New Beer Friday 4/11/25

Unlike Mattel, New Beer Friday has never gone too far and is always tasteful (please stop laughing). Speaking of tasteful our beer selections this week, are not only tasty, but damn delicious. We have two West Coast Pilsners this week. You should try them both, just to be safe.

The Tour de Brewtah and Summer Shandy Fest will be discussed today (Friday) on Beer Nerd Radio. Check us out at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

Red Rock - Everybody Wins: Citrus notes, grassiness, pilsner malt, floral hops, and a little honey build in the aroma Tastes of lemon and orange-led citrus fruit and grass jump out at first, followed by some bread and pilsner malt. More citrus and strong flower notes keep things going before some sharp hop notes and dryness close things out. 5.0% - Available at Red Rock's Beer Store.

TF - West Coast-style Pilsner: Made with Strata CGX, Nelson, Cascade, and Hallertau Mittelfruh. Definitely got some melon and citrus on the nose. Dank herbal notes of melon, grapefruit, berries and cannabis are all over the pallet. Clean with a chewy hop finish. Chock full of hops and it tastes pretty damn good. 6.8% - Available at TF starting today.

Returning Favorite

Uinta's Dubhe returns for a limited time just in time for 4/20. Dubhe, (pronounced "Doo-bee") is the official state centennial star and is one of the seven bright stars that make up The Big Dipper. Dubhe is a Black IPA made with hemp seed. 

Pours a dark mahogany color with nice mocha head. The nose is of sweet dark fruit, caramel, dark roasted malts as well as a big dose of pine and booziness. The taste starts sweet with dark chocolate, toffee and a hint of licorice. Pine resin and slight citrus fruit balance nicely. The end is earthy and boozy with a leathery spiciness. The finish is sharp with hop bitterness. Well balanced with a warmth in the finish that makes this complex delicious beer extremely drinkable at 9.3%

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 4/4/25

There's no cheating this week, as you're free to be in an open relationship with any of these New Beer Friday brews. 

This week's Beer Nerd Radio welcomes back "beer guinea pigs" Jeremy Mathews and Kent Haynes as Steph and Mikey put their tongues through the wringer on another Mystery Beer Show. Hit us up today (Friday) at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA and it'll all make sense. 

Epic - Brainless on Sake: In celebration of spring, Epic Brewing is releasing Brainless on Sake - a unique twist on their classic Brainless Belgian Ale. This edition is aged 100% in used sake barrels and infused with plum, black currant, and blackberries.The aroma is plum skin mostly. Flavor-wise there’s some sake for sure at the front end with oak as well. Plum and the other dark fruit carry-on from there, making this a nice drinking fruited Belgian. Not much Belgo-yeast present. Great beer, very little of the 10.5% alcohol is present. Available at Epic starting today.

RoHa - Gorlami: This Italian-style Pilsner has a big toasty malt bill with a green and herbal hop profile that is field-forward, lemony & grassy. Nice dry finish. 5.0% - Available at RoHa.

Proper - Balkansko: This is a "Balkan-style Lager" and from what I understand, they’re somewhat Helles adjacent. Definitely has some Helles qualities. A little more toasty with some vegital hops. Herbal/grassy hops pop out after with general clean and dry finish. 5.0% - Available at Proper.

Salt Flats - Bees Brew: Destroyed this shaker in moments. Imagine sitting in the sun with a cup of this. Light toasty grains with a hint of citrus, then it’s all herbal & grassy yo the clean finish. 5.0% - Available at all Salt Flats locations and The Ballpark at America First Square.

Kiitos - Gluten Free IPA: If I gotta have one gluten free beer while I’m stuck on an island, it’ll probably be this one. Not sure what hops are in here - thinking an NZ hop? Nope. Citra, Mosaic and Strata. If you want a GF IPA, this one is will be your best pal.

SL Brewing - Strawberry Cream Ale (Nitro): Look for sweet but subtle strawberry with a lightly malty base the nitrogen gives it a silky smooth body which causes the brew to disappear immediately from the glass. Head Brewer, Jason Stock's nitro tap is becoming one of my favorite things lately. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing. 

