New Beer Friday 9/4/26

We here at Utah Beer Maps, Diagrams and Placards encourage you to use our new Map App called "Pour Decisions" (yes, the irony is not lost on us). Our app will guide you to all of our New Beer Friday offerings. Best used with your bike or favorite ride share. (to be clear, that was satire, we don't have an app, maybe we should?)

Talisman Brewing's Smoke-Tember Fest is the topic of discussion on Beer Nerd Radio today (Friday). Many breweries will be participating with smoked and non-smoked beer and barbecue of course! Steph and Mikey crank-up the the Radio Pub's transmitter at 2pm, exclusively on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/

Epic - Mango IPA: This new IPA is different than the one from 2018. That DIPA was also not sold in Utah because it was only available on draft at Epic's Denver brewery. This version features all citra hops and 1Ibs of Mango per gallon. Mango is the star for sure, but the Citra hops crank the citrus profile here. This is G'damn tasty and Fresh AF. The previous version also had lactose added. No lactose in here. 8.2% - Available now Epic.

Offset / Cellar Maker - Zion's Dank: This West Coast IPA is a collaboration with Cellar Maker Brewing out of central Cali. This is the first of four collabs brewed to celebrate Offset's 5th Anniversary. This features Tropical Fusion, a highly sought-after, proprietary hop blend produced by Freestyle Hops in New Zealand. It delivers an insane amount of Tropical fruit character. Not just sweet fruit but that interesting funky almost overripe tropical fruit notes. They then combined that with more Nelson, Southern Cross, NZ Cascade, and lots of Mosaic. Pale pilsner malt base and clean American ale fermentation lays that very blank canvas for pure hop saturation. 7.0% - Available now at Offset Bier. 

UTOG - Pushy Pumpkin: Missed this new Pumpkin ale. 5.0% - Available

Heber Valley - Choice: While technically not new this NZ IPA never really got a lot of play it's first time around. Hopefully this time around it will get some attention.Featuring Motueka and Nelson Sauvin hops, the HV Brewers threw in a healthy dose of Nectaron to round it out this hazy IPA. Pillowy mouthfeel. Flavors and aromas of ripe mango, Cara Cara orange, papaya, pineapple and stone fruit. 7.1% - Available at Heber Valley Brewing.

RoHa - Red Dragon: Mostly vanilla aroma. Vanilla is still prominent in first swig. Cinnamon? That’s just a background player. This doesn’t have a holiday vibe. It’s totally different due to the subtle use of spice. Never had such a “chill” use of cinnamon. 5.0% - Available now at RoHa.

RoHa- Schnappsidee Pilsner: This German-style pils is all original. Great cracker and biscuit malt profile. Hops are Nobel and herbal. It's clean and delish. 5.0% - Available now at Roha.

Uinta - Nitro Cream Ale: Who loves a Nitro Pub Ale? This guy. Who loves Honey Malt? Yup, same douche-bag. This is wonderful. Just sweet enough without being annoying. Nitro makes it silky, without being heavy. Hops are floral and well balanced. It takes a sec to pour, so be patient. 5.0% - Available on Nitro now at Uinta.

Uinta - Band Meeting: This New Zealand IPA starts off with a faint melon nose. Carries on into the first swig. Nice hop profile. Mostly melon with some slight citrus and berry. Not super bitter, but firm for sure. Dry herbally finish. Available now at Uinta.

Uinta - Corn Fixation: Corny aroma. Drinks really light. Lotsa pilsner malt and corn. Hops are on the light side. Kinda like a Mexican Cerveza without the hop zip. Still feels like a craft beer, with more body than say a Coors Light. 4.8% Available now at Uinta. 

Desert Edge - Schnitzer's Rye: This rye combines two styles, a classic American Cream Ale and a traditional rye forward German Ale. The aroma is herbacious with just a subtle hint of rye and fresh baked bread. With a malt forward, dry yet subtle sweetness from the rye. Homey and delightful. 5.0% - Available at Desert Edge now.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/28/26

We here at Utah Beer Croon'n, Warbling and Moaning are proud to be backing up the incomparable Sten Carlsson on his debut album Extrasaltat! To keep our vocals at peak bravado we coat our throats in New Beer Friday suds. This week's offerings are the best yet! Please enjoy. 

In the Radio Pub, Steph and Mikey will be coating their vocal cords with heavenly flavors from Proverbial Spirits in this week's Beer Nerd Radio. Co-owner and flavor magician Steven Currie joins us to walk through the Park City distilleries line up spirits and canned cocktails. 2pm is when we get started on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/ 

Offset - Vert: This is part of Offset's new year round line up. Vert is a West Coast Double IPA is built on a base of classic American hop varieties that deliver flavors of grapefruit, pine, and resin that are easily identifiable and comfortably familiar. Then two newer hop varieties that add more modern flavors of stone fruit, exotic citrus and candied tropical fruit. It's a really unique beer with flavors you'll recognize and ones you've probably never experienced before. 8.0% - Avaiable now in cans at Offset Bier. Soon to hit SLackwater the Bayou and other great beer pubs.

Epic - Sake Barrel Aged Apricot Blonde: Somewhat oaky aroma. Tastes of stonefruit right off. Kinda reminds me of the brainless barrel, aged peach. The apricot isn’t super intense, but it does overwhelm the sake a bit. Very tasty & complex at 5% Would absolutely recommend for Brainless fans. Available now.

Epic - No Big Dill: New pickle beer in SLC! This is just spiced enough. Dill weed drives it, but does have that nice savory component. I would recommend with a couple tobacco dashes or even a lime squeeze if you don’t want the heat. Damn delish!!! 5.0% - Available now.

Uinta - Bla Bla: Not to be confused with Uinta's Baba Black Lager, this toasty pils malt up front. Some minor malt sweetness backing up. The berry is very subtle, really only rearing its head in the finish. Don’t know if I’ll drink a ton of this. But if I was designing this beer, this is how I’da made it. 5.0% - on now at Uinta. 🫡

Also, We Say goodbye to Kiitos Brewing tomorrow 8/29. A victim of greed and exploding real-estate prices, this great brewery was done before it's time. While Kiitos' Sugar House pub will still be a round for a minute You won't see any new Kiitos beer anytime soon. Contract brewing may be an option or a new brewery down the road, who knows, but it's another sad day for Utah Beer Nerds. Kiitos (Thanks you) to Kiitos!

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/21/26

Thank you for flying New Beer Friday Airwaves. We hope you were able to take advantage of our New Beer Friday offerings and of course our human printer, Natalie who’s dedicated to provide you with immediate, hard-copy news articles, online commentary, and supportive posts on every flight. 

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Paulina Baycova of Mixers and More to the Radio Pub. There's a huge demand for NA cocktail options along with traditional mixers and even cigars. we'll get into all they have to offer starting at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/

Level Crossing - Spicoli: This was a small batch from last month that disappeared so fast that many people never got  chance to try it. There a brand new full batch out today with a modified hop bill of Krush Cryo, Mosaic Cryo, Citra Cryo and Strata. This west coast pils has big aromas of dank pine, ripe red berries and juicy grapefruit. This hop-saturated lager is crisp, clean and crushable with an enjoyable resinous finish. 5.0% - Available at Both Level Crossing location starting today.

RoHa - Tryeserahops: This session Rye IPA features Simcoe and Mosaic hops. It has a nice toasty malt profile. Rye malt pops with orange and tangerine. A tasty rye ale that's that here for a limited amount of due it's small batch status. 5.0% - On draft now at RoHa.

Cheers!