New Beer Friday 10/2.26

 

As we enter October, we here at Utah Beer would like to welcome Big Enos and Little Enos Burdette to the Utah Beer Family. Our publication has long sought a "bootlegger division" for our readers from outside of Utah–and our new pals from Georgia came highly recommended. If you require our assistance for you New Beer Friday bootlegging needs, give us a ring at BR-549. 

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes "Patrick's Pub" to the "Radio Pub" Ironically there will be no Patrick in attendance. However! we will have a Clayton Master and a Topher Hennig. We're looking forward to chatting with one of SLC's burgeoning craft beer hot spots. 2pm is radio happy-hour! Every damn Friday on 99.9fm KUAA. or at KUAAfm.org/  

Bewilder - Czech IPA: Stonefruit & Citrusy nose. Great citrus taste too. Pineapple, tangerine & lemongrass. Strawberry & Melon round it out. Excellent IBUs here. 50 on the scale brings an excellent hop bitterness that doesn’t overwhelm & is slightly peppery. This a tasty and damn clever IPA. Well worth your quatloos! 6.6% - Available at Bewilder.

Offset - DAMP 26.04: Okay, here the drill with DAMP 4. This Hazy IPA features Wet Hops: Citra, Mosaic Freshly Kilned Hops: Citra - Dry Hop: Cryo Fresh Krush, Thora T90, Citra
T90, Mosaic T90. 20lb/bbl of wet Citra and Mosaic were shredded and dumped in the lauter tun within 6 hours of being picked.
After a nice long soak  freshly kilned Citra. they then dry hopped the living hell out of it with 4lbs/bbl of Cryo Fresh Krush, Jackson Thora T90, TV Hops Citra T90, & Mosaic T90.
The aroma on this one is mental. Intense tropical fruit is layered on top of that fresh hop herbaceousness, pithy citrus, and resin. Unlike most beer labeled "hazy" this has a firm bitterness from all the wet hops on the hotside that keeps it drinkable and invites the next swig. 6.5% - Available now to enjoy in house and to go.  

Offset - Wild Hops DOPO: This Ale was dry hopped with fresh frozen Cascade Hops picked at the Summit Community Gardens in Park City. Missed this one. Only avaiable at Offset Bier.

Level Crossing - Hill Hopper: This Rye IPA was brewed specifically for Hill and Hearth restaurant. Nice rye profile, it backs hop profile of citrus and stonefruit with some herbal nd floral hops. 6.0% - Only available at both Level Crossing locations and Hill and Hearth Sugar House and Park City.  

Saltfire - Electric Honey: Big Stonefruit nose. Tastes is same but drier with similar apricot & citrus. A slight floral bite pops next. Actually, it’s quite flowery & nice. It jives well with the citrusy hops. Solid & tasty. Wish there was more to enjoy. Very, very small batch. 5.0% - Available at Saltfire.

Home Range - The Aggie Lager: Brewed to honor the Utah State Aggies. Logan is Aggie country, it only makes sense to have a local brewery make it. 

Talisman - Oh My Gourd Becky: Missed this "whipped" pumpkin blonde ale. 5.1% - Available at Talisman.

Returning Favorites

Fisher - White IPA: Featuring a hop bill of mostly Mosaic, with a vigorous dry-hop of more Mosaic, Cascade and Simcoe. This is a West-Coast IPA featuring a soft, moderate bitterness. Loads of wheat malt help maintain a soft mouthfeel, but hops dominate with hints of berry, pine and bit of melon. 7.2% - Available now at Fisher.

Hopkins - You Can't Do That On Television: This is a throwback to American IPAs from 20 years ago, this beer features caramel malts (from Solstice Malts), a firm bitterness and a piney citrus dry hop profile from Chinook, Citra and Simcoe. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins. 

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday 9/25/26

We here at the Utah Beer Press Corp, Muckrakers and Gluttons for Punishment will allow all bloggers, influencers and  any douche bag with a keyboard access to our press conferences. Today's "presser" concerns the New Beers listed below. Please spread the good word. Happy New Beer Friday!

Red Rock Brewing is on Beer Nerd Radio today! I suspect we'll be getting into Double IPAs and other brilliant beers coming out of one of Utah's longest lived breweries. Mikey and Steph fire up the Radio Pub at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9fm KUAA. - KUAAfm.org/

RoHa - Trauma Bay IPA: Two cans, two color schemes! Hopped with Nelson, Riwaka, and Waimea hops. Melon aroma. Great melon flavors to start. Some strawberry comes in next with some orange comes in towards the end. Herbal hoppy finish. Another Mikey Likey! 7.2% - Available now at RoHa

