Celebrate the best in Montana craft beer at the inaugural Montana Beer Awards! This is our state’s first ever commercial, state-wide beer competition. Enjoy Montana-made craft beer, hang out with brewers and enjoy live music from musical guests Ten Years Gone, a local Helena band that plays a huge variety, something for everyone and almost every genre.

The awards ceremony begins at 6:30 PM, with music starting at 8. We hope to see you there!

Thank you to all the breweries who entered the competition:

• 2 Basset Brewery
• Aprés Brewing
• Backslope Brewing
• Bar 3 Brewing
• Bayern Brewing
• Bias Brewing
• Big Sky Brewing Company
• Billings Brewing Company
• Bitter Root Brewing
• Blackfoot River Brewing Company
• Blacksmith Brewing Company
• Bozeman Brewing Company
• Branding Iron Brewing Co.
• Bridger Brewing
• Bunkhouse Brewery
• Burnt Tree Brewing
• Butte Brewing Company
• Cabinet Mountain Brewing Company
• Conflux
• Copper Furrow Brewing
• Cranky Sam Brewing
• Crazy Peak Brewing Company
• Draught Works Brewery
• Flathead Lake Brewing Company
• Gally’s Brewing Company
• GILD Brewing
• Highlander Beer
• Imagine Nation Brewing Co.
• Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Co.
• Katabatic Brewing Co.
• KettleHouse Brewery
• Lewis and Clark Brewing
• Madison River Brewing Company
• MAP Brewing
• Mighty Mo Brewing Co.
• Missouri River Brewing Company
• Montana Brewing Company
• Mountains Walking Brewery
• Neptune’s Brewery
• OddPitch Brewing
• Old Bull Brewing
• Otium Brewing
• Outlaw Brewing
• Patriotic American Brewery
• Philipsburg Brewing Company
• Pleasant Prairie Brewing
• Ronan Cooperative Brewery
• Sacred Waters Brewing Company
• Sawdust and Steel
• Smelter City Brewing
• Tamarack Brewing Company
• Ten Mile Creek Brewery
• Thirsty Street Brewing Co.
• Triple Dog Brewing
• Wildwood Brewery

Schedule

December 18 – December 31, 2023: Early bird beer registration

• All beers must be registered online on the Beer Awards Platform.
• Entry fees are $45 per beer for MBA members and $65 per beer for non-members.
• No single beer may be entered more than once or in multiple categories.

January 1 – January 31, 2024: Standard beer registration.

February 12 – 16: Sample drop off window

• Samples must be dropped off at Lewis & Clark Brewing Co. at 1517 Dodge Ave. in Helena, MT between 8 AM and 5 PM on these dates only.

February 22 – 24: Judging takes place

February 24: Awards ceremony and celebration at Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT!