New Beer Friday 4/10/26

With all of the interweb beer socials options out there, we'd like to take a moment to thank you all for sticking it out with Utah Beer Media (formerly blog). We've been advocating for the local suds for over 20 years – not to be "interwebs famous", but just for the love of our craft beer culture. Feedback is always welcome, and if you happen to run into me in the wild please say, "cheers"! Happy New Beer Friday.

Epic's "Tapless Taproom" is soon to be no more. The long awaited (and needed) expanded brewery pub is nigh! The Epic team will be in KUAA's radio pub to fill us all in on the specifics on what's coming, and the experience you'll have at Utah's original place for strong beer. Tune us in at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9fm. KUAAfm.org/ 

Here are some new draft options new to Epic this weekend. 

Epic - Honey Wheat: The taste starts out with a mild honey flavor that is quickly followed by a thin wheat and light malt breadiness. The hops presence is very mild but brings some balance. The honey flavor increases just a bit into the finish. The after-taste is slightly sweet and slightly bready. 5.0% Available starting tomorrow 4/11. 5.0% - Only at Epic. 
 
Epic - Matsumoto Barrel-Aged Rice Lager: Named for Salt Lake's sister city in Japan this lager was aged in Sake barrels. It has a big sake aroma that almost smells hot. At first taste it's not hot or boozy at all, you get notes of apple and plum with some lightly tannic oak. A crisp, dry finish. Available for a limited run starting tomorrow 4/11. 5.0% - Only at Epic. 
 
Epic - Italian Pils: This lager features sweet biscuit malts with nice toasty edges. The hops are mostly grassy and herbal with some lemon peel accents. 5.0% Available starting tomorrow 4/11. 5.0% - Only at Epic. 

Offset -  Ramosa: This is a new hop Known for "explosive" notes of ripe pineapple, mango smoothie, and fresh-cut melon. Some brewers also report hints of pink grapefruit, lime, and sweet pine. 5.0% - Available at Offset Bier.

Offset - Substance to Shadows: This new Black IPA features CTZ, Chinook, Citra, Simcoe and Amarillo Cryo hops. look for aromas of chocolate followed by pine, grapefruit, and stone fruit. A  great showcase for some traditional American hops. 7.0% - Available at Offset Bier. 

 RoHa - Brewers Select (Into the Void): Hopped Citra and Amarillo. Nice caramel malt profile with a good dose of toasty barley. It pops with great citrus zest, probably closer to tangerine. From there hints of herbal grass & pine grab hold. Says IPA on the can but this drinks closer to a big-ass pale ale. 6.9% - Available starting today at RoHa.

Bohemian - Pint of Gold: Missed this new Pale ESB. 5.0% - A limited batch available at Boho and Slackwater. 

Uinta - Dark Mexican Lager: Missed this new lager on Uinta's R&D tap. 5.0%  

Cheers! 

New Beer "Good" Friday 4/3/26

It's not just a New Beer "Good" Friday, it's New Beer Great Friday! It's also LDS General Conference Weekend, on top of an Easter weekend–so you know the pubs will be lightly filled. (wink wink) It's the perfect opportunity to get to know these fine new releases for (what we hope) is a long weekend. 

No Beer Nerd Radio this week, We took the Friday off. See you next week with an exclusive interview on a new brewery pub. See you next Friday! 

Epic - 2 1/4: This new session lager dials in at 2.25%. It's an answer to a call for lighter, less caloric beers. It meets my expectations for a light lager. Pale yellow/straw color with quickly dissipating foam. Scents and flavors of cereal grains and cracker with a dry herbal/lemony zest. Easy drinking and smoother than the macros. Just fine for someone looking for a craft alternative to Mic Ultra. 12 ounce cans now for sale at Epic.

Epic - Brainless Honeycomb: On the opposite end of the the beer spectrum, Epic also has a big ass ale ale for you. This new entry into Epic's Brainless series features their signature Belgian Golden Strong Ale brewed with local honey and aged in Oak Chardonnay Barrels. Honeycomb has a good dose of honey to start. Hints of rosemary and Chardonnay back it up with a surprising amount of harmony. It’s big. The nose is all peppery Belgian yeast. Tastes fruity as hell with little phenolic cloviness. Quite different from anything I've had in a while. 12.0% - Available at Epic starting today.

Uinta - Sip Me Baby One More Time: One of my favorite Pink Boots names brings the first ‘26 Pink Boots beer in SLC. Using the 9th Annual Pink Boots blend. This combo of Ekuanot, Centennial, HBC 638, and Mosaic creates a swirl of peach, herbal notes, citrus & berries. It reminds you that hops are diverse and so flavorful. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.

RoHa - Pink Boots 2026:  Nice citrus up front. Melon sweetness comes in next either schmig of herbal hops. Quite delish.

Fisher -  Wiener Weizen: Missed this wheat beer brewed for Salt Lake's Annual Wiener Dog Race. 5.0% - Available at Fisher Brewing.

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday 3/27/26

Your precious New Beer Friday has arrived and theirs more than one beer to rule them all. First off there are two 7 year anniversaries happening this weekend. Level Crossing is celebrating today (3/27) with special beers – UTOG is also celebrating with a bash Friday and Saturday (3/28). Stop in if you're able and say, Hi!

James "JIMMY" Weed from Solstice Malt is back in the Radio Pub. The Beer Nerds always geek hard when malt is concerned and we're going to cover all the new newness happening at Utah's only craft malting house. We get rolling at 2pm every Friday at 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/

UTOG - VII Anniversary Ale: This barrel aged sour was inspired by the notion of a whiskey sour made with green apple whiskey. It's described as being nicely and sweet and sour with a whiskey barrel dry finish. 7.77% for 7 years. Available on 3/28 for UTOG's Anniversary Celebration. 

Level Crossing - Space Oddity (7th Anniversary): Level Crossing's Anniversary celebration is today, and this DIPA is primed and ready to go. Big citrus driven hops are packed into this IPA. Strata, Enigma, Galaxy, Comet and Apollo are the heavy hitters here. A really tasty DIPA that has no real style other than IPA. 8.8% - Available at both Level Crossing locations.

Level Crossing - Small Batch (Thiols and Tribulations): This new hazy features thiolized yeasts which are engineered to unlock aromatic compounds called thiols, which are responsible for intense tropical fruit flavors like passion fruit, guava, and grapefruit. The yeast used here drives stone fruit flavors. Nice and peachy with some backing hops that are similar. Very Tasty. 5.0% - Available at Level Crossing.  

Epic - Small Batch Series IPA: Missed this one–however it debuts today. It's a pineapple driven IPA. We'll do some sensory chat on this live on Beer Nerd Radio later this afternoon. 

Talisman - Tali Lite: Missed this American light lager. 3.75% - Available at Talisman, Taboo Pizza, Mim's Bar and Grill and soon to Steve's Black Sabbath BBQ. 

Cheers!