Utah Beer News visited recently with representatives from Salt Lake Brewing Co., which includes Wasatch Brewery and Squatters Craft Beers. As part of the Virtual Taproom series, we talked with Kristin Martino, marketing manager for Salt Lake Brewing Co., and Libby Taylor, general manager of the West Side Tavern and Beer Ambassador for Salt Lake…
Utah Beer News sat down recently with Joann Williams, co-founder of Talisman Brewing Company in Ogden. As part of the Virtual Taproom video series, we visited not long after the brewery celebrated its five-year anniversary. Below is a transcript of a portion of our conversation. Utah Beer News: Let’s talk a little bit about the…
It’s Oktoberfest time. We didn’t get to celebrate fully in 2020 (and even this year the Munich Oktoberfest is a no-go). In 2021, however, it appears we have a full slate of local events whereupon we can raise a liter or two while (optionally) wearing lederhosen. Here are a few local Oktoberfest celebrations I’ve come…
The Utah craft beer landscape looked markedly different in the mid-1990s when Red Rock Brewery opened its flagship brewpub in downtown Salt Lake City. In 1994, brewpubs were still somewhat of a novelty. After all, they’d become legal in the state only six years earlier (thanks, Wasatch Brewery). But now, nearly 30 years later, the…