Your 2018 Pie and Beer Day Preview

You probably don't need this but you're going to get it anyway! This is your 2018 Pie and Beer Day Event Calendar. I haven't vetted most of these, so further homework on your part may be required.

The Original & Official "PIE & BEER DAY"
  
COPPER ONION, SQUATTERS

SAAG PANEER SPANAKOPEA
PAIRED W/ PROVO GIRL

DISPENSARY, ROHA
PURPLE POTATO PIEROGI W/ ONION JAM, CHEESE
CARAWAY BUTTER, & CARAWAY SALT
PAIRED WITH KENSINGTON GRAND SAISON

SLACKWATER PIZZA, ROOSTERS BREWING
FANCY 5 CHEESE PIZZA W/ FETA AND GORGONZOLA
PAIRED WITH PIOLT BREW DOUBLE IPA

RED BUTTE CAFE, DESERT EDGE BREWERY
BLACK BERRY ALMOND
PAIRED WITH UTAH PALE ALE

PROPER BREWING, PROPER AVENUES
STRAWBERRY APRICOT WITH TOASTED MERENGUE AND BALSAMIC CRUST
BOURBON PECAN PIE WITH SALTED CARAMEL POPCORN
CAROLINA LEMON PIE WITH SALTINE CRUST WHIP CREAM AND MALDON SALT
PAIRED WITH LA BELLE PECHE & GOSE LAKE EFFECT

STEIN ERICKSON LODGE, PARK CITY BREWING
BANANAS FOSTER DOLCHE DE LECHE
PAIRED WITH HOOKER BLONDE

GARAGE ON BECK, MOAB BREWERY
FUNERAL POTATO PIE
PAIRED WITH ROCKET BIKE AMBER LAGER

NORMAL, EPIC BREWING
ICE CREAM MOON PIE WITH PEACH ICE CREAM, FREEZE DRIED PEACH BITS CORN COOKIE DIPPED IN WHITE CHOCOLATE
PAIRED WITH OAK & ORCHARD SOUR BLUEBERRY BOYSENBERRY

ESTE PIZZA, HOPPERS BREWING
JALAPENO ARTICHOKE PIZZA PIE
PAIRED WITH THIS IS THE PILSNER

BEER BAR, KITOS BREWING
BLACK BERRY PIE WITH ORANGE BITTERS AND CARDAMON ALLSPICE CRUST
PAIRED WITH VANILLA NUT CREAM ALE

WASATCH BREWING, WASATCH BREW PUB
APPLE CRUMB PIE
PAIRED WITH EVOLUTION AMBER

HONEYCOMB BAKERY, RED ROCK BREWING
RASPBERRY PISTACHIO GALETTE
PAIRED WITH GRAND BAVARIA

BELTEX MEATS, 2ROW BREWING
JAMAICAN BEEF PATTY PIE WITH COCONUT CURRY
PAIRED WITH HIPACRIT IPA

TRADITION, FISHER BREWING
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE
PAIRED WITH RYE CREAM ALE

EATING ESTABLISHMENT, BONNEVILLE BREWING
VEGETARIAN QUICHE
PAIRED WITH SYNERGY SEVEN

RIO GRANDE CAFE, BOHEMIAN BREWERY
GRANDE KEY LIME PIE
PAIRED WITH BOHEMIAN KOLSCH

STEIN ERICKSON LODGE, PARK CITY BREWING
BANANAS FOSTER DULCE DE LECHE
PAIRED WITH HOOKER BLONDE

NOMAD, UINTA BREWING
SWEET CORN CREAM PIE WITH BLUEBERRY STREUSEL, SMOKED RASPBERRY JAM POPPED SORGHUM & MALDON SEA SALT
PAIRED WITH CRIMSON TART AND CROGGY SAISON

FIRESIDE, SALT FIRE BREWING
NEW ZELAND CHICKEN EMPANADAS WITH MEYER LEMON BROWN BUTTER SAUCE
PAIRED WITH NEW ZELAND PILSNER