SL Brewing - Raspberry Orange Wheat Ale: Missed this one, but I think you get the point. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing. 

Here are this week's small batch beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 3/28/25

Yup this week's meme, pretty much sums up the staff here at Utah Beer Industries (me). That being said, excellent flavors await you this week with a varied scope of ABVs and styles. Make the trip to your favorite haunt, or one that has been off your radar for a while. It'll be time well spent.  

BoHo is back in Radio Pub this week as Beer Nerd Radio gets ready for spring with Utah's original lager house. Kelly Schaefer always delivers the Bohemian goods as beer nerds from all over Utah prep for the warm weather. Check us out at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Ogden Beer - Shadow Empress: This new Imperial stout has an aroma heavy with dark roasted malts, with some char, molasses and vanilla peeking out. The taste has a good balance between the dark malts and the piney, earthy hops. There is a note close to cherry, along with the char and molasses. Also has chocolate, coffee, and slight vanilla. Slight bitterness at the end. Full mouth feel, with a very creamy texture. Not complex, but made very well for Ogden Beer's first stab at this style. 9.5% - Available now at Ogden Beer.

Ogden Beer - Anchovy Krush: This one is self explanatory. A session IPA with Anchovy and Krush Hops. What a combo! 5.0% - Only at Ogden Beer. 

Helper - Japanese Rice Lager: We will do a live analysts on this one live on Beer Nerd Radio, today at 2pm. 5.0% 

Bewilder/Slackwater - Czech Pilsner: Super dry and hoppy notes start-off this collab beer. The hops are the definite star of the show here. Some slight berry skin tanginess wayyy in the background, kinda Kölsch-esque, but it compliments the overall dryness of this lager. Malt profile is bready & toasty with Saaz hoppiness. A great lager a see a stein of this in my future today. 5.0% - Available only at Bewilder and all Slackwater locations.

UTOG - Bar Down: My first swigs of this Session IPA were so long, forgot how thirsty a warm day will make you. Hops are spot on just enough citrus peel, berries and herbal bite to make it sing. Worth snagging this freshie ASAP. 5.0% - Available at UTOG now. 

UTOG - Anniversary Ale VI: Happy 6th Anniversary to UTOG! This barrel aged version of Redeye imperial Red Ale is well hopped. It’s starts nice and flowery with the whiskey barrel coming next. The base is malty, but not barleywine malty, more like IPA malty. The hops and barrel are neck-n-neck, with a good punch of alcohol rounding it out. Think: American-style, Barrel-aged Strong Ale. 10.3% - available at UTOG. 

Talisman - Honey Badger: This was made with Honey from Talisman’s Family's Honey Farm. Very cool that both the Witbier and the Honey Cream Ale are both present at first swig. You get orange peel for sure, grains of paradise, then the honey and cream ale. Never had this combo before, it works quite well. Nice body too. 5.0% - Only at Talisman 

Returning Favorites

Level Crossing's Space Oddity is back with a style change as the traditional NEIPA makes it move to the West Coast. Not much has really changed recipe wise. It was brewed with orange blossom honey and an outer space themed blend of Comet, Galaxy, Apollo, Ekuanot, Strata and Enigma hops. You get a very explosive aroma, full of citrus peach and pineapple. The taste follows with the addition of grapefruit pith and some hints of mango. the pith carries into the finish creating some lingering bitterness at the end. 8.8% - This returns for Level Crossing's Anniversary party on Saturday.   

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 3/21/25

If you've never seen Duck Dodgers in the 24th and ½ Century, you have homework this weekend. I promise it'll be worth it. If you've never tried any of these New Beer Friday suds, you have homework as well. In some cases you can do both assignments at the same time. 

Beer Nerd Radio reaches back into the wayback machine to visit a land before time. 2023 it was a far more innocent age - we were oblivious.... meh, never mind. Today we present a Best of Show from the radio pub. Steph and I hope you'll check it out. 

