Beer from the Heart of Idaho! That was the dream in 2011, when Kevin Jones & Paul Holle founded Sawtooth Brewery in Ketchum, Idaho. Opening on 11/11/11 in a blizzard was just the beginning. After many years at what is now the Hotel Ketchum, Sawtooth Brewery opened the Public House in Ketchum in February 2016, the Tap Room in Hailey in July 2016, and consolidated production in Hailey in November 2016.
In December 2020 Sawtooth Brewery lauched Atmos Brewing Co. Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer and Creekside Hard Seltzer to round out the product family.
Sawtooth Brewery is now distributed in Idaho, Montana, & Utah and nationwide with Atmos Brewing. They have their Outpost food truck to host events such as Riverfest, Hailey Rocks, Ketchum Oktoberfest, the Sawtooth Valley Gathering, in addition to catering many events and private parties. We brew on a 15bbl Brewhouse and can all of our products in-house.
On tap pours out cola brown color topped with a tan head. Nose is nice belg candy sweetness some spice and rich malts. Tatse is more of the nice sweet malts candy notes and some spice.
Bottle: Pours a deep brown color with a moderate tan head. Aroma is full of citrus, some pine, and moderate roast. Bitter citrus and floral hops with a spicy bite of rye. Lightly earthy and a moderate roast. Good stuff.
12oz can. Pretty awful aroma. Stale malts, a hint of infection. Tastes like a shabby EPA you might expect to find in Idaho in 1992...doesn't really do it for me. Soapy, astringent hop tone. Pretty amateurish, not good.
Can from the Boise Co-Op. Had on Eclipse day, kinda felt obligated in a way. Pale golden yellow color with a small white head. Aroma is pretty heavy malts with light grassy and piney hops. Sweet malty taste with light hops bitters. Just enough floral and grassy hops to notice the 35 IBU’s. Pretty nice little session brew.
On tap at bier thirty. Pours out a pale straw topped with a white head. Nose is pine hops some rich malts. Taste is more of the pine hops some grapefruit bitterness.
On tap pours out amber topped with a sand head. Nose is nice light caramel sweetness some nutty malts. Taste is more of the light nutty malts some caramel sweetness and a touch of pine hops.
Can from WinCo. Rich, deep golden body with small, spotty head. Aroma is a nice blend of malts and hops. Taste too features a bready malty base with a crisp hop bite at the finish. Very well rounded and tasty.