TOSCANOS, SALT FLATS
JALAPENO ARTICHOKE PIZZA PIE
PAIRED WITH THIS IS THE PILSNER

OMARS RAWTOPIA, MTN WST CIDER
OMARS TIERRA MISSOU
PAIRED WITH COTTONWOOD HOPPED CIDER

BAMBARA, SHADES BREWING
MIXED BERRY TART W/ OAK CRUST PIE
CHERRY CHOCOLATE PORTER WITH PORTER GANACHE PIE
APRICOT PINENUT AND THYME PIE PIE
PAIRED WITH BERLINER WEISSE
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Pie & Beer Day FUNraiser 

Pie n' Beer Day at the RoHa Brewing Project

Pie and Beer day at Cheers to You (Midvale)

Pie and Beer Day at the Ice Haus

Pizza Pie and Beer Day at Gracie Barra Brazillian Jiu Jitsu

4th Annual Pie & Beer Day Tournament 

Pie and Beer Ride

Pie and Beer Day at Park City Brewery

Pie and Beer day BBQ at the Sun Trapp

Pie & Beer Day at St. Catherine Siena Newman Center

Cheers and have a happy and safe day!

Epic's Special Pie and Beer Day Sour

To help celebrate Utah's beloved Pie and Beer Day, Epic Brewing Co. is releasing a special edition of their Oak And Orchard sour ale for the big day.

This unique version of Oak and Orchard will feature blueberry and boysenberry and should be available just in time for the July 24th celebration. It will of course be available at Epic's SLC brewery and should also be on hand at Beer Bar's Pie and Beer Day party as well.

Keep checking back for a complete list of all Pie and Beer Day events as the day gets closer.

Cheers!

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Happy Pie and Beer Day 2017!

It's the 24th of July, the day that many in the state of Utah celebrate the pioneers that helped to make Utah what it is today. If you're not of the pioneer culture, a transplant or just looking for a good excuse to enjoy a pint with pie then today is also your lucky day. Pie and Beer Day which sounds like Pioneer Day and coincidentally takes place on the same day (weird huh?). This counter celebration will be taking place in backyards, bars and restaurants all over the state. The biggest one however will be happening in downtown SLC today at the Beer Bar. 

Over 8,000 slices of pie from over 20 different restaurants and bakeries and over 20 different beers from local breweries. $25 gets you your pie pass that's paired with select beers. I have the list of Bakeries/Breweries/Pies/Beers so that you can more easily plan your attack. 

Beer Bar is located at 161 e. 200 s. This is a fundraiser for the Utah Brewers Guild and is a 21 and older event. Starts at 3pm until 7pm.

PATS BBQ + SQUATTERS :
OLD FASHIONED RHUBARB - w/ Blue Berry Hefe

GARAGE ON BECK + MOAB
MORMON FUNERAL POTATO PIE w/ Steam Lager

TRADITION + FISHER
GINGER BERRY PIE w/ Red Cream Ale

TULIE BAKERY + EPIC BREWING
BLUEBERRY LEMON PIE w/ Tart and Juicy

EVA + Wasatch
PEACH w/ Chasing Tail Ale

COPPER ONION + 2row
LAMB SAUSAGE PIE W/ GOAT CHEESE, PICKLED PEPPERS, CARAMELIZED FENNEL, HERBS, AND PORK FAT CRUST.  - w/ 2row Amber & HIPAcryte

CARLUCCIS — ROHA !
CHERRY HAND PIES WITH WALNUT STREUSEL w/ Roha Saison

STEIN ERICKSON LODGE - Park City
PECAN PIE MADE WITH BREAKTHROUGH WORT w/ Breaking Trail Pale Ale

HONEYCOMB BAKERY — RED ROCK
STRAWBERRY PLUMB CRUMBLE w/ Gineva Beer

AMOUR - Uinta
BOSENBERRY GELATO PIE w/ Cahoots Flanders Red or Croggy Brett saison.

