While the climate is improving, Utah remains largely a desert when it comes to welcoming craft beer from brewers east of the Rocky Mountains. Alcohol-content limitations for draft beer and unrefrigerated placements for packaged products in state-run liquor stores prove to be deal-breakers for many craft brewers. But a new program is seeking to ease…
The 10th Utah Beer Festival matched brewers with beer drinkers. Two days, 60 breweries, 200+ beers, and countless other activities cemented the annual gathering’s place as Utah’s largest beer sampling event. It’s a yearly tradition for many — attendance topped 10,000 last year, organizers said. For me, I enjoy sampling familiar and not-so-familiar beers, talking…
Welcome to Beer Tastings, a series in which Utah Beer News highlights an interesting (and tasty) local brew. This time: Sugar House Pilsner from Hopkins Brewing Co. What are you drinking? Let us know! Beer Tastings: Sugar House Pilsner Sugar House Pilsner pays homage to the Salt Lake neighborhood in which Chad Hopkins grew up, and in…
Red Rock Brewery is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019. Though one of Utah’s oldest craft breweries, it’s not one of the largest. Though it continues to grow, this year Red Rock expects to produce just 6,000 barrels (185,000 gallons) of beer. That’s by design, says Shantel Stoff, Red Rock’s sales and distribution director. “We’re…