New Beer Good Friday

New Beer Good Friday? More like New Beer GREAT Friday! Many of you likely have a long weekend, which gives you more than enough time to work your way through this huge list of new beers. 

RoHa - Big Green Couch: This re-formulated Double IPA has a nose comprised caramel, lots of grapefruit, a touch of pine resin. The taste brings in more of the same, with the grapefruit and the caramel really combining and intertwining nicely. The body is medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a pretty dry finish. Overall, a pretty solid DIPA, one that doesn't try to o'erwhelm tastebuds with hops, but rather pumps plenty of hoppy flavor in with pleasantly sweet caramel sidekicks. Always nice to find an easy-going DIPA.

Hopkins - Guava Sour: This kettle-sour ale is naturally soured with lactobacillus, then brewed with coriander and orange peel. With an addition of Pink Boots hop blend and guava puree, there's a pleasant balance of fruit notes cutting through a gentle tartness. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins. 

Hopkins - Friendly Introduction Pale Ale #22: Made with Solstice Mild Malt then dry-hopped with Centennial, Chinook, and Simcoe hops. Tropical fruit character is the highlight of this pale ale while allowing a delicate malty backbone with minimal bitterness and a dry finish. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Wasatch - Women of Wasatch Dry-Hopped Pineapple Gose: No notes on this Pink Boots beer as it goes on sale today.

Uinta/Utah Pink Boots - Our Lady of the Desert: This is the collaboration Pink Boots beer that most of the breweries in the state had their hands on. This is hoppy lager has notes of dried mango, passionfruit and cantaloupe intertwine with vibrant hints of earthy herbal accents to create a refreshing experience that invokes the classical profile of lager beer, imbued with modern sensibilities. 5.0% -

Shades - Going Back to Cali, Cali: This Double IPA is a classic west coast style IPA. Brewed with Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade and Chinook hops, this brew falls on the earthy/piney end of the hop spectrum. 8.8%

Red Rock - Back Door Series (Bunny Hop): This new IPA features Citra, Galaxy and and Motueka hops. 8.2% Available at all Red Rock locations, but only available to-go from the Backdoor Beer Store at the downtown Brewpub. 

Park City - Local's Secret Porter: This collaboration with Park City Coffee Roasters is a robust medium-bodied porter brewed with Park City Coffee's cold brew coffee. Look for a roasty, coffee aroma with a chocolatey smooth taste. 5.0%

UTOG - Love Punch: This Hefeweizen was brewed with pineapple, orange and peach. This beer supports Project Rainbow Utah and Utah's LGBTQ community. UTOG will donate a portion of the the sales from this beer to Project Rainbow. 5.0% - Available now at UTOG. 

TF/Pit Viper - The Frank: This New collaboration with the SLC's infamous maker of eye shields hit today. A portion of the proceeds from this beer go to Wasatch Backcountry Rescue. 5.0% - Available at TF.

Strap Tank - Apple of My Eye: Apple of my eye is a Graf which is beer cider hybrid. This graf is 49% apple cider and a 51% ale blend. It has notes of apple, biscuit, and honey. It is reminiscent of a candy apple. 5.0% - Available at both Strap Tank locations.

Strap Tank - Besser Bier: This Munich Dunkel has a heavy toasted bread aroma and flavor. It is bursting with malty flavors but has a drinkability to it that most malty beers don’t have thanks to a soft, clean bitterness to balance out the richness of the Munich malt. 5.0% - Only at the Lehi Strap Tank. 

Strap Tank - Coco Curry: Coconut is right up front followed by the many different spices found in the Curry powder, subtle sweetness to round out the coconut and finishing nice and smooth with the curry. 4.7%  - Available at both Strap Tank locations.

Strap Tank - My Beer My Choice: This is Strap Tank's Pink Boots beer. This beer is nice and tart with tropical, raspberry, sour candy and citrus flavors, and finishes with a hint of hoppy bitterness that comes across as grapefruit. It is thirst quenching and easy to drink. 5.0%  - Available at both Strap Tank locations.

Strap Tank - Smoke Stack: This German style Smoke beer has a nice malty mouthfeel and finishes with notes of soft smoke, almost bacon/ham-like. Very limited. 4.7% - Only at the Lehi location.

Strap Tank - Saroléa: This Witbier has bready, soft spice and citrus character, which work very well with the Belgian yeast strain which gives off notes of banana, bubblegum and spice. 4.7% - Only at the Lehi location. 

Strap Tank - Purity: Big Banana, bubblegum and clove are present in this beer which is derived from the German Weizen yeast. No garnishments in this beer. This beer was made as true to style as they could make it according to the German Purity Law. 4.5% - Only at the Lehi location. 

Beer Zombies - Come Out To Haze: Huge tropical profile with some tangerine peel. Practically no bitterness - what a great hop salad! 8.5% - Exclusive to Beer Zombies.

Beer Zombies/Mason Ale works - Citra Revengeance: Big Citra bomb. Some herbal bite as well. Round but not too sweet. A long drawn-out bitterness. 8.0% - Exclusive to Beer Zombies.

E9 - Saturday - Sunshine: This lager is crisp and dry overall. I find it refreshing without being boring, the hops are killer too, strong in terms of dosage but very much noble type with some spiciness and grassy character. 5.8% - Found at Slackwater. 

E9 - The Compleat Lager: This is basically an English Mild that has been lagered. Look for a  toasted, nutty, nose that's lightly doughy. The flavor comes in waves, with caramel and maple up front, hops and toast in the middle and chestnut and almond late. Less hoppy than expected with a relatively clean finish. 5.2% - Found at Slackwater. 

E9 - Operation Haze Bro: It pours a hazy peach with three fingers of frothy white head. Citrus and tropical hops with tons of peach, mango and papaya. The taste starts bold with citrus and tropical hops upfront. Peach, mango, pineapple, vague citrus and orange peel follow suit. An earthy yeast finish wraps it up. 6.7% - Found at Slackwater. 

E9 - Harmonique: Missed this Helles. 4.7%  - Found at Slackwater. 

The Breuery - So Happens It's Tuesday (2021): This barrel-aged Imperial stout has a bourbon forward aroma, full of caramel popcorn, honey comb, soy sauce, tobacco, and fudge. Flavor brings sweet chocolate milk, more caramel popcorn, black olives, cocoa powder, cinnamon, sweet bourbon, and vanilla. As it warms, oak totally permeates the beer making it really complex. 15.0% - Found at Slackwater. 

Bavik - Super Wit: The nose has bold coriander and floral notes. The taste was easy to drink with bright malt base and strong floral presence with subtle citrus highlights. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a very good beer. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater. 

Oskar Blues - Oskar's Lager: Missed this 95 calories and 2.5 carbs per 12 oz. can beer. 4.2% - Found at West Side Tavern.

Mazama - Salud: This new brewery to the market is out of Corvallis, Oregon. Missed this Mexican-style lager. 5.0% - Found at Salt and Hops.

Cheers!