Thursday, July 31, 2014

Eric Gets a Beer Flight at Lewis & Clark Brewery in Helena, Montana







The Lewis & Clark Brewing Co.
has a parking lot for visitors.








Corps of Discovery, welcome the public.












We walk past brewing
equipment.











The tables are made
with beer barrels.















Lewis & Clark Brewing Co.
has a Gallery.









There's a lot of space here
for beer connoisseurs. 















The ceilings & walls are 
heavily constructed.









The ceilings are made with heavy beams and the walls are stone.  I wonder what this building was used for before the Brewing Company .







Accolades for Lewis &
Clark beers.






Eric studies the blackboard
& makes choices for his
customized beer flight. 










Eric's beer flight included:





The descriptions are helpful when sampling beers.







The draft beer tower reminds
me of gas pipes
we've seen in farmers' fields.






While Eric sips beer I ask about the history of this building.  This 125 year old building started as a smokehouse.  Over time, it expanded and was used as an icehouse, (a jail -  corrected by Curt Synness)  a warehouse and a paint factory before Lewis and Clark Brewing Company started operations here.  

Independent Record Sports Reporter Curt Synness added a comment on the history of the Lewis and Clark Brewery.  He's done extensive research on the building and it was not used at a jail.  Thanks for correcting me on this misconception.



Eric sent me the photo he
took in the Men's Room.

The brewery theme is
 everywhere...


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1 comment:

  1. UnknownAugust 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM

    Regarding the statement that the building over time was once "used as a jail," the Montana Historical Society, the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the Lewis and Clark County Preservation Commission are all in agreement the site was never used as a jail. I have spent over 50 hours researching the subject - including study of the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, and interviewing local historians, authors and law enforcement agencies; descendants of T.C. Power (the original builder in the 1880s); relatives of C.M. Neill (who purchased the property in 1943); relatives of the founders of Columbia Paint in 1947; and former executives and employees of Columbia Paint - and the overwhelming evidence is that the bars were installed for security purposes to keep people out, not in. Thank you.

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