New Beer Friday 5/26/17

Happy New Beer Friday! I hope you all have a safe and long weekend. There's a lot of tasty stuff out there to help you kick off summer right.

Cigar City: Jai Alai - This IPA pours a very clear, golden copper color with a nose that has pine and citrus. The taste follows the nose, with some pine up front, followed by a huge wave of malts. The finish is full of bitter citrus and pineapple.7.5% ABV @ Dick n' Dixie's, DABC, Bayou

Perrin: Black Goat Lager - Not tried this one yet. 5.8% ABV @ Bayou, DABC

Payette: Aura: Guava and Hibiscus - Not tried this yet, sounds interesting. 4.0% ABV @ Beer Bar

Firestone Walker: Luponic Distortion #6 - It has a nose of pine and citrus - a wee bit of pepper too. Big earthy bitterness dominates the taste with grapefruit peel and pine backing up some crackery malts. Not my favorite version of Luponic, but it's still pretty great. 5.9% ABV @ Beerhive, Beer Bar

Firestone Walker: Leo vs Ursus - The nose has mango, pineapple, vanilla and caramel. The taste starts with apricot, pineapple and orange peel. Sweet caramel malts come next with tropical and earthy hops backing it all up. finishes slightly sweet. For a DIPA it has a great balance - not too cloying and easy to drink. I liked this one a lot. 8.2% ABV @ BeerHive, Beer Bar

Laughing Dog: The Dogs of Helles - The nose has apple sweet grains with floral hops. The taste has a bit of creamed corn and nutty caramel. Finishes with grassy/floral hops. 4.0% ABV @ Harmons

Laughing Dog: The DogFather - The nose has chocolate, roasted malt, plum and bourbon. The taste starts with molasses, licorice, fudge abd wood. Vanilla, raisin coffee and bourbon. A bit of ash in the finish. Nice barrel aged stout. 11.0% ABV. @ Slackwater

Proper: Hop vs Hop 7 - This is being released today. This version is hopped with Eureka and Simcoe hops. 8.2% ABV. @ Proper

Avenues Proper: New Zealand Lager - This version is hopped with Dr. Rudi and Rakau hops. Not triedit yet. 4.0% ABV. @Avenues Proper

Cheers!

Cigar City Hits SLC

Back in  January, I had the pleasure to tell you all that Tampa, Florida's Cigar City Brewing was coming to our market. Today, I can happily say that their Jai Alai IPA is in the capitol city. The beer's name pay tribute the Basque game where players attempt to catch a ball using a curved mitt, whilst the ball travels at speeds of up to 188 miles per hour.

Pours copper in color with notes of citrus and tropical fruit in the aroma. Flavor has upfront citrus bitterness with a hint of caramel and citrus and tropical fruit hop notes in the finish.

I know that Dick n' Dixie's has some Jai Alai and that bars and restaurants (including Squatters/Wasatch) will be picking it up very soon as well.

Cheers!

Ninth Annual Snowbird Brewfest

Snowbird's Ninth Annual Brewfest is coming up June 10th and 11th. This year look for TWENTY-SIX local and national breweries sampling 3-5 of their finest brews. Admission is FREE!

Live Music - Saturday, June 10
12-1:30pm: The Nate Robinson Trio
2-2:30pm: The Fabulous Flynstones
4-6pm: Joshy Soul

Live Music - Sunday, June 11
12-1:30pm: The Weekenders
2-3:30pm: Sin City Soul
4-6pm: Hectic Hobo

2017 Pricing
$5 parking (cash only)
$15 for Brewfest mug and 3 tokens
$2 for additional tokens
4 oz. beer samples range from 1-2 tokens

There is limited parking at the resort, Snowbird strongly encourage guests to consider carpooling. To that end, during these event days, Snowbird will be charging $5 (cash-only) for parking in lots accessed via Entries 1, 2 and 4.

As soon as we get the brewery lineup we'll get that to you.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday's "Spicy" Edition

Not even Press Secretary "Spicy" can deny that this is one Hell of a great New Beer Friday. "We have the best New Beer Friday, nobody has it better".

