In the world of beer, Fall means that pumpkin ale is out in full force! Beer lovers are a little all over the place when it comes to how they feel about that. Some are horrified while others are in heaven! Several, like me, want to like pumpkin beer, but have to admit that it doesn’t […]
Fluid Art: A Cultural Pairing of Craft Beer and Contemporary Art
Art can take you on a journey to worldly places and down rabbit holes. It can conjure emotions, some buried deep, and really make you think. Well, so can beer! So why not pair the two? That’s just what Salt Lake City’s own Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and the Utah Brewer’s Guild have done […]
You’re Looking At IBUs All Wrong
We’ve all seen it before. That two or three digit number between 20 and 100+ boasted on a beer bottle label followed by the letters “IBU”. Many brewery tap rooms also list it on their chalkboards alongside style, ABV, and price per glass. But what does IBU mean? A few of your beer-loving friends might […]
Adjuncts In Beer – They’re Not Junk
“Adjunct” is one of the many words our society has groomed us to believe we need to stay away from in our food and beverages. This is good advice in some cases, but adjuncts aren’t all hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup. Brewing beer is fortunately a very natural process that doesn’t require a […]