For a century, the community known as Short Creek, has been home to the FLDS Church (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), a sect that broke away from the mainstream LDS church when it stopped practicing polygamy. This group of polygamists has lived in the Utah/Arizona border towns of Hildale and Colorado City […]
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. […]
Earth Friendly Drinking
Happy Earth Day! Let’s take some time to consider the ways humans impact the planet. As an avid beer drinker, I know I generate a lot of waste in the form of empty beer bottles and cans. It’s something I try to be conscious of when I consume my favorite beverage. Drinking draft beer is […]
The Boilermaker Series from Sugar House Distillery
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 […]