing Economic Impact of Craft Brewing in Montana
Posted On August 21, 2014
Acknowledgements
This report was produced and authored by Colin Sorenson, research economist at the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research, with the support of the Montana Brewers Association (MBA). The BBER would like to thank MBA Executive Director Tony Herbert and the MBA board members for providing helpful information as we developed and carried out the study plan and for their assistance in the data collection phase. Any errors and omissions are, of course, our own.