Big Timber Brewing Company — Restaurant in Elkins

Big Timber Brewing has unique charm with decor true to it's brand name. Staff was friendly and attentive. No food is available unless a food truck is outside, with exception of assorted chips, small bag for $1. Parking is limited to mainly streetside. Not sure how the adjacent store feels about parking in their lot.

I always try to go local in regards to beer selection when traveling through or living in an area. Tried a flight; Mexican Lager, sorrento peppers and beer, seemed borderline racist in its name just because of peppers, I don't believe that was intentional, I've just never had lagers from Mexico with peppers....eh.....I wanted to like it....pass. (I think it could make part of a great chicken marinade though). Lager Joe...Guatemala is close to my heart, but this coffee lager ran from my taste buds...pass...Lime Gose....not too bad, but not too good. I actually took the gose and the Mexican lager, did a 40/60 mix, decent. Hazy ipa.....respectable ipa. Took home a 4 pack of IPA Experiment #16, also respectable. Beer tasting is subjective though.

Deductions for overall lack of activities or interactiveness in the brewery. No games or ways to pass time that I saw. The seating area is intimate. No music was playing. It was daytime, so I'll reserve full criticism. The environment just felt sterile overall. The uniqueness of the brand was lost in the similarity with every other microbrewery out there. The beer wasn't extra ordinary. Or, maybe it was and th as t was the issue. Hmm.

Also, sterile environment, but not necessarily clean. The top shelf growlers on display up high have a healthy layer of dust. It appeared everything within arms reach was clean though, including glassware.

Will continue to buy Big Timber occassionally at the local store, I'm just not sure I'll return to this brewery. Perhaps I will revisit during the night when there is an event with food trucks and more people.

If your reading this; go by, give it a try, and come up with your own...

I do want to lead with some feedback for the brewery. I’m from out of town and drove an hour for their beer (yes, it’s worth it), but they weren’t open at noon on 11/3/24 per their posted hours. We waited 1.5 hours in the parking lot, but still, no one showed. Pretty big disappointment, but things happen, and Big Timber delivers 5-star beer and 5-star service 99% of the time, so they get a mulligan. I’m not docking a star like an idiot would; people don’t understand how negatively such knee-jerk reactions can hurt a business.

As for the beer, I’ve been to breweries all over the country, and Big Timber is top 3 material - easily. The bartenders are lovely and knowledgeable to boot; extra love and a shoutout to Willa & Will. Love these folks! 🍻

Catch you guys next...

I had been dying to try the Alpenglow. I had to go to Elkins for my 3rd olds doctors appointment and decided to stop in and try the two sours. The place was so easy to find and the inside was really cool and visibly clean. The lady working was so so nice! She gave my son one of the coasters with the trout, she drew them and showed me some of her others. They were so good and I’m glad my son didn’t see the bear one or he would have thrown a short fit! I came home with a growler of the Alpenglow and definitely plan on making another trip with my husband and no child :) Awesome service and they had some really cool gifts, hope to purchase...