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 […]
Toasted Barrel’s Wild Ride
Like the aged beers they hope to make, Toasted Barrel Brewery has taken some time to emerge from the dark corners of Utah’s yet-to-be-realized brewing potential. After more than a year of hard work obtaining permits and getting the brewery up and running, business partners Sage Dawson and Lynn Litchfield finally opened the doors to […]
Hello, Grisette, Pleased to Meet You!
I recently received an introduction to the beer style, grisette, courtesy of Salt Lake’s newest brewery, Toasted Barrel. While the style has been gaining some popularity in the craft beer scene for the past few years, it was my first encounter. When I asked the brewer what it was, he explained, “It’s like a saison […]