New Beer Friday 8/16/24

 

Need a break from life's critiques? This week's New Beer Friday artistic brews and break dancing event will score a perfect 10, regardless of technique. 

Today on Beer Nerd Radio Steph and I welcome Allen Handy and Annika DiMeo as we give their pallets the ultimate beer work-out! What beer style will it be? You and our guests will know at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Kiitos - Hyper Wave: This IPA is part of a new direction that Kiitos is taking, not just in branding but also in approach and flavor. Whoa, big fruity aroma full of melon/citrus. First swig starts with more melon and tangerine. Excellent and full flavored. Berry notes from Nelson hops rounds it all out. One of the best 5% IPAs out there. Small batch, a must have Mikey Likey. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos starting today.

Fisher - Wet Your Willet: Huge aroma of juniper & sage. Whoa, delivers on the pallet too. Big Juniper & sage, but it’s not too overwhelming. The malt bill jives really well with “spices”. One or the other would have been great, the two together are brilliant. Mikey Likey! 5.0% - Available in 16 ounce cans, now at Fisher.

Grid City - Coyote Elvis: This new wheat lager is 50/50 wheat malt and pilsner malt. This lager has a noticeably, pillowy feel. Kinda like a muffin with 85% of the sugars stripped-out. Delicately sweet with little yeast profile. toasty profile are subtle and complimentary. It’s in that realm between German pils & American wheat. I love this damn lager. A triple Mikey Likey! 4.8% - Only at Grid City.

Bolero Snort - Til the Streetlights Come On: This "Retro IPA" has all the new age juiciness you love, with old school clarity. To me "retro" would mean malt and hops recipes from 20 years ago. Meh, what ya gunna do? Missed out on this one. 5.0% Found at The Bayou.  

Also new to the market, Drekker Brewing out of Fargo, ND hit the market yesterday with these beers. All found at Slackwater.

Drekker - Strawberry Spread It - Drekker - PB&J sour

Drekker - Pineapple Upside Down Cake - Sour

Drekker - Die to Ride - IPA

Drekker- King of the Thing - DIPA

It's already pumpkin beer season. If you're like me, you get them in early, if you're not like me and more like Steph, this will be the first of many big middle fingers pointed at the universe. This week we have two returning pumpkin ales.

Epic Imperial Pumpkin Porter

Epic Barrel-Aged Pumpkin

Wasatch - Pumkin Ale

This weekend is the biggest of all Utah Beer Festivals, the Utah Beer Fest. The entire weekend will host many of Utah's best beer makers along with local Ciders, Booch, Spirts, cocktails and the like. For tickets and info please visit this link. https://www.utahbeerfestival.com/

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