Located fifty miles south of Glacier National Park, near Flathead Lake, in the picturesque Village of Bigfork, Montana, is Bjorge's Sculpture Gallery. Owned and operated by sculptor Ken Bjorge, the gallery showcases his bronze sculpture and monuments in addition to original paintings of fine Western Art and wildlife by various artists, gifted in their ability to portray unique landscapes and scenes of the west on canvas.
Formerly a lawyer specializing in environmental law and a professor of law for over 20 years, Ken left the legal profession behind to pursue a career in the arts, focusing on his personal interest in sculpting. He moved to Bigfork, Montana in 1988 and in 1989 opened Bjorge's Sculpture Gallery and Studio where, inspired by the rich history, beautiful landscapes and wildlife of the area, he shapes scenes of the west, representations of wildlife and portraits in bronze. In addition to his many original creations, Ken is frequently commissioned to create special bronze pieces and monuments. He has completed commissioned work for numerous clients including The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, The Dayton Hudson/Target Corp., The Westinghouse Corp., The Living Desert Wildlife Park of Palm Desert, California, The Flathead Bank of Bigfork, Montana, The International Order of St. Hubertus, The Trademark Acquisition & Development Co. of Fort Worth, Texas, Lincoln Harris Corp. Services and Majestic Valley LLC, as well as various private commissions.
Each of Ken's limited edition bronzes is custom cast. Please contact us for additional information, pricing and/or inquiries regarding commissions.
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Grinding Each brew requires a different recipe of pale and specialty malts. The mill gently crushes the malt to facilitate the conversion of the starch to sugar during mashing. The crushed specialty and pale malt, now called grist, is moved by auger to the mash tun. Here the grist mixed with water to form a mash in the mash tun.
Mash In the mash tun, the mash sets for about 30 minutes, allowing the conversion of starches to sugar. After the conversion phase, vorlauf begins. During vorlauf, the "wort" is circulated in the mash tun to permit the mash to "set". During the next process, sparging, it is important that the sparge water flows through the mash at a proper rate to insure extraction of all the sugars.
Boil As wort is added to the brew kettle, steam is used to bring the wort to boil. During the boil, which lasts between one-and-a-half to two hours depending on beer type, hops are added at different intervals to impart bitterness, flavor and aroma to the beer. At the end of the boil, the wort is passed through a heat exchanger which reduces the temperature from about 207 degrees F to 50-70 degrees F. In addition the wort is oxygenated while being pumped to a fermenter. The oxygen is required by the yeast for cell growth. 
Pitching the Yeast Several days prior to brewing, the brewer propagates one of the different yeast strains we use in making our beers. The beer is transferred to the fermenter where fermentation occurs. Depending on the type of beer being produced fermentation takes place at temperatures ranging between 55-70 degrees for a period of 1 to 2 weeks.
Mission Mountain Winery is a family owned winery located on the West Shore of Flathead Lake (the largest natural fresh water lake west of the Mississippi), in Dayton Montana. There is even access to the winery by boat. It is the first Bonded Winery in the state of Montana. The initial Vineyard was started twenty-three years ago and the Winery's first vintage was 1984. Tom Campbell Jr. is the man behind the winemaking. Having trained at the University of California at Davis in Enology (Winemaking ), he then worked as an enologist at several different winery's including: Jekel and Shiloh in California and the Ste. Michelle and Quail Run (now Covey Run). He then started Mission Mountain Winery in Montana with his father in 1984. Tom and his wife Hema also started Horizon's Edge Winery in Zillah,Washington in 1985 and sold it in 1999. The Winery currently produces approximately 6,500 cases of wine a year. The wines produced include: Noir Blanc, Johannisberg Riesling, Monster Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, a "blush" wine called Sundown, an exceptional Muscat Canelli dinner wine, Nouveaux Riche a dessert Muscat Canelli, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Monster Red a Merlot - Cabernet blend, Cream Sherry and a Port. The vineyards in Montana grow Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and small amounts of Riesling, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer. The other grapes are grown in our own vineyard in Zillah Washington and from other vineyards that we have specifically selected for their high quality. It is amazing that some of the finest wines in the world come from this small winery in northwest Montana. The wines have met with excellent acceptance by Montana Residents and visitors to the winery from all 50 States and 25 Foreign Countries as well reviews from national and international competitions and wine writers. 
Some people like to pick berries along the road. These bushes are often extremely dust covered, and it gets a lot of car exhaust on them. I would not recommend the berries. Remember when you are huckleberry picking that bears love huckleberries to and quite often berry pickers run into bears. In a later post we will talk about Bears safety in Northwest Montana. For now get your buckets ready, summer is coming.
