Happy Independence from the British Day and Park County Fair Homebrew Competition and Beer Garden

We'd like to invite y'all down to the Park County Fairgrounds August 1st from 11- 4. We're going to celebrate with the 1st Annual Tri-county Homebrew Competition and Local Craft Beer Garden. Katabatic and Neptune's will be pouring beer, Future Farmers of America (FFA) alumni will be serving up eats and canned beers, and we're hoping to have some music too.

 Precisely at 11:00 am the judges will commence drinking and the Beer Garden will start serving beer. After a couple of hours the judges will announce the winners in each Category. There will be announcements from our sponsors and you will be able to go view the 4-H Round Robin. (That's where you get to see all the Purple, Pink, Blue, Red, White and Fair Grand Champion Ribbon winners.)


Homebrewers can register there beers for 2 weeks in advance at two locations or online 

So come down Aug 1st check out some 4-H stuff and drink some beer. You might have fun while your at it.
This week:
Monday: Growler Monday - Get a free pint and $1 off when you fill a growler.
Tuesday: Beer for a Cause - Livingston Mental Health Center Drink a beer and $1 from each pint goes here. 
Wednesday: Farmer's Market 4-7:30 Miles Park. Come drink a beer in the park.
Thursday: Food - Faye's, also Live Music - 4ish (after parade) - 7:30 Milton Manasco and the Big Fiasco

Friday: Food - Faye's, also we'll be at Moods of the Madison - Spirit and Brewfest in Ennis! Come check us out in Ennis!
Saturday: Live Music - 5:30-7:30, Food - Faye's Cafe 
Sunday: Bike to the brewery and get $1 off your first pint. Heck, use our new bike racks.


Btw, Happy Independence from the British Day. July 2-4th we will have Faye's Cafe in the House serving up yummy tacos. Come check us out in the parade! We'll be giving out wooden nickels, so if you see us, give us a shout! You'll be happy you did.

Cheers!

English Summer Ale- blowing into town in a few weeks.

Finally, summer is officially here. Here at Katabatic we take summer seriously! (Actually the only thing we take seriously here is beer, but who cares.) So serious in fact, we're making a toe-wiggling, spine-tingling, jump-in-the-lake English Summer Ale. What is a English summer ale? Well, the english mow their lawns too. One could say its a lawnmower-beer made with taste, and English malts and hops, or one could say it is a malty, yet light, easy-drinking refreshing lower alcohol beer with more taste. It is a light-bodied, refreshing, ale that has a slightly hoppy aroma, and nice malt backbone made from light malts.

Next rotator out on the taps is: Goat Effer English Pale. This is the English Summer Ale's bully big brother. Bigger than the summer ale all around, it starts off with a large malt bill, to back up the english hops. The true style of Goat Effer is an English Bitters. That confuses Americans so we just call it an English Pale Ale. Think American Pale Ale, but with English Malts, hops and an estery yeast strain. It's maltier, and not as hoppy as the american version.

This week:
Monday: Growler Monday - Get a free pint and $1 off when you fill a growler.
Tuesday: Beer for a Cause - Tri-county Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Drink a beer and $1 from each pint goes here.
Wednesday: Farmer's Market 4-7:30 Miles Park. Come drink a beer in the park.
Thursday: Live Music -Jeremiah and the red eyes
Saturday: Live Music - In walks bud
Sunday: Bike to the brewery and get $1 off your first pint.

Are the Irish really lucky?

New tanks arrived last week

I've always wondered where the saying "luck of the irish" came from. Well, at Katabatic we are now serving our latest Bold rotator offering:
Butte E. Call - Irish Red Ale

Been to Butte? Know anyone from Butte? Ok, nuff said. For those of you that answered NO on the previous multiple choice questions, for the record, there are a lot of Irish folk in Butte. Now the question you might wax over while sipping your new found favorite malty beer Butte E. Call,  is:
Are the Irish lucky? Or are they just good....

They are the big ones in the back!

Happenings this week:

Tuesday: "Beer for a cause" Sister Cities program. Did you know we have a sister city in Japan?
Wednesday: Live Local Music : Someday Miss Pray - Talented Livingston locals
Thursday: Gr-Raffle - Raffle for a Giraffe? Nope! Put your name and number on your last 2 drink tickets, turn them in for the raffle and you could win a growler and a fill. Get it? Growler + Raffle?
Saturday: Live Local Music : Scott Evje - One of the local favorite talents
Sunday: Bike your Damn ass to the brewery day! - Show us you brought your bike and you get a dollar off your first pint.

Ride your bike down to the brewery and you will soon get to park your bike on these Bad Larrys.

Anabatic Amber! It'll blow you away.

Well, it blew some judges away, hows that. We went down to Idaho Falls, ID this weekend to North American Beer Awards (NABA).....
And we won a gold medal for our Anabatic Amber! It was the one of the larger categories this year.

