New Beer Friday 6/28/24

A slow day of beer research yesterday, which is fine. More time to catch-up with fellow beer nerds on a Thursday afternoon. I did find some new stuff at 2 Row Brewing though, along with some returning favorites. Happy New Beer Friday.

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Nils Imboden of Top of Main fame. What is Top of Main? I guess you'll need to tune in to 99.9FM KUAA at 2pm or stream us at KUAAFM.ORG today to find out. 

2 Row- Elderberry Blonde: Nice malty base for a blonde. The berry is subtle, but fruity & not overly tart. Drinks quite well & it’s perfect for a hot day.

2 Row- Artificial Intelligence: Designed by AI (with a little nudging from owner, Brian Coleman). This beer features Ekuanot, NewZilla, Citra and Galaxy hops. How did the AI do? Comes across as a WCIPA. Lotsa citrus, peach & cactus fruit. Medium bitter finish. Avail to go only - til Sat

Returning Favorites

Level Crossing Cosmic Saunter: Has a hazed golden color with a tall puffy white head. Strong nose with  highly aromatic hops of grapefruit and citrus. Lesser scents of pine and wood plank. In other words it smells like you would expect a good IPA to smell. Tropical scents and the malt exists as a big scent of pineapple juice. Mild trace scents of dank herbs. The taste starts out dry and fruity with citrus peel on the tongue. This is backed by a low dose of resiny pine. Mildly bitter and quite herbal in the mouth, this does taste like they slipped some dank herbs to spice it up a little more. Tastes like it smells bit it isn't harsh at all. If you like the fruitiness of NEIPAs But need more bitternes from your ale this is the one. 8.0% - on sale today at Level Crossing.

TF - Imperial Mango Gose: This 11.2% Gose is pretty dangerous due to the heavy amounts of mango and the pleasant levels of tartness. This all hides the huge alcohol content. Very tasty stuff and you can buy it starting today. Only at TF Brewing.

Hopkins - Pine Mountain Pale Ale: This West Coast-Style

IPA is brewed withChinook, Simcoe, Cascade and Centennial hops – along with fresh hand-picked local spruce tips to accentuate the piney, earthy, and resinous hop profile with a nice firm bitterness on the finish where the spruce flavor is layered in. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 6/21/24

"Not recommended for children under 6". If you're 6 years old or older, I guess you're free to spark-up! New Beer Friday is also not recommended for children under 6 (multiplied by 5) – but if you are, some brilliant beers await you.  

Beer Nerd Radio is back (with Steph) and we'll be chatting with Steve Brown of Fisher Brewing fame. We'll get into Fisher's new expansion and of course their beer. hit us up at 2pm Fridays on 99.9FM KUAA. 

Desert Edge - Ay Caruba!: Warning! This is a warhead-level lemon sour. Not for the meek. 5.0% - Only at Desert Edge.

Prodigy - Rainbow Riot: Missed this new Milkshake IPA. 5.0% - Only at Prodigy.  

Bewilder - Cheers 6 Years: This collaboration between HandleBar SLC and Bewilder Brewing is a Raspberry Sour that features Warrior hops. Medium sourness with a good dose of fresh tasting raspberry flavor. 7.2% - Exclusive to HandleBar SLC.

Uinta - Lavender Vanilla Dream: Mostly vanilla aroma. Taste starts the same, mostly vanilla with some lavender in the back. It’s very much a vanilla driven beer - I’d rather it be overly vanilla than lavender for sure. Some bitterness in the finish keeps it from coming off too sweet. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Policy Kings - Get Up!: Missed this new West Coast IPA. 5.0% - Only at Policy Kings. 

Heber Valley - Willa ťje: missed this new Belgian Golden Strong Ale. 8.4%

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 6/14/24

Post Wild West Collab Fest has things a little slow on the New Beer Friday front. There's still some tasty brews out there to help you beat the heat this weekend. 

The summer of epic travels continues. To fill the gap Steph and I are offering up another "best of" episode of Beer Nerd Radio to fill the void. See you next week with a fresh episode on 99.9FM KUAA. 

Bewilder - Bewilder Blue Ribbon (BBR): This is Bewilder's take on an American Light Lager.  it’s got a good dose of corn, could almost pass for a Mexican lager. Grainy, lightly sweet biscuit & grassy hops. Perfect for a 100° day in SLC.

