New Beer Friday 3/27/26

Your precious New Beer Friday has arrived and theirs more than one beer to rule them all. First off there are two 7 year anniversaries happening this weekend. Level Crossing is celebrating today (3/27) with special beers – UTOG is also celebrating with a bash Friday and Saturday (3/28). Stop in if you're able and say, Hi!

James "JIMMY" Weed from Solstice Malt is back in the Radio Pub. The Beer Nerds always geek hard when malt is concerned and we're going to cover all the new newness happening at Utah's only craft malting house. We get rolling at 2pm every Friday at 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/

UTOG - VII Anniversary Ale: This barrel aged sour was inspired by the notion of a whiskey sour made with green apple whiskey. It's described as being nicely and sweet and sour with a whiskey barrel dry finish. 7.77% for 7 years. Available on 3/28 for UTOG's Anniversary Celebration. 

Level Crossing - Space Oddity (7th Anniversary): Level Crossing's Anniversary celebration is today, and this DIPA is primed and ready to go. Big citrus driven hops are packed into this IPA. Strata, Enigma, Galaxy, Comet and Apollo are the heavy hitters here. A really tasty DIPA that has no real style other than IPA. 8.8% - Available at both Level Crossing locations.

Level Crossing - Small Batch (Thiols and Tribulations): This new hazy features thiolized yeasts which are engineered to unlock aromatic compounds called thiols, which are responsible for intense tropical fruit flavors like passion fruit, guava, and grapefruit. The yeast used here drives stone fruit flavors. Nice and peachy with some backing hops that are similar. Very Tasty. 5.0% - Available at Level Crossing.  

Epic - Small Batch Series IPA: Missed this one–however it debuts today. It's a pineapple driven IPA. We'll do some sensory chat on this live on Beer Nerd Radio later this afternoon. 

Talisman - Tali Lite: Missed this American light lager. 3.75% - Available at Talisman, Taboo Pizza, Mim's Bar and Grill and soon to Steve's Black Sabbath BBQ. 

Cheers!  

New Beer Friday 3/20/26

Apparently we jumped over winter and spring and have have settled into summer already. This week's new beers appear to be on board with this notion. Enjoy your New Beer Friday weekend friends.

Chad Hopkins and his luxurious hair return to the Radio Pub to update us on the goings-on at Hopkins Brewing. Between changes in laws and endless Sugar House construction we're surprised he has any hair left. Check out our conversation this afternoon with guest host Jamie Aslett at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA.  

Uinta - Bees Be Buzzin: A super clean ale with a decent amount of malt backbone. The honey is quite noticeable, not overly sweet and it ties-in nicely with the floral aspects of the hops. Great beer for a 70°+ March day in SLC. 5.0% 

Home Range - Little Snack: Not a lot of info on this one, but Home Range teased a great photo on their Instagram that shows what looks to be a Hoppy Lager in a stubby 5 ounce can. It supposed to be released today at the brewery. 5.0%

Proper - Upheaval: This new Imperial Saison was inspired by the wild beauty of Upheaval Dome in Canyonlands. Brewed in collaboration with Friends of Arches & Canyonlands Parks. I tried to sample it for you but its not available at Proper main brewery (the brewery where it was made). It can only be found at Proper's Moab Bar or Craft by Proper. Let us know if you've tried it. 9.7%  

Red Rock - Rocket Juice: Tried to get this WC Pils at Red Rock downtown. No joy. Apparently only available at Red Rock's beer store or their Fashion Place location. Apparently trying beers is not meant to be easy anymore. 5.0% 

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday the 13th 3/13/26

Two months of New Beer Friday the 13th in a row? We are living our best lives! or not.... This is supposed to be an unlucky day. But not for you–luckily we have some great new suds to make your weekend brilliant.

Cocktail Collective is serving up drinks in KUAA's radio pub this afternoon. Cocktail Educator Alexi Fisher will instruct us on creating the perfect cocktails. 2pm is our happy hour every Friday, check us out on 99.9fm or stream us at KUAAfm.org/  

Uinta - Barrel Aged Detour: This West Coast Double IPA, found its way into french oak barrels that contained Beehive Distilling's Jack Rabbit Gin.There's nuth’n like starting your day with a 10% DIPA. This full flavored beast is big and hoppy with chewy grapefruit rind, pine caramel malts. The gin is noticeably with nice juniper and botanical notes. Lingering finish with some booziness. Not for the meek. 10.0% - Available at Uinta starting today.

Offset - Krushing On Thora: This Krush and Thora hop combo produces tropical and citrus aromatics that strike a balance between bright fruit and deep resin. Dusty citrus notes. There’s also some spicy herbal hops. Not minty… but mint adjacent. Really damn crushable (no pun intended)! Some stone fruit and melon round it out. Verdict: Dry, well hopped, absolutely enjoyable and “krushable”. Tasty stuff.

Moab - Lifty Lager: I'm a lil' confused about this one. There's a Lifty Wheat Ale currently being poured at Moab Brewing. Now a Lifty lager in cans? Yeah, sure. It's a little confusing. Not tried this one either–have you? please share. 5.0% - Available at Moab Brewing.

RoHa - Red Snake: Creamy malt profile. Reminds me of Brach’s caramels. Hops start with some light pine and go to citrus peel from there. It’s got a nice round mouthfeel that’s has that legit Red Ale feel to it.

Talisman -  Peach Pils: Missed this traditional German pilsner made with real peaches. 5.0% - available now at Talisman. 

