New Beer Friday 5/29/26

I have no clever introduction for New Beer Friday this week, just absorb today's NBF meme. That was a real ad! Anyway, hop your May was great, let summer and summer beer commence! 

Level Crossing is back in the Radio Pub this afternoon. Head Brewer Chris Detrick along with Level Crossing's brew team will be in to talk about new beers and new tecniques for some of your favorites. Steph and Mikey get things rolling at 2pm today on 99.9fm KUAA - KUAAfm.org/

Level Crossing - The Great Gig: This new WCIPA features Chinook T90, Chinook Salvo, Chinook Cryo, Chinook Quantum, Simcoe Cryo, Citra, Citra Whole Leaf. First off. Love the ABV. Low 6’s for a WCIPA? 🙌 Big citrus throughout: pith, zest, meat-it’s all there. Some pine rounds it out, but it’s pretty subtle. The malt? It’s also chill, with just enough richness to make it interesting. One of the best WCIPAs I've had in a while. 6.3% - Available at both Level Crossing locations

Saltfire - Dorothy's Disco: Chewy Stonefruit with soft berries & citrus. Big mouthfeel with low sweetness. An almost Euro-take on the style. Some herbal hops round it out w/ low bitterness-just a hint to dry it out. Spicy hop finish.

Saltfire -  Ginger Rogers Syndrome: No notes on this one. It hits taps today. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire.

Saltfire - Terpene Killer: No notes on this one. It hits taps today. 5.0% - Only at Saltfire  

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday 5/22/26

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Beer Nerd Radio stumbles into the Wayback Machine this week and features a brilliant episode from the distant pass. Enjoy the dulcet tones of a young Steph and Mikey as they stagger through the landscape of interviews past. Check us out please at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA or KUAAfm.org/ Miss an episode? stream our POD in our archive section. 

Hopkins - 2026 Pink Boots: The 2026 Pink Boots blend features Ekuanot, Centennial, HBC 638, and Mosaic. A good amount of tropical fruit, citrus, stone-fruit, and subtle floral or berry notes with a nice damn creamy mouthfeel. Definitely worth carving out some time for. 5.0% - Available at Hopkins.

Ogden Beer - German Pilsner: Missed this one. It features all Weyerman malt, spalt, Hersbruker and Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer. 

Uinta - Flinders Sour Red: So I’m guessing a Flanders-ish Red kettle sour? Ummm… wow! This is closer to a Flanders Red than I thought. There’s some funk in here. Not sure if there’s a funky beer blended here but it’s not bad… cherry too. For a faux Flanders it’s kinda close. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

Uinta - I.P.A. Little: Wow, very flavorful. Big citrus 🍋‍🟩 berries and some vague tropical flavors. It’s all backed by a more aggressive malt backbone. The whole package is based on Hop Nosh dialed down to 5% with Thora hops. Quite tasty in a session WCIPA kinda way. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

Chappell - Udder Butter: This is a Creamsicle style sour ale that has no lactos in it. So look for a good amount of citrus tartness with notes of vanilla. 9.0% - Available now at Chappell. 

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday 5/15/26

Due to the popularity of New Beer Friday the team here at Utah Beer Gizmos, Doohickeys and Thingamajigs have decided that it's time build a new data-center to handle the extra load. We trust that our Ai overloads will be pleased and we humbly ask them to remember our efforts in the coming robot uprising.  

Beer Nerd Radio Welcomes in RoHa Brewing Project 2.0. Yup the new owners and head brewer are in the radio pub today. Co-owner Shawn Smith and Head Brewer Mathew "Valuepack" Veylupek will walk us through their history and what's coming next at the RoHa Brewing Project. Beer Nerd Radio fires up at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/ 

Fisher - All The Haze That Matters: Such a great hop profile, those Dolcita hops really add some nice stonefruit to the Citra/Mosaic mix. Some strawberry & tangerine round it out. Earthy/tropical finish. Very much enjoying this. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

These are some holdovers from last week's Great Beer Mashup. There may be more of the collaborations floating around, but these are the beers I know are still available.

Bewilder / Beer Nerd Radio / Solstice Malt / Roy Hops Farms - Jimmy Wheat: We made this collab with Solstice Malt, Roy Hop Farms, Beer Nerd Radio and of course Bewilder. This 100% wheat IPA features 2 types of ancient wheat, Amarillo hops  and a touch of rose hips. Big pineapple from the hops, creamy and bready. The rose is faint, but pops as it warms. A tasty damn White IPA! 5.0% - only at Bewilder.

Fisher / Hopkins -  Olivetti's Best: This Italian Pils has a wonderful herbal hop flavor. Some lemon & grass - but not lemongrass. Sweet/toasty crackers for the base. This quite damn delish! I wouldn’t mind it if this stuck around for a while. 👊💥🤤 Much praise to the Hopkins team on this collaboration. 🍻5.0% - Available at Fisher and Hopkins

Ogden Beer / Melvin - Rainforest Cafeteria: This West Coast Pils features Mosaic, Krush and Deep Cut Cascade hops. The Mosaic / Krush create a “soft tropical smoothie,” profile while the Deep Cut Cascade snaps it back with classic Cascade hop profile. It's a really smart blend if you want something that feels new-school but still crisp. 6.0% - Available at Ogden Beer

TF / Ogden Beer - NDA: This New Zealand Pils definitely has a shload of NZ hops. Melon and diesel aroma. These carry on to the palate. Earthy and chewy hops start with some herbal bite. The melon comes around with some soft strawberry and mango. Well hopped/chewy finish 5.0% - Available at TF and Ogden Beer

Offset / Slackwater - El Provo: This Mexican Lager the collaborators decided to do a cereal mash with some corn grits for this beer. This is a very simple beer but they wanted to give it a little more flavor than your standard industrialized version. A small late addition of some Crystal hops give it the faintest hint of lime as well. 5.0% - Available at all Slackwater locations.

Offset / Level Crossing - Wet and Damp: For Cold & Damp: For this collab the team used a brand new variety that doesn't have a name or number and only 70lbs of it even exist. It was then dry hopped with Cryo Fresh Frozen Mosaic & Krush as well as some Nelson Fresh Pressed Hop Juice from NZ. The end result is a crisp and somewhat clear 5% IPA that exudes fresh hop character. There's a nice blend of dank, herbaceous aromas and bright tropical and citrus notes. Available at Offset now. This should be on draft at Level Crossing's West Temple location this afternoon. Call before you make the trip, to be sure.

There are more collaboration beers out there, these are just some that I came across during my "research". 

Cheers!