New Beer Friday 2/14/25

Happy New Beer Valentine Friday!

No sappy Valentines Day shenanigans happening in today's Beer Nerd Radio as we have the "queen of the collaboration", the "buddy of the brewers", the "lady of the lagers" Ogden Beer's own, Jacquie King. 

Bewilder - Miami Ice: This Cold IPA was lagered & hopped w/ CENTENNIAL, MOTUEKA & ENIGMA. Nice melon/berry aroma. Big, chewy hops start it off w/ more melon & a slight hint of diesel. The berry pops in next with grapefruit peel rounding it out. Dank-ish finish. 7.4% - Available at Bewilder today.

Bewilder - Side Hugs: This session ale is chasing the low ABV market. Very fragrant orange & pineapple. Tastes follows with floral notes. The Sabro, Strata & Motueka keep it interesting even though the body is in the basement. A tasty session IPA. I’d have another. 3.0% - Available at Bewilder today.

Fisher - Monta Lou's Krush: Brewed with Zappa Hops. Have you ever seen a Zappa hop cone? It looks like a wet cat. However in this beer it tastes spicy with notes of mango, passion fruit, citrus, and pine. It’s not for everyone, but if you like a raw New Mexico native tasting pale ale, you have a pal here. 5.0% - only at Fisher.

SL Brewing - Castaway Coconut Porter: On Nitro! Aroma of roasted malt & light coconut. Oh baby! A light touch with the coconut creates an exquisite combo with coffee-esque roastiness. The nitro conditioning is velvety smooth & just helps this porter disappear in moments. Another Mikey Likey! 5.0% available at SL Brewing/Squatters

Stormbreaker - Steambreaker: Exclusive to Beer Bar in SLC. A nice toasty steam beer. Light malt that not too biscuity, combined with a good dose of floral/piney hops. It’s overall super crushable & an excellent steamer/Cali Common. 5.2% 

Stormbreaker - Liquid Hot Enigma: Um yeah, this features Enigma hops. Another Cold IPA for ya. This one is much lighter & drier than the previous. It’s more traditionally “lager”. Light malt profile & body with a tasty blend of herbal & citrus hops. I dig it. It’s a wee dry for princess Mikey though. Love the name! 6.3% - Only at Beer Bar.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/7/25

Happy New Beer Friday. We have a round selection of beers this week, with most of the food groups represented.

Ever had a Pocket Sake? They're new from Utah's Tsuki Sake and today we're going to get into them with Jill Watanabe and Ty Eldridge from Utah's home base for Sake. The Beer Nerd's Radio pub goes live at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9FM KUAA.

RoHa - Snow God IPA: This West Coast IPA features Galaxy, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops. Galaxy, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops. Big West coast DIPA hop profile with a dry-hopped herbal bite. You can tell there’s a lotta leafy parts here bringing it to an almost dank place. Finishes dry and doesn’t feel 8.0% - Available now at RoHa Brewing Project.

Uinta - The Juice is Loose: Fits the name. Super fruity with a solid malt backbone. Little to no bitterness with hop profile that throws out peach, berries and light citrus. Prickly co2 which keeps it from feeling too sweet. Some toasty crackers towards the finishes. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Red Rock - Ono (Coffee and Coconut): Aged in bourbon barrels 24 months and conditioned on toasted and raw coconut. Jack Mormon Coffee provided a blend of Typica, Catuai and Caturra coffee beans. The barrel for the most part is subtle giving the the wonderful coffee blend plenty of room to shine the coconut is also subtle. There's a lot happening here, but it all seems to come together nicely. 10.5% - Available today at all Red Rock locations.  

Proper - Kentucky Common: Nice and toasty up front. It’s not without a bit of caramel malt, but the two jive well. I don’t know the Ky Style as well as the Ca style, but this is an overall great beer. Reminds me of a more malty Kolsch. Absolutely crushable, anytime of the year. 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Proper - 1984: This American lager: Some adjunct flavors, mostly corn with some biscuit and herbal/floral hops. Bright co2 - great light lager. 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Proper - BBC ESB: Nice malt profile. Slightly lighter body for a lighter ale. Good amount of caramel-like malts with a medium amount of floral hops. This would kill on nitro! 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Proper - Cold and Juicy: Nice. Kinda spicy melon with some light citrus peel. I like the overall profile. It’s light but the hops are quite tasty. 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Melvin - Tues x 4: Crushable Session IPA version of the O.G. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Melvin - Blacksaw - Black Cold IPA: The winter beer you've always wanted. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Melvin - Brosaic - Session IPA:  Another blast from our past. Do you even dry hop bro? 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Melvin - Juice x 4: Juicy pale ale version of the classic. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/31/25

Congratulations! You've made it through Dryuary. Now what? Glad you asked – for your first day back we here at New Beer Friday Analytics have compiled a list of beers scientifically designed to ease you back into beer culture. Please enjoy, but take it easy. 

The Radio Pub at the KUAA Broadcast Megaplex welcomes back, cherished Beer Guinea Pigs, Allen Handy and Marcio Buffalo to analyze our next mystery beer style – so you don't have to! Beer Nerd Radio gets underway at 2pm every damn Friday at 2pm. See you then!

Epic - Small Batch Series (Pineapple Express IPA): Pineapple weighs heavy in this IPA. It features Pineapple Express terps, 200 lbs of fresh pineapple & all Citra hops w/ fresh tangerine and pineapple. Slightly weedy, overall vibe is pineapple and citrus. Damn juicy. Welcome back fr Dryuary. Mikey Likey! 7.0% - Available at Epic starting today.

Chappell - This Is The Hazy: This Double Hazy IPA is Chappell's first "high point" beer and was brewed with a pile of oats and wheat for a heavy body. Over 4lbs per barrel of Bru-1, Sabro, and HopHaze F-bomb extract. Look for a lot of tangerine and melon notes. Note: There will likely be a very limited amount of this produced so don't wait until next week. 8.0% - Only at Chappell to go. 

Chappell - Miso Sour After Soaking: This sour ale is brewed with white miso giving a unique umami pop paired with ginger and yuzu. Super refreshing and super unique. 7.0% - Only at Chappell to go. 

Park City - Silver Creek Amber Lager: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at Park City Brewing.

SL Brewing - Citradelic: Can’t go wrong with Citra. This Cold IPA has a toasty base beer minimally sweet, nice citra hop character. It’s basically a citra pils. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

SL Brewing - Glinda's Blackberry: It has a ruby red grapefruit color. Smells of fresh blackberries. Lightly tart! It gives the fresh berries the ability to taste like fresh berries. Drinks really well. Not a lacto sour FYI. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

TF - N/A Hazy Pale Ale: Not sure what the actual name is for Templin Family's debut N/A beer, but look for a Citra and Mosaic hopped beer with notes of lemon and raspberry. 0.0% - at TF starting today.

Cheers!