New Beer Friday 1/31/25

Congratulations! You've made it through Dryuary. Now what? Glad you asked – for your first day back we here at New Beer Friday Analytics have compiled a list of beers scientifically designed to ease you back into beer culture. Please enjoy, but take it easy. 

The Radio Pub at the KUAA Broadcast Megaplex welcomes back, cherished Beer Guinea Pigs, Allen Handy and Marcio Buffalo to analyze our next mystery beer style – so you don't have to! Beer Nerd Radio gets underway at 2pm every damn Friday at 2pm. See you then!

Epic - Small Batch Series (Pineapple Express IPA): Pineapple weighs heavy in this IPA. It features Pineapple Express terps, 200 lbs of fresh pineapple & all Citra hops w/ fresh tangerine and pineapple. Slightly weedy, overall vibe is pineapple and citrus. Damn juicy. Welcome back fr Dryuary. Mikey Likey! 7.0% - Available at Epic starting today.

Chappell - This Is The Hazy: This Double Hazy IPA is Chappell's first "high point" beer and was brewed with a pile of oats and wheat for a heavy body. Over 4lbs per barrel of Bru-1, Sabro, and HopHaze F-bomb extract. Look for a lot of tangerine and melon notes. Note: There will likely be a very limited amount of this produced so don't wait until next week. 8.0% - Only at Chappell to go. 

Chappell - Miso Sour After Soaking: This sour ale is brewed with white miso giving a unique umami pop paired with ginger and yuzu. Super refreshing and super unique. 7.0% - Only at Chappell to go. 

Park City - Silver Creek Amber Lager: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at Park City Brewing.

SL Brewing - Citradelic: Can’t go wrong with Citra. This Cold IPA has a toasty base beer minimally sweet, nice citra hop character. It’s basically a citra pils. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

SL Brewing - Glinda's Blackberry: It has a ruby red grapefruit color. Smells of fresh blackberries. Lightly tart! It gives the fresh berries the ability to taste like fresh berries. Drinks really well. Not a lacto sour FYI. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

TF - N/A Hazy Pale Ale: Not sure what the actual name is for Templin Family's debut N/A beer, but look for a Citra and Mosaic hopped beer with notes of lemon and raspberry. 0.0% - at TF starting today.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/24/25

Short n' sweet best describes this week's New Beer Friday. 

Slackwater's Beer seeker Joey Cardaccio joins Steph and Mikey in the radio pub today (Friday). Joey's procurement skills have turned Slackwater into a beer powerhouse in Utah. Check us out today at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Kiitos - Fonio: Fonio is a drought tolerant grass/grain that hails from West Africa. Kiitos is the only brewery in the western hemisphere to make a 100% Fonio beer. It pours completely clear. Some slight sake-esque fruit notes like apple, not tannic. Yuzu flavors make a big appearance here too along with some pleasant white peach flavors. The citrus qualities are strong and upfront. No hops here, it’s all the Fonio grain. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos. 

Hopkins - Cole's "Helles" Kitchen: This smoked Helles was brewed with 100% local Solstice malt that was smoked with Beechwood sourced from outside of Logan, UT. It pours a crisp golden color with a nice head. The nose is dominated by pilsner malt, noble hops and light smoke. The taste has a light touch of smoky flavor to it as well as the hops. Good drinkability if you're a fan of mild bodied smoke beers. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/17/25

We here at New Beer Friday Industries will not be left behind regarding the acquisition of bodies of water. From this day forward, the Great Salt Lake will now be known as the "Gulf of New Beer Friday". Yes, we are aware lakes are not gulfs. So while visiting The Gulf of New Beer Friday, we recommend checking out some of these Lake errr... Gulf worthy suds!

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes the whole damn brewery (well 3 brewers) from Level Crossing this afternoon at 2pm. It is rumored they have a special announcement. How's that for a tease? You'd better tune-in, lest you be uninformed. 99.9FM KUAA.

Hopkins - Belgian Tart Ale (Apricot): Lemony tart aroma with stonefruit. Subtle tartness lets the apricot shine. Moderate co2 keeps it slightly creamy creating a tasty fruit-sour… in that order. 5.0%

Fisher - Longevity Light Lager: A crisp, light lager with a hint of vanilla in the malt. Herbal/floral hops round this 2.99% crushable lager out. If you’re doing “Moist-uary”. It’s right-up your zip code.

Fisher - Fishington's: A play on "Boddington's" This new pub ale is creamy AF from the Nitro conditioning. Great malt character with subtle floral hops. Overall: it’s a brilliant ale. Worth all your hard earned quattloos. 

