The Wheel of Beer

The Wheel of Beer
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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.

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117 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: The Barrelhouse

117 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: The Barrelhouse
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The Barrelhouse is the baby of Shane McConnell, a softspoken man who wanted to bring some additional choice to the Ogden bar scene.

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SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Caleb Schrank

SLUG Skate Photo Feature: Caleb Schrank
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Let this be a lesson: Get to the spot before the skater. When a skater is ready to go for something, they aren’t going to wait around for a photographer to get there, especially when they have a video camera already on hand. 

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The Beer Collector – Carlos Gallegos

The Beer Collector – Carlos Gallegos
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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.

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The Annex by Epic Brewing

The Annex by Epic Brewing
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The arrival of Chef Craig Gerome from San Francisco this year, however, has rocked this gastropub. The Annex is now more like a fancy restaurant with lots of great beer.

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Mike Brown: The Beer Garden

Mike Brown: The Beer Garden
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Apparently, just like actual SLUG readers, IRL slugs are attracted to the sugar in the beer—but they drink too much, get drunk and drown in the beer. 

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June 2015 Beer Reviews

June 2015 Beer Reviews
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From light and dry to tart and fruity to hop bombs, we’ve got your summer sippin’ situation well in hand. 

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Park City’s New Namesake Brewery

Park City’s New Namesake Brewery
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The people of Park City love their beer—they deserve a brewery with some staying power. I think they’ve found it.

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Homebrew Clubs: ZZ Hops

Homebrew Clubs: ZZ Hops
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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.

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Homebrew Clubs: Lauter Day Brewers

Homebrew Clubs: Lauter Day Brewers
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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.

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