This is why… Flathead Lake Brewing Company

Our brewery believes that great beer calls for quality ingredients and quality ingredients require a healthy environment. Why is that? Well, beer is made from items found or grown in our environment: malts, hops, yeast, and the most important ingredient- water. So, teaming up with organizations like the Flathead Lakers, who also desire to protect our environment has always been an important part of our company's mission.

In the brewing industry, the water available to the brewery dictates what type of beer the brewer can make. Most breweries, to avoid constraints from hard or soft waters, must invest in filtration systems to reduce unwanted minerals and hardness, then add them back in to get a certain water profile.

Not us! We can produce unfiltered beer because we are fortunate enough to live and create a product in such a clean environment here in the Flathead Valley. We can brew with exceptionally clean and fresh water straight from a deep aquifer that is continually replenished by snow melt from surrounding mountain ranges.

Yet, we are not only involved in environmental causes just because of beer production.

Then why, you ask? Simple ... because we are so lucky to call Montana our home. We get to enjoy all it has to offer us in terms of outdoor recreation every day. So, we believe we hold part of the responsibility to conserve its natural beauty and health for our enjoyment today and for future generations tomorrow.

... the Flathead Lake Brewing Company is a proud business member of the Flathead Lakers and supporter and host of Science on Tap!

Cheers! The crew of the Flathead Lake Brewing Co. and Pubhouse