Canyon Ferry Brewery

Kelli grew up in Townsend  and graduated from Broadwater High School in 1999. After high school, she went on to attend the University of Montana (Go GRIZ!) in Missoula.  In 2003 she graduated with a degree in Health & Human Performance.   She continued her schooling in Athens, Georgia to graduate with a Master's in Exercise Physiology from the University of Georgia.   She later finished her schooling with a Physician Assistant degree from South University in Savannah, Georgia . 

Tadd , a 4th generation Montanan from Opheim, graduated from the University of Montana  with a degree in Business Management and Marketing.

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Tadd's passion for craft beer and Kelli's knack for recipe creation came together while traveling sampling craft beer and gourmet food. The idea for Canyon Ferry Brewing was born. Subsequent courses at Portland State and a brewing internship at Imagine Nation Brewing in Missoula brought opening a business into reality. 

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Canyon Ferry Brewing was created out of the view from the "flats" Kelli enjoyed growing up in Townsend.