Taylor is deep in the Sandhills — Loup County, population measured in hundreds — and Bootleg Brewers is about as off-the-beaten-path as Nebraska craft beer gets. The name fits the setting: this is frontier brewing, in a town most Nebraskans couldn’t find on a map.
The Sandhills Cream Ale is the signature, a nod to the grassland sea outside the door. And in a stroke of genius for a brewery this remote, there are overnight cabins — because once you’re in Taylor, you’re staying in Taylor. It’s the rare brewery that’s also the lodging.
This is a destination for the committed: the drive is the point, the beer is the reward, and the night sky is the bonus.