And while I have you: fans of Beer Nerd Radio have noticed that our option to stream past episodes is gone. Station management is working on it. It's a casualty of our growth as KUAA modifies our website. We hope it will be back soon. I have approximately 88% of the episodes saved and I'm working to get them to you all in podcast form soon. It's a lot of work, but we're working on it. Thanks for continuing to tune in. -Mikey  

Uinta - Ryan Murphy's Irish Stout: Named for Ryan Murphy, head of Uinta’s R&D and creator of this beer. Roasty aroma. Nice roasty taste too. Not far into ash or char territory, but just enough. Finish has some slight char, finishes clean. I don’t think this it a true nitro pour. More like low gas co2. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Proper - Blarney Stone: Nice roasty stout. It comes across as an amped-up version of a traditional Irish stout. Slightly charred, with a good dry finish. ABV isn’t too noticeable, would pair well with a peanut butter whiskey…. Because it did. 7.0% - Available now at Proper.

Proper - Juicy Boots (2025 Pink Boots Blend): Possibly my favorite Pink Boots blend IPA so far for 2025. Citrus, peach and melon dominate for the most part. The finish is dry, it that seems to be a part of this hop blend. Nicely floral & slight herbal finish. Give this a shot.

Fisher - Hidden Peak Pale Ale: This pale ale features Cashmere hops. Look for a light bodied, big fruity aromatics and taste with a mild bitter finish to make this beer the perfect crusher after a day on the slopes. A portion of proceeds from this entire batch of beer will benefit the Todd Greenfield memorial scholarship. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Salt Flats - English Brown Ale: Nice malt profile, plenty of toasty grains with caramel-like sweetness. The whole package is quite nice. If I had a driver I would have made that a beer back to pair with a Bonneville Bourbon. 5.0% - Available now at salt Flats.

Red Rock Wit and Wisdom: Kicks off with tangerine melon and kiwi that start to unpack as mango and berries creep in and join. Berries and tropical fruit showcase well in the middle as pineapple and tangerines weave in and out of frame and closes like it started. Another winner from Red Rock. 7.0% - Available now at all RR locations.

2 Row Coastal Collision: A malty IPA, straight outta the west coast IPA playbook. Lotsa citrus peel, some pineapple, peach & berries. At 11.1% there’s plenty of heat backing it up. It’s a beastly WC TrIPA. 

Heber Valley - Yōtei: Missed this new Japanese Rice Lager. 5.0% - Available at Heber Valley Brewing.

Talisman - El Guapo Dorado: Missed this "Golden Mexican Lager". 5.0% - Only at Talisman.  

Level Crossing - Fruit Bat (Peach, Mango & Cara Cara Orange): Missed this one yesterday. This is available on nitro and an additional keg with be added to the Co2 tap at the main brewery this weekend. 5.0% 

Returning Favorites

Uinta - Sea Legs Baltic Porter returns!

TF - Protect Ya Neckta The Nectaron driven NE-DIPA is back!

Here's this week's Small Batch Beer from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 3/14/25

 

Pink Boots beers be are slowly rolling in, and this week one managed to slip into New Beer Friday's "research" schedule. On top of that it's another diverse offering this week, including a ton of St. Patrick's Day themed suds at practically every damn brewery out there.  

There's a new brewery on the horizon and Beer nerd radio has 'em in studio today (Friday). Wolf Dog's Derik DeBoard will be in to fill us in on all what's happening now and what to expect in the coming months. The Radio Pub goes live at 2pm every Friday on 99.9FM KUAA.

UTOG - Shreddin' Yeti: Missed this new his American Lager. 5.0% - Available at UTOG.

UTOG - Palm Tree Porter: Aged in Jamaican rum barrels, Palm Tree Porter this is packed with rich flavors of chocolate, vanilla, and a hint of smoke, all wrapped up in a smooth, dry finish. We crafted this porter to let the bold rum barrel character shine. 8.5% - Available at UTOG

Ogden Beer - Danger Pony: Missed this new Belgian-style Pale ale. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer.

Salt Flats - Fog Light: This is on the board as a Juicy IPA. It's mostly herbal aroma with some melon notes. Tastes the same more herbal/melon with some citrus way in the back. A nice IPA, but it ain’t "juicy" like the sign says. 5.0% - Available at Salt Flats and their restaurants. 

