Blacksmith Brewing Company in Stevensville has released Montana’s first ever 100% Montana grown and malted beer. Blacksmith Brewing Company is excited to announce the release of a new beer that features 100% Montana grown and malted barley from Montana Craft Malt.
In early March before the pandemic really started to affect the business for making beer, Jake Rausch, Blacksmith’s head brewer, and the team from Montana Craft Malt got together to brew a batch of beer. This beer is unique in the fact that it is the first beer in Montana to be made using 100% Montana grown and malted barley. It is a goal of Blacksmith Brewing Company to keep production as local as possible often using hops grown right in the valley. So when they had a chance to be the first to use Montana Craft Malt, they were excited to try it. What resulted from this collaboration was Flip Line Pilsner, which was released this weekend. The beer is light and crisp with a grainy Pilsen malt character and a spicy herbal flavor with hop bitterness created from German noble hops.
“I’m so excited to be the first to use Montana Craft Malt’s Pilsen malt to create this pilsner and to support Montana farmers and a new Montana malting plant,” said Jake Rausch, Blacksmith’s Head Brewer.
“We were thrilled to work with Blacksmith and thought that our malted barley was a great fit for their Pilsner,” said Chris Anderson of Montana Craft Malt. “It was exciting to take part in the brew day with Jake and we hope everyone enjoys the new Pilsner.”