New Beer Friday 5/30/25

Tired of those other beer release days leaving your body dazed and confused? Try New Beer Friday! Our patented weekend release schedule keeps you body primed for your weekend adventures. 

You may also need something a little stronger. That's why Beer Nerd Radio has invited Salt Flats' Head Distiller, Trent Moore to join Steph and Mikey in the radio pub. Salt Flats has recently received international praise for their whiskey! we'll tell you which one this afternoon at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.  

Shades - Coyote Ugli: Great citrus aroma, it’s vague but enticing. The flavor is basically Sunny Delight. A great citrus cocktail with a good amount of malt & citrus forward hops. The overall vibe is fresh & silky, with a great mouthfeel and ABV punch that’s not boozy. 8.0% - Available now at Shades.

Uinta - Liminal Space: This Thiolized Lager is super dank smelling, maybe grapefruit? A lil more fruitiness coming from the thiols in the taste. Berries? It’s still vague to me but it’s pleasant. Base is toasty with herbal hops. Overall, it's nicely crushable - yet chewy lager. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

Uinta - Wasánjeles Familiar: This Mexican-style lager take on the WasAngeles lager seems to have a bit of corn added for that Cerveza feel. Kinda like it a lil more than WasAngeles. Add the lime and it's really tasty. Not exactly a “crispy boi” but it’ll do. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

Fisher - Triticale Blues: This beer was made with Triticale, a grain that's kind of a mix between Wheat and Rye. Look for crackery and toasty elements, the whole thing finishes nice and dry. If you are a fan of American Wheat Beer, this is the one for you. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Chappell - Barrel Aged Series (Soak On - The First Date):  I won't be here next week, so I'm giving you the info on this beer now. Look for it only at Chappell Brewing on FRIDAY JUNE, 6TH! This sour ale was made with White Miso, Yuzu And Ginger. It was aged in Sake Barrels. 

Also of Interest: Chappell Brewing now has a bar license. So your beverage options just got a whole lot bigger over there.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/23/25

Whoa! So many diverse flavors are in store for you this weekend. The New Beer Friday "research" team, put in a ton of overtime to get you the best plan of attack for your weekend enjoyment. Also happening today Policy King's SLC Brewery opens for the first time at their new Central Ninth location. See you there!

Bewilder Brewing's dynamic brewing duo, AKA Steven Engel and Brian Best visit the radio pub, to discuss the changing landscape in Utah's beer scene. We'll also talk about their newest small batch barrel releases. Dial-us-in today (Friday) at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

Epic - Matsumoto Rice Lager: This beer was brewed and named in tribute to Salt Lake City’s sister city in Matsumoto, Japan. Brewed using Japanese rice and historical Japanese brewing mash and decoction techniques. The slightest hint of lemon in the nose. Palate-wise there’s a good amount of malt toastiness with a super clean dinner roll profile. Then it all dries out. Kinda like Rice Krispies but finishes with a light lemon-grass like hop profile. 5.7% - Available starting today at Epic.

Saltfire - Punch a Nazi: Citrus peel, grass & pine start it off. There’s some nice malt character backing it up too. The end basically rides an herbal hop slide til the end. Bitter finish but not lingering. Love the name!

Park City - Exit 145: This new West Coast IPA features Citra, Simcoe and Centennial hops. Look for a bright citrus aroma with herbal notes, light tropical fruit, and caramel malts. Tastes of floral, bright citrus, lemon, grapefruit, a little orange, light tropical notes, passion fruit, a touch of spice, and some caramel malt sweetness. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Very nice brew. Tons of flavor and a very reasonable 7.5% ABV. Refreshing, just what I needed.

Bewilder - The Notorious BDG: This limited run Biere de Garde was aged in a rye whiskey barrel  that previously had bitters aged in it. Previous to that it held gin that was aged for 7 years. This blend of spirits creates a surprisingly fruity nose, notes of whiskey-lotsa fig and currant. Similar taste with the addition of bitters, but it’s not bitter. Make sense? Some of the gin starts to show next with juniper and oak rounding it out. Finish slightly herbal prob from bitters. The biters from the barrel really start to become more pronounced the more the beer warms. 10.4% - Available starting today at Bewilder.

RoHa - Born This Way Hazy IPA: Brewed to celebrate Pride Day. There's a great tangerine and nectarine profile. Probably should have called this Beervarine? Naaa. A solid flavor profile that just fires on all cylinders. Just a hint a bitterness to keep things from getting boring. Creamy overall and immensely drinkable. 5.0% - Available starting today at RoHa.

UTOG - Ales for ALS: This beer is part of a fundraiser project for Ales for ALS. Beer lovers from around the world coming together to end ALS through this unique hop blend.  A portion of the proceeds from this beer will go to Ales for ALS. The hop blend for this year's release has Krush, Simcoe, Mosaic, HBC522 and HBC 1019. 

