New Beer Friday 11/17/23

Holiday themes and and Holiday beers dominate this week's New Beer Friday offerings, so start enjoying them now while they're all fresh. 

Today on Beer Nerd Radio were getting into Utah's beer history. Del Vance, author of Beer in the Beehive will guide us through some of the known and unknown breweries from Utah's past along with some other historical nuggets you may not be aware of. That's at 2pm today on 99.9fm KUAA.   

Kiitos - Winter Ale: Lightly malty, with some nutmeg & cinnamon. It's all done with a light hand so it keeps it from becoming a spice bomb. It's quite cold, so l'm not sure what else is happening here, but l'm digging it so far. 5.0% - Available at Kiitos.

Salt Lake Brewing - Nut Brown Ale: Toasty and bready - mostly bread crust. Medium to light caramel. Much more English-style than American (less hoppy). Co2 is a bit prickly, if it was slightly softer this would be a dream. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing.

Desert Edge - Haze Jeebus: Made with Bru 1 and Sabro hops, this beer pours slightly hazy yellow with small cap fading to a ring that clings. Aromas of pineapple and tropical fruits, along with a melon essence. Flavor follows and delivers a super balance, smooth burst of juices with low bitterness and gentle slightly dry finish. Light mouthfeel to this one. Mikey Likey. 7.0% - Available now at Desert Edge.

Beer Zombies - Re-Zombinator: A big citrus bomb. Pith, peel and pulp. Well, there's no pulp, but I need another p-word. Still it's a citrus lovers delight with a little bit of melon & peach mixed in. It's fresh AF too. Mikey Likey! 8.6% - Only available at Beer Zombies.

Beer Zombies - Zombie Slaycation: Very, very purple for a sour IPA, head retention is actually pretty good considering... it does eventually drop completely. Big berry/vanilla aroma with some cinnamon. Taste comes across a schnapps: tons of fruit & cinnamon with a boozy back. Xmas D for sure. 8.6%  - Only available at Beer Zombies.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 11/10/23

A nice broad selection awaits you this New Beer Friday, and it looks to be perfect imbibing weather this weekend. 

On Beer Nerd Radio we're celebrating Big Bad Baptist Day. All of the 2024 variants will be analyzed and critiqued. If you haven't dived to these yet, this will help plan your attack. It starts at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.

TF - Lil Bubs Pale Ale: Melon aroma with some citrus peel. Taste is similar with citrus taking charge at first. The melon is a wee more subtle. Peach start to show itself next with minimal hop bitterness. Finishes in the dry side. Super crushable with high drinkability. 

Desert Edge - Game Day Red: This American-style Red is mostly malty and toasty with hops that add pine and floral notes with a medium amount of bitterness. hints of citrus peel in the finish. 5.0% - Available at Desert Edge.

Policy Kings - Chevalier Saison: Missed this new Farmhouse Ale that celebrates PK's 5th anniversary. This Saison was brewed with peach puree and coriander. 6.5% - Only at Policy Kings.  

UTOG - Tart Apple Sour: Missed this one.I think you get the gist. 5.0% - Available today at UTOG. 

Bohemian - The Kaiser!: This small batch lagered Porter is heavy on the kilned malts with rich chocolate and coffee character notes of baked bread crust. in this delicious lager. The slight bitterness of the hops and roasted malts help to balance the sweetness of this beer, leaving the aftertaste that of a bittersweet chocolate. A German porter is similar to a traditional full-bodied British Porter, but with a smoother, silkier and more-balanced roast character that comes from ingredient usage, lager yeast, and a long lagering period. 5.0% - Only at Bohemian.

Beer Zombies - hWhip Sour Watermelon Candy: Smells like Smarties. Oh my..... very puckering. It's like a watermelon Jolly Rancher. This is quite intense, I think my frontal lobe is about to pop. If you love a tart mutha of a beer that's full of classic sour candies, then you've found a pal here. 8.0% - Only at Beer Zombies. 

Beer Zombies - Hazoleum: That Zombie hWhip from earlier may have destroyed my palate - but l'm pretty sure I'm getting a ton of citrus, peel, pith, meat, you name it. Some mango lingering in the back too. Seems to finish fairly dry with a bit of oats. pretty nice. 7.0% - Only at Beer Zombies. 

Returning Favorites

Uinta - Labyrinth: A limited run of Uinta's infamous Barrel-Aged Black Ale has arrived for a short run. There are no plans to make this one again. So if you never got to try it, or are looking to get reacquainted, this will be your only shot. Labyrinth pours black with a two finger brown head that left good lacing. The nose is of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, molasses and a touch of vanilla. The flavor starts rich, big and slightly sweet with dark chocolate, caramel, dark roasted malts next comes black molasses, coffee, oak and some notes of vanilla bourbon with a sticky full body. Finishes slightly dry and warm. 12.0% - Available at Uinta.  

