AK Session is traditional English mild ale. Mild refers to its low hopping rate. Mild is an ale intended to be consumed in quantity, thus the name “session”. AK is thought to stand for “Ale Kyte”, Flemish for “small ale”. This is a tawny colored brew that was a favorite among the farmers and laborers of the West Midlands.  The alcohol content is 3.9% abv. This beer is a collaboration between Chris Erickson and Cory Buenning.

A.K. SESSIONS AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 2000 – Gold

Great American Beer Fest 2009 -Silver

All-In Amber is a traditional English ordinary bitter.  This beer is low in alcohol so it can be consumed in quantity. A truly balanced beer, both hops and malt are evident in each sip.  This Amber ale is dry-hopped and employs an English yeast strain with slightly fruity notes. The alcohol content of All-In is 3.9%. All-In Amber  is a signature beer of Cory Buenning.

Alpine Fest is a hearty Oktoberfest style lager.  Deep copper in color and quite malty, Alpine Fest is brewed each fall to celebrate our own Oktoberfest in the brewpub. You can taste the “oom-pah-pah”  in every liter mug you consume!  The alcohol content is 5.7% by volume.

Backdraft is a rauch bier or smoked lager. Bamberg Germany is the home of rauch bier. The imported German malts used for brewing this beer have been smoked over a beechwood fire. Sutble smokiness makes for a very good complement to red meat, barbeque or any hearty fare. Backdraft is a singular creation of Head Brewer Cory Buenning.

A spiced Belgian style Ale for cozying up with, BDN has grains of paradise, Anise and dried figs added for festive revelry. Only available at the pub, we also have an extremely limited amount of bottle conditioned Biere De Noel which makes for a great present. Stop in and grab one before they’re all gone!

BCP is a Bohemian style pilsner along the lines of the beer from the town of Plzen, Czech Republic. Brewed with imported “floor-malted” Bohemian barley. Light and refreshing with firm hop bitterness.  Belly up to our bar and ask your bartender to give you a Blank Czech. Blank Czech is a creation of Rudy Borrego. Winner of the 2008 Steinely Cup.

Rob Denton’s latest signature series is a whopping 10% abv classic English Barleywine. Breakneck is warming and syrupy sweet with a balanced hop profile. A product of our R+D “mini-me” tank there are only 10 total barrels of this limited edition beer. Breakneck is a challenging out of bounds ski run at Jackson Hole. Be careful or you may find yourself rag-dolling down the face!

This beer is an English pale ale, full bodied and copper colored. The hop flavor and aroma are strong and assertive. Caramel malt and English yeast produce a nutty and fruity character. Dry-hopping in the conditioning phase completes the package. Custer’s Last Ale has an alcohol content of 6.0%.

CUSTER’S LAST ALE AWARDS

Great American Beer Festival 1996 – Silver, 2000 – Gold, 2001 – Gold, 2003 – Bronze

World Beer Cup 2004 – Silver

North American Brewers Fest 2003 – Gold

DFA is a Belgian Saison style ale spiced with grains of paradise and lemongrass. This unfiltered beer has a fruity flavor with a dry finish.  Thirty percent wheat malt adds to the body. The Danimal’s weighs in at 7% alcohol. This is signature brew of Dan Strevey.

This brew is styled after the unfiltered “Bier Blanche” of Hoegaarden, Belgium. Coriander and curacao orange peel are added in the brew kettle to impart a fruity and subtle spicy aftertaste. Fifty percent wheat malt and a hazy appearance give it a “white” color. Dim Wit Bier is a signature beer of Chris Erickson.  Ask the bartender to make you a Dim Wit!

DIM WITBIER AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 2004 –  Bronze

Discombobulator is a German Maibock lager brewed for the month of  ”Mai” . Bocks are strong beers and traditionally have names ending in “-ator”.  Our Discombobulator Maibock is a “helles” or light-colored bock. Always a crowd-pleaser in the brewpub but you have to be here in May to experience the phenomenon that is Discombobulator! Discombobulator is a signature beer of Will Gilson. The alcohol content is 7.1% by volume.

DISCOMBOBULATOR AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 1998 – Bronze, 1999 – Silver,  200 – Bronze

Double Fistin’ IPA is an imperial India pale ale fashioned after the Pacific Northwest’s heavily hopped, strong IPAs. Unique in the U.S., this style contains large amounts of Northwest hops imparting a bitter and flowery aromatic flavor. The hops used to create this hop-monster are Columbus and Cascade. In addition to heavy amounts of bittering and post-boil hops, this beer is also given a generous amount of dry- hops in the conditioning stage. The alcohol content is 7.2%. This beer is a signature beer of  Rob Denton.

Light golden in color, EJML is a true-to-style Malt Liquor. This corn- fortified, domestic style lager weighs in at 7% alc.  East Jackson is a signature series of  Mike McDonnell.  Mike says please ride your bike home after this one!