Congrats to Jason our brewer for another great win!










Friday night was the awards ceremony. Saturday was a brewfest with a lot of the medal winning breweries in attendance. Saturday night we ended up at the Republic American grill and restaurant with the brewers and representatives from Bozeman Brewing Company, Carter's Brewing Company, Uberbrew, Canyon Creek Brewery, and us. Brewer's are fun people to hang out with!






Happenings this week:

Monday: Growler Monday!! Free pint while you fill your growler, plus $1 off your growler fill.
Tuesday: "Beer for a Cause." Park County Cubs baseball team.
Wednesday: Live Music- J-bird local singer/song writer
Thursday: Gr-raffle! Raffle for a growler with your 2nd and 3rd drink tickets.
Saturday: TBD
Sunday: Bike to the Brewery Sundays! Bike to the brewery and get $1 off your first pint. Now that's motivation to go pump up the tires in that ol' bicycle.

Danger/Danger! Double IPA, Irresponsibly Hopped

Danger/Danger Double IPA, Irresponsibly Hopped! 

The Double Danger, in all it's glory 

Double Danger is back! Yay!
No growler sales of Double Danger! Boo!
Sorry! We put a veritable sh*$-ton of hops in this tantalizingly refreshing and hoppy tasting Double IPA. It's named for a reason. Like the danger-yellow sign that pictures a guy falling off a cliff? You know the one. Yah, we need a sign like that with a beer mug in the guy's hand as he falls off a cliff. This beer is not to be trifled with. With that said if you drink it in moderation, it is AMAZING!

It's served in a snifter to bring out the stupendously aromatic pine, tropical fruits and citrus notes that come from the crazy amount hops we irresponsibly throw in there. But you know what? We think it's worth it to be irresponsible. Sometimes. Especially with hops. Like the old wise-folks would say: everything in moderation, including moderation, and hops.

BBQ and Beer at the Sport.

Thanks to all that came out for the 1st annual Tap into MT - Livingston brewfest and craft beer week. It was a smashing success! We had great community participation, local businesses really got behind the events all week long, and the brewfest went  off as it capped the week's festivities and this is just the beginning!

P-burg Brewing at the Brewfest

We heard from many people that they think this is Livingston's first brewfest ever! It will be even AWESOMER next year when it's the 2nd annual Tap into MT and Brewfest. Thank you Livingston, we love you a ton! Thanks to the Office for sponsoring and staffing the brewfest, and Vision Livingston for partnering and making this whole event possible.


On this week's police blotter:
Just kidding, we never want to be in the police blotter.

This week at Katabatic:
Tuesday: Beer for a Cause - Park Co. Conservation Voters. $1 off every pint goes to them!
Wednesday: Live Music - Jameson and Sordid Seeds. Jameson and the Sordid Seeds is a bumpin’ original reggae rock and blues rock band based out of Northwest Montana. 
Thursday: GR-Raffle - Raffle + Growler Fill + GR-Raffle
Saturday: Live Music - Paul Lee
Sunday: Game Day - We moved the games, ask your server for them. Parents please play these games with kids and family, not use the games as a babysitter for your kids.

Did we mention we saw a camel in the Paradise Valley? Got info? Give it to us dangit!

Tap Into Montana

Enter Livingston Buy Local's social media scavenger hunt (on Facebook here.)  

Don't miss out on Livingston Buy Locals's social media scavenger hunt for Tap into MT. Just snap a photo at any of the events that you attend this week and post on Livingston Buy Local's Facebook page with the hashtag #tapintomt. You will get one point for each event you attend (you don't have to be in the photo.) At the end of the week the person with the most points wins some great prizes including a growler & fill from us at Katabatic and a $40 gift card from the Gourmet Cellar. You can see the full list of events plus all of the contest rules and prizes at the link here.

Tap into Montana's Events Schedule

MONDAY MAY 11th

• Beer and BBQ at The Sport. Starts at 5 pm

• Dessert Beers & Chocolates at The Office Lounge. Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

TUESDAY MAY 12th

• Taco Tuesday and Beer Pairing at The Mint Bar and Grill. Starts at 4 pm

• Mosaic and Beer at Neptune's Brewery. Cost: $25. Starts at 4 pm

• German Style Beers & Brats at The Office Lounge. Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

WEDNESDAY MAY 13th

• Beer and Cheese Pairing from The Gourmet Cellar at Katabatic Brewing Company

Sample a range of beer washed cheese varieties paired with beer. Cost: $15/person. Starts at 5:30 pm

• Hoppy Humpday - IPA's for Tasting at The Office Lounge. Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

• Art on Tap at Wheatgrass Saloon

Art lesson with Betsy Hall and Edd Enders. This is for ALL LEVELS. Guides are available for beginners and anyone who needs help. Everyone will make their own finished piece on an 8" x 10" canvas. Cost includes lessons, materials, two pints of craft beer and light snacks.

