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your homegrown newspaper April 12, 2023
Vol. 19, No. 30
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TAYLOR DAVISON / VALLEY JOURNAL
Ronan prepares for first ever brewfest, music festival By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal
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RONAN — The Ronan Chamber of Commerce has announced the first ever Ronan Brewfest will happen this summer on June 24 at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Rumblings of a possible brewfest have gone through the chamber for the last couple of
years, with several board members interested. Katie Jo Elliott of the chamber said she began testing the waters last year by reaching out to different breweries at different points in the year to gauge interest. Good feedback in hand, she officially proposed the idea to the board. “Everybody was really excited about it and a lot of
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people jumped on board, and we formed a committee pretty quickly,” Elliott explained. “I think that it’s the brainchild of a lot of us, and we finally got the motivation to take the leap of faith and try this thing out.” The event has so far, a total of eight breweries confirmed and four more potentially joining in. The breweries on the list
include the Ronan Cooperative Brewery, Glacier Brewing out of Polson, Flathead Lake Brewing out of Bigfork, Tamarac Brewing out of Lakeside, Canyon Ferry Brewery from Townsend, Branding Iron Brewing from Eureka, Bias Brewing from Kalispell, and Oddpitch Brewing from Mis-
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