Beer Reviews
June 2015 Beer Reviews
From light and dry to tart and fruity to hop bombs, we’ve got your summer sippin’ situation well in hand.
Park City’s New Namesake Brewery
The people of Park City love their beer—they deserve a brewery with some staying power. I think they’ve found it.
The Wheel of Beer
Sure, paper menus are fine, but there’s nothing like having a real-time digital menu at your fingertips. After a few months, with little feedback on this tiny option in a tiny corner of The Bayou’s website, something odd began happening.
117 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: The Barrelhouse
The Barrelhouse is the baby of Shane McConnell, a softspoken man who wanted to bring some additional choice to the Ogden bar scene.
The Beer Collector – Carlos Gallegos
After many years collecting, Carlos Gallegos became known as the “Utah Guy” among his fellow collectors in the breweriana world—that’s what they call their hobby of collecting beer memorabilia.
Homebrew Clubs: ZZ Hops
The Zion Zymurgist Homebrew OPerative Society is the oldest brewing club in Utah, which makes them pretty special when you think of how this state used to be.
Homebrew Clubs: Lauter Day Brewers
I’d brewed with plenty of folks before, but had not envisioned something as large as this. It turns out that Lauter Day Brewers is Utah’s largest homebrew club, with around 60 dues-paying members, which ensures that every one of their events is crowded.
Four Vintages: Red Rock’s Rêve Tasting 05.11
Kicking off American Craft Beer Week on Monday, May 11, Red Rock held a tasting event featuring four vintages of their Rêve, a soured Belgian tripel–style ale. Red Rock first released the much coveted Rêve in November of 2007, and it continually sells out within a matter of days. The gastropub hosted the dinner in their sectioned-off private dining room at their Fashion Place location at 6227 S. State St. … read more
May 2015 Beer Reviews
There’s that old adage: “If it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it!” In a nutshell, that’s our ancestors screaming at us from the past, telling us to leave a good thing alone. In many cases, that’s true—there are hundreds of things that impact our daily lives that have remained virtually unchanged since they were brought to our attention.
April 2015 – Beer Reviews
It used to be that Utah was a beer wasteland. For decades, it was impossible to get your hands on quality beers that were made outside of the state. This all changed in 2010 when Utah’s lawmakers created a variance that would allow beer distributors to store the beer and allocate all of that precious state warehouse space for liquor and wine.