2 Row - House Party: This Malt Liquor is clear as hell, with no aroma. Not as corny I as I thought it would be. It’s there, don’t get me wrong, but there’s still a sturdy amount of malt running the show. Hops are mostly floral & add balance. Papers bag not included. 9.2%

Offset - Just Me: Mt. Hood: Missed this single hop Pils, featuring Mt Hood hops. 5.0% - Available at Offset, also found at the Bayou. 

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/10/25

Happy New Beer Friday. Dryuary isn't keeping local brewers down as we still have five new beers to enjoy the weekend and beyond. 

Elisabeth Osmeloski of Scion Cider Bar will be visiting the Radio Pub today (Friday). We'll get into how one of the top cider bars in North America came about - along with some of their delicious in house ciders. We start at 2pm on 99.9FM KUAA.

Prodigy - The Lite Owl Lager: Missed this one. 5.0% - Available at Prodigy and The White Owl.

2 Row - Tropical Fruit Sour: Sweet fruity and wheat malt aromas. Light bodied with aggressive, yet soft carbonation. Tart tropical fruit flavors, dark melon, passion fruit and tart cherries. Malt follows the tartness that is assertive but not too aggressive. Finished dry and crisp. 5.0% - Available at 2 Row.

Kiitos - Sahti: This is a new interpretation on Kiitos’ Sahti. This Finnish-style farmhouse ale made from barley and rye and flavored with juniper instead of hops. The overall profile is fruity, malty & the juniper adds some of that great pine tar character with tannic apple peel. 

Salt Lake Brewing - Rye of the Tiger: It has that great spiced rye body we rye lovers crave. Hops skew toward the piney side of the spectrum, giving it a nice old school feel. Great body for a 5% ale & would annihilate pints of this if on nitro. Available at SL Brewing.

Uinta - Dry January. Kolsch: On the R&D Tap: good amount of toasty crackers here. Overall malt profile is light, with slight yeast fruitiness. Solid Kölsch, I could easily crush a stein of this. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/3/25

We're Back! Hope you all had a great Holiday. After some time off we have a couple weeks worth of beers. There's plenty. If you're doing Dryuary, you should probably stock-up. Happy New Beer Friday.

Beer Nerd Radio has Slackwater's Mater of procurement, Joey Cardaccio. He's the guy keeping all of us current on all of the craft beer happenings from outside of our boarders. Check us out at 2pm today (Friday) on 99.9FM KUAA. 

TF & Wild West Brewing (China) - (yet unnamed lager): This global collaboration lager with China's Wild West Brewing has a very botanical aroma with some peppery notes. Tastes very botanical. Green and red Sischuan peppercorns were brought in from China and are really the driving force to the flowery lager. Some citrus peel pops up as well, giving this a gin-like quality (without all the booziness). So bright and fresh tasting and it’s all driven by those damn peppercorns! 

Grid City - IPA (West Coast Style #6): Unfiltered. Looks perfect. Great old school aroma of malty peach & citrus peel. Tastes same with big grapefruit, chewy malt & apricot. The bitterness is west coast firm. Not overwhelming, but not for the NEIPA crowd. A great WCIPA. 7.2% - Available at Grid City.

Heber Valley - The "Choice" IPA: This is the result of using Motueka and Nelson Sauvin hops. A healthy dose of Nectaron round out this New Zealand inspired hazy beer. Look for flavors and aromas of ripe mango, cara cara orange, papaya, pineapple and stone fruit. 7.1% - Available at Heber Valley.

Heber Valley - Dark Ages: This Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout was aged in High West Bourbon Barrels and blended it with blackberry puree and cacao nibs. Dark Ages showcases complex flavors and aromas of roasted malt, dark fruit, fudge, vanilla, bittersweet chocolate and an upfront punch of tart fermented blackberry. 12.2% - Available in 12oz & 19.2oz cans.

Fisher - Southern Scales: This NZ Pale Ale has a lot of citrus with a hint of peach and melon. Nice overall flavors that work well with evenly malty base. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Uinta - Corns Light: On the R&D tap. Mostly toasted malt aroma. Like you’d expect, there’s corn for sure, but there’s also a solid Pilsner malt backbone. Hops are floral & lightly herbal. Big co2. Not re-inventing the wheel or anything, just a solid light lager. 4.7% - Available at Uinta.

Ogden Beer & Uinta - Sup Bro: Missed this Sabro hopped Czech-style lager. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer now, Uinta next week.

Proper - Second Breakfast: This oatmeal stout has a thick, beige head and a dark-brown appearance, with ruby highlights. The aroma is of dark-roast coffee and brown bread. The favor is roasted coffee, brown bread, and bitterness. Light body and a dry finish. 5.0% - Available at Proper.

Melvin - Juice Oddity: Miss this Juicy DIPA. 8.8% - Found at Handlebar.

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

Cheers!