Apologies to anyone who reads this blog...I've been neglecting it. 

  Things are going very well at CCB. 

  The landscaping & patios turned out great. It's such a pleasant space to enjoy a few pints. Up until this last week, when the rain started, the patios were well populated.

  Just an aside to that, even though it looks busy from the outside, there is tons of room inside. Tap room customers have a tendency to arrive in separate cars. One table of folks might have 6 cars outside. After all, it's all about meeting up with friends, isn't it? Don't let the parking lot deceive you. There is parking in the back, and in the Western Tool lot next door as well. Also, the lot next door has been purchased, and is now graded & graveled.

  We get compliments every day about how beautiful our interior space is. I am working on putting up more artsy stuff inside, just don't want to overwhelm the walls with too much. 

  The beers are finally getting names. Ron had to name them, because he entered some of his beers in the North American Brewers Association competition. You can't enter beers without names. So, we have so far...

Cold Creek Scottish Ale
Beerhenge Hefe (We named the patio Beerhenge)
C4 IPA
O.N.S. Blonde 
The Pale With No Name Pale Ale

 We are very proud to say that The O.N.S. Blonde won a Silver medal at the North American Brewers Association Competition. We beat out a Pabst blonde ale named Ballantine's. Didn't know it existed until then. We won the Bronze medal for People's Choice Awards at the Brews'n'Chews downtown.

 We have been regularly attending brew fests throughout Montana, and even if we can't be at all of them, our beer frequently is. Our tap room manager Janie sometimes attends & serves when we can't make it, and she hosted our booth in Joliet MT for their fest. We were at The Montana Brewer's Association brew fests here in Billings, and at their 150th Anniversary of Helena MT fest. We were also at The Brews'n'Chews at the depot downtown. We will be serving our beer at the Ales For Trails fest in September & at Zootoberfest at ZooMontana in October. If you are heading to Sheridan on September 6th, we'll be at their brew fest hosted by Blacktooth Brewing as well. 

 The Magic City Blues Festival in Billings at South Park hosted the first ever South Park Tap Room, with Canyon Creek, Uberbrew, Angry Hank's and Montana Brewing Company in attendance. We look forward to doing it again next year. 

 We are starting to have food trucks rotate in now. Cajun Phatty's is there 2-4 days a week & has her schedule posted on her Facebook page. She has also started serving lunch from the CCB lot from 11-2 pm, weekdays. We've also had Longhorn BBQ, Two Sassy Meatballs, & Jimmy's Greece Pit. The Shack will be here August 30th. 

Well, that's the latest. Get down here & enjoy our beer!






  

  

  

  

Wow...I completely forgot I even started this blog. 

It's been a crazy whirlwind since the last post. We finished construction, finished the brewery, and we are OPEN!!! We sailed through the licensing, building & health inspections with minor issues.
 
We did a soft opening on December 20th, 2013.

The building turned out beautiful. Our contractors, Staudel Construction & the subs did a bang up job on our place. Our partners did the interior design & everyone loves the decor & atmosphere. The tap room is amazing, with cool views, stainless steel counter tops, and copper tap assemblies. The tables made by our friend Blake Fransen are gorgeous. We are starting to put up some art work. Our patios are going to be the focal point this summer. I can hardly wait.

Ron has brewed the following ales:  Blonde, Cream, Scottish, Stout, IPA, Hefeweizen, and Amber. The blond & the Scottish are the best sellers. All the beers are getting wonderful reviews.

The response from the west end has been more than we ever hoped for. There are new faces coming in every day. The friends we have made over the years of hanging out at the other tap rooms have showed as well.

We are open 7 days a week, from 2-8pm. Happy Hour is 3-5pm, with $3 pints. Come on out & have a pint with us!