From the very beginning, the beer was the thing.
Big Sky Brewing Company
5417 Trumpeter Way
P.O. Box 17170
Missoula, Montana 59808
406-549-2777 (voice)
406-549-1919 (fax)
800-559-2774
General Information: info@bigskybrew.com
Collector requests: tblyton@bigskybrew.com
Distribution questions: bjorn@bigskybrew.com
Merchandise questions: tblyton@bigskybrew.com
Big Sky Brewing Company according to Wikipedia
Big Sky Brewing Company is a brewery located in Missoula, Montana. It brews six different styles of beer: Moose Drool (a brown ale), Scape Goat (Pale Ale), Big Sky (India Pale ale), Powder Hound (Winter Ale), Summer Honey (Seasonal Ale), and Trout Slayer Ale.
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History of Big Sky Brewing Company
From the very beginning, the beer was the thing.
Big Sky Brewing Company was started by Neal Leathers, Bjorn Nabozney, and Brad Robinson. Brad and Neal had been homebrewers in Michigan since the mid 1980's, and had moved to Missoula with a group of friends in the summer of 1990. In the early '90s they worked at Sportsmen's Surplus and High Country Sports where they met Bjorn. One of Brad's first nights in Missoula was spent at the old Iron Horse when it was attached to Bayern Brewing Company down at the end of Higgins Avenue. He was impressed by Bayern's lagers, but felt that there was room in Missoula for a second brewery; and since Neal and Brad specialized in brewing English style ales he felt that an ale brewery would be producing very different beers than Bayern Brewing Company did. Neal agreed, and the two began to work on starting up a brewery.
Their first step was to produce and "star" in a series on MCAT (Missoula's local cable access television station) called Beer Talk. The show consisted of Brad and Neal tasting various beers, usually microbrews or imports, and commenting on what they liked and did not like about them. The program immediately set viewership records and led to many of the most successful call-in programs in MCAT's history. If nothing else, Beer Talk showed a lot of Missoulians that Brad and Neal were passionate about beer! Unfortunately, neither of the two had much business experience, nor did they have a lot of local connections. That is where Bjorn entered the picture.
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- Big Sky Brewing offers something a little different when it comes to great beer. We put our hearts into it.
Not our actual hearts, gross%u2026
No, we care a lot that you taste what we taste. The place where our beers come from, the people that brew them, and the care we put into every glass. It's more like we put soul into our brews, not our hears. That's actually better. We put soul into our beer. Not in some weird way, though. In the best way.
Just taste Big Sky beers.
You'll see what we mean. - Big Sky Brewing Company on YouTube
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Moose Drool
Remember that feeling? That first taste, the best part of a beer after a long day. We want to make that better than ever. So we made Moose Drool. The name sounds a little iffy, but it's really the best Brown Ale you'll ever taste. That's why Moose Drool is far and away the best-selling beer brewed in Montana.It's chocolate brown in color with a creamy texture. A malty beer with just enough hop presence to keep it from being too sweet. The aroma mostly comes from the malt with a hint of spice added by the hops. Moose Drool is brewed with pale, caramel, chocolate, and whole black malts; and Kent Goldings, Liberty, and Willamette hops. It has an original gravity of 13 degrees Plato, and is 4.2% alcohol by weight, 5.3% by volume.
Scape Goat
Don't blame yourself, you can blame us. Scape Goat is about to become your favorite beer. Or it will be when you taste it.Scape Goat is our award-winning Pale Ale. It is a very smooth brew, refreshing and well-balanced. Scape Goat took home the Gold Medal from the North American Brewers' Association competitions as the best English-style pale ale brewed west of the Mississippi, but only because it is the best. Scape Goat is brewed with pale, crystal malts, and Kent Goldings and Crystal Hops. Scape Goat is 3.8% alcohol by weight and 4.7% by volume.
