Go Yeast! Young Man

With the impending end of 05 quickly approaching; it's time to think, hangover cure. Well by-God, here's the one true remedy. Pour one 8oz. glass of orange juice and add one packet of brewers yeast. Ta-da! Now, it may not sound very palatable, but trust me the oj covers up the taste of the yeast just fine. Why yeast? you ask. Well, the yeast is full of vitamin B12. The consumption of alcohol reduces the amount of B12 in your body and that's why you get that lousy headache. Ergo, replace the B12 and presto! you got your game back. Another tip to help keep you on the happy side of life is to leave the liquor alone and stick with the micro brews. They're also chucked full of yeasty goodess. Happy New Year!!!

Trappist Ales A Plenty

There are six Trappist breweries in the world, all of them in Belgium. They are Westmalle, Westvleteren, Chimay, Rochefort, Orval and Achel. No other breweries are entitled by law to apply that name to their product. All of them are now available now in Utah expept for Westvleteren and Achel. If you want 'em you have to go there to get them - they don't ship! Bummer... Anyway, two of they're three offerings are now available in SLC.
The "8" or Green Cap is deep brown in color. The flavor is vigorous and complex, with firm body to support the strength. The aroma has elusive notes of fresh fruit, spice, leather, and figs.
The "10" or Blue Cap is dark brown color. Great strength balanced by a complexity of flavors and firm malt backbone. The bouquet covers a wide range: port wine, leather, apricots, oak, spices - a deeply intriguing beverage. Both are available at The Bayou in SLC. Try them while you can.

A True Red Beer

Have you ever had a red beer? Not just red in color but a true red beer. Some call 'em Montana Red Beers, others call them tomato beers. Essentionally, it's tomato juice added to a light beer or lager. Some use it for hangovers, some just suck 'em down when they're "all beered out". My dad has been drinking them for years. Anyway there's a brewery in Niigata, Japan that's taken it one step further. Producing a tomato-based, low-malt beer. It's called Tomato Bibere. It combines the sweet taste of tomatos with the bitterness of hops. It doesn't say anything about other ingridiants or alcohol content. It does say that one tomato is used per 330-milliliter bottle. I'd try it, but i don't imagine it being too palatable. By the way if you want to try a "red beer" it's simply 1 glass lager and 2 oz. tomato juice.

Beer Advent Calender

I'm so pissed-off that I didn't come up with this idea first. A Beer Advent Calender. For those of you who don't know what an Advent Calander is, it's simple a calender that marks every day in December 'till Christmas Eve. Traditionaly each day has a window or tab revealing a picture or a treat. So, instead of a treat we would get a different beer every day. Obviously we're way too late to start one now, but we'll get on it next year.

RedRock's Dunkle

REROCK BREWPUB has a couple seasonals available for you to sample for the holidays. First, is they're holiday brew. I think it's called Grizwalds. It's your traditional spice ale with all the flavors of the holidays. Ginger, nutmeg and clove. This one is always available this time of year, my wife really loves it. The second is RedRock's Dunkel Weizen. It has a great nose of light banana and chocolate. It's nice and malty upfront, but the malts soon dissapear behind heavy hops. Clove and banana are noticeable but are squashed by the bitterness. I'm a fan of hoppy beers but it doesn't work well with this style. If anyone thinks i've got my head up my ass, share your oppinion. Both of these are available at RedRock in Downtown SLC or at The Bayou
also located downtown. Cheers!

ALCOHOL SURVEY

If you live in the state of Utah, you probibly belong to one of two schools of thought. You either think that the current liquor laws blow wookies or you think they're just peachy. A new statewide survey found nothing too suprising. Non-Mormons
believe the state's liquor laws are too restrictive, while Mormons feel they are about right. Insight Research surveyed 418 Utahns last June, asking 39 questions about alcohol consumption, alcohol laws and potential outcomes from changes to those laws, as well as demographic information about the respondents. The margin of error was plus or minus 5 percent. To the left is a graphic courtesy of the Slat Lake Tribune. Utah's head honcho John Huntsman Jr. campained last year that he was interested in looking at changing some of Utah's more restrictive liquor laws. It appears he's dipping his toe into into the water to see how warm the stae is to the idea.

MIND ME BLOODY BEER

Another way to help keep global harmony is to try "Mind Me Bloody Beer". In this amusing and solid butcher of time, we are enlisted to help our Limey Bretheren from across the pond keep they're tepid pints in tact. I can't think of a more noble pursuit. Some may join the Peace Corp others may choose to become missionaries for they're churches. I find no greater pleasure, than making sure that this fat fuck has a frothy one 'till he stagers out into the night and pinballs his way home from the pub.

The Beerhive Website (sort of)

If your looking for the Beerhive's website it doesn't exist yet. Hopefully their management will join the 20th century soon. Until then here is some info you may find helpful.

The Beerhive is located at 128 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1602
(801) 364-4268 map



The Beerhive specializes in craft beers. Mostly from North America with a few Belgian and European styles. The beer menu has a about 150 plus different labels With a tap selection of 24 Utah Craft Beer brands.



The Beerhive also has an Ice Rail. This is a trough of ice that runs the length of the bar for maintaining your drinks temperature.

Speaking of drinks, this isn't a girly bar. You won't find many foofy cocktails. Mainly spiritus liquors, whiskeys of all sorts and wine.

The food is provided by the adjacent Vienna Bistro, ala Chef Frody.

The hours are 11am to 1am. Open Sunday

Any other questions, leave them in the comments section and I'll get them answered for you. And when visiting, tell Del (the owner) To get his website up soon.

Cheers!