Uinta - Good Luck Babe: Uinta's 2025 Pink Boots Beer is a Rye IPA and who loves a rye beer? This guy does! Great aroma, citrus and some coconut? Flavor is good too. More citrus with an herbal hop bite. That coconut is there too but closer to the finish. I’d like a lil more rye, but I could still crush a couple pints. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Uinta - Sinéad's Photograph: This Irish Red Ale is a damn perty beer. Lotsa Ruby highlights. Toasty grains and caramel up front. Hops seem fairly tradition, or maybe Cascade? Probably shoulda got a stein of this Irish Red. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Hopkins - The Hop, Belgian Pale Ale: Hopped with Chinook, Simcoe, Mosaic, Ahtanum, El Dorado, HBC 638, Idaho 7, Sabro. Some clove and malt in the nose. First swig has a tiny amount of clovy yeast , but the hops pushyou away from the clove notes. This ain’t my fav style, but I’m trying. The hop profile help overcome the yeast. If you like hoppy saisons? You’ll like this.

Hopkins - Orchard-House Fruited Sour (Key Lime and Guava): Even though the base beer has a nice medium tart base the Key Lime still pops, giving it a fresh taste. The guava has a tough time fighting its way through the tart onslaught though. That being said, I really enjoyed this sour. 5.0% - Available at Hopkins.

Chappell - Turning Trix: Made with Trix “extract” this sour features no hops, just lemongrass. Super fruity, kinda reminds me of Smarties. There a mishmash of fruit flavors - just think about Trix berries or Smarties candy and it’ll all jive for you in this sour ale. 5.0% - only at Chappell.

2Row - Eclipse Eterno: I missed this new Dark Mexican-style lager. 5.0% On draft now at 2 Row.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday

There's plenty of New Beer Friday brews to get you through this snowy Friday. I'm Sure you'll find something to get you through the weekend. 

Helper Beer is back. in the Radio Pub for an update. Hit us up at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9FM KUAA.

Uinta - The Gust if a Thousand Winds: I’m not sure what style of pils this is. Probably WC Pils? It’s too busy in here to ask. It’s DDH, tap handle says “WCNENZ” West Coast - New England -New Zealand? Some melon, grassy, earthy & citrus hops with a toasty malt base. Tasty stuff. 4.0% - Only at Uinta

Uinta - Wyld Juicy: IPA: Toasty malt profile with some candy-like fruitiness. Somewhat berry forward. Doesn’t taste like an IPA much, more like a fruity pale. Wouldn’t call it “juicy” either. Maybe they’ll tweak it next batch. Meh. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

RoHa - Pink Boots 2025 Dragon Fruit IPA: Available 3/8 (International Women’s Day): Dragon Fruit pops out front with some citrus & herbal hops sliding in. Nice bitterness - it’s not too strong but noticeable - balances out the dragon fruit well. 5.0% - Available at RoHa.

Salt Lake Brewing - Four Corners: This session IPA starts citrus and herbal with a hint of berries. Earthy too. Finishes clean & dry for the mist part - what I mean by that is that it’s fruity, with a minor lingering bitterness. Nice pale ale. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing.

Fisher - Zumo's First Kiss: Zumo is a New hop to me. Kinda reminds me of Zappa. Big herbal & earthy profile with a tiny bit of cites peel in the back. Slightly bitter finish. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.

TF - The Pasture: A spontaneously fermented ale that's described by having Big notes of apricot and lemon. Funky in all the right ways. The malt character is soft and bready, while the natural terroir profile is sharp and citrus forward. There is a subtle oak character, a hint of clove and spice, but a ton of fruit and funk. A true labor of love and patience. 6.8% - Only at TF starting today.

Also this week, Maui Brewing entered the market for the first time you can some of their beers at Slackwater locations. 

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/28/25

It's a short 'n sweet New beer Friday. Enjoy your weekend!

Shades Brewing is just days away from opening its new SLC Brewpub/Distillery. Shades' Grand Poobah, Trent Fargher returns to the Radio Pub at KUAA radio to fill us in on what you can expect at 2pm on Friday. You can also stream us on KUAAFM.org.

