St. Patrick’s Day 2020 was the last day Salt Lake area breweries, restaurants, and bars were open before COVID-19 temporarily shut them down. One year later, the community is celebrating the season with renewed hope that the pandemic is nearing an end. As more Utahns get vaccinated and a spring thaw brings warmer temperatures, breweries […]
Bewilder Brewing: Advancing Beer Culture in Utah
Bewilder Brewing is one of Salt Lake’s newest breweries, but owners Ross Metzger and Cody McKendrick have been part of the brewing community for years. The childhood friends opened Salt City Brew Supply in 2011 to serve local homebrewers, and they have played a big role in cultivating Utah’s brewing culture ever since. Opening their […]
Coronavirus Pandemic Survival: Orange Phase Edition
As of May 1st, Utah officially moved into the moderate risk “orange phase” of the Governor’s multi-tiered approach to reopening the state as it begins to stabilize from the coronavirus crisis. Although positive coronavirus cases continue to accumulate, state leaders appear to be looking to find a balance between public health and safety and mitigating […]
List of Utah Breweries and Operation Status
Here is a list of local breweries and what they are offering during this time of quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic. Visiting the brewery directly gets money in their pockets right away. We’ve noted which breweries are only filling new glass growlers. We will try to update this list as changes are made, but […]
Circle the Boots: Utah Breweries Stay Strong Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
This is not the article I had planned to write. Earlier this month on the weekend of International Women’s Day (March 8th) the ladies of the Utah chapter of the Pink Boots Society and the Hop Bombshells Homebrew Club gathered separately to brew their collaboration beers using the 2020 Pink Boots hop blend. The Pink […]
Heber Valley Brewing Company
As Utah’s craft beer scene continues to expand, it’s good to see breweries open in the lesser-served corners of the state. The historic pioneer town of Heber City, Utah just became a little less dry with the opening of Heber Valley Brewing Company in August of 2019. Now residents and visitors can stop in for […]