2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR: Imagine Nation Brewing Co., Missoula, MT (July 9th, Brewery Stop #35)

2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR: Imagine Nation Brewing Co., Missoula, MT (July 9th, Brewery Stop #35) (recovered post) The 35th brewery visited during our cross-country beer discovery tour (click to read about the whole trip) was Imagine Nation Brewing Coompany in Missoula Montana. We finished up at Big Sky pretty quickly and headded back towards town, stopping at this new brewery called Imagine Nation. None of us had head of this brewery before, so it was a pleasant surprise to have found them. They have a smaller 7bbl system that they produce a couple of year-round beers and a bunch of seasonals and one-offs with. They location is easily found on Broadway along the Clark Fork River. They have a parking lot along the east side of the building, so parking shouldn’t be a problem if you seek them out. If you do make the trip, do it during warmer weather so you can enjoy the outdoor patio they have that overlooks the river. It’s really nice and well kept and most excellent to enjoy a beer on. We did sit out there with our pints after we did the tasters. As you can see from the pictures, they have the …

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2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR, Portland OR to Portland ME and back… 24 June-9 July, 2015

2015 BEER DISCOVERY TOUR, Portland OR to Portland ME and back…7800 miles later… From late June to early July 2015 I was lucky enough to go on a cross country road trip with Gary and our nephew Devin. We drove my car from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine in just about three weeks. We took a ‘central US’ path East and came back taking a more northern passage. Regarding where we went each day, we made it to about 40 breweries and a handful of tap-houses, bars, and brewpubs to find local beers and food along the way. While the long distance driving was challenging some days (10+ hrs at a time), we really enjoyed the trip with it’s the ever-changing scenery and wonderful cities, towns, and people we met. Before leaving on the trip, we gathered and then took a couple of cases of local specialty beers for our friend Rusty in Pittsburgh. The sucky part was that while we wanted the beers to not get ruined by the heat, we ended up unloading and reloading it a LOT as we stopped each night. This is a valuable learning experience, to stick to mailing stuff like beer and wine, …

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