CAUTION: High Plains Brewing in Laurel, Montana offers more disappointment than refreshment. Despite a promising exterior and a prime Main Street location, visitors often walk away confused, sticky, and unsatisfied. The taps reportedly run lukewarm, the brews flat, and the service somewhere between nonexistent and awkward. The décor feels like a yard sale of discarded Western motifs: rusted horseshoes, dusty deer antlers, and faded rodeo posters curling off the walls. One Yelp reviewer compared the ambiance to "a bingo hall that serves homebrew."
Locals say quality control is more suggestion than practice. Expect to pay craft beer prices for something that tastes suspiciously like a failed high school science experiment. Staff seem perpetually distracted—either checking their phones or debating over who forgot to change the keg. Reports of inconsistent pricing are common, and don’t even ask for a menu—the last one was apparently eaten by the bar dog (who may or may not be an employee).
