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Montana Brewers Association Hosts Flathead Cruise with Charlie Papazian- Early Tickets Available!
Posted On June 27, 2013
Dear MBA Friends,
We’re just about to pop the top and make tickets available for the Flathead Lake Cruise with Charlie Papazian cruise on August 10, 2013!
Before we open the gates, however, we’d like to give you the chance to purchase tickets early as a thank you for all of your continued support. The event is shaping up to be a great party with one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, a beautiful boat, a great crowd, Montana brews, and the beer guru of our age.
Charlie is the ultimate celebrity in the brewing world. He happens to be a nuclear engineer but founded the Brewers Association and the Great American Beer Festival. He also authored the definitive text, The Complete Joy of Home Brewing.
He is the current president of the Brewers Association which represents over 2000 breweries nationwide.
MBA Hosts Cruise with Charlie Papazian on Flathead Lake
The cruise will depart from Lakeside, MT on Saturday, August 10 at 6 PM and will return around 9 PM. Appetizers will be served as well as Montana-made beer from MBA membership breweries. John Floridis will provide music and gorgeous Flathead Lake will provide a stunning natural backdrop.
We want to thank you for being a supporter of Montana Beer by offering you first crack at these tickets, and we hope that you’ll join us on Flathead Lake for this special cruise!
You can purchase your early tickets here! You should feel free to forward this email to friends you think would be interested. The general public will have access to the remainder of the tickets after July 1st. As of now we only have about 70 tickets available- get yours now and we hope to see you on the lake!
Get Ready for the Montana Brewers Spring Festival Tonight!
Posted On May 31, 2013
2013 MBA Billings Spring Brewfest
Get ready for some ice-cold Montana brews, rockin’ live tunes, and some delicious eats at the very first annual Montana Brewers Association Spring Festival!
We will have 20 Montana Brewers boasting 70 Craft Brews in many unique styles for your judgement and enjoyment!
Where: The Depot Downtown, Billings Montana
When: May 31st
VIP Brewer Hour: 4pm-5pm
General Admission: 5pm-10pm
Cost includes your 9oz bottomless (no joke…it really is bottomless) glass!
Music Lineup:
John Floridis (Missoula, MT) – 4:00 to 5:00
Downtime (Billings, MT) – 5:30 to 7:30
Keegan Smith and the Fam (Portland, OR) – 8:00 to 10:00
Forgot To Purchase Tickets? No Worries!
We are no longer selling tickets on our website, but you can still pick up tickets at Uberbrew in Billings. If you dropped the ball on procuring yourself or your crew some tickets to tonight’s festivities, hightail it over to 2305 Montana Ave and get yourself some tickets!
Wondering What’s on Tap?
Check out the 70 beers you can enjoy tonight from 20 different Montana Brewers!
Great Tunes and 76 Montana Beers on Tap at our Spring Festival
Posted On May 24, 2013
We’d like to invite you again to join The Montana Brewers Association in Billings, Montana on Friday, May 31st, for our First Annual Montana Brewers Spring Festival!
We will have over 23 Montana Brewers boasting over 76 Craft Brews in many unique styles for your judgement and enjoyment! Check out the the complete list of cold Montana beverages to be in attendance!
Where: The Depot Downtown, Billings Montana
2013 MBA Billings Spring Brewfest
When: May 31st
VIP Brewer Hour: 4pm-5pm
General Admission: 5pm-10pm
Spring Brewfest VIP: $30 in Advance, $35 at the gate
General Brewfest Admission: $20 in Advance, $25 at the gate
Cost includes your 9oz bottomless (no joke…it really is bottomless) glass!
The Lineup
Keegan Smith and the Fam
Portland, OR – 8:00 to 10:00
Keegan is the charismatic front man of an extremely talented rotating group of veteran musical heavyweights, producers, and bandleaders from the Northwest’s thriving music scene. He creates an energetic and entertaining sound that captivates audiences of every age. Orlando Sentinel’s music critic again says, “this is a band of monster players.” Portland’s Willamette Week reviews the Fam saying, “[their] stuff is like musical summer” and “life’s a little sunnier when listening to them.”
Smith won Male Artist of the Year in 2010 for the second year in a row at the Portland Music Awards after he took home the award for Best Live Performance in 2009. He showcased with his band at the 9th annual 2010 Florida Music Festival in Orlando and received rave reviews from attending industry reps and festival organizers. Jim Abbott, music critic at Florida’s Orlando Sentinel says Keegan Smith & the Fam were “a captivating surprise from the Pacific Northwest” and “the find of the festival.” Keegan was also featured in each televised pre-game show during the 2009-2010 Portland Trailblazer season.
Keegan and the band took home yet another award for Best Live Performance in the 2011 Portland Music Awards, and four of Smith’s songs appeared on the soundtrack to the new movie “The Frankenstein Brothers”, released in late fall 2011.
Keegan’s songs are featured in both Nike and gDiapers ad campaigns.
In the time between touring and playing festivals, Keegan is writing and recording material with several producers for a new studio album to be released later this year.
Smile – Keegan Smith & The Fam
Downtime
Billings, MT – 5:30 to 7:30
Downtime is an exciting blend of dance, pop, reggae, country and rock-n-roll covers. They cover artists from the 60s to the present, and the quality of the music played is far beyond the standard bar band fare.
John Floridis
Missoula, MT for VIP HOUR – 4:00 to 5:00
John Floridis is a Missoula, Montana based guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer. He has been a resident in the “Big Sky” since 1993 having moved there from the strong shouldered, down-but-never-out city of Cleveland, Ohio. He has released 5 recordings mixing bluesy, folk-rock vocal tunes with adventurous solo acoustic guitar compositions including one seasonal recording “December’s Quiet Joy.” He has been named Missoula’s best musician by the Missoula Independent and performed in the Western region for over a decade. He has performed with artists as diverse as Shawn Colvin, Derek Trucks, Patty Griffin, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn, Kelly Joe Phelps, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Patty Larkin. John also fronts Burning River, a blues-funk-rock concept that performs in the Western region. He is also a producer of programs for Montana Public Radio and a former Registered Music Therapist.
2013 Montana Brewers Trail Map
Posted On May 23, 2013
This is the 2013 Montana Brewers Trail map which shows our current member breweries throughout the state. Be on the lookout for our 2014 Map, coming soon! This is the 4th version of a very popular map and can be found in breweries and visitor centers around Montana. Pick one up so you are sure to stay on the Brewery Trail!
Download the full map here