About Mountain America Jerky
Few jerky brands can trace their roots through four generations of the meat trade. The Beier story begins in 1872, when August Beier immigrated from Germany. His son Richard opened Beier Meat Service in Blackduck, Minnesota, around 1950. Richard’s son Larry opened Altura Food Service in Aurora, Colorado, in 1968 with his son Dale. Dale added a retail meat counter in 1979 and opened Dale’s Exotic Game Meats with Larry in 1983, shifting to wholesale game meats. He started Dale’s Wild West Products in 1992, before the game-meat business was sold in 1997. Dale, his son Paul, Paul’s wife Diana and their children carry on Mountain America Jerky today.
What makes Mountain America Jerky different
The brand smokes its jerky by hand daily over hickory in a Colorado smokehouse. Beef and exotic varieties are whole muscle, solid strips, never chopped, pressed or formed, with no added preservatives, MSG, nitrates, fillers or binders. The cut is thicker than most commercial brands with noticeably less salt, and the beef comes from small herd, locally sourced cows rather than feed lot cattle.
Mountain America Jerky flavors we carry
Beef is the heart of the range. If you want the classic, start with the original, a mild salt and pepper profile, then work up through coarse black pepper, garlic with an earthy sweetness, teriyaki, and hot spices against sweet flavor. The spicy beef draws on black pepper, crushed red pepper and a touch of cayenne, and the habañero is billed as really spicy, alongside other hickory smoked beef jerky. The turkey is thick-sliced breast with black pepper and brown sugar, with a spicy version described as heat that doesn’t hurt, both in the turkey jerky selection.
Then there is the water. Wild Alaskan king salmon comes plain, peppered or tamed with teriyaki, within the smoked salmon jerky lineup. Sushi grade, wild caught ahi carries the right amount of spice, and rainbow trout pairs herbs and spices with a delicate fish, both in the full fish jerky range. The wild boar is naturally sweet and nutty under the brand’s original spice blend, next to other wild boar and pork jerky. Everything currently in stock is in the grid above.
Who it's for
If you like a thick, chewy strip with some moisture left in it, this is your brand. Heat runs from none called out on the original beef, salmon and trout up to a habañero the brand calls a favorite with spice lovers. Watch allergens: the beef, turkey, wild boar, ahi and teriyaki salmon use soy sauce or soy sauce powder with wheat and soy, the trout uses a miso tamari with soybeans and barley, and the seafood contains fish.
JerkyBrands is an independent retailer; the Mountain America Jerky name and logo are trademarks of their owner.
