New Beer Friday 8/29/25

It's time to level-up! These New Beer Friday cheat codes will guarantee an advantage over your opponents in your weekend matchups. You're Gunna love this week's offerings.

Beer Nerd Radio presents Flanker! SLC's bar with many Identities will be by to fill us in on their unique adult experience at the Gateway. 2pm is when we get started today at 99.9fm KUAA. 

Epic - Small Batch Series (Ripstick): made with El Dorado, Mosaic, Citra in the whirlpool. Krush, Mosaic: Dry Hop and Krush Hop Oil in the Brite Dank. The aroma with citrus peel, berries and cannabis. The berries pop out heavy at first swig. They provide a full bodied DIPA that on the edge of chewy. Some cantaloupe towards the end. It's canning this morning, available at 11am.  8.7% - At Epic

Uinta - Redunkelous: On the R&D Handle. This is nice and toasty with some balancing malt sweetness. Light grassy hops backing it up. Solid. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Uinta - Fake It Til You Make It: On the R&D Handle. It’s perty murky for a Kölsch and toasty. Basically tastes like Golden Spike. I like Golden Spike, but this is just a meh Kölsch. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Fisher - Fisher Light: This Gluten reduced lager has a really hoppy aroma. Lotsa grass and herbal hops. The malt profile is super light, like you’d expect from a sub 3%. Nice, but I'd rather have a the Fisher Beer. 2.9% - Only at Fisher.

Offset - Gooding Farms: Named for the family owned, sixth generation, hop farm in Parma, ID. This WC LIPA features their 24 Harvest Citra, Idaho Gem, and Vera. Look for notes of pineapple, red berries, melon, and a little resin that keeps all the fruit in check. Look for draft-only, one-off fresh hop versions of this beer over the next week. Hopefully as soon as this Saturday. 5.0% - Available at Offset.

TF - Brew Beaux: This new hazy features whole leaf Strata, Strata CGX and Strata t90. A dash of mosaic, Nelson, and a CITRA HOP DIP. Three different types of wheat and two different types of oats. Look for notes of bruised strawberry with a hint of that Devils lettuce. There's a tangerine brightness that carries you to the silky smooth finish. 6.7% - Releases Friday at Noon.

Home Range - Cowboy Poets: This American Brown Ale has a beautiful mahogany color and off-white foam. A hearty and comforting aroma that is all molasses and toasted bread. Medium-light body with slight piney hop character in the background. Flavors of brown sugar and marbled rye bread with a crisp and friendly finish. 5.0% - On tap THIS FRIDAY at Home Range.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/22/25

Breaking: The New Beer Friday News-team is following this developing news situation. "New beers are Beneficial to weekend happiness". Sources close to Utah Beer media confirm that Offset, Red Rock, Bewilder and Grid City are all offering new beers starting today. 

Beer Nerd radio will be delving into what you can expect from the DABS regarding locally produced beer, cider, spirits, wine and mead. Certified Pommelier and Ibantik Beverage's Matthew Ostrander will be in KUAA's Radio Pub to give us the lowdown on what all of that means to you and we'll work in some cider news and sensory as well. Were live and streaming at 2pm on 99.9fm in SLC - KUAAFM.org/

Offset - Krushing on Vera: This is the first beer in a new series of 6.3% WCIPAs that are designed to explore Krush Hops. Krush is probably the most exciting hop to come out of the Northwest since Mosaic. It offers a beautiful mix of bright topical fruit, melon, and floral notes that are different than any other hop out there. The plan is to mix Krush at a 50:50 ratio with a different hop each time. It has a really unique, almost nostalgic, candy note to it combined with floral/spicy aspect that really separates it from any other hop. Krushing On Vera is packed with hop flavor and aroma but finishes dry and at 6.3% audits in a 12 ounce can! Available now at Offset

Red Rock - YoYo: This is a blend of Chinook, Simcoe, Citra, Strata, Idaho-7, and Nelson Sauvin hops. New Zealand is represented well here with a burst of Melon and a hint of diesel. Some big herbal notes blur into strawberry, then it kicks into WCIPA mode with chewy grapefruit peel & a punch of piney hops. Yeah, kinda like a yo-yo I guess. Aptly named. 8.2% - Available at all Red Rock locations. 

Bewilder - Leichtbier: Pronounced "Lyesht-beer" this highly attenuated, but light bodied German lager has a toast & lemony aroma. First swig was loooong. Damn it, the first swig of the day is often the best, but this? Sublime. More toasty biscuits and lemony hops. Just a bit of herbal hoppiness next. This is simple, light and crazily crushable. Mikey Likey! 4.7% - Available today at Bewilder.

