Ummm... You can only pick one of these from the photo above, please share your choice. However, New Beer Friday is a completely different story. Every damn new lager, ale or hybrid available this week is fair game, enjoy all you want. Speaking of Enjoying all you want tomorrow (Saturday 6/8) is the 2024 Wild West Collab Fest. This festival features collaborative beers from inside and outside of the state of Utah – along with beers from many local breweries that you may not get a chance to to try. If you need tickets, the link is above. A list of all the collaborations has been provided below.
To get you ready for Wild West Collab Fest, Steph and I will have the Grand Poobah of the Utah Brewer's Guild, Teri Mumm on Beer Nerd Radio to get you dialed in to what you need to know to navigate tomorrow's beer fest. We start at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.
Grid City - “Coming Out” Coffee Cacao Nitro Honey Cream Ale: This cream ale with cacao, and “Cold Brew Style” with coffee from Old Cuss. Nice peppery coffee comes across prominently at first swig on this nitro-only beer. The cocoa picks up the heavy lifting from there creating a great one-two punch with the Java. Not sweet at all, just simple coffee and cocoa in cream ale package. It's on top of a smooth, pillowy Nitro Cream Ale. 5.0% - Only at Grid City.
Saltfire - Eddy Out: This is a clean crisp Imperial Pilsner that features citrus & melon aroma. Same on the palate, but it bounces between the citrus & melon. There’s some nice bitterness too. An overall fruity & aggressive lager that doesn’t come across as one. 6.3% - Available at Saltfire.
Saltfire Rainbow Cult: Vague berry aroma. Subtly tart with with a nice berry profile that come across as slightly unripened blackberry. I love that this in NOT one of those enamel stripping sour ales. 5.0%
Saltfire - Deep Dive Series (ESB): A floral & piney aroma. Taste backs it up with a good malt backbone. Some copper comes next with a nice floral punch. Another well made & very traditional tasting ale. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire.
Saltfire - Deep Dive Series (Red Ale): Nice malty aroma. Taste is Irish traditional - with a medium amount of maltiness, some floral hops & light grass. Really clean and solid. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire.
Epic - Small Batch Series (Nectaron Juice): Nice amber color that you don't see anymore from IPAs makers. Pungent citrus and tropical aroma.Taste follows with more of an emphasis on stone fruits, peach in particular with some nectarine. Good malt profile that adds caramel and vanilla to the mix. Tangerine rounds it out with some faint berries too. Medium bitterness in the end that isn’t too lingering. Mikey Likey. 7.7% - Available at Epic starting today.
Bewilder - Rice For The Cure: A portion of the proceeds from this "new school rice lager" will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Whoa! That’s crisp. Minimally sweet with perfect dryness. This is a no effort beer if ever there was one. Not a perfect beer, but it’s damn close for this hot Thursday. Mikey Likey! 4.9%
UTOG - Love Punch: Missed this this orange and peach infused hefeweizen. 5.0% - Available now at UTOG.
Shades - Blueberry Cheesecake: Same Kveik base that we’re fond of. It works well with the blueberry for sure. The berries taste plump and ripe, but there’s an uncanny cheesecake thing happening too. Combine that with graham cracker & you have a nice dessert combo. A great pie beer! 6.3% - Available at both Shades locations.
Policy Kings - Chocolate Milk Stout: Missed this new stout. 5.0% - Only at Policy Kings.
Zion Brewing - Zion Ultra Light: Missed this American-Style Light Lager. It's described as a
Low calorie, low carb Lager brewed with Amarillo and Mosaic hops.100 calories and 5 g carbs per pint!
Offset - The New Feels: Missed this new IPL. 5.0% - Available at Offset, Bayou, Slackwater.
Fisher - The End of Knowledge: Missed this new pale ale from Fisher. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.
Kiitos - Blue Corn Cerveza: Missed this new cerveza. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos.
There will be many more beers to choose from at the Wild West Collab Fest – These are just the collaboration beers
- HopTog Common
○ Type: Steam Beer
○ Description: Crisp lager characteristics with rich ale flavors, featuring a smooth, slightly fruity profile with mild hop bitterness and a toasted malt backbone.
