New Beer Friday 4/28/22

There's a huge amount of new beers this week. The Bayou received a cargo ship full of beer yesterday that is definitely worth checking out. 

SaltFire - Series of Singularities (Strata Hops): This beer pours a dull gold with a moderate head. The aroma is unusual,with a combo of berry and stonefruit notes and an undercurrent of cannabis,black tea, and cranberry. The flavor is super juicy upfront, with strawberry, rose wine, cranberry, raspberry, white grape, cannabis, fruit loops, and a solid amount of bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall this is a really excellent beer - utterly unique in my experience of hop flavors, with a tasty based and solid bitterness.

Hopkins - The Hunter: This Kolsch is rich with grains and malts. Along with sweetness and mild hops. Between the look and smell this is one inviting brew. The taste is Bold with flavors. You first pick up on the sweet grains and malts. Then a mild hop bitterness at the end. There is alot going on in this Kolsch. There is nothing overpowering about this brew, it has a super nice balance to it. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Hopkins - Apricot Wheat: This American wheat brewed with apricot showcases the fruit’s heavy aroma, although the aroma is powerful, the apricot delicately balances between tons of malt bread notes, and rounded out with a thick mouthfeel. Brewed with 100% local malt from Solstice Malt.

TF - The After Party: Made with Nelson Sauvin, Sabro and Ekuanot hops. Has a hazy appearance for sure with a nice citrus and stone fruit aroma. The flavor starts the the same with nice citrus peel and some dull berry qualities. Some melon and herbal flavors come next. the overall malt profile and finish is on the dry-side. 5.0% - Only on draft at TF.

Red Rock - Ginger Gose: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at all Red Rock locations. 

Red Rock - Viva la Hatu: Missed this Mexican Lager. 5.0% - Available at all Red Rock locations.  

Aecht Schlenkerla - Weizen Rauchbier: Aroma is smoke, smoked meat, wood, banana, cloves and wheat malt. The taste is sweet and dry with strong smoke notes. Typical weizen notes with banana and cloves that is nicely ballanced with the smoke notes. Mouthfeel is soft and smooth with a medium carbonation and a medium body. A tasty rauchbier 5.10% - Found at the Bayou.

Aecht Schlenkerla - Urbock Rauchbier: Nose of smoky malt, oak, and brown bread crust. Flavor starts with sweet malt followed by a beautiful smokiness, charred oak and pork, brown bread, molasses, dates, and a hint of black licorice on the finish that lingers with a bit of smokiness. 6.6% - Found at the Bayou.

Aecht Schlenkerla - Marzen Rauchbier: Pours a deep red-brown color, with a medium top of beige head. This aroma is truly something. Full of smoked ham with wood and some hints of coffee and leather. The flavor is malty and sweet with a lot of smoke. Roasted malts, caramel, smoked ham and firewood. It finishes off dry with smoke in the back. The flavors are really balanced and the smoke never get too overwhelming. The aftertaste has a good lenght and the smoke is hanging in there for a good time. Smooth and silky mouthfeel with medium carbonation and a medium body. 5.4% - Found at the Bayou.

Cascade Brewing - Sang Royal: Pours a dark purple-brown body, one finger white head with good retention. Nice lacing and moderately sized film that sticks around a while. Smells of cherries, dark fruit, acetic acid, oak, raisins, fig. Quite acidic. Flavor is similarly acidic; lots of oak, a moderate contribution of cherry and dark fruit, not quite a true Kriek but the cherries are here to supplement the acidity and oak. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, on the thinner side of the spectrum, good carbonation, hefty dose of acetic acid makes it a bit tough to swig. Overall, a very sour ale with a nice cherry presence. 9.40% - Found at the Bayou.

Cascade Brewing - Primordial Noir: Missed this Wild Ale. 10.50% - Found at the Bayou.

St. Georgenbraeu - Hopfenzupfer Marzen: Missed this one. 5.60% - Found at the Bayou.

Harviestoun - Old Engine Oil: Missed this Porter. 6.00% - Found at the Bayou.

Hanssens - Oude Kriek Schaerbeekse: Missed this Lambic. 6.00% - Found at the Bayou.