Chappell - Excommunicated: This is a new-school North West style Double IPA. The "new school" part of this beer is the use of 2 experimental hops and a new hop extract. Hop HBC522 is essentially new along with Cascade that is far less pithy bitterness and a mixed aroma of floral pine and citrus with a strong pop of orange. Look for strong aromas of fresh citrus and summer pine that gives way to hoppy flavors of cantaloupe and dried mango with a mellow pine-like bitterness. All the hops are balanced out with a semi-sweet malt bill with hints of honey and biscuits. 8.0% To Go Only.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/21/25

Happy New Beer Friday. Need some thing to help reinvigorate you after a very damp few days? Our brewers this week have the perfects options to help you find your happy place.

Beer Nerd Radio this week is Wine Nerd Radio! After more than two and a half years of covering all manner of fermented beverages, it time to "class-up" the radio pub with Blue Sky Auberge's Sommelier, Natalie Hamilton. We're lucky to have her stop by. Steph and Mikey get things rolling at 2pm every damn Friday at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.   

Chappell - Garbage Pale: Nelson provides gooseberry, grassy, tropical fruit character with a little dankness and the Motueka adds some beautiful lemon/lime character. Tasty Pale Ale, 5.0% - Only at Chapell.

RoHa - We Love L.A.: Proceeds go to Greater LA United Way wildlife relief fund. Nice hop profile. Nelson Savin hops pop at first, then the cryo citra hit bringing back home. Clean tasty, finishes dry with a hint of melon. Tasty stuff. 5.0% - Available now at RoHa.

Uinta - Barrely Brown: Aged on Brazilian Amburana won chips. A nice combo of wood and ale. The toasty caramel of the brown ale is the perfect bed for this Amburana wood. It’s full of vanilla, nutmeg and hints of cinnamon. You’d think this was a spiced beer, but it’s only the wood chips. Nitro is creamy smoove 🤤 Mikey Likey!

Proper - A Kiss From A Rose: This wheat beer features cranberry and jalapeño. Both the cranberry and chilis are subtle in this wheat ale. Tartness is low as well, as is the heat from the jalapeño. Though after it warms the scratchiness from the pepper becomes more pronounced. 5.0% Available now at Proper. 

Prodigy - Black Serenade: The is the first beer in Prodigy's new small batch series. Look for prominent but restrained coconut up front, dark, bitter and roasty with a subtle chocolatey sweetness. 5.0% - Only at Prodigy.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/14/25

Happy New Beer Valentine Friday!

No sappy Valentines Day shenanigans happening in today's Beer Nerd Radio as we have the "queen of the collaboration", the "buddy of the brewers", the "lady of the lagers" Ogden Beer's own, Jacquie King. 

Bewilder - Miami Ice: This Cold IPA was lagered & hopped w/ CENTENNIAL, MOTUEKA & ENIGMA. Nice melon/berry aroma. Big, chewy hops start it off w/ more melon & a slight hint of diesel. The berry pops in next with grapefruit peel rounding it out. Dank-ish finish. 7.4% - Available at Bewilder today.

Bewilder - Side Hugs: This session ale is chasing the low ABV market. Very fragrant orange & pineapple. Tastes follows with floral notes. The Sabro, Strata & Motueka keep it interesting even though the body is in the basement. A tasty session IPA. I’d have another. 3.0% - Available at Bewilder today.

Fisher - Monta Lou's Krush: Brewed with Zappa Hops. Have you ever seen a Zappa hop cone? It looks like a wet cat. However in this beer it tastes spicy with notes of mango, passion fruit, citrus, and pine. It’s not for everyone, but if you like a raw New Mexico native tasting pale ale, you have a pal here. 5.0% - only at Fisher.

