InWyo wrote:
Snake River OB-1 (absolutely my all time favorite)
Yellowstone Valley Brewing Renegade Red or Black Widow Stout (both are consistently at the top of tasters choice competitions regionally)
the clarifier wrote:
Going to be passing through the area in the not-to-distant future. Any other regional recommendations?
Not exactly sure where you're headed, but the others in the area that I'd try to his would include:
Pinedale WY: Wind River Brewing: Adventure Amber Ale, Out Of Order Porter, Strom Bomb Stout (Second favorite stout in the world behind black widow)
Lander WY: Lander Brewing Company: Rock Chuck Rye, Jack Mormon Pale, Old No. 7 Stout
There's also a brew fest coming up "in the area"
http://landerbrewfest.com/Other breweries that I haven't been to in a while that were good include Big Sky Brewery, Red Lodge Ales, Bohemian Brewery, Teton Ales...In reality there are a tone of great micro brews in the mountain west (Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado).
Best brewery to actually go to is "the garage," (Yellowstone Brewery) in Billing MT. I think you are limited to "a taste" (3 growlers) under their license, but they always have great live music and really top-notch brews.
Absolute best brew to my pallet is that OB-1 though, and don't accept the recommendation for the Wyoming Pale Ale. Although the concept is cool (all the Wyoming micro breweries collaborated and it's made of only Wyoming ingredients), I think it's result is from the common mistake of having too many cooks in the kitchen. I would have rather seen a competition at the Lander Brew Fest and the winner sell the recipe to the other breweries.