Happy Pie and Beer Day 2017!

It's the 24th of July, the day that many in the state of Utah celebrate the pioneers that helped to make Utah what it is today. If you're not of the pioneer culture, a transplant or just looking for a good excuse to enjoy a pint with pie then today is also your lucky day. Pie and Beer Day which sounds like Pioneer Day and coincidentally takes place on the same day (weird huh?). This counter celebration will be taking place in backyards, bars and restaurants all over the state. The biggest one however will be happening in downtown SLC today at the Beer Bar. 

Over 8,000 slices of pie from over 20 different restaurants and bakeries and over 20 different beers from local breweries. $25 gets you your pie pass that's paired with select beers. I have the list of Bakeries/Breweries/Pies/Beers so that you can more easily plan your attack. 

Beer Bar is located at 161 e. 200 s. This is a fundraiser for the Utah Brewers Guild and is a 21 and older event. Starts at 3pm until 7pm.

PATS BBQ + SQUATTERS :
OLD FASHIONED RHUBARB - w/ Blue Berry Hefe

GARAGE ON BECK + MOAB
MORMON FUNERAL POTATO PIE w/ Steam Lager

TRADITION + FISHER
GINGER BERRY PIE w/ Red Cream Ale

TULIE BAKERY + EPIC BREWING
BLUEBERRY LEMON PIE w/ Tart and Juicy

EVA + Wasatch
PEACH w/ Chasing Tail Ale

COPPER ONION + 2row
LAMB SAUSAGE PIE W/ GOAT CHEESE, PICKLED PEPPERS, CARAMELIZED FENNEL, HERBS, AND PORK FAT CRUST.  - w/ 2row Amber & HIPAcryte

CARLUCCIS — ROHA !
CHERRY HAND PIES WITH WALNUT STREUSEL w/ Roha Saison

STEIN ERICKSON LODGE - Park City
PECAN PIE MADE WITH BREAKTHROUGH WORT w/ Breaking Trail Pale Ale

HONEYCOMB BAKERY — RED ROCK
STRAWBERRY PLUMB CRUMBLE w/ Gineva Beer

AMOUR - Uinta
BOSENBERRY GELATO PIE w/ Cahoots Flanders Red or Croggy Brett saison.

SLACKWATER — ROOSTER
5 CHEESE w / Roosters Honey Wheat

BEER BAR - Talisman
Rich & Duncan
BLACK BERRY RHUBARB w/ Talisman Brown Porter

VERTICAL DINER — MTN WEST
SAVORY LOCAL ORGANIC TOMATO, BASIL, ROSEMARY, WITH PARMESAN STYLE ALMOND TOPPING w/ Mountain West Cottonwood Dry Hopped Cider

FINCA - Bonneville
PEACH PIE w/ Peach Cream Hefe

EATING ESTABLISHMENT — Desert Edge
GRILLED VEG & POTATO QUICHE W SWISS AND CHEDDAR CHEESE w/ Vienna Lager

RED ROCK - Hoppers
PEACH COBBLER w/ Mexican Amber Lager Sendero Obscuro - hints of chocolate malt

STONEGROUND - Vernal Brewing
TIRAMISU PIE w/ Pilgrimage Extra Pale Ale

AVENUES PROPER — PROPER BREWING
LAVENDAR CREAM AND TOASTED MARSHMALLOW / SOUR CHERRY PIE WITH COOKIE CRUMBLE - w/ Beer Bar Blonde

BELTEX MEATS - Bohemian
APOCALYPSE NOW PIE w/ MYSTERY BEER

HONEY & GRAINS - Strap Tank
TRIPLE BERRY PIE w/ Lemon Grass and Ginger Amber Ale 

Also - The Shooting Star Saloon will be having a Pie and Beer celebration as well. One of the oldest bars in the west will be serving up slices and brews all day. Here's the info.

Cheers!

Beer Bar & Epic Collaboration Beer

The info given on the whiskey barrel for the following beer is  wrong. It's my fault for not double checking my source. My apologies. Buffalo Trace is the maker of the whiskey and barrel. 

Bfeen to Bar X lately? If you have you may have noticed that they love whiskey - Bourbons in particular. Bar X's owners love Bourbons so much that they often travel to various noted distilleries around the country selecting specific barrels that they can call their own. 

