Epic's Los Locos to be Canned

Epic will soon be canning their Los Locos Mexican Lager. This beer is brewed with white corn, lime juice and sea salt. This beer was specially made as a house beer for the Los Chingones Mexican Restaurant located in Denver, CO. It is now no longer exclusive to that establishment and will soon be hitting Epic's distribution markets (I would assume) by late April/early may for Cinco De Mayo. It will have an ABV of 4.8%.

This isn't your typical Mexican lager. The corn, salt and lime give this cerveza a wholly unique fruity slant. Stay close for it's arrival date.

Also, today. Talisman Brewing Company's bottle shop is now open. Go get 'em!

Now on the Utah Beer Challenge

Epic handed 2 Row their first loss, pitting Accelerator against Big Bad Baptist. It was a tight race - only six votes separating them. A long time local favorite did well in another tough match-up. Bohemian's Cherny Bock went against the grain beating out Epic's Brainless IPA. And the final battle of note saw Avenues Proper's Oatmeal Red beat out their own Patersbier.

Now For the Sweet Sixteen match-ups. This round will see the big hoppy beers from RedRock going up against one another. As of Now all four RedRed beers are still in the race that will end soon with this battle - Two very different Farmhouse Ales with Epic and 2 Row respectively are ready to go at it as well. Those are the big battles to watch. I'm sure there will more interesting things to discuss pending the outcome of the Sweet Sixteen. Here are the results of the of the finals of Round Two.

Prost!
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51.76%	Epic Big Bad Baptist	88 (51.76%)
48.24%	2 Row Accelerator IPA	82 (48.24%)

(170 Total Votes)

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5.59%	Roosters Argo ESB	8 (5.59%)
94.41%	RedRock CoHOPeration	135 (94.41%)

(143 Total Votes)

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62.04%	Bonneville Sir Malcom's Stout	67 (62.04%)
37.96%	Vernal Allosaurus Amber	41 (37.96%)

(108 Total Votes)

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15.03%	Park City - Boogie Water Brown Ale	23 (15.03%)
84.97%	2 Row Random Double IPA	130 (84.97%)

(153 Total Votes)

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57.33%	Bohemian Cherney Bock	86 (57.33%)
42.67%	Epic Brainless IPA	64 (42.67%)

(150 Total Votes)

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58.18%	2 Row - 24K Golden Ale	96 (58.18%)
41.82%	Epic Hopulent IPA	69 (41.82%)

(165 Total Votes)

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60.98%	Squatters - Schwartzbier	75 (60.98%)
39.02%	Hoppers - Madame X Stout	48 (39.02%)

(123 Total Votes)

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42.52%	Avenues Proper Patersbier	54 (42.52%)
57.48%	Avenues Proper Oatmeal Stout	73 (57.48%)

(127 Total Votes)

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