SLACKWATER — ROOSTER
5 CHEESE w / Roosters Honey Wheat

BEER BAR - Talisman
Rich & Duncan
BLACK BERRY RHUBARB w/ Talisman Brown Porter

VERTICAL DINER — MTN WEST
SAVORY LOCAL ORGANIC TOMATO, BASIL, ROSEMARY, WITH PARMESAN STYLE ALMOND TOPPING w/ Mountain West Cottonwood Dry Hopped Cider

FINCA - Bonneville
PEACH PIE w/ Peach Cream Hefe

EATING ESTABLISHMENT — Desert Edge
GRILLED VEG & POTATO QUICHE W SWISS AND CHEDDAR CHEESE w/ Vienna Lager

RED ROCK - Hoppers
PEACH COBBLER w/ Mexican Amber Lager Sendero Obscuro - hints of chocolate malt

STONEGROUND - Vernal Brewing
TIRAMISU PIE w/ Pilgrimage Extra Pale Ale

AVENUES PROPER — PROPER BREWING
LAVENDAR CREAM AND TOASTED MARSHMALLOW / SOUR CHERRY PIE WITH COOKIE CRUMBLE - w/ Beer Bar Blonde

BELTEX MEATS - Bohemian
APOCALYPSE NOW PIE w/ MYSTERY BEER

HONEY & GRAINS - Strap Tank
TRIPLE BERRY PIE w/ Lemon Grass and Ginger Amber Ale 

Also - The Shooting Star Saloon will be having a Pie and Beer celebration as well. One of the oldest bars in the west will be serving up slices and brews all day. Here's the info.

Cheers!

The 4th Annual Pie & Beer Day

What makes a Holiday? I have no clue. Annually we as a culture celebrate some seriously weird shit. Pioneer Day is not "weird shit". It's a day that celebrates a people's long journey to their new home. It's pretty great thing. Sadly though it's evolved into a thinly veiled religious holiday for a select segment of our population. I think that's why the Pie and Beer Day phenomena has been gaining ground so quickly. It is literally "Festivus for the Rest of us". If you don't subscribe to an established way of celebrating, all you need is a clever play on words and a theme to rally behind. Not to mention that sometimes you just need an excuse to get a few like minded people together to celebrate a thing in a way that seems appropriate to you.

There will be a few ways to celebrate Pie and Beer Day on (or around) the 24th of July. Today we're talking about the largest celebration that happens annually at Salt Lake City's Beer Bar. Hosted by Bad Brad Wheeler, City Weekly and the Beer Bar - this party brings together Utah's craft breweries and some of the state's finest restaurants, bakeries and clubs to pair sweet and savory pies with fine local beers. The only floats you'll see here are stout beer floats. 


Pie and Beer Day at Beer Bar will be a fundraiser for the Utah Brewer's Guild. Your "Pie Pass" will get you Five pie and beer pairings [more can be purchased]. Tickets for this 21+ event will be available at the door. Date: July 24th, 3pm to 7pm at 161 East 200 South, Salt Lake City. 



Your participating Pie Makers:
Pat's BBQ
Garage on Beck
Tradition
Tulie Bakery
Eva
Copper Onion
Carlucci's
Stein Erickson Lodge
Honeycomb Bakery
Amour
Slackwater
Beer Bar
Vertical Diner
Finca
Eating Establishment
Red Rock
Stoneground

Your participating Breweries:
Moab
Proper
Park City
Squatters
Wasatch
Red Rock
Mountain West Cider
Roosters
Hoppers
RPM
Talisman
Uinta
Epic
Desert Edge
Bonneville
2 Row
ROHA
Vernal 
Fisher 
Strap Tank 
Bohemian

Stay close for more updates as the day gets closer.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday - Pie and Beer Day Edition

Pie and Beer Day, our favorite faux holiday is nearly here! Legend has it - back when the early beer nerd pioneers settled this area back in July of 1986. Thier provisions were running dangerously low, all they had left from their late mid-Spring party harvest were Pies and Jägermeister. To be honest, we (I mean they) we not going to pair Bourbon Pecan Pie with a damn herbal schnapps! Luckily they found the beer cooler of a nearby Albertson's and the rest is well... um, history I guess. Ever since then we have thanked Thor for delivering us to that most holy of markets and this most infamous counterculture Utah phenomena took flight.

