Beer Geeks (continued)
So passionate in fact, that each employee at the Beer Cellar is certified level one beer server through Cicerone, which “involves quite a bit of studying and research knowing different styles of beer,” Reid said. “You learn how to treat the beer correctly.”
Probably one of the greatest attributes (and something I’ve been searching for since the beginning) is the ability to mix and match.
“You can buy one of anything in here. [You are] able to try anything; you are not committed to a full six-pack or four-pack,” he said.
Taking him up on that, I purchased two individual beers: Tamarack Brewing’s Hat Trick Hop IPA (from Missoula Montana) and Sierra Nevada’s Ovila (which is made in collaboration with monks from the Abbey of New Clairvaux).
Let me first say that both beers were amazing in their own rights, but Ovila is simply the best beer I have ever tasted. It blows Cold Smoke out of the water. So good in fact, that I refused to sully my first Oliva with a tasting review, and instead, simply enjoyed it.
Needless to say, my sizzling adventure almost ended with a limited selection and an unquenched thirst. However, The Craft Beer Cellar, with its large variety and knowledgeable beer geeks, gave me a new favorite beer and a restored hope for Bozeman’s craft beer selection.
Ovila is a seasonal beer though it comes in four different kinds. Each beer uses the ingredients from the Abbey's havest.