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Montana Beer

November 8, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1889, Montana became the 41st state.

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Montana Breweries

  • Bayern Brewing
  • Beaver Creek Brewery
  • Big Sky Brewing
  • Bitter Root Brewing
  • Blackfoot River Brewing
  • Blacksmith Brewing
  • Bones Brewing Pub & Eatery
  • Bozeman Brewing
  • Carter’s Brewing
  • Draught Works Brewery
  • Flathead Lake Brewing
  • 406 Brewing Company
  • Glacier Brewing
  • Great Northern Brewing
  • Harvest Moon Brewery
  • Kettlehouse Brewery
  • Lewis & Clark Brewing
  • Lewistown Brewing
  • Lone Peak Brewery
  • Madison River Brewing
  • Missouri Breaks Brewing
  • Montana Brewing
  • Neptune’s Brewery
  • Quarry Brewing
  • Raven Pub and Grill
  • Red Lodge Ales
  • Spanish Peaks Brewing
  • Tamarack Brewing Alehouse & Grill
  • Wildwood Brewing
  • Yellowstone Valley Brewing

Montana Brewery Guides

  • Beer Advocate
  • Beer Me
  • Rate Beer

Guild: Montana Brewers Association

State Agency: Montana Department of Revenue Liquor Control

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  • Capital: Helena
  • Largest Cities: Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Butte, Bozeman
  • Population: 902,195; 44th
  • Area: 147046 sq.mi., 4th
  • Nickname: Treasure State
  • Statehood: 41st, November 8, 1889

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  • Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
  • Number of Breweries: 30
  • Rank: 21st
  • Beer Production: 993,496
  • Production Rank: 43rd
  • Beer Per Capita: 31.8 Gallons

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Package Mix:

  • Bottles: 34.6%
  • Cans: 53%
  • Kegs: 12.3%

Beer Taxes:

  • Per Gallon: $0.14
  • Per Case: $0.31
  • Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $4.30
  • Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $4.30

Economic Impact (2010):

  • From Brewing: $41,418,747
  • Direct Impact: $307,661,400
  • Supplier Impact: $129,447,052
  • Induced Economic Impact: $178,191,531
  • Total Impact: $615,299,983

Legal Restrictions:

  • Control State: No
  • Sale Hours: On Premises: Closing 2am
    Off Premises:
  • Grocery Store Sales: Yes
  • Notes: ABV > 16% wine sold in state-contracted stores, ABV < 16% may be sold in grocery stores.
    Brewery tasting rooms cannot serve beer after 8 pm (10am-8pm) and can only sell 48 oz. per customer per day.

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Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.

For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.

Filed Under: Beers, Breweries Tagged With: Montana



Comments

  1. Adam Keele says

    December 3, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    I’m a little behind on these–you put out A LOT of products.
    You missed Draught Works (http://www.draughtworksbrewery.com/) that opened a couple months ago in Missoula–putting us at FOUR in town! We have a craft distillery just opening and two wineries as well. Not bad for a town of 67,000 people.
    Also, brewery tasting rooms cannot serve beer after 8 pm (10am-8pm) and can only sell 48 oz per customer per day. It’s pretty lame. We tried to pass legislation pushing it 2 hours later (12-10pm), but it was tabled, so we’re screwed it seems for another two years.

    • Jay Brooks says

      December 4, 2011 at 12:19 am

      Adam, thanks for the updates.

  2. Ryan says

    March 30, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Great list, and if you want to know where you can find these beers, check out http://www.montanabeerfinder.com!

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