Butte Beer's Unique Taste--revised

When I had a summer job with Reardon's plumbing shop, I took a plumber up to Butte Brewing to change a two inch gate valve that was leaking on the bottom of a thousand gallon holding tank of beer. We couldn't just drain the tank; this had to be a live operation. The plumber had to unscrew the valve--losing gallons of beer in the process--and replace it with a new valve. It was a surprise to see a mouse with extreme alcohol poisoning flow out with the beer. We had discovered the secret to Butte Beer's unique flavor.