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Salt Lake Brewing Black Sunshine and Saltfire A Series of Singularities

Two craft brews that'll put you in your happy place.

By Mike Riedel

Epic Utah Margarita and Shades Citrus Circus

Dreary days are chased away as the flavors of summer come early.

By Mike Riedel

Bewilder Big Crispy and Red Rock Swan Lake

Tasting a pair of un-lager-like lagers

By Mike Riedel

Salt Lake Brewing Black Sunshine and Saltfire A Series of Singularities

Two craft brews that'll put you in your happy place.

Cascadian Dark Ales are characterized with caramel malt and dark-roasted malt flavor.

By Mike Riedel April 17, 2024

Salt Flats Barrel-aged Single Bock and Uinta/Beehive Jack Rabbit Gin-Barrel Aged Saison

Two very different beers showcased through casks

This is the first beer in Salt Flat's new Open Road Series of beers. It's a traditional bock bier, aged in Salt Flat's own Bonneville Bourbon barrels.

By Mike Riedel March 27, 2024

Top of Main Hoppy Beginning and Templin Family Interlodge IPA

Fortune favors these bold, hoppy ales.

If the name of this brewery doesn't sound familiar, its address probably will.

By Mike Riedel March 20, 2024

Level Crossing Eternal Pursuit and Uinta Chile Limón

Spicy or boozy, these beers will keep you cozy

This dark strong ale was aged for 12 months in Ruby Port Wine and High West Rye Whiskey barrels

By Mike Riedel March 13, 2024

Fisher Abs of Steel 7th Anniversary Ale and Bewilder Malt Lab Lager

Two malty dreamboat beers to kick off March

To help celebrate Fisher's 7th year of making beer, the Fisher brew team came up with this special Belgian-style abbey ale to offer-up something a little different for their customers.

By Mike Riedel March 6, 2024

Bewilder Hopless Romantic and Templin Family Foeder Circus Series

Like leap year, beers like these don't come around very often.

This week, we have not one but two locally-made beers that showcase more traditional botanicals, instead of hops, to enhance and bitter the individual ales.

By Mike Riedel February 28, 2024

Shades Brewing Aquarius and Uinta Pro Line – My Inner Ian

Expressing creativity through local suds

This new raspberry stout was made for Valentine's Day, and does not feature Shades' Kveik yeast strain.

By Mike Riedel February 21, 2024

Red Rock Citra Black and RoHa Brewing Stage Left IPA

Mad scientist/brewers create beastly brews

Red Rock - Citra Black: This is not a Black IPA or a Cascadian Dark Ale. It's actually a black lager that features a massive amount of Citra hops.

By Mike Riedel February 14, 2024

Wasatch/Squatters Tuxedo Trixter and Bohemian California Stream Lager

One beer thinks it's a stout; the other thinks it's a lager.

So this beer is known as a "white stout"—basically a cream/blonde ale that get its roasty character from coffee or cocoa.

By Mike Riedel February 7, 2024

Uinta's Be Rye Wit' Cha and Shades' Hellion

Two approachable Belgian ales

This week we're visiting two of the more subtle of the Belgian styles: witbiers and blondes.

By Mike Riedel January 31, 2024

Red Rock Bella Rosa and Grid City Hazy India Pale Ale #4

Two beers that benefit from creative hop use

This new lager from Red Rock features a new hop variety from Jackson Farms in Wilder, Idaho.

By Mike Riedel January 24, 2024

SaltFire Huldra and Holle, Bewilder I Love Juicy

Changing up established styles with new flavor profiles

A thick, dense, black pour produces a two-finger, tight, dark mocha-colored head after a wonderful cascading effect that looks stunning.

By Mike Riedel January 17, 2024

Epic Barrel Aged Imperial Vanilla Porter and Salt Lake Brewing London Dungeon Smoked Porter

One size doesn't fit all with the varied porter beer style.

This week we take you down two different paths with a couple of porters that show you how different this classic English can be.

By Mike Riedel January 10, 2024

Offset Just Me Series Tettnag and Salt Lake Brewing Brewers Batch

2024 is on course to be a special year for lagers.

I predict 2024 will be the year of the lagers in Utah. With so many locals rediscovering them, and the fact that our brewers love to make them, the math is simple—and who doesn't prefer simple math?

By Mike Riedel January 3, 2024