Wednesday, December 2, 2015

long overdue ode to the tri-motor amber

I'm sure by now anyone who has perused these rantings knows i have an obsession with the Thompson River. And yes I don't deny it. but the Thompson was once the location of a sad event.


Lang Creek Brewery



 The Thompson river valley was once the home of "Americas most remote brewery" Who knows why Brew master John Campbell built the Lang Creek Brewery so far out in the boonies. My own theory was that he knew i was a sucker for a good brew, and a sucker for a fishing hole (sorry JD).

mmmmmmmmmmmm... beer!

My favorite beer in the world at one time was the Lang tri-motor amber ale, and while my beer tastes have gravitated towards IPAs recently im sure a frosty tri-motor would still hit the spot. I do remember Lang brewed a beer called "hop zeppelin" and at the time i thought it to be way too hopped up but today............................... im not so sure if i wouldn't love it. All of Langs beers had an aviation ring to them, i think maybe John was a pilot or something.


There were many a day when going to or from fishing we would stop in at Lang and have a "sample"
or three. John sold the brewery a time or two but i guess the people he sold it to didnt have his passion for beer or his know-how so he always got it back, then one day i heard the bad news, lang was done. the end of an era. The end of tri-motor. So i did what anyone would do...... went to costco and bought three cases of tri-motor. We also stopped by the brewery in the days before it closed, and i scored a Land Creek fleece, which i have to this day.
everybody loves camping on the Thompson!

So im sure by now you have forgotten all about the reason for this post, and the sad event that took place on the Thompson that day.  Well the real reason was to pay homage to a great beer and a very cool brewery, but maybe you have guessed the sad event by now...........
 there i sat on a rock, at the Clark Memorial hole..........
enjoying a fine Montana summer day................
doing two of my favorite things..............
fishing and drinking beer.

the infamous bittersweet day


the only sad thing was it was the last lang tri-motor quite possibly in the world.

made me happy and sad at the same time.

farethee well Lang Creek Brewery  you have been missed.


















ps i have a new favorite...........

mmmmmmmmm hat trick!
Hermit out...........

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