A GREAT FALLSHOME BREWER IS
SHARING HIS AWARD WINNING
RECIPE...
MTN'S JOE HUISINGA TELLS US HOW
HE WENT FROMA CRAFT
BEER BEGINNER TOBIG TIME
BREWING... TAKE PKG: X1:27
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STEVE CANTRELL'S BEER BREWING
JOURNEY STARTED UNEXPECTEDLY
ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO
CANTRELL: "ONE OF MY FRIENDS
WIVES WORKED AT ONE OF THE
BREWERIES AND I'VE NEVER HAD A
CRAFT BEER BEFORE SO THEY SAID
HEY LET'S GO
HAVE A DRINK AND WE WENT OUT
THERE AND I REALLY LIKED IT
THEN I STARTED LOOKING INTO
MAYBE I COULD DO THIS MYSELF YOU
KNOW."
A SMALL STARTER KIT WAS ALL IT
TOOK
CANTRELL: "AS SOON AS I BREWED
MY FIRST BEER I WAS HOOKED."
AND IT ESCALATED FROM THERE WITH
LOVING SUPPORT.
CANTRELL: "BLESS MY WIFE SHE
PUTS UP WITH ME." LAST SUMMER
CANTRELL ENTER A DARK WHEAT BEER
WITH BLOOD
ORANGE AND CORIANDER IN A
CONTEST WITH THE MONTANA HOME
BREWERS AND MIGHTY MO BREW CO
AND HE WALKED AWAY WITH BEST
OF SHOW.
MIGHTY MO BREWER, CASEY
KINGSLAND: "THE WINNING BEER GOT
TO SCALE THEIR RECIPE UP AND
BREW IT HERE ON THE BIG SYSTEM."
CANTRELL: "IT'S DIFFERENT IT'S A
LOT OF FUN THOUGH."
THIS WEEK CANTRELL STARTED UP
310 GALLONS OF HIS BLOOD MOON
BEER.
IT'S A BIGGER BATCH AND A LOT
MORE CLEAN-UP THAN HE'S USED TO
BUT THE EXPERIENCE IS
WORTH THE WORK
KINGSLAND: "EVERY HOMEBREWER
KIND OF DREAMS OF PRODUCING
THEIR
BEER COMMERCIAL WAY SO I THINK
THAT'S PRETTY COOL FOR HIM TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT."
CANTRELL SAYS NOW HE HOPES TO
WIN AGAIN AND THAT MEANS BACK
TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
CANTRELL: "MOST OF THE TIME I'M
ALWAYS TINKERING EXPERIMENTING
WITH THIS SEE WHAT WORKS WITH
THAT." IT'S ALL PART OF
FERMENTING A FAVORITE IN GREAT
FALLS JOE HUISINGA MTN NEWS
CANTRELL'S BLOOD MOON BEER WILL
GO ON TAP AT MIGHTY MO
