What’s in the life of a barrel? Its existence centers around providing flavor and complexity to fermented and distilled beverages. For many, a lifetime will see more than one type of fluid contained within its staves. A barrel can be passed around from place to place, but sometimes it comes home to where life began. […]
Brews & Bites with Kiitos
Attention foodies! This one’s for you. I attended the latest edition of Brews & Bites at SLICE (Salt Lake Institute of Culinary Education) where I was treated to an evening of exceptional dishes paired with beer from a local brewery. The spotlight brewery for March was Kiitos Brewing, winner of GABF (Great American Beer Festival) […]
On Wednesdays We Wear Pink Boots
Women of the growing Utah chapter of the Pink Boots Society gathered at the Roosters B Street Brewery in Ogden on March 8th, International Women’s Day, to brew an empowering beer they dubbed “On Wednesdays We Wear Pink Boots.” The Pink Boots Society is an international organization dedicated to supporting and enabling women to succeed […]
What Can (Sour) Brown do for You?
I couldn’t help but notice the recent influx of sour beers from Utah breweries includes three different brown ales. It’s not the trendiest of styles and relatively rare to see one pop up at your local brewery. Currently there are sour brown ales from Toasted Barrel, RoHa Brewing Project, and Uinta Brewing. This phenomenon is […]
Kick-Back with Wasatch Brewery
Let’s take it back a bit. It’s the 80s in Utah and it’s illegal to open a brewpub in the state. There hasn’t been a brewery here since Prohibition. Lucky for us, Greg Schirf from Milwaukee got that law changed so he could open a brewery in Park City. His legacy lives on in the […]
Brut IPA: The Bubbly of Beers
For those who’ve had their fill of the New England-style juice bomb IPAs (see our previous post Utah Haze Wars), there is a palate cleanser available to scrub all the oat flakes from your tongue. It’s the extra dry “brut” IPA and it could be perfect for Utah’s low alcohol “sport beer” market. Beer belly […]