SL Brewing - Castaway Coconut Porter: On Nitro! Aroma of roasted malt & light coconut. Oh baby! A light touch with the coconut creates an exquisite combo with coffee-esque roastiness. The nitro conditioning is velvety smooth & just helps this porter disappear in moments. Another Mikey Likey! 5.0% available at SL Brewing/Squatters

Stormbreaker - Steambreaker: Exclusive to Beer Bar in SLC. A nice toasty steam beer. Light malt that not too biscuity, combined with a good dose of floral/piney hops. It’s overall super crushable & an excellent steamer/Cali Common. 5.2% 

Stormbreaker - Liquid Hot Enigma: Um yeah, this features Enigma hops. Another Cold IPA for ya. This one is much lighter & drier than the previous. It’s more traditionally “lager”. Light malt profile & body with a tasty blend of herbal & citrus hops. I dig it. It’s a wee dry for princess Mikey though. Love the name! 6.3% - Only at Beer Bar.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/7/25

Happy New Beer Friday. We have a round selection of beers this week, with most of the food groups represented.

Ever had a Pocket Sake? They're new from Utah's Tsuki Sake and today we're going to get into them with Jill Watanabe and Ty Eldridge from Utah's home base for Sake. The Beer Nerd's Radio pub goes live at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9FM KUAA.

RoHa - Snow God IPA: This West Coast IPA features Galaxy, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops. Galaxy, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops. Big West coast DIPA hop profile with a dry-hopped herbal bite. You can tell there’s a lotta leafy parts here bringing it to an almost dank place. Finishes dry and doesn’t feel 8.0% - Available now at RoHa Brewing Project.

Uinta - The Juice is Loose: Fits the name. Super fruity with a solid malt backbone. Little to no bitterness with hop profile that throws out peach, berries and light citrus. Prickly co2 which keeps it from feeling too sweet. Some toasty crackers towards the finishes. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Red Rock - Ono (Coffee and Coconut): Aged in bourbon barrels 24 months and conditioned on toasted and raw coconut. Jack Mormon Coffee provided a blend of Typica, Catuai and Caturra coffee beans. The barrel for the most part is subtle giving the the wonderful coffee blend plenty of room to shine the coconut is also subtle. There's a lot happening here, but it all seems to come together nicely. 10.5% - Available today at all Red Rock locations.  

Proper - Kentucky Common: Nice and toasty up front. It’s not without a bit of caramel malt, but the two jive well. I don’t know the Ky Style as well as the Ca style, but this is an overall great beer. Reminds me of a more malty Kolsch. Absolutely crushable, anytime of the year. 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Proper - 1984: This American lager: Some adjunct flavors, mostly corn with some biscuit and herbal/floral hops. Bright co2 - great light lager. 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Proper - BBC ESB: Nice malt profile. Slightly lighter body for a lighter ale. Good amount of caramel-like malts with a medium amount of floral hops. This would kill on nitro! 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Proper - Cold and Juicy: Nice. Kinda spicy melon with some light citrus peel. I like the overall profile. It’s light but the hops are quite tasty. 5.0% - Available at Proper Brewing.

Melvin - Tues x 4: Crushable Session IPA version of the O.G. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Melvin - Blacksaw - Black Cold IPA: The winter beer you've always wanted. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Melvin - Brosaic - Session IPA:  Another blast from our past. Do you even dry hop bro? 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Melvin - Juice x 4: Juicy pale ale version of the classic. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar and many other beer pubs around the area. 

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/31/25

Congratulations! You've made it through Dryuary. Now what? Glad you asked – for your first day back we here at New Beer Friday Analytics have compiled a list of beers scientifically designed to ease you back into beer culture. Please enjoy, but take it easy. 

The Radio Pub at the KUAA Broadcast Megaplex welcomes back, cherished Beer Guinea Pigs, Allen Handy and Marcio Buffalo to analyze our next mystery beer style – so you don't have to! Beer Nerd Radio gets underway at 2pm every damn Friday at 2pm. See you then!

Epic - Small Batch Series (Pineapple Express IPA): Pineapple weighs heavy in this IPA. It features Pineapple Express terps, 200 lbs of fresh pineapple & all Citra hops w/ fresh tangerine and pineapple. Slightly weedy, overall vibe is pineapple and citrus. Damn juicy. Welcome back fr Dryuary. Mikey Likey! 7.0% - Available at Epic starting today.