Cheers! 

New Beer Friday 3/6/26

Happy New Beer Friday, Friends! Well, our overlords' annual boot-on-the-neck, book-burning jamboree is ending this evening. Here are some of the things that may affect your adult beverage life. 

Lawmakers have introduced House Bill 597, an alcohol-amendments package that would adjust multiple aspects of Utah’s liquor laws:

• It would ease some proximity restrictions so that hotel bars/restaurants could be allowed closer to parks under local authority approval — a notable change from existing limits.

• It would increase penalties for those caught buying alcohol for minors (making this a class A misdemeanor even without knowing the minor’s age).

• It would relax some carding rules — potentially rolling back the strict requirement that restaurants card patrons over 35.

• It would give the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) more discretion on license decisions and update how food sales are calculated for restaurant liquor licenses.

• It also would remove certain restrictions on ID-scanning devices and adopt a cash-rounding policy for liquor purchases (to address the end of pennies).
  This bill has been introduced and referred to committee but hasn’t become law yet (as of this writing).

A bill titled HB601 was also introduced early in the session, described as “Flavored Alcohol Amendments.” Details aren’t widely publicized yet, but the title suggests it could address regulations around flavored alcohol products (e.g., definitions, labeling, or sale rules).

On the lighter, entertainment side of adult beverage life, Heber Valley Brewing is back in the Radio Pub. Owner/Head Brewer Clint Jones is stopping by to fill the Beer Nerd in on what's happening at the Wasatch County brewpub. Listen in at 2pm every Friday on 99.9fm KUAA. 

Kiitos - The Bliss: This new limited batch NZ IPA uses a product called Hop Kief. It's a highly concentrated, liquid product that was created using cryogenic technology to extract lupulin. It's used post-fermentation to provide a "juicy" profile, improve beer yield, and enhance shelf life. This uses Nelson Sauvin Hop Kief. It has a blast of strawberry/melon/ guava and grape. Holy shit! Such an enjoyable beer let alone IPA. Mikey Likey! 5.0% - on draft at Kiitos.

Uinta - Coffee Black Lager: Some heavy coffee roast, or so it seems. There’s also some green pepper which denotes a lighter roast. Nice coffee aroma. slight ashy taste, with a somewhat hoppy bitter finish. I wanna love it but its somewhat one dimensional. 5.0% - Only on draft at Uinta. 

Heber Valley - Kuma: This new Extra Stout features a wonderful blend of roasted malts bringing flavors of coffee, dark chocolate, toffee, along with fruity esters from fermentation. Hopped with noble hops to bring a balanced earthy/floral aroma. Less hoppy and bitter than American Stouts. 7.1% We will be doing live sensory on this stout this afternoon on Beer Nerd Radio.  

Prodigy - True Blue Scottish Ale: Aromas of roasted malt, toffee, and dark fruit lead into a smooth, full-bodied profile layered with caramel sweetness, raisin, and a subtly smokey roast. This beauty has a clean finish, low bitterness, and is endlessly drinkable. 5.0% - Only at Prodigy.

Saltfire - Codex Pils: Grainy malt bill with nice cracker-like toastiness. Hops take hold with a nice herbal zip that's tasty and crisp. 5.0% - Available at Saltfire.

Top Of Main - Dew Drop Hazy IPA: A juicy, full-bodied hazy IPA with bright notes of mango, pineapple, peach, and citrus. Soft and smooth with low bitterness, letting the tropical hop character shine while the higher 8.2% ABV stays surprisingly easy-drinking! 

 Returning Favorites  

Grid City - Extra Pale Ale: This one had t been around for a minute. So when the Bat, errr “Beer Signal”, went up. I had to come! This features Cryo-Citra and Cryo-Mosaic wtith some Lupomax. Ah, citrus nose. Same with the swig, but with some strawberry and pineapple. Great malt profile too. Mikey Likey! 6.6% - Available at Grid City.

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/27/26

Mom knows best! A glass of New Beer Friday has a full weekend supply of vitamin squee! It just what grow'd up boys and girls need. Cheers and have a great end of February.

Jimmy Brown of Fiddler's is in the Radio Pub this afternoon on KUAA. Fiddler's Elbow is an SLC institution! We'll get into the history and what's new at one of our favorite Sugar House haunts. Hit us up at 2pm today (Friday). KUAAfm.org/ 

Fisher - Nine Years of Nectar: Happy No. 9 to the Fisher team! To celebrate this milestone Fisher created this special Nectaron hopped IPA. It has a stone fruit nose with some herbal hops. Taste follows with nice round peach followed by zest and herbal/grass hops. Firm bitterness rounds it out. The finish is hoppy and lingering. Alcohol is well hidden. 6.5% - Available at Fisher now.

Fisher - Hopsicle: Light aroma, some citrus. From there all the swigs are tangerine forward. A nice brisk tasting pale ale. Finish has a bit of orange along with a pinch of that famous Citra onion flavor. 5.0% Available at Fisher.

RoHa - 222 Sunshine IPA: This Amarillo, Centennial & Citra hop IPA is full of what you’d expect: grapefruit, grass & a hint of pineapple. The malts are nice & toasty with light malt sweetness. The end is dry with a light amount of lingering bitterness. 7.2% - Available today at RoHa.: 

Offset -  So Out It's In: This version is referred to as "Wet Hop West Coast IPA". So, how is it possible to have a Wet Hop beer in February? Well the fine folks at Yakima Chief Hops figured out how to flash freeze wet hops just off the bine and then run them through their super cold Cryo pelletizing line. They store them frozen and sent them to Offset via overnight delivery on dry ice so they could be put into the brew as soon as they arrived.