Anyway, that's what I heard....

If you don't already have plans, here's a quick sampling of some public Pie and Beer Day Events happening around the Wasatch Front and Back this weekend. Please stay safe!

Beer Bar/KRCL 2nd Annual Pie and Beer Day

Park City Brewery's Pie and Beer Day

Pie and Beer Day at The Madeline School

Goddamn Hooligan's Pie and Beer Day

Now, on to New Beer Friday!

Shades of Pale: Malosi Pils - Hazy straw color with a nose that's grainy with subtle spicy noble hops. The taste follows the nose with toasted grain, dry saltines, bread and a nice floral and spicy hoppy bitterness. Clean finish. Very nice. 4.0% ABV @ Shades of Pale

Shades of Pale: Hogs Head Reserve No.1 - High West Rye Imperial Amber Ale - Rye nose with some chewy malts. Taste has a English Barleywine thing with spicy whiskey and toffee. 10% ABV for sale 2pm Saturday at the brewery.

Shades of Pale: Hogs Head Reserve No.2 - High West Bourbon Imperial Amber Ale - Noticably a little darker than the rye. A little sweeter than it's brother. More toffee and vanilla notes are present. The whiskey notes are pleasant but assertive. A year in the bottle will bring out more of it's complexities I think. 10% ABV for Sale 2pm Saturday at the brewery.

Proper Brewing Czech your Head Pils -Pours a hazy gold with a nose that has wheat crackers and strong grassy notes. The flavor is straw-like and grassy up front with a rather intense, earthy hop bitterness. The mouthfeel is smooth and crisp. There is a moderate amount of carbonation and an overall light body. 5.6% ABV @ Proper Brewing - for sale on Saturday

Uinta Ales for ALS - This year's batch of Ales for ALS will be a Session IPA. Brewed with experimental hops, this IPA features a light toffee body and is bright with notes of lime zest, mango, honey, and pine. 4.0% ABV. It will debut at the brewery's ALS fundraiser is this Saturday, July 23rd. This beers kill every year. Drink the Hell out of these while their fresh, fresh!

Squatters Arnie Palm Ale - Brewed with Black Tea and Lemon Zest. Drinks like a beer - tastes like iced tea! 4.0% ABV @ Squatters Downtown

Don't forget to tune into KBER 101 at 3:30pm for more New Beer Friday and local beer talk. 

Cheers!

Pie and Beer Day Bottle Share

Over the last few years I've had the pleasure of hosting a phenomenal holiday bottle-share. Some of the best beers on the planet have made their way to our little corner of the universe to help warm up the long pre-holiday winter nights.

Three years ago, Mrs. Mikey, Ma and Pa Riedel and myself decided to try a Summer Beer Powwow to bring together some of the best damn people and their beers to our beer barn. It was a huge success and after a long three year hiatus we've decided to give it a shot once again. 

As we've done in previous years, the invite to the bottle share is the blog post that your reading now. If your seeing this, we'd love for you to attend our Pie and Beer Day - Bottle Share. All we ask is that you be over 21 years of age - that you bring a nice/rare large format bottle to share [or two small bottles] - some pie [sweet or savory] and most importantly, that your not an asshole that is able to handle his or her drink. If you think you can handle those three things we'd love to share our pie and beer with you.

One of the nice things about hosting this outside is that more people are able to attend. That being said, there will still be a attendance cap, so please RSVP sooner than later. This bottle share will happen on Saturday July, 23rd. You'll get the specifics with your RSVP - send to utahbeer@gmail.com

To recap. Please bring:

A large a bottle bottle of non Utah ordinary beer [or two small] to share.

Kegs and Homebrew are good. Let me know ahead of time if your bringing them.

Your taster glass [we will have plastic for back-up].

Some Pie [large/small - sweet or savory]

A plan for a ride home.

No kids and all of your wits.

This should be a brilliant celebration, hope you can make it.

Cheers!