The California common lager style was originally developed in the late 19th century by German immigrants during the Gold Rush. Wanting to make a homestyle lager, but not having the refrigeration needed to ferment at cold temperatures, they developed a special strain of  lager yeast that would ferment at 60* to 64* Fahrenheit. Our Firehole Steam uses this same strain of yeast. Firehole Steam is a signature beer of Rudy Borrego and is named after the Firehole River and the steam-producing thermal features of the greater Yellowstone basin. The alcohol content is 5.2% .

FIREHOLE STEAM AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 1999 – Bronze

A dry Irish Stout named for bike shop owner Scott Fiztgerald. Very nearly like the stuff from Dublin. Fitzy’s goes on tap on St. Patty’s and lasts as long the stout drinkers allow it to!

Golden Buck is an English Summer Ale brewed by “Golden Boy” Billy Boynton. 20 % percent wheat malt adds a sharp malty character and an imported Thames Valley yeast provides the authentic English Ale highlights. Very refreshing and well paired with a variety of foodstuffs. Quaffable and mild in alcohol just under 5% abv.

Good Alt Days is modeled after the famous Dusseldorf Alt beers . The German word “alt” means old – an allusion to the old style of ale brewing before the advent of lager brewing. This medium-bodied ale is well balanced with a nutty, sweet start and a clean crisp finish.  Good Alt Days is a signature series brew designed by  Rudy Borrego. It has an alcohol content of 4.4%

GOOD ALT DAYS AWARDS

The Steinley Cup 2005

Only the beers from the city of Köln, Germany are allowed to be called Kölsch. While most German beers are lagers, Kölsch is one of the few German ales. This beer is light in color and quenching, very mild in hop character. This is a signature beer of Chris Erickson. The recipe was written after returning from a trip overseas visiting our German brewer friend Guido Waldecker and is named in his honor. Guido’s Kölnerbrau has an alcohol content of 4.9%.

GUIDO’S KÖLNERBRAU AWARDS

Great American Beer Festival 2003 –  Gold, 2008 – Bronze

Hefe is the German word for yeast and weizen is wheat, making this beer style fairly self-explanatory. The classic banana and clove-like flavors are derived from a specific Bavarian yeast. Because the beer is unfiltered, these dynamic yeasty flavors come through strongly. There is merely a hint of  hop flavor added so as not to compete with the yeast notes. Some drinkers (not all) enjoy a squeeze of lemon.

HOBACK HEFEWEIZEN AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 1997 – Silver

Combine the hoppiness of your favorite IPA with the smooth darkness of a porter or stout and you get what’s known in the biz as a black IPA or Cascadian Ale. Hop Black is all of that and more. Designed by our homebrewer buddy Andy Shaw with ingredients donated by Cargill corp. We are  pledging to donate a portion of sales to the Jackson Hole Food Cupboard.

Jackson Hole’s Tram is an icon of mountain life here. Hop the Tram is the epitome of mountain imbibing. Pale lovers and IPA aficionados  can meet up for a thrilling ride to the summit. Amarillo variety dry hops give HTT a pungent nose.

Pilsners originated in Plzen, Czech Republic. They are light colored lager beers whose flowery hop aroma is followed by a rich malty sweetness and ends with a firm bitterness. Mass produced American beers say they are of this style but have extremely lightened malt and hop characteristics. Our Indian Paintbrush Pilsner is a traditional style European pilsner, brewed with 100% pilsner malt. Hopping with Czech lineage hops produces a spicy bitterness as well as a crisp finish. The alcohol content is 5.0% by volume. Indian Paintbrush Pilsner is a signature beer of Cory Buenning.

North American Brewers Fest 2010 –  Gold

What is it? English yeast, German Hops, Idaho Malt and Stinky for your father. You’re bound to have an identity crisis!! Pounds per barrel, one of the hoppiest beers we’ve made yet the flavors are more subtle from the old school, noble German hop varieties. It’s not the pungent resinous overkill of the American hops. You try, you like.

ESB, short for extra special bitter, is an English style ale characterized by a rich caramel malt flavor and assertive hoppiness. In Britain, most ales are bitters which are organized by strength into ordinary, special and extra special. The fruity undertones in the flavor of Jackson’s ESB are provided by an imported English yeast.  The alcohol content  is 5.7%.

JACKSON’S ESB AWARDS

Great American Beer Fest 1996 – Silver

North American Brewers Fest 2003 – Bronze

A Belgian IPA, fermented with a traditional Belgian yeast strain, and heavily dry-hopped with American hops.  The result is a unique balance of piney, resiny hop notes and fruity yeast aromatics.  Very pale in color this beer finishes dry and is deceptively strong at 7% abv. This specialty is a collaboration between Cory Buenning and Rob Denton.

