Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Yellowstone Vacation Beers

Finding surprisingly good beer on a family vacation to Yellowstone. The Old Faithful Inn has a few good taps, like Bozeman Brewing's Bozone Amber in the grainy picture - my favorite here. A few safe bottles from Big Sky and Idaho's Grand Teton are available at the inn and the general store.


There is a pretty good beer culture in Montana. We stayed one night in Missoula and had a couple nice ones at the hotel. Kettlehouse Cold Smoke tasted like Lompoc Strong Draft to me, though lighter in color and a little sweeter. Blackfeet IPA was also tasty - think Ninkasi Total Domination.


Red Lodge Pale Ale is the only Wyoming beer I've gotten to so far. Well done, but not as satisfying as the Montana ales.

4 comments:

  1. Bayern Pilsner out there is pretty good as well. Moosedrool is good when on tap - skunky in bottles.

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  2. I passed on the Bayern and Moose Drool, since we can get them in Portland anyway.

    Big Sky is now selling cans also, maybe that solves the skunkiness problem?

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  3. Bayern Pilsner is excellent / is my favorite pilsner.

    Early this year, informed by Michael Pollan's works, I undertook to replace my two Western European pilsners with 'local' beer.

    I have sampled 15 Pacific NW pilsners / pilseners, bottled and tap. Bayern Pilsner is my favorite. I have had to define local as 600 mile / day's drive

    Albeit, I continue the quest.
    A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.'-Czech proverb.

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  4. Jack: Well, 600 miles is better than 6000 miles. I'll check out the Bayern Pilsner, thanks for the tip.

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