Did you know beer consumers have their own magazine? How about a magazine for beer consumers just in the western states?
Beer West magazine is that periodical and their upcoming issue has a feature story on Zephyr’s Yellowstone & Grand Teton Multisport Beer Adventure. Writer Adrienne So joined us on our tour last summer.
Adrienne is a beer writer and an athlete but this was her first-ever group tour. Her writings reflect not only the beer offerings on the tour but also descriptions of the local scenery and history:
In a blatant brown-nosing gesture, Meriwether Lewis named the Gallatin River after Albert Gallatin, who was the secretary of the treasury when the Corps of Discovery arrived here in 1805. In their journals, both captains give accounts of repeatedly overturning their canoes while navigating the three tributaries of the Missouri that meet here, trying to decide which one of them would lead to the Pacific Ocean. (Answer: none of them.) As our guide deftly steers us through Class III rapids, it’s not hard to imagine how those tired men would have had a lot of trouble.
Of course, beer plays a big role not only in the tour but also in Adrienne’s article:
At first glance, Victor is unprepossessing—the sort of low-to-the-ground, monochrome, one-lane town that breeds unfulfilled dreams like mosquitoes in stagnant water. But when we park, the Tetons face us on one side. Locals sip Bitch Creek Extra Special Brown on the patio, their dogs lying under their chairs. As we start to play lawn games, Grand Teton brewmaster Rob Mullin, comes out to greet us.
The article is long but flows nicely, as any well-written story should. Give it a read and then come join us this summer on our Yellowstone & Grand Teton Multisport Beer Tour!
Photo courtesy Max Lowe for Beer West Magazine.