Cost: $35. Time: 6 - 8 pm

THURSDAY MAY 14th

• In-house Mobile Canning Demonstration from Montana Canning Co. at Katabatic Brewing Co.. Starts at 5 pm

• Screening of Homebrewd at Katabatic Brewing Co. - Watch a free screening of Homebrewd, a film about beer. Time: 5:30-6:30 pm

• Draught Works Brewery "Tap Take Over"  at The Office Lounge. Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

• Beer Trivia at The Mint Bar and Grill. Starts at 7 pm

FRIDAY MAY 15th

• Strange Brews Dinner at Pinky's Cafe. Time TBD

• Brews and Burgers at The Office Lounge. Time: 5:30-7:30 pm 

SATURDAY MAY 16th

Yoga at Katabatic Brewing Company Cost: Free
Starts at 10:00 am

Get Ready for BrewFest: Bloody Mary Specials at The Office Lounge Saturday Morning

Coffee Porter, Big Sky Camp Robber at The Office Lounge Sunday Morning After the Brew Fest Special

Tap Into Montana Brewfest at Miles ParkFeaturing 12 Montana Breweries, Local Food, and Live Music
1pm VIP Ticket Holders
2pm-7pm Regular ticket holders and general public

Other Events at the Brewfest Art from Art on Tap will be auctioned during the Brew Fest
Fly Tying Competition
Home Brew Demonstration
Montana Canning Company Canning Demonstration

Read more about the 1st annual Tap Into Montana Brewfest

AT KATABATIC THIS WEEK:
MONDAY: Growler Monday - Get $1 off a growler fill, and a free pint while you wait.

TUESDAY: "Beer for a cause"- The Grizzly Encounter, "Beer for Bears" , $1 from every pint between 4pm - 8pm goes to help the sanctuary and the 5 rescue bears. Presentation & Meet and greet with Casey Anderson! Live music by Paul Lee Kupfer!

WEDNESDAY: Live Music - Mathias - Check him out here.

THURSDAY: GRR-Raffle - Grrrowler and Rrraffle + Grrraffle. Get it. Put name and phone on last 2 drink tickets and you might just get one.

FRIDAY: Live Music - Kalyn Beasley -Straight outta Wyoming with a hat, a horse and a guitar. I don't know if he's bringing' his horse though.

SATURDAY: No live music this Saturday, sorry, good music Friday though.

SUNDAY: Family Fun day with board games. We have Chess, Checkers, Cribbage, Battleship, Chutes and Ladders, Rummikub, cards, Bananagrams, Jenga, Sorry, and I'm sure we're forgetting a few.

Windy Season is OVER!

Neptune's, Katabatic's, and 406's Brewers in one place!

In case you haven't checked your anemometer lately, windy season in Livingston is officially over. Does that mean the wind doesn't blow any more? Nope, it just means the Katabatic winds have left the building. Or Paradise Valley per se. Now we will be as windy as every other town East of the Continental Divide due to storms rolling through.

For those of you who don't know, Katabatic winds are responsible for shutting down the I=90 corridor coming through Livingston. They are cold downslope winds that start in theYellowstone Park area. Cold air sinks, its starts in Yellowstone Park going downslope, down valley, and the steeper the gradient the faster cold air sinks. There is a 3000 ft drop between Yellowstone Park and Livingston and a perfect natural half-pipe to funnel the winds. After late March, early April these weather patterns subside and Livingston becomes semi-normal again. WHY DOES THIS MATTER YOU ASK?

Beacause we are now open from 12 pm to 8pm seven days a week!

Now you can come have a beer at lunch or get a growler before heading out mushroom hunting for the afternoon, or gopher hunting, or wildflower hunting, or whitewater hunting or lawn mowing? Ah, whatever, we're open from 12-8 now!

Happenings this week:

Monday: Growler Monday! and Bluegrass jam. Fill a growler and get $1 off refill, and free pint.
Tuesday: "Beer for a Cause" this week is Livingston Baseball Association!
Wednesday: Live Music - Jason Moreland AKA Jbird!
Thursday: GR-Raffle Thursday. Turn in tickets #2 and #3 with name and phone and you could win your very own Katabatic growler filled with delicious beer.
Saturday: Live Music - John Floridis is a modern day Steve Vai. He will melt your eardrums on his acoustic guitar. Don't believe? Come down and see.
 Sunday: Family Day, and...the sabbath, and well, it's great for playing games and drinking beer too. We have games out for y'all to play. Wanna dominate your date in a game of Chutes and Ladders? Don't worry we won't tell? Got a secret penchant for Bananagrams? You're secret is safe with us.