TF - Daisy Chain: Oh baby, I may have another favorite coming from TF. Nice fruity aroma that leads into the tropical side. At first swig you're met with big melon flavors that transition into nectarine and berries. Rounding out the flavor punch, you're met with tangerine that takes you into the finish. No bitterness or hop burn. It's all due to a good dose of Anchovy hops. 7.3% - Available at TF starting today. 

Helper - Idea Shower: Citrusy. Nice citrus either way some slight grassiness. I don’t think I need to bore you with much more than that. This beer is firing on all cylinders and is another perfect “scorcher of a day” beer. Prost! 6.8% - Available at Helper Brewing - found mine at the Bayou.

Offset - Polotmavý: Missed out on this new Czech Style Amber Lager.  

Revision - What What: Straight up, this is a very nice WCDIPA. All the hops, along with the malt bill take this to 2011. If you were drinking these beers back then (and liked them) this’ll make you happy. If you weren’t? Then wake the fuck up & try it. 🖖😆

SLUG Mag's Brewstillery arrives tomorrow!  Brewstillery celebrates Utah’s breweries and distilleries by offering tastings of local beer and spirits. Featuring local food trucks, local artisans and crafters and local music—this all ages event has something for everyone to enjoy. It’s a family-friendly event with kids 12 and under free. Get your tickets Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing. https://www.24tix.com/events/3bkj4iwfarhezd7hvpb4eyurxe 

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 6/7/24

Ummm... You can only pick one of these from the photo above, please share your choice. However, New Beer Friday is a completely different story. Every damn new lager, ale or hybrid available this week is fair game, enjoy all you want. Speaking of Enjoying all you want tomorrow (Saturday 6/8) is the 2024 Wild West Collab Fest. This festival features collaborative beers from inside and outside of the state of Utah – along with beers from many local breweries that you may not get a chance to to try. If you need tickets, the link is above. A list of all the collaborations has been provided below. 

To get you ready for Wild West Collab Fest, Steph and I will have the Grand Poobah of the Utah Brewer's Guild, Teri Mumm on Beer Nerd Radio to get you dialed in to what you need to know to navigate tomorrow's beer fest. We start at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Grid City - “Coming Out” Coffee Cacao Nitro Honey Cream Ale: This cream ale with cacao, and “Cold Brew Style” with coffee from Old Cuss. Nice peppery coffee comes across prominently at first swig on this nitro-only beer. The cocoa picks up the heavy lifting from there creating a great one-two punch with the Java. Not sweet at all, just simple coffee and cocoa in cream ale package. It's on top of a smooth, pillowy Nitro Cream Ale. 5.0% - Only at Grid City.

Saltfire - Eddy Out: This is a clean crisp Imperial Pilsner that features citrus & melon aroma. Same on the palate, but it bounces between the citrus & melon. There’s some nice bitterness too. An overall fruity & aggressive lager that doesn’t come across as one. 6.3% - Available at Saltfire.

Saltfire Rainbow Cult: Vague berry aroma. Subtly tart with with a nice berry profile that come across as slightly unripened blackberry. I love that this in NOT one of those enamel stripping sour ales. 5.0%

Saltfire - Deep Dive Series (ESB): A floral & piney aroma. Taste backs it up with a good malt backbone. Some copper comes next with a nice floral punch. Another well made & very traditional tasting ale. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire.

Saltfire - Deep Dive Series (Red Ale): Nice malty aroma. Taste is Irish traditional - with a medium amount of maltiness, some floral hops & light grass. Really clean and solid. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire.

Epic - Small Batch Series (Nectaron Juice): Nice amber color that you don't see anymore from IPAs makers. Pungent citrus and tropical aroma.Taste follows with more of an emphasis on stone fruits, peach in particular with some nectarine. Good malt profile that adds caramel and vanilla to the mix. Tangerine rounds it out with some faint berries too. Medium bitterness in the end that isn’t too lingering. Mikey Likey. 7.7% - Available at Epic starting today.

Salt Flats - Hoppy Kolsch: Toasty grains, minimally sweet - some slight fruitiness from the yeast. After that it’s all hops. Herbal & grassy with just enough intensity. A slight lingering bitterness as well. Good hot weather Kölsch. 5.0% - Available at all Salt Flats locations.

Bewilder - Rice For The Cure: A portion of the proceeds from this "new school rice lager" will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Whoa! That’s crisp. Minimally sweet with perfect dryness. This is a no effort beer if ever there was one. Not a perfect beer, but it’s damn close for this hot Thursday. Mikey Likey! 4.9% 

UTOG - Love Punch: Missed this this orange and peach infused hefeweizen. 5.0% - Available now at UTOG.