Helper - Lime Gose: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at Helper Brewing.

Hopkins - Dunkelweiz-up: This German-style beer, a is fusion of Dunkel and Hefeweizen, offers pleasant esters of banana and cloves from the weizen ale yeast, complemented by the sweet maltiness and chocolate notes. 5.0% - Available now at Hopkins.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/16/25

 

Excellent news! The New Beer Friday Party Plane was recently gifted to our readers by the American Temperance Society and boy are we excited. We can now airlift our readers to any brewery on the globe. But why would you go anywhere, when there's such a strong beer weekend ahead. Check out these new brews.

Also, did you know that Utah's first dedicated meadery is opening soon? Jeffery Walker of Mountain Meadery will be join us in the "radio pub" Friday to educate us about mead and how Mountain Meadery came about. check us out Fridays at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA or stream us on KUAAFM.org.

Uinta - That Dawg In Me: Toasty grains, combine with citrus and melon up front. Next comes coconut? 🤔 woody and herbal hops. It wraps up with a firm bitter finish. Described as a “hoppy lager” on the R&D tap. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Uinta - Endankafication: This Imperial IPA was made with Pilsner and Munich malts and hopped with Strata Simcoe and Cascade. A big chewy nose - like me. The hops run the show, very much a WCIPA. Big citrus and pine flavors with an ample malty base. Great use of German malts! I really love how the brewers used German malts to recreate traditional “old school” crystal and 2 Row malt flavors. Nerding hard over here!!!! 8.9% - Available at Uinta

SaltFire - Devolved Amber: Dry aroma. Mostly floral/herbal hops. Taste has a lot of malt toastiness with light sweetness. On the edge of dry for an amber, but the dryness ups the drinkability. 5.0% - Available at Saltfire on draft.

Saltfire Series of Singularities - 2025 Pink Boots Blend: Great herbal start that pushes to citrus towards the end of the swig. A lil bit of pineapple pops - that’s soon overcome by a grassy herbal bite. I’m digg’n this un. 7.3% - Available at Saltfire. 

Saltfire - Getts's Mojito Blonde: This Mojito enhanced blonde takes a great damn photo! Mint pops from the nose, with hints of lime. It tastes exactly like it smells, it’s not toothpaste, more Amalfi Lemon Sorbet with a sprig of mint. 5.0% - Available at Saltfire. 

Shades - Send Temps Cold: This “Cold IPA” is herbal and citrusy at the same time. There’s definitely more citrus “twang” than herbaceous bite, but the overall profile is pleasant and it keeps your mind on the pint. 5.0% - Available at Shades. 

Shades - Pineapple Upside Down Cake: Okay, big smoothie pineapple at first whiff - some pecan too. Damn, it is smoove. It’s all that’s described, nutty, pineapply and it is satisfying. It’s probably on the “smoothie” side of the spectrum. It offers a a nice dessert option that pops. 

 6.5% - Available at Shades. 

Shades - Spring Fever: Missed this grapefruit Radler 5.0% - Available at Shades. 

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/9/25

 

It's Beerfest time and The Great Beer Mashup is finally here. This is Utah's most unique beer festival because it features beer collaborations with all manner of beverage producers – not just breweries. If you truly love your mom, I think sh'd appreciate a lovely May afternoon enjoying some local craft brews. Snag your tickets here https://utahbrewersguild.org/mashup and we'll see you at the festival at Woodbine. Check out the full list of the collaboration beers below.

Still not sure? Steph and Mikey will have all of the extra info, including participating brewers on today's (Friday) Beer Nerd Radio. The radio Pub opens-up from 2-3pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

Offset - Oros: This West Coast-style IPA A classic hop bill of Simcoe, Centennial, and Chinook with a sizable amount of NZ Cascade. The result is a really bright beer with lots of lemon from the Centennial, lime from the NZ Cascade, some earthy pineapple from the Chinook, and some hints of pine/wood. 5.0% - Available at Offset.

Salt Lake Brewing - My Own Private Idaho: Nice fruity flavor profile with a great hop presents. Not an overbearing smell but completes the whole feel of this beer. So refreshing, so clean going down. Hardly any bitterness or anything astringent. 5.0% Available at SL Brewing

Here is your list of Collaboration Beers pouring at The Great Beer Mashup. These are not all of the beers available at the fest, there are many more of your favorites and new to you brews.

