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Cole Schneider and Maggie Doherty, owners of the Kalispell Brewing Company. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
Craft Brewing’s New Kids on the Block

Two new breweries By JUSTIN FRANZ of the Beacon
And Kalispell Brewing Company Montana currently has 45 operating
isn’t the only new kid on the block. Cab- breweries with another seven licensed
hope to open their The tanks are installed and the
inet Mountain Brewing Company in and waiting in the wings. Nationwide in
glasses stocked at the Kalispell Brew- downtown Libby is also gearing up for 2013 there were more than 2,700 brew-
doors and ill patrons’ ing Company. Now comes the fun part: an early summer start. Both breweries eries and another 1,700 being planned.

glasses this summer
making beer. The owners of the Flat- are opening their doors as Montana’s “I think people like to have choic-
head Valley’s newest brewery say after craft beer scene continues to grow and es and craft beer ofers drinkers that
more than two years of work, the down- prosper, according to Montana Brew- choice,” Herbert said.
town taproom will inally open some ers Association Executive Director Tony The husband-and-wife team behind
time in June.
Herbert. According to the association,
Kalispell Brewing Company, brewmas-

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