New Beer Friday the 13th 5/13/22

"This New Beer Friday really ties the room together"... Don't you think? 

Hopkins - Trifecta Stout: This American stout features three of the most loved dark beer adjuncts; coffee, chocolate, and flaked oat. Featuring a heavy coffee aroma with a balanced blend of chocolate and roasted malt character, all tied with a thick mouthfeel. Brewed with cold-brewed coffee provided by The Bean Whole. 5.0% - only at Hopkins.

Uinta - Watermelon Sour: This new sour features Philly Sour yeast. Nice unfiltered peach color. Gave it a hard pour, but very little head retention. Smells like vague sour tree fruit & lemon. To starts much the same with unripened peach and golden berries. The watermelon takes a backseat to the tartness from the Philly Sour Yeast. Once your palate adjusts to the tartness the watermelon becomes more apparent. 7.0% - Available at Uinta starting today. 

Silver Reef - Down Winder: Missed this new West Coast IPA from Southern Utah's largest craft brewer. Look for heavy citrus and floral notes. 7.0% - available at Silver Reef Brewing.

Offset - Dopo (Nelson Savin):Tropical Haze: Nice hazed/unfiltered apricot color. Nice citrus, melon and berry profile. All of key favorites are present. The malt come across as wheaty, but there's no wheat malt added here. It finishes with medium to low bitterness, which adds to its drinkability. 5.0% - Available at Offset Bier and on draft at the Bayou. 

Kiitos - Tropical Haze: This IPA features mango and guava. It’s extremely hazy, almost milky in appearance. The aroma has a hint of sweetness, with some tropical hops. Very earthy and herbal to begin with on the taste. The tropical fruits are there, but they definitely take a backseat to the hops. More to the point: the finish is like chewing on a hop cone, less the bitterness. 5.0% - Available on draft at Kiitos.

Shades - Sounds Gay, I'm In: This beer is an American sour ale brewed with prickly pear flavors. It lightly tart base lets the prickly pear do most of the heavy lifting. creating a tart and fruity beer that's very crushable. Made self proclaimed queer brewer and my Pal, Tanya Sapula. 6.5% - Available at Shades Brewing.  

Allagash - White: One of my all-time favorite witbiers finally comes to Utah! Hints of clove spice and more prominent citrus notes over wheaty and cookie-dough malt. The flavor is a bit more intense than the nose, but still moderate for the style: bitterish, tangy citrus with hints of spice, a modest yeast presence and what seem to be faint Noble hop notes on the end- all over a prominent, cleanish wheat backbone. The finish is pretty clean, with a hint of wheat and spice remaining, and is very crisp followed by a slight citrus bitterness that lingers for a few minutes. 5.2% - Found at Slackwater.

Cascade - Pêche Fumé: This is a collaboration with Germany's Freigeist Bierkulturis. It's a wild, sour wheat ale brewed with smoked malt then fermented in open-top puncheon barrels with Northwest-grown peaches. 7.2% - Found at Slackwater. 

Cascade - Ruby Lime: Look for a sour wheat ale aged in oak barrels and foudres for up to 10 months with late infusions of hibiscus tea and lime leaves. Pouring a deep ruby hue, this mild and refreshing sour ale captures notes of pomegranate and cranberry from the hibiscus tea complemented by the lime leaves’ sweet citrus and floral aromas. 5.5% - Found at Slackwater.

Offshoot - Coast Pale Ale: Missed this one. Look for typical haze with juicy, fruity flavor thanks to generous dry hopping with Mosaic, Strata, Citra, and Cashmere. 5.2% - Found at Slackwater. 

Denver Beer Co. - Tart Delight: Missed this Lime sour. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Bombastic - Puddle: Missed this Citra pale ale. 5.0% - Found at Maverik Stores in Weber and Davis County. Very Limited. 

Revision - Leafy Greens: This one is dry and dank with lots of CTZ hops. The whole enchilada comes across as chewy, with an ABV of 7.2 keeping everything in check. Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Revision - 87 Knots: Not sure where my loyalties lie concerning this one. Between the cryo Mosaic, Motueka and Kashmir hops, this is a wonderful, leafy hop salad. Heavy on the citrus peel with some minor tropical flavors. 6.7% - found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Cheers!