This beer features a ton of Simcoe, Columbus, and Mosaic in the kettle and whirlpool in order to lay that resinous WC IPA backbone. Then it was heavily dry hopped with cryo-fresh Citra, Krush, and Mosaic. The result is a dry, bitter, WCIPA with explosive aromatics. Lots of sweet melon and berry notes abound with some citrus and plenty of sticky dankness from the Mosaic. Does it tastes exactly like the fresh hop beers offered during Hop Harvest every year? Not quite, but it's not far off. 7.0% Available at Offset now in cans to-go, and to enjoy onsite.

Home Range - Sobremesa: This oak-aged Botanical Saison has some locally grown botanicals: lemon balm, sage and juniper berries. Brewed with Home Range's unique Saison culture and aged in one of their two oak foeders. This lovely beer starts with light herbal notes on the nose, followed by earthy, herbal, sweet lemon flavors. Ends with a nice white pepper finish and warm gin-like character. 6.7% - Only available at Home Range.

Level Crossing - Broken Knee ESB: Missed this traditional English ESB. 5.0% Only on draft at Level Crossing at The Post. 

Shades - First Crush: This cranberry lime sour ale is bright with tart cranberry and lime zest. Lactose rounds it all out with creamy sweetness taking the edge off of the tartness from the cranberries and lime. This looks to be a contract brew and doesn't appear to be made with Shades' trusted Kveik yeast. 6.5% - Available only at DABS stores for now.

If you're curious about what's happening with Shades, here's what I know from my brief correspondence with Trent Fargher, Co-owner of Shades. Shades Brewing is on hold, until a judge rules in their case (which should be soon), construction on their new Evanston, WY brewery is on hold due to the litigation as well. Shades on State is still open, however you may also be aware that their former space on 300 w. in SLC is now the Engine Room Bar Pub and Bistro. It's unclear if Shades will reopen a Utah brewpub, even if the courts decide in their favor. Any thoughts?   

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/20/26

Forget about what the competition is doing, focus on the task at hand! New Beer Friday is offering up some gold medal brews perfect for these wintry days. 

HomeBrewtah, Utah's newest Home-brew competition is in the Radio Pub this afternoon. Head Honcho, Kelsey Booth will be joining Steph and Mikey as we help to primed for the coming home-brew battle. 2pm today on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/  

Proper - White Out: This new white stout pours very clear, an almost roasty coffee aroma. Toasty at first. Coffee comes in next with some medium roast character. It’s pretty ambiguous, but if I had a blindfold on, I’d say this was an English brown ale. Which, is solid praise. The tough part of “white stouts”, is that they’re either just that, a white stout? or a cream ale with coffee. It’s up to you to decide on which one it is I guess. 5.0% - Available at Proper downtown.

Grid City - Sentence Series: Blueberry (Coffee, Madagascar Vanilla Infused Nitro Honey Cream Ale): This is not the beer they made a few years back. This version has coffee added. Mostly coffee/vanilla nose. Same flavorwise. More coffee with some blueberry. Finishes with coffee and vanilla. 5.0% - Available at Grid City.   

Top Of Main - TNT (Tangerine and Terpenes): Built on a crisp blonde ale base, this one is all about bright citrus and dialed in aroma. The brewers used tangerine juice and a Tropical Grapefruit-T1 terpene blend to push fresh orange oil, grapefruit zest, and light resin notes without cranking up the bitterness. At 4.0%, it stays light, clean, and seriously refreshing. Avaiable at Top of Main and Squatters Roadhouse Grill in Park City only.

Cheers!
 

New Beer Friday The 13th (Valentine's Day Edition) 2/13/26

There are too many themes for this New Beer Friday The 13th (Valentine's Day Edition). We all know what your Beer Nerd Sweetheart desires, so keep it simple, stupid! The following beers will make your significant other squeal with delight. 

Should you need a special place to celebrate Valentine's Day (or not), might we recommend Cucina Wine Bar? They're the guest on today's (Friday) Beer Nerd Radio. You'll be surprised by the food and beverage offerings that this staple of SLC's Avenues Neighborhood provides. we'll get into starting at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. or stream us here at KUAAfm.org/  

Proper - Becker's American Lager: This is a resurrection (of a sort) of the Iconic Becker's Beer brand from Utah's beer past. Becker Beer and Malting Co. was founded in 1890 by German immigrants John S. Becker and his sons and became the longest-operating brewery in the state, surviving Prohibition, but ultimately closed in 1965 due to a "difficult regulatory environment" in Utah. In 2020, Ogden River Brewing featuring "Becker's Best" beers, which led to a trademark dispute with the Becker family descendants in 2022. This version was brewed in collaboration with the Becker descendants. We'll have full tasting notes on this beer on today's (Friday) Beer Nerd Radio. 5.0% - Only available at Snowbasin Resort currently.

Proper - Winter Heater: Spiced aroma–holidays specifically. Well hopped with some clove as well. Hard to tell where one starts and the other begins. Dry and herbal with a somewhat bitter finish. I don’t love it, but I really kinda dig it! 5.0% - Available at Proper

Talisman - Heartbreaker: This new ale is described as a white chocolate cherry stout. It was brewed with dark cherries, cocoa nibs and coffee beans. Just in time for Valentine's Day. Now in Co2 cans and on their Nitro tap. 5.0% - Only available at Talisman.