Bohemian's Lebowski Beer: This is a light golden lager showcasing Polish Lubelski hops. Prominent floral, lemon, and spicy aromas are followed by a soft herbal hop flavor. Graham cracker and grainy malt sweetness is balanced with the perfect bitterness that abides to your palate. This beer really ties the room together, Dude. 4.0% ABV. This is a super small batch brew available for a limited time at Brewvies and at the Bohemian Brewery.

Uinta's West Coast - Style IPA: Tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple and mango. Light toasted bread comes next. The sweetness from the malt creates ghostly melon and berry notes, that transition into white pepper and pine. Towards the end an herbal and grassy earthiness rounds out the flavors leaving a dry and slightly puckering finish. 6.3% ABV @ Uinta - soon everywhere.

Epic's Citralush:  The nose has tropical fruit, hops and malt. The flavors are pithy grapefruit, resiny hops and malt. The finish is lightly bitter with a fruity hops aftertaste. 7.2% ABV. Limited supply in growlers at Epic's bottle shop.  

Elysian's Superfuzz: The nose has citrus with herbal hoppy notes. The taste has mellow blood orange citrus flavors, mild hops, very present dryness bite mixed in with a minor floral flavor. It has an obvious extract taste, but it doesn't deter fro the enjoyment too much. 6.4% ABV @ DABC, Beer Bar.

Shades of Pale's Misconception Belgian IPA:  The nose is fruity with straw, Belgian yeast notes, bread and citrusy hops. Flavor follows, with some of the fruit ester notes from the yeast well melded with citrusy hops. Fairly dry and not overly bitter. 8.0% ABV @ SOP's Pub and bottle shop.

Shades of Pale's Berlinerweiss w/ Plum: Moderately tart. The plum adds some freshness. It basically like unripened plum. Light and totally crushable. Very limited. 3.5% ABV @ SOP's Pub 

Shades of Pale Brett Saison w/ cherry: This will be bottled this afternoon. I'm really looking 
 forward to trying this one. Only at SOP's Pub and bottle shop.

Shades of Pale's Hogs Head #4 Bourbon Barrel Belgian Quad: Very reminiscent of Boulevard's Bourbon Barrel Quad. Sweet candy sugar with sour berry tartness and a Bourbon back. AND it's in a 12oz. bottle. This is a nicely complex beer, one of SOP's best beers yet. 13.0% ABV @ SOP's Pub and bottle shop.

Strap Tank's Ypres Saison: I haven't made it down there yet to try this. This Saison is made with 100lbs blueberries/50lbs blackberries. I really need to try this. 4.0% ABV


Fisher's Yellowbelly Amarillo Sunshine: Not tried this one yet. The name has my attention though. Described as crisp and citrusy. 4.0% ABV @ Fisher

How has your Craft Beer Week been? There's been a lot going on and I hope you've found my coverage helpful. Here's today's schedule. I normally don't post much on the weekends, but I'll keep up to date schedules through Sunday. Hope to see you at the Sugar House Pub Crawl tomorrow!

Friday - May 19th:

Uinta Brewing: Firkin Friday. Enjoy a specialty firkin TBD in the Uinta Brewhouse Pub.

$5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.

Prix Fixe On-Demand Beer Dinner. Enjoy a three-course meal – each course paired with a different beer. Available all day.

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK

West Side Tavern: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home.

Shades of Pale Brewing: Release of Hogshead Reserve No.4 - Belgian Style Quad Aged in Bourbon Barrels. 12.0% ABV 

RoHa Brewing Project: Tap Takeover at the State Room. 

Bohemian Brewing: Food Specials.

RedRock Downtown: 4PM beer class hosted by Cameron Jones.            

o   Limited seating.  Inquire at RRBC to purchase your spot.

o   $10 a head.  Includes beer & finger food

o   The class will be approx. 1 hour.

Daily food/beer pairing special and ½ off 1 appetizer if you mention Craft Beer Week to your server.

Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50

Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off

RedRock Fashion Place: 

$2 off Featured bottle beer of the day.    

$2.50 Featured draft beer every day.
Check in on Untappd, earn the new ‘This is the Place’ badge (that we created after we became Utah’s first Untappd Verified Venue Brewpub) and earn 10% off your meal.

Talisman Brewing: Free pint glass with $50 purchase.