Big Sky Crystal Ale
Ahh... The crisp flavor, the mild hop presence. Go on, "It's noon somewhere", so throw back a Crystal Ale and treat yourself right. The only thing better is the next one!Big Sky Crystal Ale features a delicate hop aroma and flavor from Hallertau, Liberty, and Crystal hops balanced by malty undertones. It's a perfect choice any time of the year, because seasons change; your taste for Big Sky Crystal Ale will not. Alcohol content 3.8% by weight, 4.7% by volume.
Powder Hound
Two words describe Montana winters... Cold, dark, and snowy. And we wouldn't have it any other way, because it's the only time of year for Powder Hound, our Northern Rockies strong ale. Rich malt taste and an avalanche of hops will make you want to say these three words- "I'll have another Powder Hound!"Since Powder Hound is our own creation, we choose to call it a "Northern Rockies Strong Ale." Powder Hound satisfies, with the fine, hand-selected British hops fully complementing the smooth malt notes. After a day on the snow, enjoy a Powder Hound Winter Ale. Available November through March.
Summer Honey
When the days get longer and the air gets warmer, we get outside quite a bit. And we build a big thirst. Summer Honey helps us shake off the winter and slakes our thirst for a refreshing brew.Summer Honey is a full-flavored summer seasonal ale. Brewed with a unique, balanced blend of spices, Northwest Hops, and Montana honey. Summer Honey is brewed during the early days of spring and released around the first of May each year. Light colored, light bodied, and very drinkable, Summer Honey sacrifices nothing to create a flavorful beer that can be enjoyed during the height of the Summer. Available April through September.
Big Sky IPA
In Montana, many classic memories are made right after someone says, "Hold my beer and watch this." These bold, assertive moments deserve a bold, assertive beer - Big Sky IPA. A distinct hop presence and malty backbone will leave you refreshed and ready for your moment of glory. Hang on tight and enjoy the ride. Trout Slayer Ale
They say the best way to shrink a fish is with with a ruler, but the best way to grow a fish is with a beer. Montana Trout Slayer is the beer to drink when you're knockin' back a couple cold ones and tellin' fish stories. Who knows the next one might be the best yet! "A bigger tale with every ale."Trout Slayer is a filtered wheat ale, fermented at cool temperatures, making it a smooth drinkable session beer. Brewed with Palisade, Glacier, and Mt. Hood hops, this straw colored beer is sure to please any craft beer drinker. IBU 35 SRM 5 ABV 4.7%
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Big Sky Brewery Slow Elk Oatmeal Stout Recipe
(5 gallons, extract and specialty grains)
OG = 1.055 FG = 1.016 IBUs = 20
6.6 Lbs. Coopers light unhopped malt syrup
1.5 Lbs. crystal (80° Lovibond)
4 oz. black patent malt
6 oz. chocolate malt
6 oz. flaked oats
6.25 AAU'S East Kent Golding hops (1.25 oz. of 5% alpha acid)
1 teaspoon Irish moss
2/3 cup corn sugar for bottling
London ESB Ale (Wyeast 1968) or English Ale (White Labs WLP002) or Muntons dry yeast.
Step by Step
Steep specialty grains in about 3 gallons of water at 150° to 155° F for 30 minutes. Remove grains, and add malt syrup and bring to a boil. Add 1.25 ounces Kent Golding hops and 1 teaspoon Irish moss and boil for 60 minutes. When done boiling, strain out hops and add the wort to cool water in a sanitized carboy to fill to the 5-1/2 gallon mark. Add your yeast when the wort is 75° to 80° F, and aerate well. Let the wort cool to about 68° F over the next few hours and ferment at 66° to 70° F until complete (normally 7 to 10 days).
All-grain option
Replace Coopers malt extract with 7.5 pounds of pale malt. Mash grains together for 60 minutes at 155°. Collect enough wort to boil for 90 minutes and have 5.5 gallons yield. Decrease boiling hops to 1 ounce (5 AAU) to account for increased hop extraction efficiency in a full boil. The remainder of the recipe is the same as the extract.
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