New Beer Friday 10/17/25

Yeah, it's the big rivalry Saturday and you're gunna need some fresh new beers to tailgate, pub watch or chill at home. Nothing in this New Beer Friday will keep you down, though the game might.

Saltire's new head brewer Don Moore is in the radio pub we'll get into Don's history along with some of his newest creations with Saltfire. we begin at 2pm every damn Friday at 99.9fm KUAA or at KUAAfm.org/ 

Level Crossing - Unknown Legend: There’s something about a Czech lager that speaks volumes over others the pils family. That hop profile, here it’s classic with a hint of Hallertau Blanc and X-14. These give it that fruity/fuller body that lovers of CZs expect. Love this style and lager. 6.2% - Available starting today at Level Crossing. 

Chappell - D-Bag Series (Ozzy): The second beer in Chappell's barrel-aged series of beers features their War Pig Black Ale that has been aging in bourbon barrels from Fray Ranch Distillery for over a year. Very subtle flavors. A good dose of roasty malt & piney hops too. The barrel is a whole other thing. Excellent bourbon & oak sweetness counters the above mentioned flavors to create an American BA session stout that gives a sessionable BA ale depth. 7.0% - Only at Chappell.

 Offset - DAMP 25.04: Offset's final fresh hop beer features 20lb/bbl of wet Gooding Mosaic and wet Jackson Krush with some added Cashmere and Citra. Oh my, the 25.04 really sings to me compared to 25.03. The flavors are so much more broad. I loved the .03 full body; but oh my F’n G! This is at a whole new level. Chewy, citrus zest, hop resin, flowery, tropical and berry notes. This is f’n witchcraft in beer form. 8.0% - Available at Offset, found at the Bayou.

RoHa - Recession Proof: This Hazy Pale Ale Nice has a nice combo of toasty malt and citrus. Reminds me of a nice mid 2000s pale with a great hop profile. The mouthfeel is all 2025 though. A nice combo of the two Generational flavors. Yup it’s Recession Proof! 5.0% - Available at RoHa.

Grid City - Drunken Kitchen Rice Lager: A massive amount of pils malt and jasmine rice with a salad of Huel Melon and Saaz hops. Big lemon zest nose, with toasty grains. There’s a crazy body here that’s light but “fortified”. The rice/hop bill is magic here. A unique, softly sweet, but dry finish wraps it up. 5.0% - Available now at Grid City.

Uinta - Tropical Staycation: This ale was made with a theorized yeast, which adds a huge amount of fruitiness to beer. Whoa! Those thiols are really pop’n in the nose. Can smell this at arm length. Full of pineapple, bitter orange peel and strawberry. Drinks very well. The hops add a punch of stone-fruit and the finish is lingering and dry. I’ve missed bitter pales. 5.0% - Available now at Uinta.

Proper - Wet Hopped Gungan Sith Lord: This wet hopped Dark Czech lager Debuts today. 5.0% at Proper on Main Street.

Proper - Vier Lager: A wet hopped German pale lager. Debuts today. 5.0% at Proper on Main Street.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 10/10/25

A new Tron flick is out and the timing could't be better, as Saltfire releases their long mothballed Master Control Program IPA on the same day. Not to be outdone; it's Big Bad Baptist Day at Epic brewing where all 6 of 2025 variants are being released today. It's going to be a "big' New Beer Friday in more ways than one. 

Epic's Big Bad Baptist release is taking over the radio pub this afternoon as well. Head Brewer Clay Turnbow and Head of Sales, Ryan Kluh will be in studio as we work our way through this year's unique variants which are listed below. Don't miss it, today (Friday) at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA  or stream us at KUAAfm.org/

Saltfire - Master Control Program: Back after nearly 4 years This hazy IPA feature a mostly citrus driven profile with a good dose of tropical flavors from the hops. medium/light bitter finish. 7.1% - Available now at Saltfire.

Park City - Pales for ALS: The 2025 blend features Simcoe, Krush, Mosaic, HBC 522 and HBC 1019. Moderate bitterness and body in this American pale ale. Some piney dankness rounded out with a touch of tropical fruit. $1 from every pint gets donated back to the ALS foundation. 5.0% - on draft at PCB.

Epic - Big Bad Baptist (Manhattan): definitely Cherry in the nose. Working with the Coco in the stout, you get a definite holiday cherry cordial thing happening when the whiskey barrel kicks in. Citrus peel kicks in at the very end. A very nice representation of the cocktail in stout form. 13.1% - Available now at Epic Brewing.