Epic Brewing: All week long, enjoy a special cheese board featuring a couple of goodies from the Caputo's Cheese Cave, while supplies last.
Cave Aged Cheddar made from Beehive's curds, bound in cloth soaked in butter and duck fat, along with the Double Skull washed rind Taleggio. Pair up this unique board with a couple of Epic's IPAs!

All week long, get a free pub-style pint glass with the purchase of any t-shirt, hoodie or cycling jersey.
Stop in early in the week to sign up for a Friday brewery tour. We've got limited space that evening, so sign up early.

Proper Brewing: $10 Pitchers.

Strap Tank Brewing: Ypres French Saison with 100lbs blueberries/50lbs blackberries. On tap for American Craft Beer Week 5/15-21.2 Row Brewing: Special re-release of the Falconers Flight Random IPA. This recipe was a huge hit last year and is back by popular demand.

Prost!

Mountain Brewers Beerfest Ticket are Here & Day 4 of American Craft Beer Week

Tickets for the Mountain Brewers Beer Festival have arrived locally. You can find them at Roosters locations, Uinta Brewing and Bohemian Brewing. They will disappear fast, so if your planning on going, I'd snag some pronto. You can purchase them online as well, but beware. There are NO ticket sales at the gate this year. Tickets are $40 - this gets you unlimited 4oz. pours from 100 different regional, national and international breweries. 

Thursday - May 18th:

Uinta Brewing: Trivia Night in the Uinta Brewhouse Pub. Enjoy beer and Uinta themed questions as well as questions on a variety of other topics. 7pm in the Pub – prizes awarded to the top three teams.
• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.
• Thursday – Prix Fixe On-Demand Beer Dinner. Enjoy a three-course meal – each course paired with a different beer. Available all day.
Bohemian/Brewvies: The "Little Lebowski Urban Achiever" release party and tap takeover, featuring the Big Lebowski film sponsored by Bohemian Brewery. We will be releasing our new Brewer’s Stache beer "The Little Lebowski” (This beer really ties the room together) and offering all Bohemian beers for $3/pint. Dress up like the Dude or one of your favorite characters from the movie for fun prizes and giveaways. Tickets are available on eventbrite for $6 in advance of time or $8 at the door day of.
Squatters Downtown: BEER 101 CLASS Sample your way through the art of drinking craft beer with an intimate class with a brewmaster. $20
Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK
West Side Tavern: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home.
Wasatch Park City: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home. $10 - 5pm.
Shades of Pale Brewing: Release of Brett Saison Brewed with Tart Cherries and aged in Wine Barrels. 6.5% ABV
RoHa Brewing Project: Back stage brewery pass - Time TBA
RedRock Downtown: 4PM beer class hosted by Cameron Jones.          
o Limited seating.  Inquire at RRBC to purchase your spot.
o $10 a head.  Includes beer & finger food
o The class will be approx. 1 hour
Daily food/beer pairing special
½ off 1 appetizer if you mention Craft Beer Week to your server.
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off
RedRock Fashion Place: 
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Check in on Untapped, earn the new ‘This is the Place’ badge (that we created after we became Utah’s first Untappd Verified Venue Brewpub) and earn 10% off your meal.
Talisman Brewing: $8 Growler fills
Epic Brewing: Get hear early on Thursday to grab your growler of our Citralush New England Style IPA. This release will sell out quickly, so don't wait!
Proper Brewing: $10 Pitchers and Firkin Thursday
Strap Tank Brewing: Ypres French Saison with 100lbs blueberries/50lbs blackberries. On tap for American Craft Beer Week 5/15-21.
2 Row Brewing: Special re-release of the Falconers Flight Random IPA. This recipe was a huge hit last year and is back by popular demand.

Cheers!

SLUG Mag On Tap and Day 3 of Craft Beer Week

Since 2008, SLUG Magazine has crafted an issue that we all hold dear to our hearts: The Local Beer Issue. This year, SLUG will celebrate its 10th Annual Local Beer Issue with one fantastic event.

