Eating and Drinking at High West Distillery & Saloon (Park City, Utah)

If you're in or going to Park City in Utah for the Sundance festival or to go skiing, make sure to visit the High West Distillery & Saloon. It's perhaps the only ski-in ski-out distillery, but it's also a great saloon serving nice cocktails and food.

You can go to the saloon to try one of the rare High West whiskies you might not find in your own city. I tried the Valley Tan and Son of Bourye (unfortunately, they no longer make or sell the Bourye).

The menu is what they call "high country" food with some local game meats but you'd also find a plate of locally cured meats with housemade mustard

For my first drink I ordered the Hootspa Special with Double Rye! (that's one of the High West whiskies), Rendezvous Rye, Amontillado sherry, Masala chai, lemon juice, and egg ($11)

I had to get this because I love chai, and you do get a good taste of the chai spices here, albeit not too strong. Either way, a nice flip.

Moving on with dinner with the French onion and bourbon soup (classic onion blend, roasted garlic, baguette croutons, broiled aged gruyere, $9)

A nice classic onion soup - loved the gruyere.

Bison cottage pie (Rolling Hills Ranch bison, chunky root vegetables, Suet biscuit, $17)

There are plenty of meat and hearty vegetables underneath, really hit the spot after a long day on the slopes.

What the others got:
High Country Pot Pie ($16)

I liked the crust on this better than the biscuit on my bison pie.

Veal schnitzel with citrus dressed winter greens, caper butter sauce ($23)

This was really nice, actually. I was regretting not order this a bit ...

For dessert: Brownie (Swiss chocolate brownie, cherry caramel, Double Rye! whiskey laced ice cream, $9)

Brownie wasn't my first choice for desserts but I did really enjoy the cherries. Together with the whiskey ice cream, they made a great companion to the decadent brownie.

Miner's Life (Double Rye!, roasted coffee syrup, Samuel Smith's oatmeal stout, lemon juice, $15)

They also had barrel aged cocktails, which you can get 0.5 oz tastes of for $3.50. I tried the Manhattan and Boulevardier.

The food here was perfect for apres-ski, where you'd want something warm and heavy. While I tended towards the sweeter drinks in the beginning, they have plenty of stronger, aromatic stirred drinks, not to mention the barrel aged cocktails. High West is a great stop anytime you're in Park City, and you'd be sure to find something to please everyone.

High West Distillery & Saloon
703 Park Ave
Park City, UT 84060
(435) 649-8300
www.highwest.com