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!

New Beer Friday 4/17/26

We here at New Beer Friday Job Services we aim to find the best candidates for any job roll. Our uniform selection is second to none. If you're interested in our Head Brewer uniform, it's similar to our "Doctor" uniform however, it comes with rubber boots. 

Frustrated with Utah's Nanny State approach to your existence? We are too! That's why we've put together a bit of a bitch session to talk about some of the things that are happening adult beverage wise in Utah and how you can more easily contribute to help in bring some sanity to an insane system. Our guest "Liquor Bitcher" on today's Beer Nerd Radio will be Mark Alston. We're getting ornery at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Epic - Small Batch Series II (Weir Grateful): A hazy IPA brewed in honor of the late, great Bob Weir. This new IPA has Citra in the whirlpool which builds a citrusy base, while Amarillo and Simcoe in the dry hop add layers of orange, pine, and tropical fruit. It's finished it with Super Lemon Haze terpenes right before packaging, which brings a punch of bright citrus and dank lemon character that plays perfectly together. 8.2% - Available at Epic on Monday 4/20.

Saltfire - Terpene Station IPA: This cannabis inspired IPA has a hop bill of Citra and Mosaic hops and features Pineapple Express Terpenes. Look citrus and tropical flavors with some big dank pineapple essence here. Available at Saltfire on Monday 4/20. 

Kiitos -  Gelato Blaze: For this 4/20 release Kiitos has concocted an IPA with Blue Dream and Gelato terpenes from Abstrax. Expect the familiar cannabis dank aromas bursting with blueberry, white grape, and a hint of yuzu citrus. No actual Devil's Lettuce was used in this beer, but you wouldn't know that from its flavor. 5.0% - Only at kiitos.  

Kiitos - Cold-Pressed Experimental Hazy IPA: For this experiment Kiitos' brewers used a brand new Cold-Pressed Hop Juice on a hazy IPA. Cold-Pressed Hop Juice is the process of using freshly picked wet hops to create a lupulin liquid. This is perhaps the only way you can try a wet hopped beer with New Zealand Hops outside of traveling to New Zealand. What results are aromatics reminiscent of squeezing a lime over passion fruit with a diesel dankness in the background and a unique sort of fresh green quality that you can only get using fresh wet hops. This is a very limited run as they were only allowed access to a small amount of this new experimental product. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos   

Uinta - Test Phase (Lab Sequence 5): The newest iteration of the series is an New England-style DIPA and features Mosaic and Krush hops with Pineapple Express Terpenes. 8.5%   

Level Crossing - Half-a-Weizen: Missed this new wheat beer. 3.3%

Heber Valley - Motueka: This single hop pale ale has notes of key lime, lemon zest, and tropical fruit. 5.0% - 

Ogden Beer - Back Draught: This American-style Pilsner is a fundraiser beer for Ogden firefighters Union 552. Look for pronounced bitterness, light, crisp, bready malt, tropical citrus finish. Available at Ogden Beer. 

Ogden Beer/Helper - Castle Gate Schwarzbier: This lager is light bodied, malty with a subtle roast character. Noble hops round it out. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer 

Cheers!