Bewilder - Is It Cake?: This ale is channeling Red Velvet Cake. It starts with a good dose of cocoa nibs, with a hint of nutmeg then to a hint of vanilla. The base is firm and malty with light balancing hops. Cocoa is a wee heavy. Love the name. 5.0% - Available at Bewilder.

Bewilder - POG Sour: Featuring Passion Fruit, Orange and Guava, this sour is lightly tart allowing all of the fruits to shine through respectively. Very easy drinking sour ale. 5.0% - Available at Bewilder. 

Park City - Beverly Pils 84098: This new West Coast Pils features a hop bill of Dolcita and Mosaic. A lightly crackery pils malt backbone providing structure. Dolcita shows up mid-palate with a rounded fruit sweetness, while Mosaic adds a juicy pop of berry and tropical notes. The hops are expressive but never heavy—allowing the lager yeast character and malt to remain center stage. 5.0% - Only at PC Brewing.

RoHa - Fools Gold: Toasty grains up front. There’s a cool fruity/estery yeast called Verdant that’s adding some nice notes of apricot, tropical fruits and citrus. The hops add pineapple and pear. The toasted malt is prominent and provides a dry finish. 5.0% - Only at RoHa.

TF Brewing- Stark Imperial Pilsner: Big cracker and toast from the malts. Good amount of sweetness that you wouldn’t normally expect from a TF lager. The hops show up to counter malt. Big grass and herbal hops - almost chewy and resiny. They have to be, to keep it all in check. Tasty pils. 7.5% - Available at TF starting today. 

Ciders

Second Summit - Marionberry Calamansi: Super fruity aroma! Smells great. From there it’s a solid grudge match between the marionberry and vague citrus zest. The berry is semi tart with a brash zesty quality that is soo damn fresh tasting. This tastes like spring in February. Which it kinda is. 6.5% - Only at Second Summit. 

Second Summit - Prickly Pear Habanero: Looks like pink grapefruit. YES! It’s like you always imagined a prickly pear would taste (before you had one). So much berry fruitiness. Then some scratchy peppers hit. Not annoying, just “prickly”. This works on many levels. Fruity with a peppery zap. Yum! 6.5% - Only at Second Summit. 

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 2/6/26

New Beer Friday is just what the doctor ordered. This fine regiment of malted barley, lupulin with an added dose of road time is guaranteed to add vim and vigor to any beer weekend sessioneer's routine.

Carlos Munoz of SnowmoBAR is our guest in KUAA's radio pub. WTF is a SnowmoBAR and what are its connections with zombies and and happiness? All will be answered this afternoon (Friday) with Mikey and Steph on 99.9fm KUAA. The home of Beer Nerd Radio. KUAAfm.org/

Desert Edge - Distortion: This Double IPA is a textbook looking WCIPA. Earthy, piney, some citrus. Nice mouthfeel! Creamy almost, then some orange peel slips in. It doesn’t last long until the more piney aspects come from the hops. It’s not as aggressive as the nose implies. It’s well balanced for the style. 9.0% - Available now at Desert Edge.

Wolfdog/Ogden Beer - Togo: This Vienna lager has a nice malt profile. Not overly sweet, just enough toasty Vienna malt goodness to make it a session machine. Hops are Nobel/grassy herbal. Fantastic lager. 5.0% - Available now at Wolfdog - Next week at Ogden Beer.

Home Range - Space Glacier: This hazy pale ale is bursting with citrus, stone fruit, and sweet tropical flavors. Incredibly crushable, light, and hoppy without being too bitter.

Kiitos - West Coast Pilsner: Brewed with Citra, Simcoe, Strata, and Moutere. This is a marriage between an adequately, handsome Yankee and a stunningly beautiful European. All of that German elegance, combined with a wee bit of American attitude - creates a marriage of citrus, melon, herbal and grass. 5.0% - Available this afternoon at Kiitos on draft.

Returning Favorites 

Level Crossing Black - The Black Album: This is part of Level Crossing's Black Feather Series. This is a black imperial rye IPA. The aroma is hugely dank, herbal and grainy with dense, bready malts. Flavor profile is less sticky, and a little more bold regarding the malts  – there's a good dose of roast and char swirling around throughout. Dank, herbal, floral, zesty hops open up playing off of the bready, nutty, roastier malts flavors. The bitterness is medium to high and pretty much rules the beer from the back-end to the finish. Overall: a great BIPA, with a big hop profile. 9.2% - Available at both Level Crossing locations.

2 Row - Timberline: This new version of 2 Row's WCIPA is made with El Dorado, Amarillo, Citra, and Simcoe hops. Oh yeah, that nose screams WCIPA. Yeah, solid swig too. Lil bit of caramel from the malt. Chewy grapefruit peel & pine round it out. Nice dry lingering finish. 7.1% - Available at 2 Row.

RoHa - Mango IPA: Nice fruity aroma. The taste follows with a medium amount of mango flavor that works very well with the malt bill. Hops for the most part add a little citrus but mostly grass and herbal notes. Finishes mostly dry. 5.0%

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/23/26

 

If these inversion days are making you sad, New Beer Friday is the perfect tonic to blow the blues away. These fine new beers will make impervious to the thick air. 