Shades - Blueberry Cheesecake: Same Kveik base that we’re fond of. It works well with the blueberry for sure. The berries taste plump and ripe, but there’s an uncanny cheesecake thing happening too. Combine that with graham cracker & you have a nice dessert combo. A great pie beer! 6.3% - Available at both Shades locations.

Policy Kings - Chocolate Milk Stout: Missed this new stout. 5.0% - Only at Policy Kings.

Zion Brewing - Zion Ultra Light: Missed this American-Style Light Lager. It's described as a

Low calorie, low carb Lager brewed with Amarillo and Mosaic hops.100 calories and 5 g carbs per pint! 

Offset - The New Feels: Missed this new IPL. 5.0% - Available at Offset, Bayou, Slackwater.

Fisher - The End of Knowledge: Missed this new pale ale from Fisher. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.

Kiitos - Blue Corn Cerveza: Missed this new cerveza. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos.

There will be many more beers to choose from at the Wild West Collab Fest – These are just the collaboration beers 

1. HopTog Common

○      Type: Steam Beer

○      Description: Crisp lager characteristics with rich ale flavors, featuring a smooth, slightly fruity profile with mild hop bitterness and a toasted malt backbone.

○      Breweries: Hopkins Brewing Co., UTOG Brewing Company

2. Helles Better with Friends

○      Type: Helles Style Lager

○      Description: A smooth lager with light-bodied cracker malt and a floral hop.

○      Breweries: Vernal Brewing Company, Ogden Beer Company

3. Samarbejde

○      Type: Danish Style Lager

○      Description: A crisp and refreshing Danish Lager with a nice hop balance created with traditional brewing techniques.

○      Breweries: Helper Beer, Ogden Beer Company

4. Cometh the Storm

○      Type: West Coast Lager

○      Description: From female-led breweries, this bready pilsner body packs a punch of West Coast hops.

○      Breweries: Strap Tank Brewing Co., Ogden Beer Company

5. Cascading Dark Ale

○      Type: Dark Ale

○      Description: A rich dark ale featuring light roast and heavy piney hop flavors.

○      Breweries: Salt Flats Brewing Co., Epic Brewing Company

6. Arrr Knee

○      Type: Cream Ale

○      Description: Brewed with lychee black tea, fresh lemon juice, and Motueka hops from New Zealand—refreshing and thirst-quenching.

○      Breweries: Moab Brewery, 2 Row Brewing

7. Steamy Boi

○      Type: California Common

○      Description: A steam beer with a fun twist on the name "crispy boi."

○      Breweries: RoHa Brewing Project, Heber Valley Brewing

8. Journey West

○      Type: West Coast Session IPA

○      Description: Features hop HBC-638, HBC-522, and HBC-522 hop hash, offering tangerine, mango, peach, and green tea notes.

○      Breweries: Chappell Brewing, Salt City Suds

9. Trits Up!

○      Type: Honey Triticale Kolsch

○      Description: Single decocted Kolsch brewed with triticale and orange blossom honey, light, crisp, creamy, and bready.

○      Breweries: Grid City Beer Works, Solstice Malt

10. Look at this Photo Graf

○      Type: Snakebite beer/cider (Graf)

○      Description: A unique hybrid beer-cider blend combining the best of both worlds.

○      Breweries: Proper Brewing Company, Second Summit Cider

11. Blue Corn Cerveza

○      Type: Lager

○      Description: A distinctive lager brewed with blue corn for a unique flavor profile.

○      Breweries: Kiitos Brewing, Desert Edge Brewery

12. Caramel Apple Cider

○      Type: Cider

○      Description: Rich and sweet with caramel flavors, made by boiling apple juice and fermenting it with a special yeast strain.

○      Breweries: Mountain West Cider, Fisher Brewing Company

13. Mother Earth, Wind & Beer

○      Type: Sour IPA

○      Description: A tart and hoppy sour IPA with complex flavors.

○      Breweries: Uinta Brewing, Mother Earth Brewing

14. Bird

○      Type: West Coast IPA

○      Description: Hopped with Nectaron, Simcoe, and Chinook, featuring a modern pilsner malt grain bill.

○      Breweries: Templin Family Brewing, Breakside Brewery

15. Eleventh Hour

○      Type: Hoppy American Wheat Pale Ale

○      Description: Brewed with 100% Amarillo hops, crisp citrus finish, 5% ABV, 35 IBU.

○      Breweries: Prodigy Brewing, Roosters Brewing Co.

