Gather close, friends, for we have things to discuss and stories to tell. In case you haven’t heard, the Utah Brewers Guild is hosting its first Collaboration Fest on Jun 29, 2019 from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm at the McCarthey Plaza in downtown Salt Lake City. The concept of this fest is a double […]
Crafty Beer Girls Podcast Episode 1
Introducing the inaugural episode of our new podcast! We talk about how we got our start as Crafty Beer Girls, what it’s like living in Utah, and get psyched for the upcoming Utah Brewers Guild Collaboration Fest! Big thanks to Hoppers Grill and Brewing for hosting us, and Mike “the Janitor” Millen of Millen Around […]
Happy Bird-day, Andy!
One of the coolest Utah residents has got to be Andy N. Condor. He lives at the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City, and he’s turning 60 this year! That’s a respectable age for us humans, but did you know a bird could live that long? Andy is an Andean condor, and he’s expected to […]
Bohemian-Style Pilsner
In late May 2019, I spent four days judging beer with brewers and beer professionals from all over the NW United States at the International Beer Awards in Idaho Falls, ID. About 100 judges worked through nearly 2,000 entries to decide which samples were the best of the best in each category. Utah claimed 25 […]
Kveik – The Wonder Yeast!
For lovers of history and ancient beer styles, everything old becomes new again. Kveik is one of the latest examples of something that has been around for centuries hitting the mainstream. Kveik, however, is not a beer style. It’s a type of yeast. In fact, the word “kveik” (pronounced “kvike”) is a literal Norwegian translation […]
Cedar City’s Policy Kings
Like many small, southern Utah towns, Cedar City may be living behind the times. The population of 29,000 has just two bars, but as of six months ago, they now also have a brewery. Policy Kings, owned and operated by husband and wife team, Deandre and Sara Ridgel, opened its taproom doors November 2, 2018. […]