Grid City - Coyote Elvis Kolsch: Brewed for the Grid City Music Fest, But this ain’t last year’s Grid City Fest Beer. This year we get a Kölsch! There’s a good dose of wheat here, biscuits for sure. Not as yeast fruity as I was expecting. Some herbal hops and grainy bread for sure. Great warm weather, music listening beer. 5.0% - Only at Grid City.

Grid City Hazy IPA #6: The 6th iteration of the Hazy IPA series is kind of a hybrid between WC and NE IPAs. This is fruity and tropical with the yeast adding vine flavors. The hop bitterness leans toward the WC-style having a lingering bitter finish. Tasty stuff. 7.5% - Only at Grid City. 

Saltfire - Strawberry Rhubarb Farmhouse Ale: This mixed fermentation ale features a mix of foeder beer and Saltfire's saison. It's got a nice blend of strawberry and rhubarb combined with that great vine funkiness from the foeder sour. It really is nice and light. I'll be drinking the hell out of these in the coming days. 5.0% - Only on draft at Saltfire. 

Beer Zombies - Nightmare on Haze Street 2: The Zombie train appears to still be making stops in SLC. This DIPA is a solid WCIPA. Citrusy and pithy with sappy/piney hops. It’s got some of that hazy peachy color, but tastes all West Coast. Some tropical fruits in the end. Solid, but not mind blowing. 8.0% - Only at the bar formerly known as Beer Zombies.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 8/25/25

First off: I'd like to mention how heartbroken we all are at the loss of London Belle, Whiskey Street and White Horse earlier this week. They're some of our favorite spots and are looking forward to seeing them return. 

Also this weekend, the Utah Beer Festival hits Saturday and Sunday. There will be over 150 different beers, ciders, hard seltzers and kombuchas available to sample. Daily hours are different this year. Saturday will be open 3:00 to 9:00pm. Sunday will be open from 1:00 to 7:00pm. VIP, Early Beer, and Weekend Pass holders will be able to enter 1 hour early each day.

Beer Nerd Radio is back today (Friday) after one of Mikey's organs successfully ruined an entire week and our radio schedule. An actual Steph sighting was made! Yes, our world raveling beer nerd is back in studio as well. 

Our Guest this week is Sara Sergent, Alpine Distillery's Master Distiller (and the most decorated botanical distiller in America) is pouring Alpine's award winning spirits in the Radio pub this afternoon. Alpine is driving force in craft spirits, putting Utah on the world's radar screens. All the spirit happiness begins at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Home Range - Table Beer: This light Saison is a casual beer designed to be consumed in larger quantities around the table (hence the name) during communal gatherings and feasts. Table Beer is brewed with Home Range's unique in-house Saison yeast culture and is foeder aged. Though very light in ABV, it's flavorful and refreshing, with a satisfying body. Subtle aromatic notes of nutmeg and honeydew, and some candied orange, and a dry and friendly finish. 3.3% - Only at Home Range.  

Home Range - Time Lapse: Missed this new West Coast IPA. 6.2% - Available now at Home Range.

Uinta Test Phaze (Lab Sequence 003): Made with Sabro, HBC 630, Citra, Victory Hops 2 ROW, Flaked oats and white wheat. This third version has juicy damn aroma, super fruity and well hopped. There’s a hoppy fruit salad of cantaloupe, strawberry, orange peel and a hint of peach. It’s got a slightly bitter finish that keeps it balanced and tight. Slight boozy finish. damn tasty. 8.9% - Debuts today at Uinta.

Also returning from Uinta in a very limited capacity, Labyrinth returns! Available starting today as well.  

RoHa - Smoove Brain: This new session IPA features grapefruit peel with some nice herbal balance. First blast off the keg was clear and sexy AF. 5.0% - Available starting today.

RoHa - Kensington Street Festival IPA: Brewed for Saturday's Kensington Street Festival (see below), This new IPA features Citra, Idaho 7 and Simco hops. It's toasty up front. From there it’s all citrus hops. Mostly orange and tangerine. Hints of peach in the back with some of that Idaho 7 herbal smack. 7.4% - Debuts 8/16

Park City - Pray for Rain: This session IPA features a tried and true hop blend of Citra and Simcoe. 5.0% - On draft now at PC Brewing.

Salt Lake Brewing - Lil' R&R: This new ale is a Rye beer was made with strawberries. Look for a solid malt bill the rye qualities get a lil lost behind the subtle raspberry, but all in all, this is a nice refreshing fruit beer. 5.0% - on now at SL Brewing Downtown.

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

Cheers!