For such a small town, there are a lot of small-batch ways to get tipsy. One of the least expected is at a tasting at the Jackson Hole Winery. Grapes are sourced from California, Oregon, and Washington but blended and cellared at 6,229 feet above sea level so the cool mountain air helps preserve aromatics during the slow fermentation process. Join the owners and their energetic pooches in the tasting room, housed in a converted century-old barn, or on the patio that backs up to Spring Creek to try cleverly named reds (The Outlaw, Catch & Release), whites, and the Alpine Glow Rosé.
The craft beer craze is alive and well in the area. Every Thursday is cheeseburger pie day at the Snake River Brewing pub, and you can wash one down with a Zonker stout or Monarch pilsner. Melvin Brewing has a taproom in town serving up IPAs, a Mexican-style lager called Heyzeus (the label features a shirtless god in a bullfighting costume), and Killer Bees (an American blonde ale).
Happier with the hard stuff? Seek out Jackson Hole Still Works for vodka and gin made with water from surrounding pinnacles and in-state grains and botanicals. Just across the border in Idaho, the Grand Teton Distillery produces various vodkas and whiskeys in flavors like huckleberry, Vishnovka cherry, and spiced apple pie.
And if you need something virgin, grab ice-cold lemonades made by the Dust Cutter Beverage Co. using recipes passed down through generations.