Offset - DAMP 26.02: The is Extra Pale Ale was made with Wet Amarillo, Freshly Kilned Amarillo Cryo Fresh Mosaic, Simcoe T90, Centennial T90 hops. 200lbs of freshly picked Amarillo from was harvested early in the AM and loaded right onto a plane piloted by Offset employee Dani Jordan. After fermentation with clean American Ale yeast it was dry hopped this with some Cryo Fresh Mosaic from 2025 Harvest as well as some Simcoe and Centennial. Notes of stone fruit, pithy citrus, pine, resin, and that lovely Fresh Hop je ne sai quois. Dry, bitter, bright, and fresh AF. 6.0% - Available now at Offset 

Offset - DAMP 26.03: This Extra Pale Ale Fresh Hop "Modern" Red IPA features Wet Citra, Wet Centennial, Freshly Kilned Thora Freshly Kilned Centennial Dolcita T90, Crush Cryo, Citra T90 hops. 100lbs of stunning wet Citra and 100Ibs of wet Centennial were shredded and added to the mash tun/hopback. After a nice soak it was transferred to their pressurized hopback full of freshly kilned Centennial and Jackson Thora for that extra zhuzh. Then Jackson Citra mixed with these high Terp lemon/strawberry vibes from the Centennial. After fermentation it was dry hopped this with Dolcita, Krush Cryo, and Citra. This is definitely not your dad's Red IPA. Creamy tropical and peach notes from the Dolcita explode from the beer followed by melon and berry notes from the Krush. "Admittedly this isn't the most visually appealing beer we've ever made. It's not exactly red and as much as we tried to make it clear it just wouldn't cooperate. But.... It smells and tastes insane so who fucking cares right" ! 6.5% - Available now at Offset 

Offset / Good Word Brewing - North German Style Pilsner: Offset's 5th Anniversary collaboration is finally here. This Pils style is brewed in the northern part of Germany tends to be drier, more bitter, and have a little more hop character than the ones brewed further south.
Offset's example, tends to lean more into that South German style with a little more balanced approach to malt and hops with a little more body. They used whole leaf Hallertau Tradition that was added to Offset's pressurized hop back on the way to the fermenter. After a slow cold fermentation with the most traditional of lager yeasts and extended maturation in horizontal lagering tanks this Pils is ready for consumption. Dry, crisp, and bitter with a beautiful floral/herbal hop bouquet. It's a departure from Offset's typical Pils offerings. 5.0% - Available now at Offset 

Helper - Dunkle: Missed this new Munich Dunkle 5.0% - Available at Helper Beer and Slackwater

TF - Dandelion Daydream: This barrel aged sour features Dandelion greens instead of hops for bittering. Super tart and fruity nose. Very dry as well. Good amount of funky yeast to start. Some blue cheese and vine fruits to start. Bone dry tartness kicks in from there adding some citrus, berries & a hint of peach. A dry & somewhat woody tannic finish. Delish! 9.0% - Only at TF.  

Salt Lake Brewing - Melon Collie: This session IPA has a peachy nose. Same taste with some citrus backing it up. Nice bitterness toward the finish. It’s not lingering, just enough to be noticeable. Love this session IPA. Mikey Likey! 5.0% - Only at Salt Lake Brewing / Squatters.

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday 9/18/26

We here at Utah Beer Sky Coaches, Dirigibles and Lawn Darts take your safety very seriously. As we deliver you (on time) to your New Beer Friday destination, please remember to chug your pint before we strap you in. Extra-long "bendie" straws available upon request. 

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes back the face of Utah's beer, Jason Stock. He also happens to be the head brewer for all of Salt Lake Brewing Company. When Jason is in we always have interesting conversations about Utah's recent beer history. 2pm is when we begin. hit us up on 99.9fm KUAA. kuaafm.org/

Uinta - Test Phaze (Lab Sequence 007): Hopped with Eureka, Simcoe, Chinook, Mosaic and Pink hops. It says NEIPA on the can. My eyes and sniffer say WCIPA. Yeah, WC all the way, BUT in the most juicy of ways. So much strawberry, guava and peach. Then transitions to citrus - then to herbs. Chewy malt profile like a WC. I'd judge this on it's flavor and not as NEIPA. 8.1% - Available now at Uinta. 

Uinta - Pro Line - This Used To Be All Orange Groves: made with 2Row, Munich and Honey Malt with Citra, Galaxy and Citrus Purée. Citra hops pop in the nose. Hope you like your citrus, because this all “beermosa” baby. Mostly tangy orange here, but there’s heavy amount of hops too. The Galaxy hops have plenty of IBUs to cut through the fruit. The Citra got a lil lost though. 8.0% - Available now at Uinta. 

Epic - Italian Pilsner: This not the newish Italian Pils you may have had at Epic's new taproom, This is it's big brother that's debuting today. It’s a lemon forward lager for sure. Crisp and herbal as well. It cuts quick, not sharp but “crisp and quenching” for sure. Right amount of body satisfaction. Perfect “lighter” lager for Autumn. 6.5% - Available at Epic starting today.