○ Breweries: Hopkins Brewing Co., UTOG Brewing Company
- Helles Better with Friends
○ Type: Helles Style Lager
○ Description: A smooth lager with light-bodied cracker malt and a floral hop.
○ Breweries: Vernal Brewing Company, Ogden Beer Company
- Samarbejde
○ Type: Danish Style Lager
○ Description: A crisp and refreshing Danish Lager with a nice hop balance created with traditional brewing techniques.
○ Breweries: Helper Beer, Ogden Beer Company
- Cometh the Storm
○ Type: West Coast Lager
○ Description: From female-led breweries, this bready pilsner body packs a punch of West Coast hops.
○ Breweries: Strap Tank Brewing Co., Ogden Beer Company
- Cascading Dark Ale
○ Type: Dark Ale
○ Description: A rich dark ale featuring light roast and heavy piney hop flavors.
○ Breweries: Salt Flats Brewing Co., Epic Brewing Company
- Arrr Knee
○ Type: Cream Ale
○ Description: Brewed with lychee black tea, fresh lemon juice, and Motueka hops from New Zealand—refreshing and thirst-quenching.
○ Breweries: Moab Brewery, 2 Row Brewing
- Steamy Boi
○ Type: California Common
○ Description: A steam beer with a fun twist on the name "crispy boi."
○ Breweries: RoHa Brewing Project, Heber Valley Brewing
- Journey West
○ Type: West Coast Session IPA
○ Description: Features hop HBC-638, HBC-522, and HBC-522 hop hash, offering tangerine, mango, peach, and green tea notes.
○ Breweries: Chappell Brewing, Salt City Suds
- Trits Up!
○ Type: Honey Triticale Kolsch
○ Description: Single decocted Kolsch brewed with triticale and orange blossom honey, light, crisp, creamy, and bready.
○ Breweries: Grid City Beer Works, Solstice Malt
- Look at this Photo Graf
○ Type: Snakebite beer/cider (Graf)
○ Description: A unique hybrid beer-cider blend combining the best of both worlds.
○ Breweries: Proper Brewing Company, Second Summit Cider
- Blue Corn Cerveza
○ Type: Lager
○ Description: A distinctive lager brewed with blue corn for a unique flavor profile.
○ Breweries: Kiitos Brewing, Desert Edge Brewery
- Caramel Apple Cider
○ Type: Cider
○ Description: Rich and sweet with caramel flavors, made by boiling apple juice and fermenting it with a special yeast strain.
○ Breweries: Mountain West Cider, Fisher Brewing Company
- Mother Earth, Wind & Beer
○ Type: Sour IPA
○ Description: A tart and hoppy sour IPA with complex flavors.
○ Breweries: Uinta Brewing, Mother Earth Brewing
- Bird
○ Type: West Coast IPA
○ Description: Hopped with Nectaron, Simcoe, and Chinook, featuring a modern pilsner malt grain bill.
○ Breweries: Templin Family Brewing, Breakside Brewery
- Eleventh Hour
○ Type: Hoppy American Wheat Pale Ale
○ Description: Brewed with 100% Amarillo hops, crisp citrus finish, 5% ABV, 35 IBU.
○ Breweries: Prodigy Brewing, Roosters Brewing Co.
- Purple Drank
○ Type: Cream Ale
○ Description: Brewed with ube and butterfly pea flowers, berries, cream, herbal, earthy vanilla, and hints of sweet orange.
○ Breweries: Chappell Brewing, Wasatch/Squatters
- Fogging Up the Windows
○ Type: Dry Stout
○ Description: A dry stout with spicy, smoky, and chipotle flavors.
○ Breweries: Level Crossing Brewing, SaltFire Brewing Company
- Spin the Bottle
○ Type: Sweet Stout
○ Description: A sweet stout brewed with cocoa nibs for a rich, chocolatey flavor.
○ Breweries: Level Crossing Brewing, SaltFire Brewing Company
- Party of 1 Silver Reef
Here are are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.
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