SLUG Magazine is proud to announce SLUG Mag On Tap, a craft beer festival featuring 100 percent Utah-brewed beer. In addition to celebrating delectable local brews, a portion of the proceeds from SLUG Mag On Tap will benefit the Utah Brewers Guild (UBG). The UBG is a 501(c)-6 nonprofit that was founded to provide a united voice for craft breweries in the state of Utah. Currently 18 breweries strong and growing, the UBG is dedicated to encouraging local purchasing, defending the industry and educating the public about all things brew-related.

SLUG Mag On Tap will take place on Saturday, July 1, from 2–7 p.m. at The Gateway. Pre-sale tickets are available for $20 and will be $25 day-of. Each ticket includes 3 sample tokens and a full-sized commemorative mug. Join us for a day filled with local beer, local food, local music and plenty of fun. 21+ Only.

It's Day 3 of American Craft Beer Week. Take a close look at today's schedule, it may look the same but there are many different events and promotions listed.

Wednesday - May 17th:

Uinta Brewing: Brett Beer School with Head Brewer of Research and Development Isaac Winter. Isaac will explain the history of the style, talk about brettanomyces yeast, and walk participants through a sampling. $10 admission will pay for the samples, and the class is free. 6pm – 7pm in the Uinta Brewhouse Pub. Pre-registration required by emailing tsapula@uintabrewing.com.
• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.
• Monday through Wednesday enjoy a Cheese, Chocolate, and Charcuterie board – each element paired with a unique beer with complimentary flavors.
Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK
West Side Tavern: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home. $10 - 5pm.
Shades of Pale Brewing: Release of Misconception Belgian Style IPA.
RoHa Brewing Project:  6:30 p.m. Live locally crafted music paired with local food from Indulge Eats and Fillings and Emulsions  
Bohemian Brewing: Ogden Helles release party at Slackwater  Pub. Starts at 6pm.
RedRock Brewing Downtown:
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off
RedRock Fashion Place:
Featured draft beer every day. $2.50
Check in on the Untappd Beer Social Media App to earn the new ‘This is the Place’ badge (that we created after we became Utah’s first Untappd Verified Venue Brewpub) and earn 10% off your meal.
Proper Brewing: $10 pitchers in the bar.
Talisman Brewing: $5 off a hoodie or zip up
Epic Brewing: All week long, enjoy a special cheese board featuring a couple of goodies from the Caputo's Cheese Cave, while supplies last.
•Cave Aged Cheddar made from Beehive's curds, bound in cloth soaked in butter and duck fat, along with the Double Skull washed rind Taleggio. Pair up this unique board with a couple of Epic's IPAs!
•All week long, get a free pub-style pint glass with the purchase of any t-shirt, hoodie or cycling jersey.
•Stop in early in the week to sign up for a Friday brewery tour. We've got limited space that evening, so sign up early.
Strap Tank Brewing: Ypres French Saison with 100lbs blueberries/50lbs blackberries. On tap for American Craft Beer Week 5/15-21.

Cheers!

Epic's Citralush NE-IPA and Craft Beer Week Day Two

Unless you've been living under a very dry rock, you know that the North East Style IPA is the huge thing in the beer industry now. Locally - 2 Row Brewing, Shades of Pale and Epic Brewing have been leading the charge, with Wasatch just coming out with a session version (Snowbird IPA) earlier this month. On Thursday, Epic will be releasing their newest version which will be going into bottles and cans in the coming days. Citralush will feature that cloudy orange look, low bitterness and high tropical fruit notes. Thursday's first taste will come in Epic's Special Growlers, so don't forget to bring back your empties. Trust me, your gunna love this one.

Today is day two of American Craft Beer Week. Here's today's events and specials.