Andrea Latimer of Utah's own Bitters Lab sets up shop in the Beer Nerd's Radio Pub. Bitters aren't just a cocktail thing, they encompass a wide scope of culinary uses. We'll get into all the flavors and uses at 2p today (Friday) on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/ 

If you missed this bit of news this week: The RoHa Brewing Project has new owners. Shawn, Steele and Jeni Smith of Draper, Utah recently acquitted the SLC brewery and have officially taken control of the daily operations. As of today, there are no plans to change the name. And as luck would have it, a brilliant new IPA is out today. Congrats to the Smiths for their new craft beer  passion project and welcome to Utah's Craft Beer Scene.

Epic - Tropical Chasing Ghost: Debuts today. No notes tune into Beer Nerd Radio for live reactions. 

RoHa - Salt Lake Whalefishers: This new IPA features a hop bill of Cascade, Citra, Simcoe. It has a pithy citrus nose. Taste follows with more citrus and pith with a hint of pine and strawberry. Hints of lemon peel toward the end with a lightly bitter finish. Other that that light hop bitterness, it’s basically a textbook NEIPA. 7.4% - Available today at RoHa. 

2 Row - Munich Dunkel: Smells quite dry. Once on the tongue it's much maltier. Flavor-wise it's dominated by notes of bread, nuts, and perhaps a touch of chocolate. An enjoyable lager. 6.6% - Available at 2 Row.

Park City - The Last Dance Lager: Brewed for the last Sundance Film Festival in Utah. 5.0% - Only at PC Brewing.

Fisher - Purple Mountains: American Wheat Ale with Loganberry and Grapefruit. This beer defiantly has a murky purple appearance.They definatly didn’t skimp on the fruit here. Tons of Loganberry (never had loganberry). So, not sure where the berry starts and where the grapefruit ends. Enjoyable. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/16/26

Need Something to see besides inversions and ballrooms? We here at Utah Beer plumbing and exchange have a massive New Beer Friday list that'll keep you focused on the tasks at hand. 

This weekend we invite you to stop Bewilder Brewing's 6th Anniversary bash. There a new batch of Bewilder's Barrel-aged ESB available along with a new English Mild Pub Ale. Check out their socials for more info. Hope to run into this weekend. 

Second Summit Cider is back in the radio pub. Joe Bott and Brandon Baldridge are creating some incredible ciders, we'll catch-up and help fill in some of the gaps in your cider knowledge – and of course sample some of Second Summit's newest stuff. Steph and Mikey are on at 2pm every Friday on 99.9fm KUAA or at KUAAfm.org/  

Uinta - Test Phaze 004: This New England style IPA uses a blend of Dolcita and Alora that creates a swirl of peach, melon and citrus. HBC 630 hops maintains a tropical balance that aligns the system for a luxuriant journey through the hazy malts. 7.8% - Available starting today at Uinta, with wider distribution in the coming days.

Offset - Need To Know Basis: Offset is pretty good about sharing their hop and grain bills with us beer nerds. Not with this new series though. Called Need To Know Basis. This will be a line of experimental beers that showcases new ingredients and process without experimenting on their  regular beers quite as often. Basically: The Offset team doesn't want anything to sway or influence your drinking experience with these beers. I have no tasting notes on this "hoppy ale". 5.0% - Available at Offset Bier in Park City.

Red Rock - Landline: Don’t like a WCIPAs you won’t dig this. If you do? Well… lemee tell ya…This West Coast Double IPA was made with Mosaic, Simcoe, Nectaron and Strata. A DDH nose of melon and citrus. From there a firm malt bill with chewy, resiny hops smack with grapefruit peel, more melon and strawberry. Firm semi-bitter finish. Not for the meek. 8.8% - Available at all Red Rock locations.

Helper - Looped In: Another new Double WCIPA in SLC. This un is all classic WC. Looks great. Nose of orange peel & pine. First swig had big orange peel & pine. It’s backed by a good amount of caramel malt. Not crazy sweet, but this is an old school beast. Lingering finish. 9.2% - Found at Slackwater, Beer Bar, Bayou, Beehive and of course Helper Beer.  

Bewilder - Pub Ale: Brewed in part for Bewilder’s 6th Anniversary. This English Mild has a floral and piney nose. Great malt profile. No effort here. Slides down so well. The flowery hops are actually in balance (used to too many IPAs I guess) the Co2 is light - like a pub ale should be. 3.7% - Only at Bewilder. 

Saltfire - Spiced Peach Sour: This base beer comes from Saltfire's Blonde ale foeder. The nose here lights up the sides of my tongue and I haven’t even had a swig yet. It’s quite balanced once swigged. Round peach mellows the sour base. Super drinkable. The chai spices take over giving it an almost Indian Peach cobbler vibe. G’damn tasty foeder ale! 5.0% - Only at Saltfire. 

Kiitos - Japanese Rice Lager: Check before making the trip. This is scheduled to be out some time Friday. Oh my! This damn thing is crisp AF. Dry to the bone with just a hint a rice/malt sweetness. Hops are mostly lemon zest with a hint herbal smack. A bloody brilliant lager that I will be crushing for the forseeable future. 5.0% - Available at Both Kiitos locations. 

Kiitos - Nitro Coffee Stout: This dry coffee stout made with Kings Peak Coffee Roaster’s Mount Olympus Coffee Blend.Damn it! I love a coffee stout - this one does not disappoint. The coffee comes across as a medium light roast. Some fruity notes from the coffee, then you get a cocoa blast from the grains. Great balance and drinkability. Silky smoove too.