Epic - Big bad Baptist (Macaron): More Macaroon (probably a typo). Subtle coconut with some nuttiness and “sugar cookie”. There’s cocoa/coffee thing underneath with that signature whiskey/oaky/vanilla profile that wraps it all up in a bow. Probably my least favorite of the BBB sextuplets. 13.5% - Available now at Epic Brewing.

Epic - Big bad Baptist (Lucha Libre):  aroma is peppery, with some subtle cinnamon. There’s a  creamy sweetness here, but there’s no lactose at all. The cinnamon remains light throughout. Light vanilla (to me) gives it that round mouthfeel. 12.5% - Available now at Epic Brewing.

Epic - Big bad Baptist (Solstice): “that’s a spicy meatball”. Lotsa anise/licorice in the nose -a hint of berries too. Tastes  middle eastern to me. It’s part of my heritage and damn it, the flavors are familiar. The Anise is so different from fernet or Amaros, if you know the flavors of that region of the Mediterranean, you’ll know what I mean. 13.2% - Available now at Epic Brewing.

Epic - Big bad Baptist (Samurai): coffee pops for sure. Some whiskey as well, but there’s an apple-esque thing happening as well. Combine that with the heavy malt Roast it works quite well. As it warms the Sake is all over the finish. Kampai! 13.0% - Available now at Epic Brewing.

Epic - Big bad Baptist (The Godfather): heavy roast, medium amount of char - some cocoa. Coffee is slightly more pronounced. The whiskey barrel is also pretty subtle. Given the hammer that this Version wields. It’s wonderfully balanced & doesn’t taste the 15.2% that it is. Incredible coffee, toffee & bourbon happening here. - Available now at Epic Brewing.

TF - Ricky Hoppy: Super fresh and pungent smelling. There’s a whole lotta cone action happening here. Super flowery up front with a bit of citrus following it up. Resiny from there to the finish. Not too lingering, but enough to remind you that it’s a fresh/wet hop IPA. 5.0% - Only at TF.

Offset - DAMP 25.03: Offset's third wet hop beer is out–this one features Citra and Mosaic with some freshly kilned Chinook. They boast, "We hopped the living hell out of this" and that looks about right. This IPA has over 20lb/bbl of wet Citra and Mosaic, followed by some dried Chinook and Mosaic in the pressurized hopback on the way to the fermenter. That's not all: Then It was dry hopped with Lupocore Mosaic and Citra with some amazing Simcoe T90. Whoa! Pungent AF. I’m excited. Massive citrus & papaya. Pineapple too. Tastes of stone fruit, melon & some vague nectar. This has a huge creamy mouthfeel. The amount of above mentioned flavors here are so fresh I wish the flavors equaled the freshness. Tasty stuff! 6.5% - Available at Offset - Found at the Bayou.

Fisher - Devil's Hop: A Belgian Ale hopped with Mosaic and Citra. It will remind you of a hoppy biscuit!5.0% - Available at Fisher

Heber Valley - Canyon Country IPA: Missed this new wet hop IPA that features Mosaic and Comet hops. Look for aromas of tangerine peel, sweet tropical fruits with some dank herbal notes. medium bitterness. 5.0% - only at Heber Valley Brewing.

Uinta - Dentober: Very nice. Great malt profile. Nice caramel & vanilla. Grassy hops for balance. Excellent. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.  

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New Beer Friday 10/3/25

A short and sweet New Beer Friday this week. There's a lot of variety though, please check 'em out. 

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Flanker to the Radio pub. Ryan Hopay, Special Projects and Beverage Manager for the bar will be in studio talking us through this unique SLC Bar. We get started at 2pm every Friday on 99.9fm KUAA or stream us at KUAAfm.org/

Saltfire - Lupulin Dew (Mosaic): This all Mosaic wet-hopped IPA is filled with if fresh tangerine, mango and some vague berries. It rounds out with an earthy/piney hop zap. A very tasty single-wet-hopped IPA. 5.0% - Available on draft and in cans now at Saltfire.

Salt Lake Brewing - Fruit of the Lager: Wow, these Elani hops are really quite nice and work well with the Czech lager base. Tangerine and vine flavors up front. Peach is up next with pineapple, guava and lime zest rounding it out. Surprisingly toasty towards the end. Such a nice lager. Try this! 5,0% - Available at SL Brewing.

Desert Edge - Peach, Please!: This fruited sour has a moderate amount of lemony harness with a good dose of sweet peach. It all balances out quite well. A really tasty sour ale.

Talisman - Trust Fall Porter: Missed this new porter. 5.0% - Available at Talisman.

Talisman - Oktoberfest: Missed this new lager. 5.0% - Available at Talisman.

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

Cheers!