New Beer Friday 4/8/22

 

Still pissed at me for my Pliny the Elder prank on April Fool's Day? Well, get in line; there are people way more important than you wanting to kick my ass. To make it up to you, I've compiled a massive list of local craft AND out of state brews, guaranteed to make you forget my (and any other) devilish pranks.

Proper - Ye Old Boi: There's whiskey in here for sure. Light caramel. Not quite the heavy body you’d expect from an 11% beer. Being an “English Strong” this has caramel corn, with bourbon accents and a sneaky hammer. It seems tame, but it’ll kick you in the pee-pee if you’re not paying attention. Available at Proper.

2 Row - Spring Saison: Aroma is citrusy, yeasty, and very spicy. Perhaps a hint of a honey-like sweetness. Taste is not overly sweet, yet it's not overly dry. Citrus and spice rapidly cycle. A primarily dominant lemony-citrus flavor emerges, but it is then quickly cut by a varietal of different spices; clove being the most prominent, but others are definitely present. Quite phenolic as it warms. 6.3% - 2 Row, Slackwater.

2 Row - King Zeangland: This Triple IPA features Nelson, Motueka and Southern Cross hops. It's full of tangerine peel. the sweet malt gives it a more citrus feel. This will destroy you, if you thing you're better than it is. 13.0% - found at 2 Row. 

Bonneville - Cool Fuzz: This NEIPA features Cashmere hops which provides a burst of citrusy lime flavor while flaked oats and barley create a pleasantly-round mouthfeel. 5.0% Only at Bonneville.

Epic - Space Debris: Made with Amarillo, Centennial, Citra and Nugget This goes on sale today at the brewery. 6.2%

Wasatch - Pink Boots IPA: This debuts today. No tasting notes on this one. 5.0% 

Heber Valley - Willa'tje: This is a Belgian-style Golden Strong. Look for a complex and powerful ale with rounded flavors. Hop and malt character is fruity and quite hoppy. 8.6% - Only at Heber Valley.

Desert Edge - Camp Water: This blonde ale is the  style of  typical wit - less the orange peel, A super crushable lawnmower blonde. 5.0% - Only at Desert Edge. 

Offset Bier - All Black Nothing: This IPA (not black) is made with Riwaka, Nelson and Rakau hops 6.5% 

Bewilder - Salt City Brew Supply Baby Dez: This beer was brewed to christen Salt City Brew Supply's new cold beer store inside of the before mentioned home brew store. Besides this ale, look for a massive selection of 5.0% and below craft brands from all over the world. 

Bewilder/Pravda - Golden Ale: Brewed from a recipe from Pravda Brewery, in support of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. A portion of the proceeds from this will go towards Ukrainian aid charities. 5.0%

Bewilder /Pravda- Red Eyes:  Brewed from a recipe from Pravda Brewery, in support of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. A portion of the proceeds from this will go towards Ukrainian aid charities. 5.0%

Red Rock - Backdoor Series (Nelson Sauvin Double IPA): This is full of berry and melon notes with herbal hops in the finish. Very tasty. Available to go from Red Rock’s SLC brewpub (back door of course. 8.1%

Red Rock - Hop Runner: This new IPA was made exclusivly for Harmon’s grocery stores and is Red Rock’s first canned beer. It’s a tangerine bomb that highly drinkable and dare I say, refreshing. Available at Harmon’s on Monday. 5.0%.  

Level Crossing - Pink Boots IPA:  brewed by Level Crossing employees Robyn Catton and Christine Patterson. It has fresh floral, herbal and berry aromas. Marris Otter and white wheat malts help give Pink Boots IPA a medium body with smooth and rounded hop flavors of chamomile and orange zest. Pink Boots IPA finishes with a clean and refreshing hop presence. $1 from every pint sold will be donated to the Pink Boots Society Utah Chapter. 5.0% - only at Level Crossing. 

Mason Ale Works - Gwion And the Witch: This is a Cinnamon Bun Style Pastry Stout. Cinnamon pretty much runs the show, it defiantly has that cinnamon roll vibe, but it also comes across as a holiday winter warmer. It's a bit too much cinnamon for this time of year... for me anyway. 13.5% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Sweet Creams Are Made of These (Raspberry/Blueberry): This milkshake inspired ale has huge amounts of raspberries and blueberries added with vanilla and lactose. Thick body with tart raspberry and blueberry notes to finish. 8.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Dime Store Revolver: This hazy Triple IPA was double dry hopped with 5 pounds of Citra and Motueka per barrel and a touch of milk sugar to add a slight sweetness. Dangerously, smooth at 11.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works/Ogopogo Brewing - Nelsonomicon: This collaboration beer is a Hazy Double IPA is packed full of Nelson, Citra and NZ Cascade Hops. 8.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Strip Mall Lawyer: Missed this one. This Double Dry-Hopped Hazy Double IPA is packed full of Citra and Galaxy Hops 10.5% - Found at Slackwater.

Prairie Artisan Ales - Thai Delight: This beer is a mango sticky rice inspired sour ale with mango, flaked rice, and coconut cream. 5.1% - Found at Slackwater.

Falling Knife Brewing Company - Tomm’s: Missed this classic American Lager. 4.8% - Found at Slackwater.

Bootstrap Brewing  - Hazy IPA Adventure Series: Missed this IPA. 6.2% -Found at Slackwater.

Green Bench - Alice: This is a foeder fermented, wine barrel aged Golden Sour fermented with a house mixed culture of yeast and bacteria. The result is a dry golden ale, with an intense natural stone fruit aroma and flavor that is enhanced by a medium tart sourness. 5.5% - Found at The Bayou.

Prairie - Peanut Butter and Jelly Squeeze: This sour ale  is made with blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, dry roasted peanuts and peanut butter. Tart jammy flavors of dark berries dominate with some restrained peanut butter backing it up. 5.0% - Found at Salt and Hops.

Returning Favorites

2 Row - Old Fence Wrecker: This beer is a colaboration on many fronts. Made from a recipe formulated by award winning home brewer Zach Belles, this barrel aged barleywine. Look for flavors of caramel and toffee, followed by a hit of bourbon barrel that provides woody oak, vanilla and more caramel. Mid-palate continues with bourbon, and brings out sweet dark fruit notes of fig & raisin . Named for Beehive bartender, Barry Strom who's love of barleywines has resulted in more that one accidental fence demolitions. 11.6% - available at 2 Row Brewing. 

TF - Corduroy:  Looks like Sunny Delight! The aroma is extremely pungent, with pineapple, mango, guava, grapefruit. You can catch a whiff from the glass from a few feet away. Taste is very juice forward - grapefruit, orange, pineapple, perhaps others, with the addition of a light grassiness before fading into a sweet juicy mild pith bitterness. Mouthfeel is smooth and fairly full with a light tingling from carbonation. Very Nice. 7.7% - Available today only at T.F. Brewing.

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

Ciders

Big B's - Orchard Original: This is a very dry farmhouse cider. 5.9% Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Big B's - Cherry Daze: This is a semi-dry tart cherry 6.2%  - Found at Scion Cider Bar. 

Big B's - Harvest Apple: This is a semi-sweet cider. 6.2% - Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Big B's - Lazy Daze: This is 60% cider- 40% lemonade 4.5% ABV- Found at Scion Cider Bar. 

Big B's - Chester Hopear: This is a dry-hopped Peary. 6.5% - Found at Scion Cider Bar. 

Big B's - Peach Pickin' Time: A semi-dry peach cider - Found at Scion Cider Bar. 6.2%

Cheers!