Perhaps you’ve seen them in the liquor store – those seemingly overpriced, oddly shaped bottles of beer. Some bottles use numbers to differentiate style, while others use color. Exactly which style it is they’re trying to define can be a mystery without prior knowledge. And, unless a gamble with your hard earned cash tickles your […]
Strap Tank Brewing Company: Proof God Loves Utah County
Beer lovers of Utah County have been praying for a brewery to open in the region for years. It’s been 139 years since a brewery existed there, and many thought it might never happen. Not while Mormon teetotalers make up the majority of the population. It looked like the pioneers hard at work over at […]
Red Rock Brewing Company Forbidden Peach
One of the greatest parts of being a craft brewery is getting to create whatever the hell you want. When thinking of what idea to hatch next, brewers Kevin Templin and Chris Harlin chose a wild fermented fruit beer they could nurture from field to glass. It wasn’t long before the duo hopped in […]
Pie and Beer Day: Utah’s “Other” Holiday
There is nothing more “Utah” than Pioneer Day. July 24th commemorates the day in 1847 when the Mormon Pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley after their long trek west and decided to call it home. Nowadays, a new alternative holiday has taken shape, and it has really solidified itself as a legitimate part of Utah […]
Shades of Pale Brewing Company
I’ve never looked at an old meat packing plant and thought, “Hmm… a brewery would fit nicely in there.” But then again, I’m not Trent Fargher! Trent is the owner, brewer, and wearer of many hats at Shades of Pale Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. Success is difficult to achieve without a […]
A Quick Trip to Crested Butte, Colorado
Last weekend, my husband and I made a quick trip to Colorado to celebrate our 5th anniversary. We both love to be in the mountains so we decided to drive to Crested Butte. I had never been there and was excited to do a little mountain biking, camping, and of course, a lot of beer […]