Cory’s endeavor into the realm of Flanders style sour ale. Extremely rare, inoculated with multiple souring organisms and laid down in French oak barrels for over one year, Le Serpent is an example of a Belgian sour brown at it’s finest.  On draft in the pub for a short time and also hand-bottled and bottle-conditioned. There is a very limited quantity of 750 ml bottles available for take away. Act quickly to experience this exotic beer style! (for spring 2010,  Washington cherries  have been macerating in Serpent Cerise for one year.)

LE SERPENT AWARDS

Great American Beer Festival 2010 – bronze

World Beer Cup 2010 – Bronze

North American Brewers Fest 2010 –  Gold

LE SERPENT CERISE AWARDS

Great American Beer Festival 2010 – Gold

A fully hopped Pale for the hangers-on at the Male Rail. A pungent dry hop aroma greets you with your first sip, a firm bitterness follows.  Amber colored with enough Malt character to balance. Pushing 6% alcohol.

Long ago and faraway in the Scottish highlands, old S.F. McBreezley brewed a chocolately brown ale. It was this sturdy brew which saw him through his cold and damp stints minding the family sheep herd. A century later, SRB brewer Steve Breezley updated his great, great granpa’s classic with a generous dose of American style hops but with all the chocolate malt retained from the original.

Mc Breezley’s AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 2010 –  Bronze

This is a traditional Munchener Dunkel (Dark Munich) style bier, fashioned after the original lagers of Europe before the advent of pale biers. Dunkels still enjoy great popularity in Bavaria and for good reason. Their nutty and toasty maltiness is neither too sweet nor overly roasty, making for a beer that is satisfying and very drinkable. The use of Munich malt as a base gives this beer its dark brown color and unique malty aroma and flavor. German hops give this beer a subtle earthy undertone with a clean finish. Monkey’s Dunkel is a signature series of Cory Buenning, whose love for traditional styled lagers is very apparent in this brew. The alcohol content is 4.6% .

MONKEY’S DUNKEL AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 1998 -Silver  - Munich Dark Lager

New Delhi Freight Train is brewed to honor the classic English India pale ales. In the days of sailing ships, IPA was brewed in England to be shipped to India and the preservative effects of hops and alcohol were needed to withstand the long journey.  While certainly a very hoppy and strong beer it is slightly less so than the huge American style IPA’s. Flowery, assertive hops are balanced by a firm malt platform.  NDFT is a signature series of Chris Erickson.

NEW DELHI FEIGHT TRAIN AWARDS

North American Brewers Fest 1999 – Bronze

OB-1 (Organic Beer Number 1) is a USDA certified organic English style brown ale.  Snake River Brewing is proud to be the first and only brewery to be making certified organic beer in the state of Wyoming. Made from 100% organic malt and 100% organic hops. The only other ingredients are Teton mountain spring water and an imported strain of English ale yeast. The alcohol content is 4.9%. OB-1 is a signature beer of Chris Erickson.

OB-1 AWARDS

Great American Beer Fest 2008 – Bronze

North American’s Brewers Fest 2006 – Gold, 2009 – Silver

This is what happens when you age one of our strongest beers in a wooden barrel formerly used for the production of Buffalo Trace whiskey.  As much as he normally sucks, Rob Denton has hit it right on with this exotic brew. Over 8% with six months in the cask there are mere gallons of OSWB available. Will you be one of the lucky few who gets to taste it?

This Strong Ale is  sweet and fruity, balanced with a generous amount of hops. Fashioned after the “Old” ales of England this beer is intended to be heavy in alcohol. Ol’ Stinky’s has a small amount of Roasted Barley for color.  In addition to a large amount of bittering hops, this beer is also dry hopped.  The alcohol content is 8.2%. Ol’ Stinky’s is the first signature beer of  Rob “Stinky” Denton.

Named for Pako (say “PACO”) the dog (No wait, Pako’s not a dog!) This full flavored, fully hop-evident IPA will have the hopheads rejoicing. 6.8% ABV and 60+ IBUs with explosive hop aroma from a pungent Simcoe/columbus blend.

Porter was first brewed in London, England in the early 1700’s. At the time two basic beers existed: a light and a dark. The dark was more expensive and drinkers got into the habit of mixing the two to stretch out the premium brew. A wise brewer began making a medium dark beer to save the barkeeps from having to mix at the taps. The beer was named after its biggest fans: the porters handling baggage at the local train stations. This brown porter is deep ruby in color and transluscent. The  alcohol content is 5%.

Roggen is the German word for Rye and this beer has a high percentage of  rye malt. It uses a German hefeweizen yeast for a distinctive clove-spicy flavor. This unfiltered, brown-colored beer is the first signature series of FNG Paul Fryman.

