Flathead Lake Brewing Co.

The Flathead Lake Brewing Company started in 2004 in Woods Bay, a small community five miles south of Bigfork, Montana. Naming the brewery wasn’t hard. FLBC overlooks the shores of the largest freshwater lake in the West – and we would argue the most beautiful.

In 2006 we were honored with becoming the youngest brewery ever to win not just one, but two, World Beer Cup awards. Our brewery brought home a bronze medal for our Peg Leg Porter (now known as the Painted Rock Porter) and a silver medal for our Mutiny Stout (now known as 369’ Stout).

People liked our beer so much we just couldn’t keep up with demand – not a bad problem to have. To keep our customer’s happy, we decided we needed a larger brewing space. By 2015 our second brewing facility opened and began production in Bigfork.

We strive for high quality beer with the least amount of environmental impact. We have built our modern facility with reused materials, solar energy, and waste collection systems. We are in close proximity to Flathead Lake; therefore, we must insure that all our waste is collected and pretreated before it goes to the municipal waste treatment plant. We track our water usage and have reduced our total usage well below the average of a typical brewery.