Tuesday - May 16th:

Uinta Brewing: Tour Tuesday Free Brewery Tours at the top of the hour, every hour (10am to 6pm). Email tours@uintabrewing.com to reserve your spot. Tours are first come first serve and limited to 12 people – pre-registration required.
• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.
• Monday through Wednesday enjoy a Cheese, Chocolate, and Charcuterie board – each element paired with a unique beer with complimentary flavors.
Wasatch Sugar House: BEER 101 CLASS Sample your way through the art of drinking craft beer with an intimate class with a brewmaster. $20 - 6pm
Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK
Shades of Pale Brewing: Release of new beer - Berliner Weisse with Plum.
RoHa Brewing Project: Beer Trivia - 6pm
Bohemian Brewing: Meet the Brewers and brewery tour. 6-8pm. $15 includes a pint glass to take home and a few samples of beer.
RedRock Downtown:
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off
RedRock Fashion Place:
Featured draft beer every day. $2.50
Check in on the Untappd Beer Social Media App to earn the new ‘This is the Place’ badge (that we created after we became Utah’s first Untappd Verified Venue Brewpub) and earn 10% off your meal.
Proper Brewing: $10 pitchers in the bar.
Talisman Brewing: $10 t-shirts
Epic Brewing: All week long, enjoy a special cheese board featuring a couple of goodies from the Caputo's Cheese Cave, while supplies last.
•Cave Aged Cheddar made from Beehive's curds, bound in cloth soaked in butter and duck fat, along with the Double Skull washed rind Taleggio. Pair up this unique board with a couple of Epic's IPAs!
•All week long, get a free pub-style pint glass with the purchase of any t-shirt, hoodie or cycling jersey.
•Stop in early in the week to sign up for a Friday brewery tour. We've got limited space that evening, so sign up early.

Cheers!

2017's American Craft Beer Week Begins

Today begins American Craft Beer Week. Here's today list of events. Still waiting on on a few breweries. I'll get the word out via social media when updates come in. Please keep checking back.

Monday - May 15th:

Uinta: Half-Off Selected Retail Items! Shoppers are encouraged to come in and stock up on their favorite Uinta swag at a discounted price. Other merch will be discounted 10% Monday – Friday.
Programs running all week:
• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.
• Monday through Wednesday enjoy a Cheese, Chocolate, and Charcuterie board – each element paired with a unique beer with complimentary flavors.
Bohemian: Join us at the brewery on our patio for a release of this year’s Helles Bock Lager, a limited spring seasonal, 6.9% ABV.  Tickets are $20 and include light fare, 2 Helles Bock Lagers and a Bohemian pint glass to take home.
Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK
Shades of Pale: Release of Double Trouble - Double Dry Hopped IPA 10.0% ABV
RoHa: Brewer/Owners meet and greet. 5pm.
RedRock Downtown: 2015 Reve will be brought up from the cellar.  Very limited availability
•Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
•Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2.00 off.
RedRock Fashion Place:
•Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
•Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2.00 off.
Proper: $10 pitchers.
Epic: All week long, enjoy a special cheese board featuring a couple of goodies from the Caputo's Cheese Cave, while supplies last.
•Cave Aged Cheddar made from Beehive's curds, bound in cloth soaked in butter and duck fat, along with the Double Skull washed rind Taleggio. Pair up this unique board with a couple of Epic's IPAs!
•All week long, get a free pub-style pint glass with the purchase of any t-shirt, hoodie or cycling jersey.
•Stop in early in the week to sign up for a Friday brewery tour. We've got limited space that evening, so sign up early.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 5/12/17

This week's New Beer Friday finds are mostly local, including the highly anticipated Flanders Red from Uinta Brewing and home brewer Rob Rutledge. Have a great weekend!

Bohemian's Pro/Am Lagerpalooza IPL - Nose of light citrus fruit, herbal hop notes. Flavors follow the nose with honey and citrus notes on the front and sides, a bittering herbal hops note to the middle and rear, and a toasty grain flavors in the back and aftertaste. Very nice.6.0% ABV @ Bohemian

Desert Edge's Kellerbier - This is an unfiltered German Helles. The aroma is full of sweet grainy malt. The flavor is doughy malt and subtle spicy and floral German Saaz hops. Low hop flavor and bitterness let the pilsner malt dominate for a malty yet light and refreshing lager. @Desert Edge

Squatters' Laurel Lager - Herbal and grassy nose. The taste had sweet and toasted grains with balancing herbal and grassy hops. Very nice lager. 4.0% ABV @ Squatters

Uinta Cahoots Flanders Style Red - This came out yesterday afternoon, and I missed out. I'll have tasting notes this afternoon at 3:30pm on KBER 101. 8.0% ABV @ Uinta