16. Purple Drank

○      Type: Cream Ale

○      Description: Brewed with ube and butterfly pea flowers, berries, cream, herbal, earthy vanilla, and hints of sweet orange.

○      Breweries: Chappell Brewing, Wasatch/Squatters

17. Fogging Up the Windows

○      Type: Dry Stout

○      Description: A dry stout with spicy, smoky, and chipotle flavors.

○      Breweries: Level Crossing Brewing, SaltFire Brewing Company

18. Spin the Bottle

○      Type: Sweet Stout

○      Description: A sweet stout brewed with cocoa nibs for a rich, chocolatey flavor.

○      Breweries: Level Crossing Brewing, SaltFire Brewing Company

19. Party of 1  Silver Reef

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/24/24

It's a big-ass New Beer Friday. There's so much you won't be able to fit it all in, Thor knows I tried. Hit the list carefully; not all of these beers are available at some places. Also, two new popular breweries have entered the market: Hitachino Nest and Weldwerks.

Beer Nerd Radio will be a "best of episode" today. It would seem everybody is out of town this weekend for some reason. Today's episode is from last year and features Kyle Luce and Brittany Watts from TF Brewing. Check it out at 2pm today on 99.9fm KUAA.

Offset - Fast Hands: This new WCIPA features HBC 586 and Strata combined with some classics in Centennial and Simcoe. These new school hops combined with the tried and true really deliver an amazing blend of stone fruit, citrus and tropical notes on top of a bit of that classic resin and pine you remember from when West Coast IPA was all there was. Dry, crisp, structured bitterness, coupled with expressive hop flavor and aroma in a really drinkable little package. 6.3% - Available at Offset.

Salt Lake Brewing - Farmer's Daughter: This cherry rhubarb ale was brewed to kick off the SLC Farmer's Market. This ale has a medium amount of fruitiness. The cherry is nice and the rhubarb  adds tartness, melds with cherry. 5.0% - Only SL Brewing. 

Silver Reef - Ramp: Missed this "strong wheat ale" brewed with Nector Hops. 7.0% - Available at Silver Reef.

Uinta - aaaaaa (AKA Six A’s = one B): If you want further info on the meaning of this lager’s name you’ll have to ask Cardi, Kylee & Taylor at Uinta’s Taproom. I'm not touching this one. This Czech Pils has a good amount of crackery malt sweetness with a big hop punch that is herbal, grassy & lingering. A nice lager from Uinta’s R&D lab. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Epic - Blood Orange Wheat: Very toasty aroma, not much citrus. The flavor here is a good mix of toasty wheat and blood orange. The citrus is nice and doesn't overpower the American style wheat beer at its base. 5.0% - Available at Epic - Soon everywhere. 

Epic - Small Batch Blood Orange: This is the same basic beer amped-up to 7.0%. It also comes across as fresher than the previous version. This has the same toasty wheat flavors with more body and pizzaz. The blood orange is tastier and more genuine in flavor. You can actually taste the citric acid in this one. They both fill their niche. Very nice. Only at Epic. 

Stone - Enjoy-by 7/4/24: Missed this one. Found at Beerhive, Slackwater.  

TF/Breakside - Bird: This hoppy IPA collaboration is brewed with pilsner malt, cryo chinook, simcoe, nectaron, and nectaron terpenes. An intense aroma with mandarin orange, tangerine, and weed candies drinks crisp with pleasant bitterness. If you like 'em on the dank side, you'll dig this one.  

Beer Zombies - Zombie Wars: This version was DDH with Citra & Cryo-Citra. It’s a Citra bomb! No mess, no fuss with big tangerine notes. Drinks super fresh, no cattiness, or onion. Alcohol is well hidden, given it big 9.5% ABV. Only at Beer Zombies.

Weldwerks - Juicy Bits: features a huge citrus and tropical fruit hop character from the Mosaic, Citra & El Dorado hops and softer, smoother mouthfeel from the adjusted water chemistry, higher protein malts, and lower attenuation. The end result is a beer reminiscent of citrus juice with extra pulp. 6.7% - Found at Slackwater, The Bayou.

Weldwerks - Extra Extra Juicy Bits: This Double India Pale Ale was brewed and double dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops. It's a complex blend of malt, oats, and wheat. With notes of tangerine, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, peach, and grapefruit. 8.6% - Found at Slackwater, The Bayou.

