Kettle House

My favorite brew pub ever, like, since the beginning of time, is MickDuff's.  It's over in Sandpoint, Idaho though and that presents a couple of problems for me.  Obviously, the distance required to travel is one problem, but another is more personal.  It bothers me that my favorite micro brewery is in Idaho and not in the state I so proudly call home...The Great State of Montana.  Alas, it is what it is, but coming in a close 2nd is The Kettle House.  

What's funny is that the 2 breweries in question couldn't be more different.  One (MickDuff's) is a little ma and pa outfit that doesn't even bottle, the other (Kettle House) has gotten so big, I wonder if they should even consider themselves a microbrewery anymore.

KH is located in a fantastic old, brick, building that is situated next to some railroad tracks and it has old Hwy. 93 going under it.  Yes, you read correctly...under it.  Be that as it may, it doesn't distract from the ambiance of this place.   It's a building from bygone days that's open and lets in just the right amount of light that creates a very positive atmosphere with plenty of room for you and your crew.  

And that just the building, we haven't even discussed the beer yet.  That's why we flock here, it's for the beer!  The beer that the KH puts out has become so popular that they actually had to scale back their distribution due to them not being able to keep themselves under the 10K (barrel) limit that allows them to operate their taprooms and charge for beer.  It suck for me, but if you're KH, having beer that  is too popular is a nice problem to have.

Home of Coldsmoke! My favorite! Huge location with plenty of seating. No randall tap here but they do cask aging