New Beer Friday 7/11/25

We here at New Beer Friday Motion Pictures hope you have a super weekend. 

In the radio pub today, we welcome Ryan Murphy to the KUAA studio. Ryan is the guy in charge of Uinta Brewing's Research and Development Department. Not a bad gig to have, eh? We'll get into what makes his job unique and how you can get your hands on some of his experimental beers. Beer Nerd Radio starts at 2pm sharp every Friday on 99.9fm or stream us here KUAA and you can even check out past episodes here at the BNR Archive.

Offset - Nothing But Numbers: Taking the DIPA base recipe from Nothing But Lasers, Connor swapped out the NZ hops and used nothing but experimental varieties that haven't been named yet. No one has ever used this hop combo and Offset won't be able to make it again either as two of these varieties never made it to full commercial production. Mostly hops NZH104 and HBC1019 were used and were followed by a large two stage dry hop of more 1019, a new variety called D5-055, and NZH105. Look for saturated flavors of over ripe tropical fruit, orange creamsicle, and bright lemon zest with even a hint of rum barrel from the 1019. Available at Offset, Found at The Bayou also - 8.0%

Offset - Manilita: This new single hop Pale Ale showcases a new hop variety called Manilita.

Manilita is still in an experimental phase, so very little of it is grown. Offset is part of the Freestyle Hop Research Collective which gives them access to some hop varieties before they make it to full scale production. Look for papaya and ruby red grapefruit aroma with hints of pink starburst candy. There are familiar flavors but they're hard to pick out. More customer research is required! 5.0% - Draft is available now at the brewery. Cans will be ready when the labels arrive. Call ahead 

Proper - North West Pale Ale: This pale ale is well attenuated, resulting in a crisp, dry body with a very subdued malt backbone. Notes of grapefruit and pine dominate what flavor is there. It's a clean and technically sound beer, but it lacks the depth by itself. It would be a nice beer-back for a nice Rye Whiskey though. 5.0% - Available at Proper.

In other news: Our Mutual Friend Brewing out of Denver hit the market this week, with a quartette of IPAs look for OMF's Inner Light, Neon Nail, Time's Arrow and Stingray Jesus. So far I've just seen them at Slackwater and Beer Bar.

Cheers!

New Beer (Independence Day) Friday 7/4/25

Even though it's a holiday, the New Beer Friday assault team still shows up to provide you the best-ish weekly round up of new beers for you. 

Though we show up, for New Beer Friday, we will be taking a break from Beer Nerd Radio this week. It's hard to find guests to play on a holiday, plus Steph and Mikey love having an extra day off. See you next week with a new show from the radio pub! 

Salt Lake Brewing - Amburana ESB on Nitro: It says, “brewed with barrel aged malt”. I’m thinking the malts were aged in the Amburana Barrels? Regardless: this nitro ESB is on point. The Amburana is subtle w/ just a hint of nutmeg-like spice. Everything else is text book happiness. 5.0% - Only at SL Brewing.

Chappell - Tomorrow Problem: This Imperial Amber Ale comes across more like an Imperial Red Ale. There's a nice malt profile, that has some English ale copper influence. Well hopped and the ABV is well hidden. A nice Imperial English Ale. 9.0% - Only at Chappell.

Handle Bar/Saltfire - 7 Year Beer: Happy Anniversary Handle Bar! Sadly I missed this new beer. it's described as a IPA meets Shandy. 5.0% - Only at Handle Bar.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 6/27/25

Feel'n good about the choices you've made this week? You should be, it's not easy being you. A beer nerd like yourself deserves a fine ale or lager to close out the week. We've got a fine list of suds designed to make you strut or sway your way into the weekend.

What happens when whiskey, bitters and cider collide? The Beer Nerd's become "whiskey, cider and bitters nerds" on a special afterschool episode of Beer Nerd Radio. Sugarhouse Distilling's James Fowler and Rio Connelly of Scion Cider join Mikey and Steph in the Radio Pub starting at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. or stream us here at KUAAFM.org/ 

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Grid City - 5th Anniversary Dry Hopped Saison: Im curious to try a saison hopped w/ Saaz, Nectaron, Nelson & Galaxy. It’s somewhat phenolic, but I gotta say, these hops give this a whole other dimension. Some peach & citrus for sure, combined with clove & a hint of berries. Malty & dry toward the end. Saisons hadn’t been my thing lately, but there’s enough happening here to take my mind off the peppery yeast. 9.5% - Available now at Grid City.

Kiitos - Fonio Fusion: Fonio is a West African grain, that is full of Lychee-like flavors. This is 50/50 Fonio and Pilsner malt. Citra and Vera hops drive it, so it’s absolutely citrus forward. From there it’s all American IPA. It’s actually quite tasty. This folio grain is perfect for IPAs!

Home Range - Don't I Know You?: Missed this new Hazy IPA. 6.7% - Only available at Home Range.

Offset/New Image Brewing - Menzo: This West Coast "Lie" IPA features Simcoe, Simcoe Cryo, Hollingberry, Centennial, Crosby CGX and Nectaron. It's a blend of some classic WC IPA hops, but selected for a depth of nuanced flavors that go beyond just hitting the high notes that these hops are known for. This beer combines the aromas of fresh hop harvest with notes of grapefruit, alpine conifer, peach ring candy and subtle cannabis. It's everything you could ever want from an IPA but with a gentler 5.0% ABV. Available at Offset and New Image Brewing.

Also, Hobbled Dog Cidery opens this weekend.

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

Cheers!