Extraomnes - Zest: Missed this Belgian Pale Ale. 5.30% - Found at the Bayou.

Extraomnes - Bruin: Missed this Belgian Dubbel. 8.00% - Found at the Bayou.

De Glazen - Toren Saison d'Erpe-Mere: Missed this Farmhouse Ale. 5.50% - Found at the Bayou.

 

De Dolle - XL Pale-Ale: missed this Belgian Pale Ale. 6.50% - Found at the Bayou.

De Dolle - Special Extra Export Stout: Missed this one. 9.00% - Found at the Bayou.

De Dolle - Oeral: Missed this Belgian Pale Ale. 6.00% - Found at the Bayou.

Boulevard - Space Camper Cosmic IPA: Missed this one. 5.90% - Found at the Bayou.

Baladin - Nazionale: Missed this Belgian Blonde. 6.50% - Found at the Bayou.

Revision - Black Is Beautiful: Missed this Hazy IPA. 6.00% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Prairie Artisan Ales - Pirate Weekend: Missed this Imperial Stout. 13.0% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Falling Knife - Hidden Temple: Missed this Hazy. 7.3% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

E9 - Operation Haze Bro: Missed this Hazy. 6.70% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

E9 - Ghostwalker: Missed this IPA. 6.10% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Pipeworks - Mango Full Drip: Missed this Mango Pale Ale. 6.0% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Ighilika - African Herb Blossom: Missed this mead. 12.0% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Ighilika African Chili Mead: Missed this mead. 12.0% - Found at the Bayou and Slackwater.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 4/22/22

If You're looking for subtle IPAs this week, you can keep on look'n. None of that weak-ass shit is happening here this week. We have Terpenes, Sours, Bretts and extreme dry-hops. 

Grid City - Spanish Cedar Infused Whole Floor Dry-Hopped Nitro Pale Ale: Made with Cryo-Citra, Cry-Mosaic and whole flowers of the before mentioned hops. This was also aged on Spanish cedar spirals, which add wonderful wood notes. The hops are nice and citrusy with low bitterness. The nitro gives it a silky feel. I love this one. 4.8% - Only at Grid City.

TF - Speaking Terpanese: Herbal, citrus, vegetal nose. Whoa! That chewy. I’m picking up some wasabi I think? Na....Citrus peel for sure along with pine and pipe tobacco. Pineapple and ginger next with that dank nug envelope coating the mouth. There’s a lot going on here. The flavor assault covers the booze pretty well, That being said, you'll still get quite hammered. 13.0% - Available at TF.

Shades - Dank AF: This is more subtle than Speaking Terpanese. That being said, this is still quite chewy and dank. Mostly pine resin with some bitter orange peel. Some terpene flavors add to the full mouthfeel. It lives up to its name for sure. If you're in to Dank and chewy, you'll love this. 7.0% - Found at Shades, Bayou, Beerhive, 

Level Crossing - Zappa Hops Philly Sour IPA:These Zappa Hops a re a new/old hop out of New Mexico that are being grown in the northwest. The profile is herbal and citrusy combined with the sour from the Philly yeast. A tasty sour IPA.

Epic - Dos Locos:Aroma of sodium & lime peel. Flavor is a lil more intense than the standard Los Locos. Lotsa lime. There is salt for sure to balance the citric tartness. But the 7% ABV takes away from the overall drinkability slightly. - available at Epic today.

Epic - Horchata Cream Ale:Light cinnamon aroma. I was expecting a cinnamon bomb, it’s much more restrained. Light cinnamon, slight malt sweetness. Captures the intent for sure.5.0% - available at Epic today.

RoHa - Point Break Series (War child): This is a wild brett blend fermented on RoHa's Dog Tag IPA with added fresh pineapple. Funky/yeasty aroma with some vague fruitiness. A Wonderful pineapple snap hits first. I can really feel it in the back of my jaw. Plenty of malt sweetness & barn funk to balance it out. The pineapple works very well. Prob my fav Brett pale in many moons. 5.0% - Available today at Noon for RoHa's 5 year anniversary. A limited quantity of crowlers will be available, and will be pouring the remainder on Friday only until its gone.

