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.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
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