Hopkins - Strawberry Zinfandel Sour: Zinfandel grapes and strawberry puree are added to our base sour beer fermented naturally with lactobacillus. Orange peel and coriander are added to the boil to complement the aromas of strawberry, wine, and citrus to create a glorious tart experience while the finish is wine-like dry. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 11/03/23

Yeah, I dunno what's happening with this week's meme either. To help scrub this image from your brains, I suggest sampling one or all of this week's new beers. Offset's new line-up is crazily diverse and worth checking out. 

Beer Nerd Radio has the BOOCH! This week we welcome Hannah and Kate from Hann's Kombucha. You've probably heard a lot about booch lately and we'll answer all of your questions today at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Offset - Drawn to the Dark (Coffee Milk Stout): This is the third release Offset's Drawn To The Dark series of beers.This milk stout base has over 2lbs per barrel of Columbia Finca Betania, Caturra washed process whole beans from Idle Hands Roasting Co. The stout is intensely coffee forward with enough residual sweetness to balance out the roast character and provide incredibly soft and smooth drinking experience. 6.0% - Available at Offset.

Offset - O N E  M O R E: This rendition features wet Zeus and Comet in the hop back. After fermentation, High Oil Cascade, Simcoe, and a touch of Columbus was added to the dry hop. This harkens back to the hop profiles found in the mid 2000s and is Offset's fourth Fresh Hop beer this season. It's bright with citrus zest, beautiful floral notes with hints of pine and resin blend wonderfully with a touch of malt character. 5.0% - Available at Offset.

Offset - Rauchbier Marzen: The malt bill here features 70% beechwood smoked Pilsner malt in this Marzen. It pours a deep burnt orange color with a small off-white head. The aroma is burnt caramel and vanilla with nice smoke. Boy is it smoky when you taste it! It's rich and the caramel from the nose is now toffee with some spiciness from the smoke. It lingers for a bit and there's a mild bitterness throughout. It's all so rich and well balanced, comforting and warming.The mouthfeel is velvety with little carbonation. 4.8% - Available at Offset.

TF - Moguls and Snorkels: This new West Coast Lager was brewed for TF's 5th anniversary party. It features mosaic, Strata and Cryo-Strata hops. Loaded with peach, tangerine and strawberry flavors. There’s an herbal bump too that keeps this lager finishing slightly dry. Mikey Likey. 6.0% - Only at TF.

Strap Tank - Pumpkin Spice-Chai Sour: Missed this lactose sour ale. 5.0% - Available at Strap Tank in Springville.

Salt Lake Brewing - Batch 66: This new pale ale features Mosaic and Citra hops. This aromas has pithy grapefruit, lemon, biscuity malt, orange zest, and lime. This has a really nice juicy hop character to it, while finishing dry and bitter in a nice way. There’s just a touch of malt character, but it props everything else up. This is quite good – it’s hard to get a pale ale to feel so full flavored while also finishing light and easy, and this beer bridges that well. 5.0% - Available at Salt Lake Brewing. 

Salt Lake Brewing - Grandma's Cookies: This amber ale base features all the oats and spices that you'd expect in an oatmeal cookie. The spices are subtle and the base isn't too malty either which dive it's drinkability up. No hint of raisins. Overall: it's good but I miss the raisin part. 5.0% - Available at Salt Lake Brewing. 

Squatters - Imperial Juicy: This new DIPA features Mango, pineapple and guava predominately on the nose. Taste is mango and guava up front, some melon, pineapple and citrus thru the middle, finish is pretty assertive on the bitterness. This is tasty for sure, but it has a soda-pop feel in the co2. 7.8% - Available at Wasatch/Squatters, Salt Lake brewing Co.

Revision - Nocturnal Visions: A rare non-IPA from Revision! This traditional German-Style Black Lager presents notes of chocolate and a hint of roastiness. But don't let the color fool you, this beer has an enjoyable malt profile with a crisp lager finish. 4.7% - Found at The Ice Haüs

Revision - Riipen' And Revvin': A collaboration with Riip Beer Co., This Strata, Simcoe and Mosaic blasts out notes of sweet mango and diggity pine in this deceptively crushable West Coast-style Double IPA. 8.5% - Found at The Ice Haüs 

Bombastic - Bukwus Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout: Missed this big-ass Imperial stout aged on Bourbon barrels. 16.0% - Found at The Ice Haüs 

Equilibrium - Four Fours: This DIPA features Idaho7, Citra, and Citra Incognito in the whirlpool - then dry-hopped with Citra, Strata, Galaxy, and Zappa. Dense haze  with aromas of tropical mango, orange tang and assorted berry. Hoppy saturated flavors of dank mango orange juice smoothie, papaya chunks, and green nerds candy are balanced by a hoppy bite and melon in the finish. 8.5% - Found at Slackwater. 

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

Cheers!