Lagunitas - The Waldos: A rich malt presence in the nose over a slightly boozy background with resiny hops. The taste is big on hop resins, sappy with some spicy and boozy notes. The finish is assertively bitter, but it fades into a tongue coating spicy and piney hop smear. 11.7% - Found at Beerhive, Slackwater

Melvin - Muy Grande: Made with Ariana hops that have notes of grapefruit, currant, oak & vanilla. Accompanying the Ariana is some Chinook and Mosaic. 8.5% - Found at Slackwater

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing. 

Ciders

Reverend Nat's - Revival Hard Apple: Made with Dark Muscovado and Belgian saison yeast creates waves of pineapple, guava and peach flavors. Back-sweetened with fresh apple juice. 6.0% - Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Reverend Nat's - Sacrilege Sour Cherry: Made with Granny Smiths, Montmorency sour cherry, Morello sour cherry and Bartlett pears. That sounds tasty! 5.0% - Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Reverend Nat's - Saint Citron: Cider with lemon, lime, Meyer lemon, Persian black lime, kumquat and grapefruit. Cascade hops, ginger, sea salt. 5.2% - Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Reverend Nat's - Viva La Pineapple: Made with a blend of Tepache and cider.Tepache is a fermented beverage made from the peel and the rind of pineapples, and is sweetened either with piloncillo or brown sugar, seasoned with powdered cinnamon. Sound quite interesting. 6.0 - Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Cheers!

New Beer Good Friday

New Beer Good Friday? More like New Beer GREAT Friday! Many of you likely have a long weekend, which gives you more than enough time to work your way through this huge list of new beers. 

RoHa - Big Green Couch: This re-formulated Double IPA has a nose comprised caramel, lots of grapefruit, a touch of pine resin. The taste brings in more of the same, with the grapefruit and the caramel really combining and intertwining nicely. The body is medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a pretty dry finish. Overall, a pretty solid DIPA, one that doesn't try to o'erwhelm tastebuds with hops, but rather pumps plenty of hoppy flavor in with pleasantly sweet caramel sidekicks. Always nice to find an easy-going DIPA.

Hopkins - Guava Sour: This kettle-sour ale is naturally soured with lactobacillus, then brewed with coriander and orange peel. With an addition of Pink Boots hop blend and guava puree, there's a pleasant balance of fruit notes cutting through a gentle tartness. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins. 

Hopkins - Friendly Introduction Pale Ale #22: Made with Solstice Mild Malt then dry-hopped with Centennial, Chinook, and Simcoe hops. Tropical fruit character is the highlight of this pale ale while allowing a delicate malty backbone with minimal bitterness and a dry finish. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Wasatch - Women of Wasatch Dry-Hopped Pineapple Gose: No notes on this Pink Boots beer as it goes on sale today.

Uinta/Utah Pink Boots - Our Lady of the Desert: This is the collaboration Pink Boots beer that most of the breweries in the state had their hands on. This is hoppy lager has notes of dried mango, passionfruit and cantaloupe intertwine with vibrant hints of earthy herbal accents to create a refreshing experience that invokes the classical profile of lager beer, imbued with modern sensibilities. 5.0% -

Shades - Going Back to Cali, Cali: This Double IPA is a classic west coast style IPA. Brewed with Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade and Chinook hops, this brew falls on the earthy/piney end of the hop spectrum. 8.8%

Red Rock - Back Door Series (Bunny Hop): This new IPA features Citra, Galaxy and and Motueka hops. 8.2% Available at all Red Rock locations, but only available to-go from the Backdoor Beer Store at the downtown Brewpub. 

Park City - Local's Secret Porter: This collaboration with Park City Coffee Roasters is a robust medium-bodied porter brewed with Park City Coffee's cold brew coffee. Look for a roasty, coffee aroma with a chocolatey smooth taste. 5.0%

UTOG - Love Punch: This Hefeweizen was brewed with pineapple, orange and peach. This beer supports Project Rainbow Utah and Utah's LGBTQ community. UTOG will donate a portion of the the sales from this beer to Project Rainbow. 5.0% - Available now at UTOG. 

