Utah brewers are brewing world-class beer. But, as we all learned from watching Reading Rainbow as kids, you don’t have to take my word for it. Winners in this year’s World Beer Cup — sometimes referred to as “The Olympics of Beer Competitions” — were announced on Thursday. A pair of Utah breweries won medals. Shades…
Homebrewers who brew lagers are used to waiting. The styles often reward patience. But after three years between full-fledged Lagerpalooza events due to COVID-19 concerns, even the most patient of brewers and beer drinkers are ready to enjoy clean, crisp lagers among friends. This year, organizers are putting the palooza back in Lagerpalooza, says Kelly…
It’s not a stretch to say yeast, perhaps more than any other ingredient, helped Shades Brewing to make its mark. Specifically, the South Salt Lake brewery utilized a strain of kveik—an ancient Norwegian farmhouse brewing yeast—to cement its place in craft beer. First featured in a Shades beer in mid-2018, kveik is now used in dozens of offerings…
Picture it: Salt Lake City, September 1989. The lights of Utah’s Broadway just got a whole lot brighter. On Sept. 5 of that year, Squatters Craft Beers opened its doors at 147 W. Broadway to become the capital city’s first brewpub. More than three decades later, the pub that ignited Salt Lake’s craft beer revolution…