Lander Brewing Company

Brewpub in Lander, Wyoming, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2009

Contact
148 Main St, Lander, WY, 82520, United States
Description
The Lander Brewing Company began brewing beer in the late 1800’s in a small facility just across the Popo Agie River from its current Main Street location. A thriving operation for many years, Lander’s first brewery was forced to cease production due to The Prohibition Act. The brewery was re-established 120 years later and Lander residents and visitors can once again enjoy the delicious taste of fresh, locally made craft beer.

Under the direction of brewmaster David Morton, Lander’s only local brewery has won numerous awards for its craft beers. In 2011 Lander Brewing Company won the coveted Saratoga Steinley Cup, the top award for the best microbrewery in the State of Wyoming. Both The Great American Beer Festival and The North American Brewers Association have bestowed the Lander Brewing Company with abundant medals for several of its beers.

The Lander Brewing Company initially reopened its doors with hopes of bringing craft beer to Cowfish Restaurant and the next door Lander Bar. Over a decade later, the brewery has grown substantially and is now supplying its beer varietals to other restaurant and bar accounts in Lander, as well as in Jackson Hole, Riverton, Casper, Cody, Rock Springs and many other Wyoming locations.

The Lander Brewing Company prides itself on brewing fresh, high quality, “to style” beers using the finest ingredients and techniques. Joining brewmaster David Morton, is brewer Adam Bridgeford. David and Adam's many years of professional brewing expertise in concert with the exceptional water sourced from the Wind River Mountains provide the flavor profile of our many signature beers. You can sample Atlantic City Gold, Jack Mormon Pale Ale, Rockchuck Rye, Half-Tanked Hefeweizen, On Belay IPA and our latest seasonal offerings at the source or at the upcoming Lander Brew Fest.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
$17 for this 750ml gold wrapped and capped bottle, number 87.

A- A clear amber gold with a 2" head of foam, slowly receding and leaving some lacing behind.

S- It’s Bourbon barrel aged so I get that and some nice caramel malt notes. Light on the bitterness.

T- Bourbon, caramel malt, some fruitiness, near zero bitterness.

M- Definitely full bodied, medium to medium light carbonation. Excellent mouthfeel.

O- A very tasty English Style Barleywine. If you’re looking for something along the lines of Bigfoot, look elsewhere. This is a malt and Bourbon bomb.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2013 at 17:10

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle number 56 on label of the 750ml, 52 on the cap. :^) $15.00 at The Liquor Shed.

A- Cloudy rusty brown colour, it gushed when I popped the cap, darn it. It HAD a huge head of foam but now that it’s settled down, there’s about a half inch of foam and does well with the lacing.

S- This was aged in Bourbon barrels and it smells like it. Trying to get past that to the base beer is tough. I’ll just leave it at that and see what the taste brings.

T- Bourbon very much up front but I do get something resembling a Brown Ale. Heavy on the caramel malt, slightly bready or is it biscuity...toasted malt..yeah that’s the one I’m getting. Because of the huge Bourbon notes, it’s a bit boozy but not as hot as it could be, thankfully. More and more sips in and the taste is steady as she goes with the malty sweetness though it stops shy of being cloying.

M-Medium bodied, loads of carbonation, the mouthfeel is *pretty* good.

O- Lander Brewing just started bottling 750s, there are 3 beers that they’ve packaged so far, and this is my first one and other than the nasty mess I got when I opened it, overall, this is pretty good and I’ll stick my neck out and say that this would be a good one to explore cellaring with.

My tip of the hat to Lander Brewing. A nice effort indeed.

PS: I took another whiff just for whiff’s sake and I think I’m getting a hint of some Brett....part of the name of another of their new bottled beers. I hope there isn’t any cross contamination, making them all taste the same/similar??
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2013 at 08:03

6/10
As 1 dimensional as the style can get but it's drinkable.
Tried from Can on 01 Apr 2013 at 16:26

8/10
Nice bit of dark chocolate bitterness and dryness and some roasted malt. An easy drinker.
Tried on 09 Feb 2013 at 09:14

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Growler bought today at Liquor Shed.

It pour very nicely, golden/orange colour, solid and persistent head of foam, some great lacing.

The smell is spicy, some clove , candi sugar, earthy malt, a bit of a hop presence.

Spicy taste at first, cloves again, candi sugar sweetness, earthy flavour, dry and hoppy finish. A pretty good take on a Belgian Pale Ale from a brewery in Lander WY.

Good to very good mouthfeel and is pretty easy to drink. I’ll enjoy my Growler.

01-12-2013
Tried from Growler on 12 Jan 2013 at 12:19

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Growler, bought at the Liquor Shed for $13.50.

It pours a straw yellow with a 1 finger head of foam, some nice lacing left behind.

Lots of malt, some earthy some sweet, in the smell along with some hop spice.

Ditto for the taste. Light notes of sweet malt, bigger on the earthy and bigger still with the hops...spicy and a good helping of lemon citrus. It finishes on the dry side and gets kind of watery at he very end but up to that point, it’s a darn good example of the style.

Just to be sure I got it right, I’m having a second pour and the watery finish does not seem to be as noticeable. More lemon citrus and some sweet malt there than I figured from my first glass.

Close to medium bodied with just the right amount of carbonation to give it a really smooth mouthfeel. This is VERY nice. The Growler won’t last long...

12-02-2012
Tried from Growler on 02 Dec 2012 at 12:57

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From my notes June 12, 2010

It poured a deep deep dark amber colour, with a 1 finger head of foam, some lacing.

The smell was not very noticeable. Light spicy hint from the rye, maybe some malt sweetness. Going by the smell, you’d think this would be a blah beer.

The taste had good spicy notes, malt sweetness, a light hop bitterness and an overall good balance. The rye is an obvious flavour here but it isn’t over the top hence the balance. Very tasty.

Medium bodied with medium carbonation= good mouthfeel.

Drinkability? The flavours all mesh well together so it was a very easy brew to drink. I thoroughly recommend trying it if you get the chance.

06-14-2010
Tried on 01 Dec 2012 at 13:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Had at MBBF in Idaho Falls
Clear straw golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus and dusty caramel. Taste is mild caramel and citrus. A nice summer beer on a hot day.
Tried on 10 Jun 2012 at 11:18

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Had at MBBF in Idaho Falls
Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus and dusty caramel. Taste is floral and dusty caramel. Ok.
Tried on 10 Jun 2012 at 10:39

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. Hazy light amber color. Nice aroma of fruit, pine and grass. Taste is smooth and easy to draink.
Tried from Draft on 04 Jun 2012 at 09:23