Perhaps you’ve seen them in the liquor store – those seemingly overpriced, oddly shaped bottles of beer. Some bottles use numbers to differentiate style, while others use color. Exactly which style it is they’re trying to define can be a mystery without prior knowledge. And, unless a gamble with your hard earned cash tickles your […]
Red Rock Brewing Company Forbidden Peach
One of the greatest parts of being a craft brewery is getting to create whatever the hell you want. When thinking of what idea to hatch next, brewers Kevin Templin and Chris Harlin chose a wild fermented fruit beer they could nurture from field to glass. It wasn’t long before the duo hopped in […]
Shades of Pale Brewing Company
I’ve never looked at an old meat packing plant and thought, “Hmm… a brewery would fit nicely in there.” But then again, I’m not Trent Fargher! Trent is the owner, brewer, and wearer of many hats at Shades of Pale Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. Success is difficult to achieve without a […]
The Beers of Summer
But I can see you Your golden color shining in the sun You got your branded glass And a nice, fluffy foam, baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the beers of summer have gone There. I’ve weeded out the people who can’t stand cheesy humor. If you’re […]
Pet Peeves of a Certified Cicerone®
Everyone has them – specific actions or visual cues that unreasonably set you off the deep end. It’s the sound of someone chewing, the way toilet paper is placed on the roll, or how your significant other leaves their wet towel on the ground after a shower. It’s the small bit of OCD in all […]
A Brewery Here, A Beer Bar There – Arizona Edition
If it were up to me, this is what I would do. I would travel to places, drink their best, see their best, make friends with their best, and write all about it here. The world of beer has enough stories to tell using that formula to write volumes, but a chapter or two will […]