The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival has found a permanent home on my must-attend list for beer festivals each year. While I enjoy The Great American Beer Festival, I’d purposefully ruin my four year streak of GABF attendance if I was forced to pick between it and Big Beers. The high altitude, high ABV […]
Crafty Beer Girls Podcast Episode 9 – Wheat Germ Sprinkles
Aw, the podcast that could have been. We traveled to Red Rock Brewing’s Tap Haus in Park City to record with the charming Kevin Davis and Kim Hardle over beers and fried green tomatoes, but alas, it wasn’t to be. Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned, and instead of biting into a thick slice of […]
Crafty Beer Girls Podcast Episode 8 – Remember, Remember The 1st of November
In this episode, we visit with Jennifer Hamilton of Mountain West Hard Cider, ruminate on Utah’s new 5% ABV cap on draft and grocery store beers (it used to be 4%) that took effect on November 1st, and discuss some of the differences between beer and cider. Then we hear about Lauren’s trip to the […]
Gueuze Got Your Goat
I’ve kind of given up on the pronunciation. Gooze, gehrz, goo-zeh… whatever. It’s just not synonymous with the similar sounding style “gose”, which is German, and decidedly pronounced “goes-uh”. Gueuze is a Belgian style, and also has two correct spellings: “gueuze” in French, and “geuze” in Dutch. I don’t speak a lick of either language, […]
Crafty Beer Girls Podcast Episode 7- Edge of the World
Come trip with us! Lauren talks about her travels to the Midwest where she visited the Leinie Lodge and a corner store in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin that satisfied her childlike cravings for Cow Tales and candy cigarettes. Jenni regails us with tales of Sedona, Arizona, and the polygamist town of Colorado City where she stayed […]
Level Crossing is On Track!
They were the new kids on the block, but now Level Crossing Brewing Company is coming up on 6 months old! Named for the type of intersection where a railway line crosses a road at the same level, the South Salt Lake brewery is still establishing itself and hopes to be an anchor for the […]