Any business, let alone a brewery in Utah, doesn’t survive for more than three decades without striking a balance between consistency and innovation. And for Wasatch Brewery, which opened its doors in Park City in 1986, it’s spent 34 years doing exactly that. Many of Utah’s iconic craft beers — Polygamy Porter, Apricot Hefeweizen, Evolution…
The state distribution list seems fairly standard for Lone Pine Brewing, which opened in Portland, Maine, in 2016. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. OK, moving down the coast. Vermont, Connecticut. Makes sense, geography-wise. New Jersey, New York. Sure, big East Coast craft-beer markets. Utah. Of cour… Uh, where now? “When we go through the states,…
It’s been three months since Utah restaurants once again began welcoming dine-in customers. Utah breweries, bars, and restaurants had been limited to serving customers curbside since mid-March to help slow the spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19. But on May 1, Utah transitioned from strictly a curbside to-go beer-drinking community to one that started reopening taprooms…
Javier Chávez Jr. dreamed of this moment. In some ways, it’s at the heart of why he founded Cerveza Zólupez Beer Company. In February, not long before COVID-19 effectively put everyday life on hold, Chávez traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, to brew a beer. Not just any beer — a craft lager that would honor firsthand…