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Award-Winning Brewmaster Shares His Thoughts on Moving from Homebrewer to Professional in Havre Montana
Raymond Miller was a homebrewer before he and his wife, Maria Naranjo moved to Havre Montana in 2015. In 2018, the couple realized their dream by graduating from homebrewer to professional when they opened Vizsla Brewing in the local Holiday Village Mall. Havre is a small town of fewer than 10,000 people that is also home to three breweries, all within the same two-mile stretch of Highway 2, the town’s main drag. With the competition so close, quality is even more important. The brewery’s website homepage proudly states that “Vizsla Brewing uses only American-made stainless steel equipment to brew”, as well as “we have three 5 bbl stainless steel fermenters on site to give the yeast the cleanest and most sanitary environment available to work.”
Their emphasis on quality paid off when Vizsla Brewing was recently awarded “Brewery of the Year” at Montana Brew Fest 2019. Maria attended the event and posted the following on Vizsla Brewing’s Facebook page on June 9, 2019: