New Beer Friday 5/8/26

 

Don't know what to wear to tomorrow's Great Beer Mashup? We here at Utah Beer Mercantile and Draperies have the perfect frocks and couture to make any beer nerd shine. Need ticket for the Great Beer Mashup? you can get them here. https://events.humanitix.com/the-great-beer-mashup/tickets?widget=popup/

Beer Nerd Radio focus it's attention this week to the importance of Brewers Guilds. Andrew Bauman, President of Arizona's Brewers Guild will be one of our guests along with Dean Pierose and of course our own Utah Brewers Guild's "Mother of Beers" Steph Fonati. Mikey and Steph get it all rolling at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Saltfire - Jamie's Huckleberry: Huckleberries courtesy Jamie Aslett. Nice berry profile. Not crazy sweet with berries, just subtle enough to get the point across. Malt is subtle and complimentary, not overly sweet as well. Super crushable. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire.

Level Crossing - Blood Orange Half-Wit: Blood Orange Half-Wit has fresh blood orange and grapefruit aromas with hints of sweet orange and black peppercorn. It has a silky mouthfeel coming from the wheat with flavors of fresh orange, lemon and floral Belgian yeast. Blood Orange Half-Wit has low hop bitterness with higher carbonation creating a smooth and refreshing wheat beer at 3.4% Cheers!

Here's a preview of Saturday's Great Beer Mashup collaborations.

Vernal / 2Row: Kokopelli Kolsch 
Prodigy / Level Crossing: Jam Sesh (Belgian)
RoHa / Park City: Free Bird Kolsch
Park City / Tastemasters: Revurse Radler
Epic / Helper: Nijuuso (No Style Named)
Second Summit / Slackwater: Slackwater Lemon Lime Cider
Ogden Beer Co / Melvin Brewing: Rainforest Cafeteria (West Coast Pils)
Second Summit / HK Brewing: Guava Apple Mint Cider & Guava Apple Mint Kombucha
TF / Ogden Beer Co: NDA (New Zealand Pils)
Grid City / Utah Beer Media: Dusseldork Sticke Altbier
Fisher / Hopkins: Olivetti's Best (Italian Pils)
Silver Reef / Blue Jay Brewing: Terra 2835 Lager (NZ style lite lager)
Offset / Level Crossing: Wet & Damp (Wet hop WC L IPA)
Home Range / Kiitos - MisSpelt Sayson (100% spelt Saison) *This one may not make it to the fest because the beer is being stubborn. 
Red Rock / Straptank: New Zealand Sunshine (NZ Pale Ale)
Straptank / Tastemasters: Komboocha (Kombucha blonde)
Uinta / Silver Reef: Sorry About Your Garage Door (Amber Rice Lager)
Uinta / Shades: Joint Custody (Berlinner Weisse)
Proper / Salt Flats: Drop Top Lemon Hop (Light bodied summer ale)
Wolfdog / Legends: Legend of the Woof (Sour)
Wolfdog / Matt Bailey, Lauter Day Home Brewers: Haka (NZ Pils)
Bewilder / Roy Hop Farms / Solstice Malt / Beer Nerd Radio: Jimmy Wheat (All Wheat IPA)
Heber Valley / Tastemasters: The Pearl Diver (Saison)
Roosters / Talisman: Berry Keller (Kellerbier)
Talisman / Wolfdog: Save the Fkn Bees (Smoked Honey Kolsch)
Wolfdog / Talisman: A Beer Named Mutt (Honey Kolsch)
Mtn West / Epic: Chill Now, Burn Later (Cider)
Rabbit's Foot / Bewilder: Light as Hare (Ultra Light American Lager)
Moab / Pure Synergy: *this one will be a surprise because I don't have any info 

Cheers!