Full Disclosure: New Beer Friday does not manipulate your data for profit. That being said, when/if we ever make any serious coin, moolah, shekels or quatloos while doing this shit..... you're pretty much screwed. Until then, check out this week's most excellent new beers.
Ogden River/Becker's Best - American Pilsner: Head Brewer/Partner, Pat Winslow told me that he spent hours pouring over old invoices that are archived at Utah State University to figure out what ingredients were used to produce Becker's original lager. "not everything available then is available now", Winslow says, "but I've found malt and hops that are very close". Pat's lager is crystal-clear, light gold body; thick, sudsy head. Sweet, crystal malt aroma; sweet grass scent; pungent with a very light citrus undertone. A fine base of light cereal grain flavor with a good hop bitterness presence from start to end. Medium-light body; crisp and clean; gently warm on the palate; mostly dry finish. 5.0% - Only at Ogden River on draft and in 12 ounce cans.
Epic - Naked Baptist: So what makes this version "naked"? Well, it contain's no adjuncts. This is just a barrel aged imperial stout with no coffee or cocoa added. Apparently the brewers at Epic have been wanting to do a straight-up, barrel-aged stout for some time. This may surprise you all but Epic has never made a BA Impy Stout, only the Big Bad Baptist. Now we have it. This is full of chocolate and vanilla qualities with a big dose of bourbon. It's quite delicious. Beware of the ABV which ranges from 13.1% - 13.7% depending on the the batch. Only at Epic.
SaltFire - Heavy Metal Parking Lot: When I first met Kevin Kirk, The Heavy Metal Shop was located in Sandy on 9400 s. He shared with me his love Metal, Alice Cooper and that he once dated my cousin. 34 years later the Heavy Metal Shop is still killing it and with help from SaltFire's Ryan Miller, we all get to celebrate Kevin's iconic music store with a beer as black as his t-shirt collection. The American style black lager has a good amount of malt sweetness with subtle use of roasted malt. This is different than a Schwartzbier or Baltic porter. 6.66% - only at Saltfire
Shades - Kveik Passion Dragon Fruit Sour: This non-lactose fruited sour relies on the fruits for its sweetness. Passion Fruit dominates for the most part. I'm not too familiar with Dragon Fruit, so I'm not sure if I'm tasting it or not. Tasty stuff. 6.5% - Available at Shades.
Toasted Barrel - Small Batch Hazy IPA: Hazy, gold on the pour with fluffy head and lots of lace. Aroma is citrus and melon. Taste is fruity, floral with some resin but finishes sweet and smooth. As the kids say, it's crushable but pleasant also to sip and savor. 5.0% - This small batch is only at Toasted Barrel.
Hopkins - Märzenhead Lager: Their take on Märzen/Oktoberfest German lager, featuring a light amber color, with a malt-forward flavor full of toasted bread and slight caramel notes. 5.0%
Hopkins - Munich Helles: A traditional German lager, featuring a heavy amount of bready malt notes accompanied with a crisp light body accented with Hallertau Blanc hops.5.0%
Hopkins - Deseret Dunkel: A version of a Munich Dunkel. The aroma is malty, sweet and bready, while the flavor profile is rich and complex, displaying notes of chocolate, and graham cracker. With minimal bitterness, the flavor is reminiscent of Golden Graham cereal. A delicious dark lager without the roasty character of a stout or a porter. 5.0%
Hopkins - Campfire Smoked Lager: A German style Rauchbier. Local cherry-wood smoked malt from Solstice Malt adds a distinct smokiness with some light crystal and aromatic malts to give it a nice malty backbone and crisp finish. 5.0%
Deschutes - Squeezy Rider West Coast IPA: Pretty mellow hop profile. Hits on notes of orange, pineapple, guava and just a touch of grapefruit. Fair bready malt backbone that also adds a trace of toastiness. Finish hangs onto the light tropical notes, and linger in the aftertaste. 7.0% - Found at Slackwater.
Returning Favorites
RoHa - Project Porter: Roasty malt is strong on the nose. There's a lot of chocolate in the taste, and there's a rich creaminess, too. A touch of hop bitterness to balance (or is it char?). Its body is rich and substantial, a lot like a stout. 5.0% - Available at RoHa.
Here are this week's Small batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.
Cheers!
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