Emulating the lagers of the German city of Dortmund, this beer is golden, light and refreshing. Though this beer is light in color, it is still full in flavor and very thirst quenching. The main malt used to create this beer is imported  pilsner malt. To complement these malts, a nice bittering is achieved with German lineage hops. Alcohol content is 4.9% . Rolling Thunder Dortmunder is a signature beer of Cory Buenning.

ROLLING THUNDER DORTMUNDER AWARDS

Great American Beer Fest 2008 – Gold, 2010 Bronze

North American Brewers Fest 2010 –  Silver

Helles is the German word for light-colored and perfectly describes this lager beer which is full bodied and lightly hopped.  Pilsner and aromatic malts combine to give it a light golden color. Just like the Bavarian Helles beers of Munich, it uses the hop varieties of southern Germany. The alcohol content is 4.7%.  See you in Helles is the signature beer of Mark Spilker.

Named for the lightest of light powder snow, Smoked Porter is a porter accentuated with a smoky malt character. The subtle sweet and smoke combo is a perfect complement to many foods: red meat and rich sauces. Smoked Porter is a collaboration between head brewer Cory Buenning and homebrewers Kelley Rabjohns and Kelly Smith.

North American Brewers Fest 2010 –  Silver

Snake River Lager is our most popular beer. This is an amber colored Vienna style lager. The rich, caramel flavor is balanced with the use of several hop varieties for a subtle hop note. An authentic German lager yeast strain adds to the true flavor of this beer. The  malt forward profile of Snake River Lager makes it a fine complement to pizzas and red meat. The alcohol content is 4.8% abv.
SNAKE RIVER LAGER AWARDS

Great American Beer Fest 1999 – Silver, 2000 – Gold, 2001 – Gold, 2003 – Gold

World Beer Cup 2000 – Silver

North American Beer Fest 2000 – Gold, 2009 – Bronze, 2010 – Gold

Snake River Pale is an American pale brewed with domestic malt and plenty of Cascade hops. Golden in color, it has a citrusy hop flavor which is followed by a crisp, firmly bitter finish. Pale ale is a great foil to spicy ethnic foods and can also complement a salad well.  5.2% abv.

SNAKE RIVER PALE ALE AWARDS

Great American Beer Fest 1995 – Silver, 1996 – Silver, 2007 – Bronze

World Beer Cup 1996 – Gold, 1998 – Bronze

North American Brewers Fest 1998 – Gold

This is the beer Frank Zappa would have brewed if Frank Zappa had been a Belgian monk! St. A is a malt rich Belgian style Dubbel in the mold of a trappist ale. With about 7 % abv, and just enough Sterling hops to provide a nice balance, the flavor of this Dubbel will transport you to a cobbled road in Flanders that leads to the old monastery. St Alfonzo’s is Brewer Alex Sheldon’s first Signature Series brew. Sorry, pancakes not included…

St. Marty’s Choice is a Scotch Ale with caramel  malt notes and a tawny hue. This ale is brewed in honor of our number one mug clubber Marty Price. St. Marty’s is single hopped, using exclusively Goldings.  The alcohol content is 7.3% . Ask for a pint of St. Marty’s Choice, it’s guaranteed to be a heavenly experience.

Gluten free with a kick! Brewed with Sorghum and brown rice, this is a 7%, hoppy Pale Ale using Cascades, Goldings and Columbus. If you’re a gluten hater, you’re sure to love the Glutenator!!

This is Rudy Borrego’s recipe emulating a Belgian Tripel. Golden in color, 8.3% in alcohol with a slightly estery, fruity yeast-derived character. So you’ve conquered all the double black diamonds at the ski resort? Time for an appointment with a Tripel Black Diamond!

North American Brewers Fest 2010 –  Bronze

What happens when you put Rudy’s Tripel Black Diamond in an oak barrel, add 40 pounds of the season’s fresh harvest of peaches and then wait about a year? Cory wanted to find out and this is the result: 9.5% alcohol plus an unknown additional amount produced by the resident organisms. Slightly sour yet oh so peachy-sweet and a velvet-hammer sort of kick at the end… what’s not to like? Very,very, very limited edition. This will not be around for long, promise!

A rich, well-balanced foreign style stout with a huge amount of roasted barley as well as chocolate, black, and caramel malts. The intense roast character is the main attribute of this black colored beer.  The alcohol content is 6.0%. Zonker has been recognized time and again as one of the top foregin style stouts.
ZONKER STOUT AWARDS

Great American Beer Fest 1994 – Silver, 1995 – Gold, 1997 – Silver, 1999 – Gold, 2002 – Silver, 2007 – Gold.

World Beer Cup 1998 – Gold, 2002 – Gold, 2006 – Gold, 2010 Silver

North American Brewers Fest 1998 – Silver, 1999 – Silver, 2000 – Gold, 2002 – Silver, 2003 – Silver, 2004 – Gold.

Steinley Cup – 1998