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.
Bayern Pilsner out there is pretty good as well. Moosedrool is good when on tap - skunky in bottles.
ReplyDeleteI passed on the Bayern and Moose Drool, since we can get them in Portland anyway.
ReplyDeleteBig Sky is now selling cans also, maybe that solves the skunkiness problem?
Bayern Pilsner is excellent / is my favorite pilsner.
ReplyDeleteEarly 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.
Jack: Well, 600 miles is better than 6000 miles. I'll check out the Bayern Pilsner, thanks for the tip.
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