Chappell - This Is The Hazy: This Double Hazy IPA is Chappell's first "high point" beer and was brewed with a pile of oats and wheat for a heavy body. Over 4lbs per barrel of Bru-1, Sabro, and HopHaze F-bomb extract. Look for a lot of tangerine and melon notes. Note: There will likely be a very limited amount of this produced so don't wait until next week. 8.0% - Only at Chappell to go. 

Chappell - Miso Sour After Soaking: This sour ale is brewed with white miso giving a unique umami pop paired with ginger and yuzu. Super refreshing and super unique. 7.0% - Only at Chappell to go. 

Park City - Silver Creek Amber Lager: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at Park City Brewing.

SL Brewing - Citradelic: Can’t go wrong with Citra. This Cold IPA has a toasty base beer minimally sweet, nice citra hop character. It’s basically a citra pils. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

SL Brewing - Glinda's Blackberry: It has a ruby red grapefruit color. Smells of fresh blackberries. Lightly tart! It gives the fresh berries the ability to taste like fresh berries. Drinks really well. Not a lacto sour FYI. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

TF - N/A Hazy Pale Ale: Not sure what the actual name is for Templin Family's debut N/A beer, but look for a Citra and Mosaic hopped beer with notes of lemon and raspberry. 0.0% - at TF starting today.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/24/25

Short n' sweet best describes this week's New Beer Friday. 

Slackwater's Beer seeker Joey Cardaccio joins Steph and Mikey in the radio pub today (Friday). Joey's procurement skills have turned Slackwater into a beer powerhouse in Utah. Check us out today at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Kiitos - Fonio: Fonio is a drought tolerant grass/grain that hails from West Africa. Kiitos is the only brewery in the western hemisphere to make a 100% Fonio beer. It pours completely clear. Some slight sake-esque fruit notes like apple, not tannic. Yuzu flavors make a big appearance here too along with some pleasant white peach flavors. The citrus qualities are strong and upfront. No hops here, it’s all the Fonio grain. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos. 

Hopkins - Cole's "Helles" Kitchen: This smoked Helles was brewed with 100% local Solstice malt that was smoked with Beechwood sourced from outside of Logan, UT. It pours a crisp golden color with a nice head. The nose is dominated by pilsner malt, noble hops and light smoke. The taste has a light touch of smoky flavor to it as well as the hops. Good drinkability if you're a fan of mild bodied smoke beers. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/17/25

We here at New Beer Friday Industries will not be left behind regarding the acquisition of bodies of water. From this day forward, the Great Salt Lake will now be known as the "Gulf of New Beer Friday". Yes, we are aware lakes are not gulfs. So while visiting The Gulf of New Beer Friday, we recommend checking out some of these Lake errr... Gulf worthy suds!

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes the whole damn brewery (well 3 brewers) from Level Crossing this afternoon at 2pm. It is rumored they have a special announcement. How's that for a tease? You'd better tune-in, lest you be uninformed. 99.9FM KUAA.

Hopkins - Belgian Tart Ale (Apricot): Lemony tart aroma with stonefruit. Subtle tartness lets the apricot shine. Moderate co2 keeps it slightly creamy creating a tasty fruit-sour… in that order. 5.0%

Fisher - Longevity Light Lager: A crisp, light lager with a hint of vanilla in the malt. Herbal/floral hops round this 2.99% crushable lager out. If you’re doing “Moist-uary”. It’s right-up your zip code.

Fisher - Fishington's: A play on "Boddington's" This new pub ale is creamy AF from the Nitro conditioning. Great malt character with subtle floral hops. Overall: it’s a brilliant ale. Worth all your hard earned quattloos. 

2 Row - House Party: This Malt Liquor is clear as hell, with no aroma. Not as corny I as I thought it would be. It’s there, don’t get me wrong, but there’s still a sturdy amount of malt running the show. Hops are mostly floral & add balance. Papers bag not included. 9.2%

Offset - Just Me: Mt. Hood: Missed this single hop Pils, featuring Mt Hood hops. 5.0% - Available at Offset, also found at the Bayou. 

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/10/25

Happy New Beer Friday. Dryuary isn't keeping local brewers down as we still have five new beers to enjoy the weekend and beyond. 