TF/Pit Viper - The Frank: This New collaboration with the SLC's infamous maker of eye shields hit today. A portion of the proceeds from this beer go to Wasatch Backcountry Rescue. 5.0% - Available at TF.

Strap Tank - Apple of My Eye: Apple of my eye is a Graf which is beer cider hybrid. This graf is 49% apple cider and a 51% ale blend. It has notes of apple, biscuit, and honey. It is reminiscent of a candy apple. 5.0% - Available at both Strap Tank locations.

Strap Tank - Besser Bier: This Munich Dunkel has a heavy toasted bread aroma and flavor. It is bursting with malty flavors but has a drinkability to it that most malty beers don’t have thanks to a soft, clean bitterness to balance out the richness of the Munich malt. 5.0% - Only at the Lehi Strap Tank. 

Strap Tank - Coco Curry: Coconut is right up front followed by the many different spices found in the Curry powder, subtle sweetness to round out the coconut and finishing nice and smooth with the curry. 4.7%  - Available at both Strap Tank locations.

Strap Tank - My Beer My Choice: This is Strap Tank's Pink Boots beer. This beer is nice and tart with tropical, raspberry, sour candy and citrus flavors, and finishes with a hint of hoppy bitterness that comes across as grapefruit. It is thirst quenching and easy to drink. 5.0%  - Available at both Strap Tank locations.

Strap Tank - Smoke Stack: This German style Smoke beer has a nice malty mouthfeel and finishes with notes of soft smoke, almost bacon/ham-like. Very limited. 4.7% - Only at the Lehi location.

Strap Tank - Saroléa: This Witbier has bready, soft spice and citrus character, which work very well with the Belgian yeast strain which gives off notes of banana, bubblegum and spice. 4.7% - Only at the Lehi location. 

Strap Tank - Purity: Big Banana, bubblegum and clove are present in this beer which is derived from the German Weizen yeast. No garnishments in this beer. This beer was made as true to style as they could make it according to the German Purity Law. 4.5% - Only at the Lehi location. 

Beer Zombies - Come Out To Haze: Huge tropical profile with some tangerine peel. Practically no bitterness - what a great hop salad! 8.5% - Exclusive to Beer Zombies.

Beer Zombies/Mason Ale works - Citra Revengeance: Big Citra bomb. Some herbal bite as well. Round but not too sweet. A long drawn-out bitterness. 8.0% - Exclusive to Beer Zombies.

E9 - Saturday - Sunshine: This lager is crisp and dry overall. I find it refreshing without being boring, the hops are killer too, strong in terms of dosage but very much noble type with some spiciness and grassy character. 5.8% - Found at Slackwater. 

E9 - The Compleat Lager: This is basically an English Mild that has been lagered. Look for a  toasted, nutty, nose that's lightly doughy. The flavor comes in waves, with caramel and maple up front, hops and toast in the middle and chestnut and almond late. Less hoppy than expected with a relatively clean finish. 5.2% - Found at Slackwater. 

E9 - Operation Haze Bro: It pours a hazy peach with three fingers of frothy white head. Citrus and tropical hops with tons of peach, mango and papaya. The taste starts bold with citrus and tropical hops upfront. Peach, mango, pineapple, vague citrus and orange peel follow suit. An earthy yeast finish wraps it up. 6.7% - Found at Slackwater. 

E9 - Harmonique: Missed this Helles. 4.7%  - Found at Slackwater. 

The Breuery - So Happens It's Tuesday (2021): This barrel-aged Imperial stout has a bourbon forward aroma, full of caramel popcorn, honey comb, soy sauce, tobacco, and fudge. Flavor brings sweet chocolate milk, more caramel popcorn, black olives, cocoa powder, cinnamon, sweet bourbon, and vanilla. As it warms, oak totally permeates the beer making it really complex. 15.0% - Found at Slackwater. 

Bavik - Super Wit: The nose has bold coriander and floral notes. The taste was easy to drink with bright malt base and strong floral presence with subtle citrus highlights. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a very good beer. 5.0% - Found at Slackwater. 