Weldwerks - Bamm Bamm Rubble Rubble - Now With Rainbow Sherbet: Missed this Sour Ale with Rainbow Sherbet, Fruity Rice Cereal, Vanilla, Raspberry, Orange and Lemon Syrup with Marshmallow & Milk Sugar. 5.2% -  Found at Slackwater, The Bayou.

Weldwerks - Hefeweizen: A traditional German Hefeweizen recipe, using 50% wheat malt and 50% Pilsner malt. A Bavarian yeast strain, contributes banana character, but with a restrained spicy phenolic character. 5.5% - Found at Slackwater, The Bayou.

Hitachino Nest - Red Rice: Complex sake like flavors with malt sweet notes. Hints of strawberries in the nose and palate. An intriguing mix of sake, malt , and bitter notes in the finish. 7.0% - Found at the Bayou.

Hitachino Nest - XH: This is a strong Belgian Brown Ale, matured in Shochu (distilled sake) barrels. Chinook & Styrian Goldings hops are used. 8.0% - Found at the Bayou.

Hitachino Nest - Sweet Stout: A perfect mixture of coffee, chocolate, and roasted flavors in the nose and on the palate. No bitterness, with very light, sweet lactose notes throughout to the very finish. 4.0% - Found at the Bayou.

Hitachino Nest - Saison Du: Brewed with Japanese wheat and koji (malted rice) - a key ingredient in the production of sake. 5.0% - Found at the Bayou.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 05/17/24

If flavor is what you crave, we have you covered this New Beer Friday. From fruity to dank, hoppy to sour, we have researched the perfect beer for you. 

Beer Nerd Radio would like to welcome our pals from Cedar City's Policy Kings Brewing Company to the radio pub. We'll get into the PK's history and of course their new plans to re-locate to SLC. You won't want to miss this episode. We go live at 2pm Fridays on 99.9FM KUAA.

Prodigy - Sole Sisters (Pink Boots): This is an India Pale Lager that is delightfully refreshing with the perfect balance of hops coming from the 2024 Pink Boots Hop Blend! A portion of proceeds from sales will go directly to Pinkboots Utah to support women and non-binary individuals in the brewing industry! 5.0% - Only at Prodigy. 

Shades - Salud: This New Mexican-style lager features lime and sea salt. Subtle flavors of lime, malt & corn. There’s a hint of sodium but it’s more of an afterthought, which keeps this lager from becoming too briny. A pretty descent lime infused mexi-lager that has plenty of balance between fruit & the base beer.

Ogden Beer/Vernal Brewing - Helles is Better With Friends: Missed this lager. 5.0% Available at Ogden Beer and Vernal Brewing.

RoHa - Moon Flower San Diego Pale Ale: Brewed for American Craft Beer Week this “San Diego Pale Ale has a dank ‘n weedy aroma that’s full of melon citrus & herbs. Taste is the same except with more chewiness from the amount of hops present. I like RoHa’s new dank & weedy hop philosophy. Mikey Likey. 5.0% - Only at RoHa.

RoHa - Shoreline Hazy IPA: Also, brewed for American Craft Beer Week, this beer debuts today and is a much more balanced a fruity session IPA. Citrus and berries mostly with some herbals hops too. Little bitterness, compared to the above mentioned pale ale. 5.0% - Only at RoHa.

Offset - EXP Tangier: Word on the street is that there was less than 500 lbs of this new Tangier hops harvested this year. Offset managed to talk their way into 11 lbs of it which wasn't quite enough to do a completely single hop Pale Ale, but almost. The Tangier was blended with a bit of High Oil Cascade, Anchovy, with a dry hop consisting of mostly Tangier with a touch of Centennial. 5.0% - Available now at Offset.

Proper - Yasuke: Missed this Dark Rice Lager. 5.0% - Available now at Proper Brewing. 

Level Crossing - Sun Slope Sour IPA: Made by brewer Paige Lewis. Sun Slope Sour is offered on nitro and has aromas of tart pineapple, ripe peach, red berries and cannabis. The acidity from the Philly Sour yeast is apparent, yet restrained, giving way to a medium hop bitterness with a pleasant tart and juicy tropical fruit finish. 5.0% - Available at both level Crossing locations. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake. The mission of FRIENDS is to preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake ecosystem and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the Lake through education, research, advocacy and the arts.

Do you love a nice Gueuze, Wild Ale or Spon Beer? Then I highly recommend visiting The Bayou soon.... very soon. That's basically all I'm allowed to say. I think you'll be happy.

Saturday Beer Bar Celebrates 10 damn years! The pub opens at 4pm Saturday with a full kitchen, 10 DJs, a ton of beer and a special surprise from 8 -11pm. 

