[(***JFUHRER***)]IN A CROWDED
CRAFT BREWING INDUSTRY, ONE
TREASURE STATE COMPANY MANAGES
TO STAND OUT.LEWIS AND CLARK
BREWING
COMPANY STARTED IN THE CAPITAL
CITY MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, AND
HAS COME TO GAIN NATIONAL
RECOGNITION.THIS MONTANA-MADE
BUSINESS CONTINUES TO EXPAND,
AND ONE DAY COULD BE
LOOKING AT AN INTERNATIONAL
PRESENCE.




{MAX PIGMAN SAYS, "WHEN YOU
FIRST START TO MASH IN - AND
THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE TAKING THE
MALTED BARLEY AND YOU’VE GROUND
IT UP AND YOU MIX IT WITH WATER
IN WHAT’S CALLED THE MASH
TON OR THE LAUTER TON - THE
SMELLS THAT THAT GENERATES IN
THE MORNING ARE SOMETHING
THAT EVEN TO THIS DAY I STILL
JUST WALK THROUGH THE BREWRY AND
STOP AND TAKE A BIG WIFF AND SAY
"THIS IS WHY I DO WHAT I
DO"}{LEWIS AND CLARK BREWERY
OWNER MAX PIGMAN
TOOK OVER SLEEPING GIANT BREWERY
16 YEARS AGO, RENAMING IT
LEWIS AND CLARK AFTER THE COUNTY
AND THE FAMOUS EXPLORERS.
}{BUT...HIS INTEREST IN BREWING
STARTED OUTSIDE U-S BORDERS.
}{MAX
PIGMAN SAYS, "I WAS STATIONED IN
THE MILITARY.
I WAS OVER IN THE AIR FORCE IN
JAPAN.
I HAD A
HARD TIME FINDING GOOD BEERS.
I STARTED HOMEBREWING IN HELENA
AND THAT’S WHERE IT ALL
CAME FROM."}{WHAT STARTED AT
HOME HAS GROWN INTO A SPRAWLING
FACTORY WITH STATE OF THE ART
EQUIPMENT...PUMPING OUT SOME OF
LEWIS AND CLARK’S MOST POPULAR
BREWS...
LIKE MINER’S GOLD AND
PRICKLY PEAR PALE ALE.
}{NAT- "THE BEST THING ABOUT IT
IS THE QUALITY"}{AS CRAFT
BREWING TOOK OFF, LEWIS AND
CLARK RODE THE WAVE.
SWITCHING FROM
BOTTLES TO CANS...AND SEEING
DRAMATIC INCREASES IN
SALES.}{LAST YEAR, THE BREWERY
ADDED A 9 MILLION DOLLAR
EXPANSION,
INCREASING PRODUCTION 6 TIMES
OVER.
}{JACOB FUHRER SAYS, "NOW THE
SUMMER MONTHS ARE VERY IMPORTANT
TO LEWIS AND CLARK.
IT’S WHEN THEY DO ABOUT FIFTY
PERCENT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, ALL OF
THESE KEGS RIGHT HERE ARE
EMPTY.
THEY’VE COME BACK FROM
RESTAURANTS AROUND MONTANA IN
JUST THE LAST TWO
WEEKS"}{BUT AS THE SCALE
INCREASES, THE FAMILIAR TASTE -
MAX ASSURES US -
STAYS THE SAME.
}{THE BREWERY TOOK HOPE MULTIPLE
AWARDS
RECENTLY AT A COMPETITION IN
DENVER.
}{THREE OF THE MEDALING
BEERS WERE MADE IN THE EXPANDED
BREWERY.
}{MAX PIGMAN SAYS, "THE BEER
THAT WE’RE PUTTING OUT AT THIS
POINT REALLY HAS THE QUALITY
THAT THE JUDGES ARE SAYING ’HEY
THIS IS
REALLY GOOD BEER’"}{WHAT MAKES
IT SO SPECIAL? PIGMAN POINTS TO
MONTANA’S AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN.
}{MAX SAYS, "BEING ABLE TO
UTILIZE SOME OF TH
BEST MALTED BARLEY IN THE WORLD
WHICH IS GROWN JUST NORTH OF US
IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND
MALTED JUST NORTH OF US UP JUST
ABOVE GREAT FALLS THERE IS A
HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR
US."}{PIGMAN FINDS OTHER WAYS TO
DRAW IN CUSTOMERS
WHAT’S BECOMING A CROWDED CRAFT
BREWING SCENE.
}{MAX SAYS, "WE’VE GOT
A NEW SEASONAL BEER THAT COMES
OUT ABOUT EVERY SIX WEEKS
NOW"}{THIS MONTH, A
SEASONAL PUMPKIN BREW ENTICES
CUSTOMERS.}{RECENTLY PIGMAN ALSO
ALLOWED CUSTOMERS TO START
BUYING BEER WITH THE DIGIT
CURRENCY BITCOIN.
}{ANYTHING TO KEEP THINGS
FRESH...A STRATEGY THAT’S
PAYING OFF.}{MAX SAYS, "HERE WE
ARE ALMOST 17 YEARS LATER AND
IT’S BEYOND MY
WILDEST DREAMS AND IT’S REALLY A
BLESSING"}{JACOB FUHRER SAYS,
"AS FOR WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE
BREWERY - WELL IT MIGHT BE
REPORTING FROM HELENA, JACOB
FUHRER, MTN NEWS."}




[(***JFUHRER***)]LEWIS AND CLARK
CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTES TO A
[(***JFUHRER***)]LEWIS AND CLARK
CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTES TO ALL
OF MONTANA, IDAHO, AND EASTERN
WASHINGTON, AND SOON WILL BE
AVAILABLE IN WYOMING.




[(***JFUHRER*