Park City - Tiramisu Stout: Look for dark and roasty ale with sweet espresso and rum flavors. A  touch of vanilla rounds it out. Yeah, sounds delish! 5.0% - Only at Park City Brewing.

Level Crossing - Dark Helmet: Nice roasty aroma. Tastes more subtle. Sure the cocoa and roasty malts are present, but it's slightly more crisp than a “dark beer”. Disappears so fast and finishes fairly clean. Nice example of the style. 5.0% - Available at Level Crossing on West Temple.

Wolfdog - Hat Trick: This new blonde ale is scheduled to be released this weekend. If you're going specifically for this beer, call to make sure it's ready. 5.0% - Only at Wolfdog.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/9/26

 

Has AI screwed-up your day? Maybe your police report? No worries New Beer Friday has chased down and apprehended many of the new brews that'll make any non-Dryuary participant scream to be arrested. Check out some of these fine local beers.

The Radio Pub welcomes back a pals from Utah's Pink Boots Chapter in this week's Beer Nerd Radio. Pink Boots has a much broader reach now and we'll get into it all with guests Gette, Kate and Kelsey. listen in at 2pm every Friday at 99.9fm KUAA or at KUAAfm.org/ 

Proper - The Knights Who Say WEE: You can always depend on Proper to come up with G’damn perfect names for their suds. This Scottish Wee Heavy is toffee heavy. Not as sweet as you might think. Great flowery hop presence taking some of the malt edge away. A solid balance. Served a wee cold though. 8.0% - Available at all Proper locations.

Proper - Paradise Lost: Hopped with Azacca and Mosaic. This American take on a Japanese style lager has a melon/strawberry aroma. This beer is dry AF, the hops work well with it though. Lotsa strawberry and melon like before, but the dryer malt profile here gives the flavors a more raw flavor profile. Tasty AF. 5.0% - Available at the Main Street Brewery.

SL Brewing/Squatters - Yuza Bruzu: Yup! If you love a citrus blast in your beer, look no further. This is basically a beermosa all in one. Tasty AF! 5.0% - Available at all SL Brewing/Squatters locations.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 1/2/26

Hope your holidays were just as you hoped. We here at the Utah Beer Sponge Emporium enjoyed way too much cheer. If you haven't made the choice to abstain from great beer this month we have a brilliant list of suds to make you wish you chose a dry April instead. Happy New Beer Friday!

Speaking of "Dryuary" folk, we have your back as well. Beer Nerd Radio has you covered with a visit from our friends at HK Brewing Collective. We'll provide sensory and info on some of the latest alternative non-boozy options out there for you. See? It's a lil bit of something for everyone. Mikey and Steph fire up the radio pub every Friday at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/

Salt Lake Brewing/Squatters - Smoke On the Water: Super subtle smoke here. Nice malt character, just wish it was a bit sweeter. It’s an overall clean but dry ale. 5.0% - Available at SL Brewing/Squatters

Red Rock - Chooglin': Whoa! There’s a good dose of NZ hops here - Citra, Krush & Nelson Savin! It’s full of melon, diesel & chewy orange peel. It’s well hopped for sure. It doesn’t have a bitter finish, but it is damn resinous. Another winner from RR. 7.8% - Available at all Red Rock locations.

Fisher - Necking: Wahoo! Love me some Nectaron pale ale! Great stone fruit and citrus happen here. If you're a fan of this hop, it's worth checking out. 5.0% - Available at Fisher.

Offset - Centennial: Look for high citrus notes on the nose. It's a very terpy/floral lemon/yuzu note with some strawberry. Not the juicy/candy like aspect of a strawberry but more the seedy outer parts of the strawberry. The flavor follows but this is where the pine comes into play. It's really fun beer that's incredibly bright with tons of hop character that never weighs on the palate. 5.0% 

2 Row - Nut Brown Ale: Look for toasted nuts, caramel malt, cinnamon and clove spice. It's like a handful of spiced holiday nuts in a glass. Easy-drinking, comforting, and perfect for cooler days. 5.0% - Available now at 2 Row.

Red Rock - Chooglin': This citrus-forward hazy double IPA is loaded with Citra, Nelson Sauvin, and Krush hops. Look for waves of bright orange, tart grapefruit, fresh lime, and zesty pith with underlying notes of tropical fruit and berries. 7.8% - Available at all Red Rock locations.

Home Range - Tiny Home: Missed this smaller version of HR's Home IPA. 5.0% - Available at Home Range Brewing.

Kiitos - Fonio & Ube: Whoa! It’s weird in a good way. A slight nuttiness, followed by vanilla. The fruitiness from the Fonio takes over from there, giving it a vanilla/Lechee dreamsicle mash-up. It’s all from the Fonio & Ube. Then throw in that crazy purple tint from the Ube. 5.0% - Available at Kiitos in draft and cans.

TF - Dropshot Pale Ale: This New Zealand-style pale ale is hopped with Motueka, Nelson, Strata and a Citra hop dip. It's a medley of melon, berries and a nice hoppy herbal bite. It’s well hopped for sure showing off all that resiny hop goodness. 5.0% - Available on draft at TF.

Grid City - The Big Fruitcake (Style 2 - Batch 1 - 2025): A wee bit of whiskey aroma. It lives up to its name for sure. It's all American Barleywine. It has a good dose of cherry, orange and berries. Dates and fig roll in next with a solid blast of hops to dry it out and keep it becoming cloying. The barrel Definitely takes a back seat in this beer. It does come with a nice as well. 10.8% - Available at Grid City.

