Authors: Ashlee Mason
![In Blurry Focus: Utah Brewers Guild](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/7721-Phil_Handke_Erika_Palmer_Chris_Haas_Brewer_39_s_Gu.jpg)
In Blurry Focus: Utah Brewers Guild
On one of the most beautiful days on record this year, I shunned the sunshine to settle into a seat deep down in the basement of the BeerHive Pub (128 S. Main). With a chilled glass of barleywine about halfway drained, I soon found myself sitting across from Phil Handke, the President of the Utah Brewers’ Guild. With a Master’s Degree in Communications, he certainly seemed like a business-minded professional—a pragmatist unafraid of raw, hard numbers, whose qualities may prove very useful as the Guild grows and develops a stronger lobbying voice for the brewing industry in our state. … read more
![What You Know & What You Don’t Know About Comic Jason Harvey](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/7414-MichaelPortanda_JasonHarvey_2.jpg)
What You Know & What You Don’t Know About Comic...
Jason Harvey is originally from Nilbog Porterville in Morgan County, Utah, the land of the burned-down Troll 2 chapel we all love and admire dearly. He’s been performing standup for roughly four and a half years now, and decided to up his personal ante by organizing and hosting the monthly show, Comedy! And Other Opinions at 5 Monkeys, a bar in the heart of Murray. … read more