Tim France interview, 2017 June 21
Content Description
Montana Brewery Oral History Project (2017) Includes 18 audio recordings and 18 transcripts collected as part of the project. All interviews with brewers cover the expectations they held when they first opened their doors vs. reality, the role they feel breweries play in the state socially and economically, and the source of their equipment and brewing supplies. Many also discuss the taproom bills presented in the 1995 (HB 554), 1997, and 1999 (HB 442) legislative sessions, as well as the 2017 bill to increase annual production limits from 10,000 bbl to 60,000 bbl for breweries with functioning taprooms (HB 541).
Dates
- Creation: 2017 June 21
Creator
- From the Collection: Warhank, Anneliese, Archivist and Oral Historian, Montana Historical Society (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1 digital audio files (.mp3 file 34 minutes, 56 seconds)
0.1 linear feet (8 page transcript)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Interviewed June 21, 2017. Interviewed by Brian Shovers at Worden's Market in Missoula, MT. Discusses how he became the owner of Worden, selling homebrewing equipment in the store, selling beer from some of Montana's earlier craft breweries and regional breweries in the '80s as well as international beers, how he determines what beers to carry and what Montana beer's have sold the most in his store, canning the beer, working with distributors, his thoughts on the brewing laws in the state.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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