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! 

New Beer Friday 5/1/26

Some say there are less adventures centered around beer than there were, in years past. I say, "NAY Fool"! Tour de Brewtah, the Wasatch Front's premier bike and brewery tour is happening this Saturday 5/2. Get your tickets and pick your route here at https://events.humanitix.com/2026-tour-de-brewtah/ And while you're touring, maybe you'll try some of these great New Beer Friday suds. Win, win as far as I'm concerned. 

Beer Fest season in Utah is already underway and the beeriest fest by Utah Brewers FOR Utah's beer lovers is nearly upon us. The Great Beer Mashup hits on May 9th and we have a preview of the collaborations... errr Mashups! that you can expect along with all the other info you'll need to make it a brilliant Saturday. listen in at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.  

Chappell - F*#K Human Trafficking: This beer is a collaboration with International Protection Alliance (IPA). This IPA for IPA benefits their mission which is focused on child protection in the digital sphere, empowering enforcement agencies with the capabilities to identify and apprehend online predators, safeguarding children and communities. $1 from every can sold goes to IPA.

What do you get in the can? It’s like a West Coast IPA meets Fruity Pebbles. It features CTZ, Cascade-Spectrum Oil & HBC-638. It’s all WCIPA up front. Then the Fruity Pebbles part kicks in. Berries, pineapple and citrus rule. The hops saturate, but don’t go terpene crazy (no terps here). Excellent! 8.0% - Available now at Chappell.

Kiitos - Helles: Nice Helles. It’s true to form & style. Excellent malt profile - cracker-y & lightly malty. Hops are Nobel & herbal spicy. Doesn’t taste really hoppy, but moments after the swig, hops linger a bit. Really tasty stuff. 5.0% - Available at both Kiitos locations.  

RoHa - Kolsch: This beer features Idaho Pink hops. This is a relatively new hop that's very berry forward with a good blast of citrus. Toasty malts with some light estery yeast. THIS is a great “New World Kolsch”. Love what they did with ale. Seek this one out, lemme know what you think. 5.0% - Available now at RoHa.

Salt Lake Brewing/Squatters - Perk Up, Blondie!: This new coffee cream ale features 2 row, oats and honey malt with coffee from Millcreek coffee roasters and is offered on nitro. Great roasty coffee nose. Oh my, this is heavenly. This coffee roast rules this beer. It’s not overbearing or in your face, it’s a badass medium roast that’s not acrid, with no acidity. The malts play off of it perfectly. As close to creamy bliss you’ll find. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 4/24/26

Can't seem to find that perfect beverage to kickstart the Weekend? Our New Beer Friday chemists have spent moments tossing back the finest ales and lagers to find the ideal pint.

Brian Best of bewilder Brewing fame will be in studio to bridge the gap between craft beer and local bands. It's the Wort Tour baby! Tune in to Beer Nerd Radio, today (Friday) at 2pm for a great show of beer and music - on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/ 

Salt Lake Brewing Company - Deep Cut: This session IPA features Deep Cut hops which are Cascade hops that have been left on the bine for a longer period to mature. Fruity/toasty nose. Nice resinous pine, and citrus notes. Leaves you with nice hoppy/leafy burps. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters.

Fisher - Deep Cut Pale Ale: Another Deep Cut hopped beer this one is a pale ale. many of the same flavors. Nice resinous pine, and citrus notes as well. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Some late arrivals that were mentioned last week include:

Epic's - Small Batch Series (Weir Grateful)  8.8%

2 Row's - Dank Engine  8.7%

Saltfire's - Terpene Station 7.5%

TF's - OG Kush Terpene IPA  7.2% 

Cheers!