RoHa - Dog Tag (Fifth Tour): This year’s Veteran’s blend is comprised of Krush, Idaho 7, Citra and HBC-1134. It's citrusy for sure. Definitely some lemon with stone fruit and tropical flavors. Herbal toward the finish. Nicely done. 5.0% - Available at RoHa on draft.

Ogden Beer - More Kick: This nitro Porter has great cocoa and roasted malt flavors here. The nitro makes this silky AF. Ummm. I love this as much as nitro porter/stout can be loved. I'd have another pint if I could. 5.0% - Available at Ogden Beer.

New to the Market Beers

These Breweries are new to the market. we'll provide their locations but you'll have to do the research yourselves.

Heavy Reel Brewing (New Jersey) - Slackwater

Falling Knife Brewing - (New Jersey) - Slackwater

Stormbreaker Brewing - (Oregon) - Beer Bar 

Wayfinder Brewing - (Oregon) - Beer Bar 

Steeplejack Brewing - (Oregon) - Beer Bar 

Von Ebert Brewing - (Oregon) - Beer Bar 

By All Means Brewing - (Montana) - Slackwater, Bayou, Dick n Dixie's, Handlebar. 

Ārpus Brewing - (Latvia) - Slackwater 

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

New Beer Friday 12/19/25

It's the last New Beer Friday before Christmas and the beers before you will make your eyes pop and your tummies overjoyed. Happy Holidays Friends!

Beer Nerd Radio becomes cider nerd radio today with the return of Marcio Buffalo. Buffalo has some new badass ciders that aren't your typical fermented apple beverages. Curious? tune in today (Friday) at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/ 

Bewilder/Wolfdog - Rabbit's Revenge: Made with Saaz & Super Saaz, this Czech Amber Lager has a nice combo of toasted/malt sweetness. Super clean with some slight esters from the yeast. The hops are balanced and grassy/herbal. This is a great Czech Amber Lager. 5.0% Available at Wolfdog and Bewilder.

RoHa - Brewers Select (Petal Power Jasmine IPA): Jasmin and flowery hops in nose. Taste is equally botanical. It’s hard to explain the flavors some citrus & slightly piney from the hops but the jasmine takes it in another direction. Some petal herbal-ness, hint of honey and grass. Very cool. Try this! 

Salt Lake Brewing - Cathedral: This Belgian-style Tripel has a peachy aroma with a hint of alcohol. Palate is drying with light candied sugar. The stonefruit profile is light with some berry notes. Hops add some grassy herbal flavors to the dry finish. This 8.0 percenter has a wallop. So consider yourself warned. Available at all Squatters/SL Brewing locations.

Saltfire - Oenobeer: This Oenobeer is a beer wine hybrid. This version features Corot Noir, Marechal Foch and St Croix grapes from Mt. Naomi Orchards. Light vine flavors. The flavor is grape-y, but not jammy. Not a sour, but vinous for sure. Not much beer here because the vine presence is so prominent. However, it very tasty and it's the reason I love craft beer so much. 5.0% - Available at Saltfire.

Kiitos - Nectaron: This limited brew only has Nectaron hops. Huge flavors of melon, papaya, and pineapple with notes of white grape and a touch of cannabis. Pillowy soft body and low in bitterness to make it exceptionally drinkable. If you love Nectaron, run don’t walk. 5.0% - Only available at both Kiitos locations.

Talisman - Wit the Howell?!: This Barrel Aged Honey Cream Ale brewed with locally grown and malted wheat, using Utah sourced raw honey both from Howell UT. Aged 6+months in bourbon barrels, the aroma is floral and vanilla with touch of bourbon, tangerine zest, and light coriander. Very soft mouthfeel, flavor has floral sweet notes of honey and the wit yeast leaves it notes of citrus and earthy spice to keep things from finishing too heavy. Finishes smooth with the honey and barrel age shining through lingering notes of Kentucky bourbon oak, honey, and creamy vanilla. 8.0% - Currently available at Talisman only and in 22oz bottles, more outlets announced soon.

Proper - Beersmas Christmas Ale: Dark cocoa and roasted malt aroma. Taste starts the same with cocoa roasty grains. The malt and spice profile is light, which gives it better drinkability than some spiced beers. Overall the flavors are nice and it finishes on the dry side. 5.0% - Available at all Proper locations.

Proper - Pistachio Christmas Ale: Hint of coffee aroma. This cream ale is light overall. Coffee and pistachio are pretty subtle. Some vanilla gives it some perceived sweetness, but it’s an overall dry cream ale. Somewhat thin, but the flavors there are fairly solid. 5.0% - Available at all Proper locations.

Uinta - Brian Head: Made for Utah's Brian Head Ski Resort. No notes on this one. 5.0% - Available at Brian Head Resort. 

Uinta - Give me the Beer: Toasty with a hint of honey? Seems like honey. Nice malt profile. Love that golden/copper color. Hops are straight up Nobel tasting. Solid drinking lager for sure. 5.0% - Only at Uinta.

Tomorrow is the big Winter Solstice party at Saltfire (12/20).This Dark Ale Festival features a selection of beers from multiple breweries. It goes from 6-10pm and tickets are required. If you'd like to get in on the fun we have a discount code for you. DARKBEER25 And here is the link for tickets.

 Cheers!

