Shades Brewing is turning 10. To celebrate, the onetime Park City brewery that relocated to South Salt Lake several years ago is teaming up with primarily local businesses to deliver a series of 10 special collaboration beers.
The first two brews are scheduled to hit the market on Sept. 17, a week later than planned after a freak windstorm wreaked havoc and left the brewery — and a chunk of the Wasatch Front — without power for several days.
Yet, perseverance is part of what helped Shades get to where it is today.
“We started in Park City 10 years ago with only a few small tanks,” Shades wrote on Facebook. “We had a two-vessel, seven-barrel brewhouse packed in a small space. Now our system has grown to 30 barrels with two yeast propagation systems!”
It’s not a stretch to say Shades made its mark with yeast. Specifically, a strain of kveik, an ancient Norwegian brewers yeast.
First featured in a Shades brew in mid-2018, kveik is now used in dozens of beers as part of the brewery’s American Sour Ale series. And that first one — named simply Kveik 1 — earned a gold medal at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival.
Shades Brewing: Collaboration Beers Lineup
The following is a lineup of collaboration beers Shades Brewing plans to release in the coming weeks (to drink on-site and to-go).
The festivities culminate on Oct. 10 with the release of a 10-year anniversary Triple IPA. Shades says it features 10 hops varietals and clocks in at 10% ABV.
Notes: Collaborator in parentheses. Releases subject to change. Keep an eye on Shades Brewing’s social media for updates.
September 17
Bloody Mary Michelada (collaboration with Ice Haus)
- Sour ale with tomato juice, celery seed, chili peppers, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper.
Blackberry Mint (Taproot Soda)
- Sour ale with blackberry and mint.
September 24
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie (T.F. Brewing)
- Sour ale with strawberry, rhubarb, vanilla, cinnamon, graham crackers, and lactose.
Bad Habits (Three Monkeys Beer, Brazil)
- Sour ale with mango and lactose.
September 26
Kveik Nosh (Uinta Brewing)
- Sour ale with grapefruit and many, many hops.
October 1
Beautiful Disaster Cream Ale (Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria)
- Cream ale with hazelnut, vanilla, chocolate, banana, and lactose.
Guavalicious (Edge Brewing Co., Idaho)
- Sour ale with guava and lactose.
October 3
El Papi (Purgatory Bar)
- Sour ale with agave, basil, and jalapeño peppers.
October 8
Kveik Sunrise (Beer Bar)
- Sour ale with orange, cherry, and agave.
Pistachio Ice Cream (Red Rock Brewery)
- Cream ale with vanilla, pistachio, and lactose.
October 10
10.10.10 IPA
- 10-year anniversary brew with 10 hops (10% ABV)
The Shades Brewing taproom is open Thursday-Saturday and beer-to-go is available seven days a week.
In Their Own Words
Utah Beer News visited with Shades Brewing in 2018 to learn more about the history of the brewery and the launch of its sour program.
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About Shades Brewing Co.
- Founded: 2010 (as Shades of Pale Brewing Co.)
- Address: 154 W. Utopia Ave., South Salt Lake City, Utah, 84115
- Telephone: (435) 200-3009
- Website: https://www.shadesbrewing.beer/
