Never heard of Pie & Beer Day? Well you best adjust your bonnet and lend an ear! Pie & Beer Day is a holiday celebrated in Utah on the very same day Mormons celebrate Pioneer Day, July 24th. The origins of Pie & Beer Day are a bit hazy, but the beer-loving Utah counterculture has […]
Cooking with Beer: Strawberry IPA Popsicles
It’s hotter than Hades outside! That means it’s the perfect time for frozen treats. Tickle your child-like fancy with an adult version of the good old fashioned Popsicle! The twist here is that these are made with beer. And what do we love more than beer? Absolutely nothing! It’s time to make Strawberry IPA Popsicles. […]
Beer Clean or Bust
Imagine the hours of planning, labor, and attention to detail that brewers put into your beer. Meticulous care and thought goes into each step from the recipe to the brew day to packaging and every moment in between. Choosing the best distributors or draught systems is also a high priority. All of these deliberate steps […]
Bourbon: The Spirit of America
What’s more American than baseball and apple pie? Well, bourbon is, actually. A bottle of the amber-colored liquid holds suspended inside it the entire history of our great Nation. From its key ingredient, corn, originally cultivated by Native Americans, to the distilling techniques carried here by European immigrants, spurred on by a Revolution, bourbon whiskey […]
Certified Beer Server Study Resources
When I first moved to Utah in the fall of 2013, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life. With experience in retail, warehouse operations, and the service industry, I opted for the most lucrative job I could find. A bar in downtown Salt Lake City called Whiskey Street was about […]
This Dampfbier Is Really Steaming Up the Place!
What the suds is Dampfbier?! Relax; it’s not as bizarre as it sounds. Dampfbier (damp-f-beer) translates literally to “steam beer” in German. Here in the American West, we are quite familiar, or at least our ancestors were, with steam beer. You may be acquainted with San Francisco’s Anchor Steam as the classic version of this […]