Oskar Blues - Oskar's Lager: Missed this 95 calories and 2.5 carbs per 12 oz. can beer. 4.2% - Found at West Side Tavern.

Mazama - Salud: This new brewery to the market is out of Corvallis, Oregon. Missed this Mexican-style lager. 5.0% - Found at Salt and Hops.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 4/8/22

 

Still pissed at me for my Pliny the Elder prank on April Fool's Day? Well, get in line; there are people way more important than you wanting to kick my ass. To make it up to you, I've compiled a massive list of local craft AND out of state brews, guaranteed to make you forget my (and any other) devilish pranks.

Proper - Ye Old Boi: There's whiskey in here for sure. Light caramel. Not quite the heavy body you’d expect from an 11% beer. Being an “English Strong” this has caramel corn, with bourbon accents and a sneaky hammer. It seems tame, but it’ll kick you in the pee-pee if you’re not paying attention. Available at Proper.

2 Row - Spring Saison: Aroma is citrusy, yeasty, and very spicy. Perhaps a hint of a honey-like sweetness. Taste is not overly sweet, yet it's not overly dry. Citrus and spice rapidly cycle. A primarily dominant lemony-citrus flavor emerges, but it is then quickly cut by a varietal of different spices; clove being the most prominent, but others are definitely present. Quite phenolic as it warms. 6.3% - 2 Row, Slackwater.

2 Row - King Zeangland: This Triple IPA features Nelson, Motueka and Southern Cross hops. It's full of tangerine peel. the sweet malt gives it a more citrus feel. This will destroy you, if you thing you're better than it is. 13.0% - found at 2 Row. 

Bonneville - Cool Fuzz: This NEIPA features Cashmere hops which provides a burst of citrusy lime flavor while flaked oats and barley create a pleasantly-round mouthfeel. 5.0% Only at Bonneville.

Epic - Space Debris: Made with Amarillo, Centennial, Citra and Nugget This goes on sale today at the brewery. 6.2%

Wasatch - Pink Boots IPA: This debuts today. No tasting notes on this one. 5.0% 

Heber Valley - Willa'tje: This is a Belgian-style Golden Strong. Look for a complex and powerful ale with rounded flavors. Hop and malt character is fruity and quite hoppy. 8.6% - Only at Heber Valley.

Desert Edge - Camp Water: This blonde ale is the  style of  typical wit - less the orange peel, A super crushable lawnmower blonde. 5.0% - Only at Desert Edge. 

Offset Bier - All Black Nothing: This IPA (not black) is made with Riwaka, Nelson and Rakau hops 6.5% 

Bewilder - Salt City Brew Supply Baby Dez: This beer was brewed to christen Salt City Brew Supply's new cold beer store inside of the before mentioned home brew store. Besides this ale, look for a massive selection of 5.0% and below craft brands from all over the world. 

Bewilder/Pravda - Golden Ale: Brewed from a recipe from Pravda Brewery, in support of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. A portion of the proceeds from this will go towards Ukrainian aid charities. 5.0%

Bewilder /Pravda- Red Eyes:  Brewed from a recipe from Pravda Brewery, in support of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. A portion of the proceeds from this will go towards Ukrainian aid charities. 5.0%

Red Rock - Backdoor Series (Nelson Sauvin Double IPA): This is full of berry and melon notes with herbal hops in the finish. Very tasty. Available to go from Red Rock’s SLC brewpub (back door of course. 8.1%

Red Rock - Hop Runner: This new IPA was made exclusivly for Harmon’s grocery stores and is Red Rock’s first canned beer. It’s a tangerine bomb that highly drinkable and dare I say, refreshing. Available at Harmon’s on Monday. 5.0%.  

Level Crossing - Pink Boots IPA:  brewed by Level Crossing employees Robyn Catton and Christine Patterson. It has fresh floral, herbal and berry aromas. Marris Otter and white wheat malts help give Pink Boots IPA a medium body with smooth and rounded hop flavors of chamomile and orange zest. Pink Boots IPA finishes with a clean and refreshing hop presence. $1 from every pint sold will be donated to the Pink Boots Society Utah Chapter. 5.0% - only at Level Crossing. 

