Perhaps nothing makes brewers beam more than when one of their beer babies—and a lager at that—becomes a commercial success. For Jeff Bunk, director of operations for Proper Brewing Co., that’s the story of Whispers of the Primordial Sea. He’d had his recipe for the smoked Helles with pineapple tucked away since his days working…
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…
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Utah Beer News Beer Bracket Battle. Unlike last year, in which we were one of the few who filled out a bracket (thanks, COVID-19), this time around we’re looking forward to sipping some tasty Utah brews while watching countless hours of March Madness. Another difference this year is we’ve added…