Last year Bar X/Beer Bar co-owners  Duncan Burell and Richard Noel traveled to the Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky where they make Bulleit Bourbon. There, the two sampled multiple barrels of the high rye content whiskey until they found some that "spoke to them". The distillery customized labels for Bar X packaged the bottles and sent the whiskey and the spent barrels to Salt Lake City. Those barrel are the heart of this story.

Spent Bourbon barrels are a hot commodity right now. A decade ago their best use was to become garden planters or artsy-fartsy coffee tables. Today they fetch top dollar so that breweries can age their barleywines, stouts or "whatever" in them. Rich and Duncan - who are also huge beer fans, did the math and searched out a local brewery to fill their empty barrels. Epic Brewing Co. was their final choice.

A local version of Epic's famed Big Bad Baptist was chosen to fill the Bulleit Barrels. Made with coffee from SLC's Blue Copper Coffee, the barrels created a special 1-off batch of Big Bad Baptist that will be exclusive to Beer Bar. Now comes the fun part.

This evening, Beer Bar will be having a release party from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Epic and Blue Copper will be there to talk about and answer any questions about the coffee/beer and there will be free samples of Blue Copper's cold brew that was used in the beer. Beer Bar will be selling 6 and 8oz. pours of the Baptist along with samples of the exclusive Bar-X Bulleit Bourbon.

Coffee, Bourbon and Beer? I think this will be a good day.

Cheers!

Pie and Beer Day Events

Not much happening this week, but there will be shload of Pie and Beer Day events to check out tomorrow. Here's what I've been able to confirm is happening along the Wasatch Front. Not seeing your event? Please share!

BarrelHouse - 315 24th Street, Ogden's BarrelHouse has teamed up with Pretty Smitty Pies to pair four (from scratch) pies with some of the BarrelHouses finest beers. Starts at 5pm and goes 'til there ain't no more pie. $5 per pie/beer sampler.

Beer Bar - 161 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City from 3 p.m. until the pie runs out. Pie Pass is $20 at the door, and includes five pieces of pie. Beer additional. Proceeds benefit KRCL Radio. 

Salt Lake Acting Company - 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City. SLAC is encouraging patrons to bring pie and beer to Friday’s production of “Saturday’s Voyeur.” Showtime is moved up to 6 p.m. so guests can be out in time to see fireworks. Tickets at 801-363-7522 or saltlakeactingcompany.org

 

Shooting Star Saloon - 7350 E. 200 South, Huntsville; 801-745-2002. Apple or berry pie à la mode served until pie runs out. Draft beers available. 

Squatters Brewery - 147 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City; 801-363-2739. Serving slices of peanut butter pie for $2.50; and draft beers for $2.50 

Uinta Brewing - 1722 S. Fremont Drive, Salt Lake City; 801-467-0228. Stop by the newly remodeled Brewhouse pub for pie and draft beers. 

Wasatch Brew Pub - 2110 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-783-1127. Serving slices of peanut butter pie for $2.50 and draft beers for $2.50

Note: there is no Pie & Beer Day event at the Annex

Prost!

New Craft Beer Week Events

As promised we have some newly added Utah Craft Beer Week events. If you haven't been out to take advantage of some of the great deals and event, don't worry! There are a shload of things happening with events going through the weekend. Here is the full list of the week's events.

Today (5/14/14) Avenues Proper Event at the Beer Bar. Rio Connelly head brewer at Avenues Proper will be on hand to pouring a special keg of Avenues Annual Saison through the Beer Bar's new randall! This device is a unique item for infusing beer with flavor between the keg and the glass and this one will be packed with whole white peppercorns and orange peel! Going to be a tasty version of the brew! Come down and try it at Beer Bar from 5-8pm

Tomorrow (5/16/14) Bohemian Beer and Cheese Pairing. Expand your knowledge of local beer and cheese with Harmons Station Park & Bohemian Brewery. We will feature the best cheese Utah has to offer paired with beer from Utah's original "Old School" Brewery. This is an event you don't want to miss! Thu, May 15, 2014 @ 6:30 PM (2 Hours) $55.00  or 2 for $100.00 Harmons Station Park 200 N. Station Parkway, Farmington

Cheers!

Beer Bar Preview

This is just a teaser for the opening of the Beer Bar. In the coming days your going to be seeing a lot of new beer brought in by Utah's newest craft beer bar. The owners have asked me to keep a lid on their new beer list, but if your in the know, you can probably make out one of the brands you'll be drinking in the coming days.

Check back to get the full list.

Cheers!