Beer Nerd Radio this week is all about holiday festivities and of course beer as we welcome Slatfire's Ryan Miller and Ogden Beer's Jaquie Wright. Hit us up at 2pm on the easiest number on the dial 99.9FM KUAA or stream us at KUAAFM.org.
Helper - Imperial Stout: Strong aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, some bitter coffee roast underneath. Somewhat dry. Flavor: Strong and rich flavors of dark chocolate, cocoa, some vanilla, dark fruit, light espresso roast. Yeasty in the middle and ultimately finishes with lingering dark chocolate notes. tasty stuff. Available at Helper Brewing, Beer Bar, Slackwater
Shades - Gold Rush IPA: So this is made with Pilsner malt & corn. Hops are Mosaic, Citra and Galaxy. The yeast is Kveik. It's not tart though, the yeast provides a citric twang. I think Kveik yeast makes brilliant IPAs & this is quite nice. All the citrus & melon well done.
Roosters - Smoked Porter: I tried to snag some of this at the Layton location, but they don'y have it. Name of the beer says not all I guess. If you've tried it, share your thoughts. 5.0% - At Odgen Roosters only.
Fisher - Let Chad Smoke: Oh yeah, Chad is SMOK'n!!! The beer ain't bad either. Bacon-y aroma of hickory-ish smoke. Tastes starts with a medium amount smoke and noticeable malt from the Helles. Very nice. 5.0% - available at Fisher.
Park City - Peanut Butter Porter: Missed this one too. Seems self explanatory. 5.0% - Only at Park City Brewing.
TF - Gose with Black Lime and Sumac: Don't k ow the flavors of sumac very well, but this does have big flavors of fresh lime on top of a lemony sour base. salt content is low as well. finishes with a nice tart smack. Tasty. 4.8% - Only at TF on draft.
Bewilder - Czech Lager: This comes out today. Sorry no notes yet. 5.0% - Only at Bewilder.
*Saturday is Hopkins' 5th anniversary and to help celebrate they have made Hopkins' first canned IPA! Star IPA is a 7% ABV 55 IBU unfiltered IPA featuring all local Solstice Malt and hopped with Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Mosaic, Simcoe, Warrior. This is an extremely limited batch beer - only 1BBL was brewed. The beer is not available to go since they don't have a Package 5 license yet.
Today Hopkins will host the second annual Veteran Beer tap takeover. Brewed by veteran breweries - Talisman, Strap Tank, Policy Kings and Hopkins. All of the breweries use the same Veteran’s Blend Hops and all make different beers. Each location will have a tap takeover of all beers. More details and menu to come.
And on top of all that it's a Small Batch Friday at Hopkins as well.
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