Deschutes Pacific Wonderland - The nose has sweet biscuit, earthy and lemony hops. Flavor follows and has a nice dry finish on a well balanced. 5.5% ABV @ Bayou, DABC

Upslope Citra Pale Ale - Not had this yet. Upslope describes it as prominently featuring Citra hops, our Citra Pale Ale delivers pungent grapefruit and tropical fruit aromas on the nose with a semi-dry finish. Juicy notes imparted by the hops pair with the light caramel malt character to balance this drinkable, “go-to” American Pale Ale. 5.8% ABV @ Bayou, DABC

Fisher Brexit Brown Ale - haven't tried this yet. 4.0% ABV @ Fisher

There are more new addition to your American Craft beer Week Calendar from Bohemian and Roosters. You can find them here.

Cheers!

Utah's 2017 American Craft Beer Week Schedule

Today I've begun to compile a list of all of the events planned for next week's American Craft Beer Week. This events calendar is fluid and will be modified daily, as more information comes in. Just because you don't see a brewery/bar listed doesn't mean they have nothing planned. Keep checking back often for the updated events.

If you come across anything related to American Craft Beer Week that I don't have please email me at utahbeer@gmail.com/ so that I can add it.

Monday - May 15th:

Uinta: Half-Off Selected Retail Items! Shoppers are encouraged to come in and stock up on their favorite Uinta swag at a discounted price. Other merch will be discounted 10% Monday – Friday.

Programs running all week:

• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.

• Monday through Wednesday enjoy a Cheese, Chocolate, and Charcuterie board – each element paired with a unique beer with complimentary flavors.   

Bohemian: Join us at the brewery on our patio for a release of this year’s Helles Bock Lager, a limited spring seasonal, 6.9% ABV.  Tickets are $20 and include light fare, 2 Helles Bock Lagers and a Bohemian pint glass to take home.

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK

Shades of Pale: Release of Double Trouble - Double Dry Hopped IPA 10.0% ABV
RoHa: Brewer/Owners meet and greet. 5pm. 
RedRock Downtown: ’15 Reve will be brought up from the cellar.  Very limited availability
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off.

Tuesday - May 16th:

Uinta: Tour Tuesday Free Brewery Tours at the top of the hour, every hour (10am to 6pm). Email tours@uintabrewing.com to reserve your spot. Tours are first come first serve and limited to 12 people – pre-registration required.

• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.

• Monday through Wednesday enjoy a Cheese, Chocolate, and Charcuterie board – each element paired with a unique beer with complimentary flavors.

Wasatch Sugar House: BEER 101 CLASS Sample your way through the art of drinking craft beer with an intimate class with a brewmaster. $20 - 6pm

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK

Shades of Pale: Release of new beer - Berliner Weisse with Plum. 
RoHa: Beer Trivia - time TBA 
Bohemian: Meet the Brewers and brewery tour. 6-8pm. $15 includes a pint glass to take home and a few samples of beer.
RedRock Downtown:
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off

Wednesday - May 17th:

Uinta: Brett Beer School with Head Brewer of Research and Development Isaac Winter. Isaac will explain the history of the style, talk about brettanomyces yeast, and walk participants through a sampling. $10 admission will pay for the samples, and the class is free. 6pm – 7pm in the Uinta Brewhouse Pub. Pre-registration required by emailing tsapula@uintabrewing.com.

• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.

• Monday through Wednesday enjoy a Cheese, Chocolate, and Charcuterie board – each element paired with a unique beer with complimentary flavors.

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK

West Side Tavern: Brewery Tours Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home. $10 - 5pm.

Shades of Pale: Release of Misconception Belgian Style IPA.
RoHa: Live Music - 6:30pm 
Bohemian: Ogden Helles release party at Slackwater  Pub. Starts at 6pm. 
RedRock Downtown:
Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50

Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off

Thursday - May 18th:

Uinta: Trivia Night in the Uinta Brewhouse Pub. Enjoy beer and Uinta themed questions as well as questions on a variety of other topics. 7pm in the Pub – prizes awarded to the top three teams.

• $5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.

• Thursday – Prix Fixe On-Demand Beer Dinner. Enjoy a three-course meal – each course paired with a different beer. Available all day.

