The Best Beers In Missoula According To “Experts”

Missoula is a beer-drinking city. We love a good hefeweizen, stout, porter, lager, pale ale or an IPA... ok, only some people enjoy an IPA. Others think you're drinking a vine soaked in Clorox.

The bottom line is that we like beer, so I spent my "work" day "researching" Missoula's favorite beers. I want to thank my boss for paying me to search for beers all day. This was one of the better days at work I've had.

My research came from Untappd - a haven for beer drinkers to rate beers, discover new breweries and create beer wish lists. It's a great app that I frequently use when trying new beers. Untappd has a massive catalog of beers and breweries, so I looked up the top-rated brew at each Missoula brewery. I dwindled the list down to 11 breweries. I also required beers to have at least 100 ratings to find out the true GOAT at each location.

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Here are my findings from a long day of research.

Note: I excluded Big Sky Brewing and Kettlehouse Brewing because I was keeping this as local & small as I could. 

Note #2: Some of these beers may no longer be in production

1. Imagine Nation: Gravitas (Imperial IPA) (4.33/5)

2. Bayern Brewing: Bad Santa (Bock - Eisbock) (4.04/5)

3. Tamarack Brewing Company: Headwall (Imperial IPA) (4/5)

4. Highlander Beer: Bourbon Barrel Chocolate Oatmeal Stout (Imperial Stout) (3.99/5)

4. Oddpitch Brewing: Divine Design (New England IPA) (3.99/5)

6. Conflux Brewing Company: Drum Kick Java Stout (Coffee Stout) (3.98/5)

7. Western Cider: Fat Robin (Traditional Cider) (3.94/5)

8. Cranky Sam Brewing: Justa Wee Heavy (Scotch Ale) (3.92/5)

9. Great Burn Brewing: Deemed Essential (New England IPA) (3.87/5)

10. Draught Works Brewery: Fruit Rolled Up (Hazy IPA) (3.86/5)

10. Gild Brewing: Mugshot (Oatmeal Stout) (3.86/5