Top of Main Brewing and Proverbial Spirits -  Gin IPA 

Ogden Beer Co and Hopkins - E.T. Prost Home - Pilsner

Ogden Beer Co and Epic - Puff Puff Pour - Mango IPA 

Ogden Beer Co and Roosters - Lime Lager

Salt Fire and RoHo - Cowabunga - San Diego IPA

TF and Prost - Wet Hopped Pilsner

Mountain West Cider and Water Witch - Pain Killah - Cider inspired by the Pain Killer cocktail

Taste Masters and Strap Tank - Coming up Roses - Japanese Rice lager

Proper and Wolfdog - That's A Paddlin' - Roggenbier

Ogden Beer and Homerange - Garden Variety - foeder aged lager

Talisman and Bee Land Honey - Honey Badger - Honey Cream Wit

UTOG and Gossorino Brewing - Session Orange Milkshake - NEIPA

Red Rock and Mill 95 Hops - Binoculars Double IPA

Kiitos and Tsuki sake - Sake Rice Lager

Kiitos and Level Crossing - Why Measure Now? - Fonio Rye IPA

Bewilder and Rabbit's Foot - Rabbit's Red - Red Ale

Bewilder and Policy Kings - BBR - Brian's Blue Ribbon - Light America Lager

UTOG and Helper - Degrees of Uncertainty - Belgian Lager

Moab and Silver Reef - Southside Pils - West coast pilsner

Vernal and Heber Valley - 2 Hour Drive - Hazy IPA

Wolfdog and Uinta - That Dog in Me - India Pale lager

Wolfdog and Grid City Beer Works - Devil Dog - Dry Hopped Saison

Bewilder and Wolfdog - Wolf Bait - Hazy IPA

Uinta and Salt Flats - Bajaba - Mexican Lager

Prodigy and 2Row - Joint Effort - Dank Ale

Fisher and Strap Tank - The German Kind - Munich Helles

Heber Valley and the Tastemasters - Export Denied - North Coast Pale Ale

Bewilder and Pink Boots - Pink Pony Pils - West Coast Pilsner

Third Sun and Level Crossing - Tongue Thai'd - Thai inspired Ale

Mountain West Cider and Bitters Lab - Negroni - Negroni inspired, barrel aged dry cider

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/2/25

Tomorrow, May 3rd is Tour de Brewtah day! Utah's premier Beer/Cider and Biking event. If you haven't pickup your tickets yet and selected a route we have a code for you to get $5 your tickets. The code is NEWBEERFRIDAY and it's only good today. visit https://www.tourdebrewtah.com/ to get started. Don't wait! see you tomorrow. now on to New Beer Friday.

And when you sign up for Tour de Brewtah, you automatically get $5 off your Great Beer Mash Up festival tickets! 

Beer Nerd Radio today welcomes Talisman Brewing back – This time with new owners! We'll get into the new owners and their philosophy going forward. Check us out today at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. https://kuaafm.org/

Saltfire - Slickrock Sessions:  light bodied, big fruity aromatics and taste with a mild bitter finish to make this beer the perfect crusher. 5.0% - Available at Saltfire

2 Row - Pineapple Habanero Blonde: Hint of chiles in the nose. Taste is light pineapple with some nice scratchy heat from the Habanero. It’s not super hot, scratchy is the best “heat descriptor”. Would pair great with some fatty smoked meat or fish.

2 Row Millennium Legacy: This beer celebrates 2 Row's 1000th brew. Nice citrus aroma. Tastes follows with a nice malt profile. Works well with the hops used - Millennium & Citra? Regardless, a tasty beer for number 1000. 5.0% - Available 5/4 at the 2 Row.

Red Rock - Perzikboom: Described as a lighter version of Paardebloem. A light, bright and effervescent summery tulip of joy, the Perzikboom features soft peach, grains of paradise, and dandelion notes that live in perfect harmony with pillowy toasted pilsner malts. 5.0% - Available at Red Rock

Red Rock - Northwest Pilsner: Think earthy, piney and floral in hop department. Combined with a lightly sweet and toasty malt bill and you get a nice easy drinking pils. 5.0%

Hopkins/Ogden Beer - ET Prost Home: A collaboration brew with Ogden Beer Co. for The Great Beer Mashup! This classic German Pilsner is a light yet full-bodied beer with a crisp malt profile. The beer boasts a noticeable flavor of German Saaz hops, which are spicy and herbal.

Uinta - She-Wolf: Nice malt profile. Hops are full of orange peel and pith. An herbal blast backs it up with some melon dancing around in the back ground. Super tasty. This hop blend definitely shines with a proper malt bill behind it. 5.0% - At Uinta.

Uinta - Tariff Free Saision: Phenolic, clovey aroma. Not too much yeast spiciness with some toasty wheat. All-in-all it’s a solid saison. Not too peppery & band-aid-y. If you’re not a fan of the style this may work for you. 5.0% - At Uinta.

Offset - Nothing But Lasers: This Double IPA is a mashup of Laser Kiwi & All Black Nothing,. It features Waimea, Nelson Cryo, Riwaka, Nelson, NZ Cascade & Nectaron. The aroma is intense tropical fruit with some really unique notes of star fruit, white grapefruit zest, and even some red berry notes. Flavor follows suit. This has a great balance of intensity of flavor and drinkability. It's not super thick or heavy on the palate for the level of hop intensity Offset was able to achieve. 8.0% - Available at Offset.

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

Cheers!