Bohemian/Brewvies: The "Little Lebowski Urban Achiever" release party and tap takeover, featuring the Big Lebowski film sponsored by Bohemian Brewery. We will be releasing our new Brewer’s Stache beer "The Little Lebowski” (This beer really ties the room together) and offering all Bohemian beers for $3/pint. Dress up like the Dude or one of your favorite characters from the movie for fun prizes and giveaways. Tickets are available on eventbrite for $6 in advance of time or $8 at the door day of.

Squatters Downtown: BEER 101 CLASS Sample your way through the art of drinking craft beer with an intimate class with a brewmaster. $20

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK

West Side Tavern: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home.

Wasatch Park City: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home. $10 - 5pm.

Shades of Pale: Release of Brett Saison Brewed with Tart Cherries and aged in Wine Barrels. 6.5% ABV
RoHa: Back stage brewery pass - Time TBA
RedRock Downtown:
  4PM beer class hosted by Cameron Jones.            

o   Limited seating.  Inquire at RRBC to purchase your spot.

o   $10 a head.  Includes beer & finger food

o   The class will be approx. 1 hour

·         Daily food/beer pairing special

·         ½ off 1 appetizer if you mention Craft Beer Week to your server.

Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off
RedRock Fashion Place: Featured bottle beer of the day.  
$2 off Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Check in on Untapped, earn the new ‘This is the Place’ badge (that we created after we became Utah’s first Untappd Verified Venue Brewpub) and earn 10% off your meal.
 

Friday - May 19th:

Uinta: Firkin Friday. Enjoy a specialty firkin TBD in the Uinta Brewhouse Pub.

$5.00 for Flights of Four – Blind Taste Test. Guess ¾ of the beers correctly and you will be entered into a daily raffle for a limited Uinta swag item.

Prix Fixe On-Demand Beer Dinner. Enjoy a three-course meal – each course paired with a different beer. Available all day.

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK

West Side Tavern: Tour our breweries and end with 2 samples, 1 full pint of beer and glass to take home.

Shades of Pale: Release of Hogshead Reserve No.4 - Belgian Style Quad Aged in Bourbon Barrels. 12.0% ABV 
RoHa: Tap Takeover at the State Room. 
Bohemian: Food Specials.
RedRock Downtown: 4PM beer class hosted by Cameron Jones.            

o   Limited seating.  Inquire at RRBC to purchase your spot.

o   $10 a head.  Includes beer & finger food

o   The class will be approx. 1 hour

·         Daily food/beer pairing special

·         ½ off 1 appetizer if you mention Craft Beer Week to your server.

Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Featured bottle beer of the day.  $2 off
RedRock Fashion Place: Featured bottle beer of the day.  
$2 off Featured draft beer every day.  $2.50
Check in on Untapped, earn the new ‘This is the Place’ badge (that we created after we became Utah’s first Untappd Verified Venue Brewpub) and earn 10% off your meal.

Saturday - May 20th:

Sugar House Pub Crawl: Noon to 4pm -Stops Include:

Campfire Lounge

The Tap Room

Fiddlers Elbow

SugarHouse Pub

Black Sheep at Epic Brewing Company

Mellow Mushroom

The RUIN

Trolley Wing Company

Wasatch Brewery

For more info visit:

https://www.sugarhousechamber.org/shpubcrawl

Uinta: Join us at the Brewhouse Pub with our friends from One Love Yoga for Ales and Asanas. There will be a one hour yoga class followed by a special brunch. Details for sign-up will be available soon at: https://www.facebook.com/events/211561262676549/. Stick around and watch the RSL game later in the day – first 48 people get to keep their RSL co-branded glasses.

Shades of Pale: Tours at 4:00pm  5:00pm  6:00 pm 7:00pm and 8:00pm.  We're taking 10 people per tour.  Marcio, brewer/Lead Scientist will lead the tours. Tour will be free. To sign up email alex@shadesofpale.com.