Mason Ale Works - Gwion And the Witch: This is a Cinnamon Bun Style Pastry Stout. Cinnamon pretty much runs the show, it defiantly has that cinnamon roll vibe, but it also comes across as a holiday winter warmer. It's a bit too much cinnamon for this time of year... for me anyway. 13.5% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Sweet Creams Are Made of These (Raspberry/Blueberry): This milkshake inspired ale has huge amounts of raspberries and blueberries added with vanilla and lactose. Thick body with tart raspberry and blueberry notes to finish. 8.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Dime Store Revolver: This hazy Triple IPA was double dry hopped with 5 pounds of Citra and Motueka per barrel and a touch of milk sugar to add a slight sweetness. Dangerously, smooth at 11.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works/Ogopogo Brewing - Nelsonomicon: This collaboration beer is a Hazy Double IPA is packed full of Nelson, Citra and NZ Cascade Hops. 8.0% - Found at Slackwater.

Mason Ale Works - Strip Mall Lawyer: Missed this one. This Double Dry-Hopped Hazy Double IPA is packed full of Citra and Galaxy Hops 10.5% - Found at Slackwater.

Prairie Artisan Ales - Thai Delight: This beer is a mango sticky rice inspired sour ale with mango, flaked rice, and coconut cream. 5.1% - Found at Slackwater.

Falling Knife Brewing Company - Tomm’s: Missed this classic American Lager. 4.8% - Found at Slackwater.

Bootstrap Brewing  - Hazy IPA Adventure Series: Missed this IPA. 6.2% -Found at Slackwater.

Green Bench - Alice: This is a foeder fermented, wine barrel aged Golden Sour fermented with a house mixed culture of yeast and bacteria. The result is a dry golden ale, with an intense natural stone fruit aroma and flavor that is enhanced by a medium tart sourness. 5.5% - Found at The Bayou.

Prairie - Peanut Butter and Jelly Squeeze: This sour ale  is made with blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, dry roasted peanuts and peanut butter. Tart jammy flavors of dark berries dominate with some restrained peanut butter backing it up. 5.0% - Found at Salt and Hops.

Returning Favorites

2 Row - Old Fence Wrecker: This beer is a colaboration on many fronts. Made from a recipe formulated by award winning home brewer Zach Belles, this barrel aged barleywine. Look for flavors of caramel and toffee, followed by a hit of bourbon barrel that provides woody oak, vanilla and more caramel. Mid-palate continues with bourbon, and brings out sweet dark fruit notes of fig & raisin . Named for Beehive bartender, Barry Strom who's love of barleywines has resulted in more that one accidental fence demolitions. 11.6% - available at 2 Row Brewing. 

TF - Corduroy:  Looks like Sunny Delight! The aroma is extremely pungent, with pineapple, mango, guava, grapefruit. You can catch a whiff from the glass from a few feet away. Taste is very juice forward - grapefruit, orange, pineapple, perhaps others, with the addition of a light grassiness before fading into a sweet juicy mild pith bitterness. Mouthfeel is smooth and fairly full with a light tingling from carbonation. Very Nice. 7.7% - Available today only at T.F. Brewing.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing. 

Ciders

Big B's - Orchard Original: This is a very dry farmhouse cider. 5.9% Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Big B's - Cherry Daze: This is a semi-dry tart cherry 6.2%  - Found at Scion Cider Bar. 

Big B's - Harvest Apple: This is a semi-sweet cider. 6.2% - Found at Scion Cider Bar.

Big B's - Lazy Daze: This is 60% cider- 40% lemonade 4.5% ABV- Found at Scion Cider Bar. 

Big B's - Chester Hopear: This is a dry-hopped Peary. 6.5% - Found at Scion Cider Bar. 