Fisher - Sol-Fest: Each year Fisher brews a beer with locally-grown and malted barley from Solstice Malting. This is the first time Fisher has done a lager. This Oktoberfest-style beer/Munich lager features a malt bill of Pilsner and Munich malt which gives it a light copper color, The high addition of Munich malt also gives the beer a nutty, almost pine nutty, flavor. Hops are traditional grassy and herbal. 5.0% - Only on draft at Fisher.

Fisher - 2026 Oso Fresco: The Wet / Fresh hops are finally rolling in and the this pale ale is  soo botanical & spicy! Not sure what these hops are, but there’s citrus, pepper and… some kind of really cool caramelized char. Don’t know what it is but it’s almost, savory??? Dunno, but it’s really cool. 5.0% - Only at Fisher. 

TF -  Fresh Hop: This year's version features some of the freshest El Dorado hops. It's vividly aromatic. So resinous and green. Tastes more resinous than the nose. It’s like hop bines creeping though my palate. Invasive? Yes. Green and evocative? Absolutely! This is a raw IPA like you’ve rarely had. Have it now, while it’s bliss, chewy and raw. 5.0% - Only at TF. 

TF - Hop Hatrix RED HOP: West Coast-Style IPA Crisp, Dank, Bitter. No notes. 7.2% - Available at TF starting today.

TF - Hop Matrix BLUE HOP: Hazy IPA - Soft, Juicy, Hoppy. No notes. 7.8% - - Available at TF starting today.

Home Range - Rize Citrus Wit: Lil bit o’ bubblegum. From there, orange peel rocks with a bit of white pepper. It’s definitely on the authentic side of Witbiers. Not too phenolic, yet estery, well spiced & citrusy. Amazballz! Mikey Likey! 5.0% - Available at Home Range - Found at Beer Bar.

Talisman - Sour Rabbit: Sour Rabbit is described as a a "cereal sour". Brewed with oats, wheat, and lactose, then finished with a dash of sweet vanilla, this tart treat drinks like Saturday morning in a glass – with a bowl-sized blast of raspberry, blood orange, and passion fruit. Grab your cereal bowl, kick back, and let the Sour Rabbit do the rest. 7.0% - Available now at Talisman.

Red Rock - Paper Airplanes: This new DIPA uses Citra, Mosaic, Riwaka and Krush hops. Such a nice fruit salad of hops. So much chewy melon, citrus, strawberry and juicy tropical flavors. Whoa! Tastes expensive! Red Rock can do no wrong in their DIPA game. 8.8% - Available at all Red Rock locations.

Returning Favorites 

Home Range - Cowboy Poets: American Brown Ale is pouring again in the Home Range taproom. Medium to high malty sweetness with prominent notes of caramel, chocolate, toasted bread and nuts. A balance of residual malt sweetness and hop bitterness lingers on the palate. 5.0% available on draft to-go in cans at Home Range.

Offset - Divi: This Tropical L IPA won a 2024 GABF Gold for Session IPA. A hop combo of Krush, Nectaron, and Ramosa. Ramosa delivers a crazy blend of tropical and citrus fruit that really compliments the heavy hitting Krush and Nectaron. These hops usually trample all over other supporting hops but not Ramosa. There’s only a small amount of Ramosa grown right now and Offset was lucky to secure enough of the 2026 crop before it sold out. 5.0% - Available at offset and your better beer pubs.

Offset - Oros: This West Coast L IPA won a 2025 GABF Gold for Session IPA. Back with some new tweaks. Most notably Offset subbed out the NZ Cascade for some Superdelic and added a bit more Mosaic. Bitterness is also up to drive home that West Coast IPA profile. 5.0% - Available at offset and your better beer pubs.

Offset - Helles: Lastly we have a new batch of Helles. For this batch Offset employed a multi step mash regime with a single mashout-decoction. After a slow, cold fermentation with the most traditional of German lager yeasts they krausened this Helles in the lagering tank with some fresh fermenting Oktoberfest for natural carbonation and a some additional malt complexity. After 6 weeks of lagering the beer is incredible and by far Offset's best, and most authentic, Helles to date. 4.8% - Available at offset and your better beer pubs.

Beer Related Events

Mountain Beer Festival: The 5th annual outdoor event at Silver Lake Lodge (Park City) features a wide variety of beers starting at 12:00 PM. 

Oktoberfest at Bewilder Brewing: Enjoy authentic German food and award-winning German-style beers at Bewilder Brewing Co (Salt Lake City) starting at 11:00 AM (21+ event). Sat & Sun

Oktoberfest at Brian Head Resort: Catch seasonal brews, outdoor mountain vibes, and live music at the Navajo Ski lodge (Brian Head) starting at 1:30 PM.

Cheers!