Cheers!

American Craft Beer Week in Utah 2024

American Craft Beer Week started off Yesterday. Sadly life got in the way for me yesterday,  So sorry for the delay. Though the majority of efforts are transitioning to Utah Craft Beer Week, June 2nd - 8th 2024, with daily events. The week will conclude with the Wild West Collab Fest.

Until then please enjoy some of these special beer release and beer specials. 

RoHa Brewing Project:

Monday: New Beer Release, Moon Flower San Diego Pale Ale, draft release, RoHa only

Tuesday: Shotgun a beer with the brewers, 5 pm RoHa patio.

Wednesday: Firkin Hump Day, we tap a firkin at 5 pm sharp!

Thursday: Bluegrass Night with Theoretical Blonde

Friday: New Beer Release, Shoreline Hazy IPA, draft only available at RoHa

Saturday: Live music at 7 pm with Darling and the Debonair

Sunday: Live music 3 - 6, Honkey Tonk with Jerry Cochran and his Highball Train

2 Row Brewing 

HAPPY CRAFT BEER WEEK! To celebrate, we're doing a GIVEAWAY RAFFLE that will conclude at the end of the week, as well as $4 DRAFT POURS on a new beer every day! Check the chalk board to see when we're pouring your favorite.

Bohemian Brewery 

CELEBRATE AMERICAN CRAFT BEER WEEK with us at Slackwater Downtown SLC, Tuesday 5/14. We're geeked to join our friends at Slackwater Downtown SLC tomorrow for a Bohemian Brewery "TAP TAKEOVER" with some fantastic and unique styles of lagers.

"HANS GRUBER" EXPORT LAGER: If you're "very perceptive" you'll note this traditional German Export Lager uses only four pure ingredients: water, malt, hops & yeast. As Hans himself might say: "This is a very nice beer. It would be a shame to ruin it." This beer was featured at our recent Lagerpalooza Festival, and was created and brewed (with a little help from the squad here at Bohemian) by Ron Barnes of Kansas City. 5.0% ABV 30 IBU

BOHO "EXTRA DRY": Lightly grainy & unique malty character from a blend of pale malts, rice and corn in addition to brewing technique. 5.0% ABV 20 IBU

CALIFORNIA STEAM LAGER: A bright amber/copper hoppy San Francisco-style lager with a crisp "Anchor" profile. 5.0% ABV 35 IBU

MUNICH HELLES LAGER / Soft and bready malt character — but with a clean & crisp finish — this is a refreshing beer with substance. 5% ABV // 18 IBU

Shades Brewing

Salud Mexican Lager: Release of this New Mexican-style Lager. This brew has floral bready aroma with a complex flavor and a clean finish.

More events to come as they roll in. Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/10/24

It's kind of a pale ale New Beer Friday this week. which is just fine by me. 

Speaking of pale ales, that's the topic of our deep dive episode this afternoon on Beer Nerd Radio. Guest tasters Kelsey Booth and Jeremy Mathews will join Steph and I as we dissect one of my all-time favorite styes. We go live at 2pm today on 99.9FM KUAA. 

Uinta - Trials and Tribulations: This new R&D pale ale features Cascade, Centennial and Amarillo hops. It has lots of citrus peel with a medium amount of bitterness that is nice and lingering. An excellent pale ale. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

SL Brewing - Bikini Bottom: This session IPA has a citrus and herbal aroma. Tastes the same with grapefruit rind and some flowery old school hops. Some lingering bitterness creates a relatively dry finish. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing.

Offset - Extra Special DOPO: made with Mosaic, Mosaic Incognito, Simcoe, Cryo Nelson

Kohia Nelson and Subzero Hop Kief. It's got a huge hop profile of mostly citrus, melon and berries. It's not quite dank and chewy but damn close. tasty stuff. Available at Offset, found at The Bayou.

Fisher - Reality Surf: Lotsa guava and orange peel like hops. Very nice pale ale with a medium amount of bitterness. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.

Fisher - Large Quiet Man: Missed this new pale ale. 5.0% - Only at Fisher.

Proper - Key Lime Blonde: Nutty vanilla lime aroma. Taste is similar. It’s also slightly nutty and biscuity with nice lime character. 5.0% 

Helper - Power Coupling: Brilliant clarity with a citrus & melon aroma. Tastes the same with slightly more intensely. Still clean & crisp. Such a nice crispy! 5.0% - Available now at Helper Brewing - Found at The Bayou.

Cheers!