Big B's - Peach Pickin' Time: A semi-dry peach cider - Found at Scion Cider Bar. 6.2%

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 4/1/22

Russian River - Pliny the Elder: Finally in the Utah market, the mother (or father) all DIPAs makes its debut at all Dick's Market locations! Pliny the Elder is brewed with Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ, and Simcoe hops. It is well-balanced with malt, hops, and alcohol, slightly bitter with a fresh hop aroma of floral, citrus, and pine. Guaranteed to be nine days old or less! Only two bottles per customer. 8.0% 

Heber Valley - Volution: This is the second version of their Hazy IPA. The brewers have swapped-out the Sabro and Idaho 7 hops and loaded it up with Strata and Simcoe. This hop combo is packed with notes of citrus, passionfruit, melon, mango and berry. 6.8% - Only at Heber Valley Brewing.

Ogden River - Cali Invasion: This California Common style is brewed with lager yeast but fermented at ale fermentation temperatures. This beer has a noticeable degree of toasted and caramel-like malt character in flavor and aroma with a floral hop profile. 5.0% - Only at Ogden River.

TF - ZOZO: This Bourbon Barrel aged Imperial Pastry stout features toasted coconut, Banana and hazelnut. This is quite a viscous and thick beer. It has a big sweet boozy aroma with lots of whiskey, coconut and hazelnut. The taste is far less boozy than the nose (though it's still potent). It starts out with nice chocolatey flavors, The comes the banana, coconut and hazelnut. It does come off as a banana split sundae. It finishes quite sweet. The 12.2% will kick your ass if you're not careful. Only at TF starting today.     

Kiitos - Pink Boots Strawberry IPA: Missed this one. It debuts today at Kiitos I'm not sure but Roosters may pick some of this up as well. 5.0% 

Level Crossing - Barrel-Aged Bat Country with Peaches: This peach-forward American blonde ale was aged in Malbec barrels that has previously aged High West Whiskey. It’s quite oaky, not too much Malbec, but there’s a bit of oaky vanilla. Peach is subtle. 5.0% - Only at Level Crossing. 

Red Rock - ONO: Pours a dark rich color with a small head. Has a nice coconut smell with a hint of chocolate and bourbon. Nice up front chocolate and coconut followed by a nice barrel finish. Nice oak taste. Medium body beer but does well with the bourbon taste. Really good offering.10.5% - Available starting today at all Red Rock locations.

Shades - Mexican Lager: This beer feature subtle lime and salt. I like the salt level (very low) and the lime is more of an accent which I found quite refreshing. 5.0% - Available at both Shades locations. 

Shades - Orange Creamsicle: This is quite nice. No lactose. Only vanilla & orange in a cream ale. I found this to be quite drinkable. It relies on the vanilla and orange for flavor not extra sweetness. Quite nice. 5.0% - Available at both Shades locations. 

Shades - Passion fruit Sour: This is a kettle sour with a good dose of passion fruit. The sour level is probably a solid 7 out of 10 in intensity. Fans of passion fruit will dig this.  5.0% - Available at both Shades locations. 

RoHa - Pink Boots Session IPA: The First Pink Boots beer I've tried this year and it's quite tasty. Lots of citrus peel and herbal spice with a nice dose of melon. Please get out and support these brews while they're around. 5.0% Debuts today at RoHa.

Hopkins - Just-a-Gose: Our version of a classic German sour wheat beer is naturally soured with lactobacillus, then brewed with orange peel, coriander, and salt. This beer features a delicate balance of salinity and tartness while maintaining a delicate dry finish.

Hopkins - Guava Goddess: Their annual Pink Boots Society brew features locally grown and malted Solstice Malt Pilsner, fresh guava puree, and Pink Boots Hop Blend. Every year the Pink Boots Society chooses a fresh new hop blend; this year the blend consists of HBC 630, Idaho Gem, Loral, Talus and Triumph. The guava and dry-hop meld nicely for this “juicy IPA” style. A portion of proceeds will be donated to Pink Boots to support women in the brewing industry. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Odell - Solarized: This DIPA Features Yuzu fruit, characterized by a zippy grapefruit-like flavor with notes of mandarin orange and lemon zest. 8.2% - Found at Slackwater.

Ciders

Mountain West - Pomme Paloma: Brewed with grapefruit and Pink Boots hops blend, subtle floral notes compliment a bright punch of citrus. 6.9% Available Mountain West. 

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