Day 7

Day 7--6/24
We are about 1600 miles into our trip and head back south tomorrow.

After seeing Hungry Horse Dam and Glacier NP, we chilled for a while and planned the next day--CRISIS---the source of my Idaho bottle has closed and won't re-open until July!! Immediately checking the internet for all Idaho microbrews resulted in finding an alternative in the last one--Grand Teton--that sells in two speciality stores in Idaho Falls--our next stop....so I am cautiously optimistic that I will succeed in my quest.

Tonight we decided to head back to Whitefish and began again at the Great Northern Brewing. Priscilla had the Snow Ghost. Although a "winter warmer" in June may seem strange, we had to keepin mind that they still have 80 FEET of snow in Logan Pass in the park! I had the Wheatfish Wheat--advertised as an American Hefe but brewed like a German wheat beer?? Three separate additions of Cascade hops but no strong hoppy taste. To help us finish our peanuts appetizer, we shared their Good Medicine Imperial Ale--8% which even I thought was good--very balanced between malt and hops.

We left the place with mixed emotions--good beer, limited food, good ambience but they were out of the t-shirt I wanted...the fact that I didn't get around to trying their IPA in two visits tells you about all the choices they had.

Went across the street to MacKenzie River Pizza for supper--a chain (went there in Bozeman as well). They had 9 locations in MT and one in ID but have expanded into Washington and Indiana. I had Driftboat Ale from Big Sky Brewery which had just a little hopiness to it and Priscilla had Cold Smoke Scotch Ale from Kettlehouse Brewery in Missoula. Twice she pronounced it smooooooooth.

On to Idaho...