Elisabeth Osmeloski of Scion Cider Bar will be visiting the Radio Pub today (Friday). We'll get into how one of the top cider bars in North America came about - along with some of their delicious in house ciders. We start at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Prodigy - The Lite Owl Lager: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at Prodigy and The White Owl.

2 Row - Tropical Fruit Sour: Sweet fruity and wheat malt aromas. Light bodied with aggressive, yet soft carbonation. Tart tropical fruit flavors, dark melon, passion fruit and tart cherries. Malt follows the tartness that is assertive but not too aggressive. Finished dry and crisp. 5.0% - Available at 2 Row.

Kiitos - Sahti: This is a new interpretation on Kiitos’ Sahti. This Finnish-style farmhouse ale made from barley and rye and flavored with juniper instead of hops. The overall profile is fruity, malty & the juniper adds some of that great pine tar character with tannic apple peel. 

Salt Lake Brewing - Rye of the Tiger: It has that great spiced rye body we rye lovers crave. Hops skew toward the piney side of the spectrum, giving it a nice old school feel. Great body for a 5% ale & would annihilate pints of this if on nitro. Available at SL Brewing.

Uinta - Dry January. Kolsch: On the R&D Tap: good amount of toasty crackers here. Overall malt profile is light, with slight yeast fruitiness. Solid Kölsch, I could easily crush a stein of this. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/3/25

We're Back! Hope you all had a great Holiday. After some time off we have a couple weeks worth of beers. There's plenty. If you're doing Dryuary, you should probably stock-up. Happy New Beer Friday.

Beer Nerd Radio has Slackwater's Mater of procurement, Joey Cardaccio. He's the guy keeping all of us current on all of the craft beer happenings from outside of our boarders. Check us out at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9FM KUAA. 

TF & Wild West Brewing (China) - (yet unnamed lager): This global collaboration lager with China's Wild West Brewing has a very botanical aroma with some peppery notes. Tastes very botanical. Green and red Sischuan peppercorns were brought in from China and are really the driving force to the flowery lager. Some citrus peel pops up as well, giving this a gin-like quality (without all the booziness). So bright and fresh tasting and it’s all driven by those damn peppercorns! 

Grid City - IPA (West Coast Style #6): Unfiltered. Looks perfect. Great old school aroma of malty peach & citrus peel. Tastes same with big grapefruit, chewy malt & apricot. The bitterness is west coast firm. Not overwhelming, but not for the NEIPA crowd. A great WCIPA. 7.2% - Available at Grid City.

Heber Valley - The "Choice" IPA: This is the result of using Motueka and Nelson Sauvin hops. A healthy dose of Nectaron round out this New Zealand inspired hazy beer. Look for flavors and aromas of ripe mango, cara cara orange, papaya, pineapple and stone fruit. 7.1% - Available at Heber Valley.

Heber Valley - Dark Ages: This Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout was aged in High West Bourbon Barrels and blended it with blackberry puree and cacao nibs. Dark Ages showcases complex flavors and aromas of roasted malt, dark fruit, fudge, vanilla, bittersweet chocolate and an upfront punch of tart fermented blackberry. 12.2% - Available in 12oz & 19.2oz cans.

Fisher - Southern Scales: This NZ Pale Ale has a lot of citrus with a hint of peach and melon. Nice overall flavors that work well with evenly malty base. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Uinta - Corns Light: On the R&D tap. Mostly toasted malt aroma. Like you’d expect, there’s corn for sure, but there’s also a solid Pilsner malt backbone. Hops are floral & lightly herbal. Big co2. Not re-inventing the wheel or anything, just a solid light lager. 4.7% - Available at Uinta.

Ogden Beer & Uinta - Sup Bro: Missed this Sabro hopped Czech-style lager. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer now, Uinta next week.

Proper - Second Breakfast: This oatmeal stout has a thick, beige head and a dark-brown appearance, with ruby highlights. The aroma is of dark-roast coffee and brown bread. The favor is roasted coffee, brown bread, and bitterness. Light body and a dry finish. 5.0% - Available at Proper.

Melvin - Juice Oddity: Miss this Juicy DIPA. 8.8% - Found at Handlebar.

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

Cheers!