New Beer Friday 8/1/25

We're starting off August right with the New Beer Friday theme, "a pint with a pal". I think you'll find this week's offering will go great with catching-up or a simple, "hey stranger".

Speaking of pals, I'd like to thank Jamie Aslett for stepping-in for the globetrotting Steph B. For the last 3 weeks Kiitos was cool enough cut her loose for a couple hours to help Mikey out for the Beer Nerd Radio Hour. Thanks Jamie! For Jamie's last show we're bring back one of our most popular guest James "jimmy" Weed, The brains behind Solstice Malting Co. James' enthusiasm is contagious and always makes for a great hour of beer nerding. See you at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

2 Row - Patiently Waiting Dopplebock: Look for a nose of sweet malt, molasses, toffee, caramel, rich biscuity brown malts, some toasted sweet bread, nutty, hint of fruit. Taste more rich sweet malt, touch syrupy but good, little caramel, nutty toffee, biscuity toasted brown malts, home of fig date like fruit, fair bitterness with light herbal hop, semi sweet finish. Full body, fairly rich almost chewy, hint syrupy, med carb, touch of smooth alcohol. 9.0% - Available now at 2 Row.

Uinta - Sad Astonomer: I may not be a “Sad Astronomer”, but I am a happy “beer connoisseur”. Yeah? See what I did there? Anyway… This is a lil phenolic and peppery, I like the malt bill, but this is a lil close to saison for me. More orange peel & grains of paradise, please! 5.0% - Available on Uinta's R&D tap.

Uinta - She Doesn't Even Gosé Here: This lime Gosé isn’t as sour as I was anticipating. You know, these things are already lemon forward, then pile on the lime, and well, you know? But this is nicely fruited, you get all of the lime. Not too briny, but a little sodium is noticeable. 5.0% - Available on Uinta's R&D tap.

Salt Lake Brewing - A Beer With No Name: Great tropical nose. Solid hop profile, wish there was a tad bit more rye though. But the hops are a “clinic” of flavor. Melon, strawberry, tangerine all wrapped up on a nice session IPA bow. Some bitterness, not too lingering. Think American Pale Ale and you’ll drool. 5.0% - Available now at SL Brewing. 

Top of Main - Blurry Mountain: This new Extra Pale ale has a pale straw-gold with a brilliant white head. The aroma is vibrant with resinous pine and citrus. This is followed by a softer, sweeter whisper of mixed berries, adding a delightful layer of complexity. The taste follows suit, with a clean, crackery malt base allowing the hops to shine. A crisp, dry finish with lingering pine makes this an impeccably crafted and exceptionally refreshing beer. 6.0% - Available at Top of Main and SL Brewing locations.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 7/25/25

Did you survive Pie & Beer Day? If not, a lil hair of the dog may be in order. Here's this week's list of newest locals to hit drafts and cans. 

Beer Nerd Radio welcome Sam Sisk and Jacob Cobb fro TF Brewing. They're part of the dynamic team that keeps Beer Nerds happy with their award winning suds. Join Mikey and guest co-pilot Jamie Aslett today at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

Kiitos - NZ Pils: This NZ pilsner features Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and Riwaka hops. It’s super toasty. Berries & melon are out front with some citrus peel & caramel corn rounding it out. 5.0% Available now at Kiitos in cans and on draft.

Desert Edge - Rhinland Gold Kolsch: Toasty crackers, hint of fruity yeast sweetness. Finished crispy & dry. Tasty stuff. 5.0% - Available at Desert Edge.

Desert Edge - Fjord Explorer: A nice farmhouse ale that has a light phenolic yeast profile with light crispy malts that have an almost fruity character. 5.0% - Available at Desert Edge.

Ogden Beer - Activities Pils: This super crusher is made with Pils malt and rice with a hop bill featuring Vista. Look for nice melon, tropical and stone fruit flavors. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer. 

Fisher - Velvet Waltz: Loves me some Nelson Sauvin hops! Nice bits of berry & tangerine. A tiny bit of melon rounds it out. Some Strata hops add an herbal bite & a slightly bitter finish.

Salt Lake Brewing - New Moon: The Alt/Dunkel has a nice toasty aroma, like dark bread crust. Taste follows with a light amount of malt and bit of black tea. Clean with a nice fry finish of grass & pine. Tasty! 

RoHa - My Neck and My Bock: Dry and toasty. It’s quite nice, but it’s a wee dry for a Maibock. This would kill with some pecan pie! 5.0% - Available at RoHa.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 7/18/25

Happy New Beer Friday! 

Beer Nerd Radio is excited to have Phil Chou, former Director of Brewing Solutions at Haas Hop Products join us in the Radio Pub. Phil's resume reads like an encyclopedia of the brewing arts and we're damn excited to hear his story. Join Mikey along with guest host Jamie Kearns (Kittos Brewing) at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Home Range - Crispy By Nature: This West Coast Pilsner is a light and crispy Pilsner with a unique hop character of peach, red apple, and a hint of bitterness. 

Home Range - Crystal Visions: This English Golden Ale is served via Home Range's Beer Engine. Exactly what you want from an English ale in the summer.  A delightfully light malt forward ale with hints of light biscuit and a subtle orange character. Some might even say orange crumpet.

Proper - Green Tea Rice Lager: Okay, just to be clear. This beer is sooo new it doesn’t have a name. So don’t give me any shit if you can't find it on the menu board. That being said, super crisp & clean. There’s an herbal component that likely the green tea. It jives well, and is absolutely crushable. Nice job! 5.0% Available at Proper.

Epic - Pie and Beer Day (Key Lime Pie): It may come across as a typical lactose sour, but it’s actually a cream ale base with a shload of Keylime. Look at the photo clearly shows very malty base(Vienna malt?) regardless, the amount of citrus combined with the cream ale wurks so well. No lactose in here if I failed to make that clear. 7.0% - Available at Epic. 

Uinta - Woahhh: This amber lager has a good amount of toasty grain with a light caramel maltiness. It’s fairly hoppy with a lot of mostly pine & flowery bitterness. Finishes dry for the most part. Not too lingering bitter finish. Whoa! 5.0% - available at Uinta.

RoHa - All Hail the Ale: Missed this new DIPA, but we will profile it live on today's episode of Beer Nerd Radio. Check us out.

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

Cheers!