Day 4

Day 4--6/21
Mission for the day-- AFTER wishing Priscilla happy anniversary (#42), aside from a pleasant diagonal trip across Wyoming on a two lane road to get to Grand Teton NP--snag a rare Wyoming bottle for my collection.

Again--from the AAA book, I found a place enroute for lunch called the Hitchin' Post in Lander. They had Snake River Pale Ale in bottles--mission accomplished! It has a small hint of hops but mainly has a nice crisp flavor.

After checking in and driving through part of the NP, we dined--where else--the Snake River Restaurant and Brewery. We had very good, unusual pizza to go with 6 sample glasses:

• Hefeweizen--good, refreshing, crisp but about the same as other wheat beers I have had.
• Pako's IPA--"pounded with simcoe and columbus (?) hops"--just about too much hops for me but not quite.
• Black Hops--a black ale with simcoe and chinook hops--smooth and made by a home brewer! It is now two days in a row that I have had a hoppy black ale.
• Zonker Stout--rich, lots of roasted barley--a Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup winner. To no one's surprise, Priscilla liked it!
• Their lager--another multiple winner--pretty good for a lager!
• Le Serpent--definitely the most interesting brew we tried @ 8%. A Flanders sour ale aged 1 1/2 years in French oak barrels with Washington cherries. A World Beer Cup winner. Even I found this one worth a couple sips. The cherries really came through.

We bought a mixed six pack of bottles on the way out. The theory is they will last until we get to Pooh's house in about a week...