New Beer Friday 12/12/25

Krampus ain't taking any of your B.S. this year, if you want a happy New Beer Friday, you'd better pull it together my friends. 

Home Range Brewing is making the trek down from Logan to be with Steph and Mikey in the Radio Pub this afternoon. The boys in Cache Valley are spoiling the Beer Nerds up there and we'll give you more than a few reasons to get your asses on the road north. The conversation starts live at 2pm every Friday on 99.9fm KUAA. KUAAfm.org/ 

Bewilder - Lodge Lizard: This winter warmer was brewed w/fresh lemon peel, fresh orange peel, cinnamon, clove, ginger & peppercorn. Spiced aroma. Flavor matches up with cinnamon and ginger blended w/ a not too aggressive malty base. Definitely has a holiday vibe. 7.3%

RoHa - Holiday Ale: This British Mild ale features cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and allspice. “It’s a spicy meatball” it features cocoa, dark roasted malts & the above mentioned spice rack. Could use a lil malt sweetness or other to balance it out. Definitely has the holiday vibe.

Ogden Beer - Northern Pale Ale: Jacquie made this new pale ale with Northeast Juicy Yeast. It a strain that that by produces tropical esters and supports haze. It creates a smooth, full mouthfeel, and can produce intense hop aroma without the harsh bitterness of traditional IPAs. 5.0% - on now at Ogden Beer.

Saltfire - Spiced Peach Sour: Not sure if this is the actual name of this beer. No notes on this one. 5.0% - Releases today at Saltfire.

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

Cheers!

New Beer Friday 12/5/25

 

Are you stuck in a rut, with any ol' cheap hooch? This New Beer Friday will bring you back from the brink! This week's tasty new beers are guaranteed to keep you off the terlet floor... well, most of you. Note: The raccoon ain't dead, just passed out drunk from his liquor store escapades.

Did you know there's a new Utah based distillery? Holistic Spirits will be our bartenders in the radio pub today (Friday). We'll get into what they're all about and what famous person is part of the crew. Hit us up at 2pm on 99.9fm KUAA or stream us, KUAAfm.org/ 

RoHa - Pre-Prohibition Lager: This American lager style was revived in the 1990s and is characterized by a fuller body and more pronounced flavor than modern light lagers. Great malt profile. All that toasty malt with a medium/light amount sweetness. Hops are somewhat aggressive as well. Leaving some grassy herbal zap on the tongue. Tasty “PrePro” lager. 5.0% - Available now at RoHa.

Bewilder - Dos Hazy Boi (Southern Hemisphere): This Superdelic, Galaxy, Riwaka & Motueka hopped DIPA is goddamn Brilliant treat for your mouth! Melon, berries, citrus blast up front. THEN ample malt sweetness & more resinous hops create a dank salad of gnarly DIPA. 8.1% - Available at Bewilder today.

Talisman - Sour Encounter (Pomegranate): Missed this sour pomegranate ale. 5.0% - on draft now at Talisman.

Talisman - Foggy Goggles: This hazy session IPA features mango and passionfruit with tangerine and orange backing it up. A pillowy mouthful backs it all up. 5.0% - on draft now at Talisman.

TF - Skiers' Delight: Slight adjunct aroma. Some apple peel will crisp citrus, nudging towards the lemon/lime side. Clean overall. Very bright & light. As you’d expect from an Apré beer.

If you're a fan of Beer Zombies' beers they are still sending them into the market. You can only find them at the former Beer Zombies pub now called Happy Taps or at SnowmoBAR. SnowmoBAR has a relationship/partnership with Beer Zombies and may become the go to place for these beers in the future. 

Beer Zombies - Hazes of Death II: This double Hazy IPA is so nice! Big citrus & malt. It’s a lot to take in. The malt & alcohol are punching it out. But the hops are equally brutal. I’d say this was a meek IPA, less the massive hop punch. Pursue this beer. It’s worth your time today. 8.0% Found at Happy Taps and SnowmoBAR.

Beer Zombies/Tin Bridge - Lorna Shore: A collaboration for Lorna Shore, an American deathcore band from New Jersey. This double dry-hopped IPA is citrus driven for shore (see what i did there). The hops are full of tangerine & grapefruit. Some nice stonefruit too, but this is mostly citrus. Definitely gunna seek out this NJ band to see what’s behind this damn IPA. 7.5% Found at Happy Taps and SnowmoBAR.

Beer Zombies - Duck Hunter: This version features Ekuanot and Citra hops. On the edge of old. A good amount of citrus & herbal hops. Oddly boozy for 7.2%. Maybe it’s a sign of things to come. It’s fine.

Beer Zombies - Blood Orange Boomstick: Missed this This Blonde Ale  5.5% Found at Happy Taps and SnowmoBAR.

Beer Zombies - Dole Hwhip Lemonade: Missed this one. 4.3% Found at Happy Taps and SnowmoBAR.

Beer Zombies - Mulligan: This West Coast Pils has a great malt profile that pushes off a blast of herbal and citrus.  4.6% Found at Happy Taps and SnowmoBAR.

Beer Zombies - Los Guerreos: This Mexican-style lager has Lime essence with a hint of salt to start it off. Clean overall. The lagered base is solid. It’s quite tasty. If offered a lime? Say, no. Try it first without, if it doesn’t jive then ask for one, but I don’t think it’s necessary. Nice beer. 5.0% Found at Happy Taps and SnowmoBAR.

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

Cheers!