Wasatch/Squatters locations: $2.50 12OZ DRAFTS ALL WEEK
Roosters: Femintation Release Party at The Union Grill. 7-9pm.
Bohemian: Harmon’s City Creek Beer and Cheese Pairing Class 6:30 pm register  online at Harmon’s https://www.harmonsgrocery.com/classes?storeId=17##results

Whole Foods (Ft Union Craft Beer Week/Bike Month Summer Bbq Kick off party)

We are hosting an event with Whole Foods (Ft. Union and Highland) from 4-6pm , the event is meant to celebrate Craft Beer Week (May 15-21) and Bike Month (May is National Bike Month) and the kick off of Whole Foods Weekly Saturday BBQ and beer program. Whole foods will be smoking meats and veggies in their parking lot and Bohemian will be on hand offering beers. We have partnered with some of our neighbors in the community to help promote the Ft Union/Cottonwood businesses and of course biking. Solitude has offered some Day Lift passes for the their bike trails to raffle off as well. 

Spoke Sessions-A festival of beer and bicycling in support of clean air Salt Lake. OnSaturday, May 20, this event will celebrate American Craft Brew Week and National Bike Month. At State Street and 800 South in downtown Salt Lake City, back parking lot behind Crank SLC.

Sunday - May 21st:

Squatters Downtown: Beer - Whiskey Dinner: 3 course dinner with High West Whiskey & craft beer pairings. $65 - 6pm at Squatters Downtown.

Cheers!

Sour Brett Saison Coming from Shades of Pale

Fresh off their win in the session beer version of the Utah Beer Challenge, Shade of Pale Brewing Co. ups their game with this preview of their newest barrel aged beer a Sour Brett Saison.

This upcoming beer is currently aging in wine barrels with tart cherries - could be a taste of more things to come SSL's SOP! Stay close for  it's release date.

Cheers!

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New Beer Friday/Utah Beer Challenge Winner

Happy Cinco De Mayo and Nueva Cerveza Viernes (New Beer Friday)! If you're looking for some locally made beer with some south of the boarder flare - Epic's Los Locos or Beerito from Oskar Blues/Utah Brewers Cooperativeare just a couple of the many options out there for you to try. If not? I found five new brews that I think will make you happy.

Roosters Femintation American Ale - Full of char and roasted malt. Piney hops back it up with subtle alcohol. Very clean finish. Probably my favorite Roosters beer ever.7.5% ABV @ Rooster, Slackwater

Stone Enjoy By 5/29/17 - Tangerine/Grapefruit and mango mostly with a good dose of malts - nice balance. Nice body with a fairly dry finish. Surprisingly drinkable for a 9.4 % ABV DIPA.It's Fresh, fresh, fresh! @ Bayou, Beer Bar, Slackwater, Beerhive

Stone Dayslayer IPL - This one is a winner. Citrus peel, melon, berries & herbal hops dominate. Some Vienna malts backing it up. Spicy & dry in the finish. Quite tasty, you should try this.7.5% ABV @ Beer Bar, Slackwater, Bayou

Talisman Saison - Missed out on trying this one. Look for earthy yeast tones, mild to moderate tartness. Lots of spice and with a medium bitterness. This is under their Season Ale label. 

Proper Ragman Belgian IPA - This new higher alcohol version of their Belgo-IPA. The fruity and spicy esters from the yeast dominate the palate for the most part. The hop bill which comprises of some citrus peel flavors and botanicals play pretty well with these flavors. A fairly full bodied IPA. 6.0% ABV @ Proper Brewing

Today, you have declared that Shades of Pale's Grapefruit Revolution is the tastiest, locally made beer of them all. This sleeper, citrus bomb takes full advantage of it's name imparting huge citrus notes in a little IPA package. If you haven't had a chance to try this session-y dream you're really missing out. It's available at most grocery, C-stores and of course the brewery located at 2160 s. West Temple, Salt Lake City.

Trent/Alex/Marcio, I invite you to display this hastily crafted certificate of awesomeness wherever you see fit. Above the shitter comes to mind. Congrats again to Shades of Pale Brewing.

Thanks to everyone for participating in the High and Low Point Challenges. Feedback is always welcome.

Total	Answer
59.06%	Shades of Pale Grapefruit Revolution	75 (59.06%)
40.94%	RedRock IPA Junior	52 (40.94%)

(127 Total Votes)

Don't forget, New Beer Friday with Mick and Allen on KBER101 this afternoon at 3:30pm.

Salude!