Hi-Line Living: Local brewing, distilling grows on the Hi-Line

With three breweries and distillery, Havre's locally produced alcohol market has grown in a big way in Havre in the past five years.

Havre went from not having a single brewery since the mid-1900s to having three - Triple Dog Brewing Co., Old Station Brewing Co. and Vizsla Brewing - and a distillery, Cawford Distillery, in the past five years, which have all been a huge success. All of them are planning to grow their businesses in the next year.

An evolving trend, evolving market

Patrick Barkey, director of the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Development, said the...