The way the brewfest works may seem like a rip-off to some folks and it probably was, but it was for a good cause. Here how it went. There were 10 tents each housing one of 10 microbrewers from all over western Montana. These mircobrewers brought various kinds of their brew. In order to drink their brew, you either had to know someone, or like me, you had to pay $25 for a ID tag that you see the people drinking in this photo wearing around their necks, you got this blue plastic wrist band with 10 removable tab, and finally you got a little drinking glass. Each time you wanted to get a beer, you go to a tent, tell the server what you wanted, gave him or her your glass, and then remove a tab from your blue wristband and give it to the server. The whole event was only 4 hours long. It started at 3 PM and ended at 7 PM. Big Mountain Resort, Whitefish, MT.