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.

Website up, and Tap Into MT news!

Check out www.katabaticbrewing.com.

Wanna know what music is playing? Check out www.katabaticbrewing.com.

Wanna find out what's on tap? Check out www.katabaticbrewing.com.

Wanna find out what non-profit is sponsored for the Beer for a Cause this week? Check out www.katabaticbrewing.com.

Wanna see beautiful pictures of beautiful people drinking beautiful beer? Check out www.katabaticbrewing.com.

Wanna play music at Katabatic Brewery? www.katabaticbrewing.com.

Wanna party like it's 1999? Listen to Prince.

Check out www.tapintomt.com or https://www.facebook.com/tapintomt.

It's Livingston's first ever Craft Beer Week culminating with a brew festival! 6 days of craft beer related events sponsored by businesses all over town. From beer dinners, to art and beer, cheese and beer, yoga and beer, and even a beer canning demo. 12 different MT breweries will be pouring their beer from 1-7 pm on Saturday May 16 at Miles Park, down by the Civic Center on the lawn by the band shell. You know, where the Farmer's Markets are, and people walk their dogs on the trail by the river? You know?

Craft Beer Week is a national celebration of craft beer and small businesses from May 11-17. Want to know the definition of "craft beer." Go here.

Did you know beer could be this fun? If you did, go here.

Get advanced tickets, $5 cheaper than the door here.

If you want to help out and get free admission go here.

Rub the belly and it'll bring you good luck.

This week at Katabatic:

Monday: Growler Mondays, $1 off every growler, free pint while you wait. Go here.

Tuesday: "Beer for a Cause" because beer is good for organizations too. Go here.

Wednesday: Live Music: Go here.

Thursday: Gr-raffle! Wanna know what a graffle is? Go here.

Friday: Wanna know the latest? Go here. Ha! Got ya sucker! 

Saturday: Live Music: Go here.

Sunday: Family Day/Night. Come here.

Hey! If you are a farmer or rancher, or you know one who wants to feed sterile spent grain to their animals, let us know here. There are no hops in it. It still has sugars in it. It is malted barley and wheat that is left over from the brew process, and is clean and sterile.

What's blowing around Katabatic this week?

Happenings this Week:

Tuesday: "Beer for a Cause"- $1 off each pint from 4-8 goes to the Payden Foundation to help kids fight cancer. http://payden.org

Wednesday: Live Music - Danny Bee, he plays with Big Ol', but tonight he'll be playing solo on his trusty electric guitar.

Thursday: Graffle - Don't know what a "graffle" is? Come have a pint or two, on your 2nd and 3rd pints, turn in your drink tickets with your name and phone number and get entered to win a free growler and growler fill.

Head Brewer Jason dry hopping "Base Hit"

Friday: Nitro Friday!!!! This weeks Nitro suds selection is Katabatic APA on Nitro. If you haven't checked out what nitro is about, give it a try, it won't bite.

Saturday: Live Music - Tammy Hauer - Bozeman local, with a great song repertoire and great voice.

Sunday: Family day - Bring the whole fam-damnly, grab a pint, or root beer, sit down and beat the pants off your 6 year old at Battleship. Or let them win, we won't judge, we also have a ton of board games including cribbage, checkers, chutes and ladders, Livingstonopoly, Bananagrams and a bunch more.

Spent Grain from our "Base Hit" Session Pale Ale

For ROTATORS on tap we currently have Anabatic Amber Ale. A well balanced, slightly-malty initial taste that is balanced with hops and plenty of caramel notes. It finishes with a floral and tropical fruity aroma that is refreshing for this style of beer. Named after those warm afternoon upslope breezes that you experience on the perfect summer day in the mountains or on the river.

Cliff cleaning the kegs

Next up: "Base Hit" Session Pale Ale. A low-alcohol, easy drinking pale ale that is "sessionable". By sessionable we mean you can drink a few in a session without feeling too weighted down or too tipsy. Think lawn mowing beer that has a medium-bodied, "real" beer taste, not yellow fizzy stuff that tastes like carbonated dog pee. Can we say dog pee on the blog? I guess we just did.

Nitro Fridays and Anabatic Amber Ale Alert!

Introducing Nitro Fridays!!

Starting Friday April 3rd at 12pm (MST) we will tap a keg of pure Nitrogen-charged Katabatic Beery-goodness. Each Friday a new keg will be on tap. We will tap one keg at noon on Fridays, and when it's gone, it's gone man, gone!

Introducing this Friday for our inaugural pour: we are tapping Katabatic APA on Nitro.

Nitro suds

Also coming this Monday April 6th, is our newest rotator: Anabatic Amber Ale.

An amazingly well balanced malty beer with enough hops to keep it balanced, but not overly bitter. It is our Katabatic take on a West Coast Amber, dry hopped with Galaxy and Chinook hops. Weighing in at 40 IBU's, it has enough hops to back up the malty backbone, with notes of caramel, toffee, and honey.

Job Announcement: Assistant Brewer Opening

Want to live in a really cool rural town with a population of 7500, right on the shores of the Yellowstone River? Want to get paid to make awesome beer? Katabatic Brewing Co. in Livingston, MT is now accepting resumes for an Assistant Brewer position.


Scope and General Purpose of Job:
Assist with brewery operations and cleaning to include all aspects of the brewing process, wholesale delivery, packaging and retail sales. The assistant brewer will be responsible for their own brew days as we move to double and triple batches. More extensive knowledge of the brewing process is required.

Job Requirements:
• 2-3 years experience as an assistant brewer, or formal brewing education, or current enrollment
• Positive attitude along with an absolute passion for brewing and beer
• Must be willing and able to work for extended periods of time in hot/wet environments and cold/wet environments. 
• Ability to frequently reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 
• Ability to lift 55 pound sacks of grain
• Ability to work overtime as needed

Check out our online postings here at probrewer.com or if you are a member of the Brewer's Association check it out here.

Katabatic is down the valley.

Hey friends, spring has sprung! And so have we. We sprang down the valley and dropped some beer and root beer off at Chico Hot Springs. So go for a soak, and while you're at it, sip on a frosty cold Katabatic American Pale Ale or Katabatic Root Beer.









We have our India Black Ale as a BITTER rotator,  Katabatic Root Beer should be on tap Wednesday the 25th, and up next in two weeks we'll have an Amber Ale on tap as our BOLD offering. So what are you waiting for? Dust off the bike, get it out of the garage and come on down. You're likely to see the garage door open any day its above 60 degrees out.












This week:

Tuesday: Beer For A Cause is: the Depot Foundation.
Wednesday: Rad Live music by "Hollerin Pine" our talented friends from the Bozone area.
Saturday: Live music by Paul Lee.
Sunday: Game/Family night. Bring the kids, suck down some root beer and ales, and sink a battleship or two.