Pat Winslow dreamed of this day. For years, the career railroad conductor and longtime homebrewer imagined opening his own brewery. From the Kickstarter campaign in 2017 to the more recent partnership with Lotus Craft, Ogden River Brewing is now much more than a dream. It’s Utah’s newest brewery. And it opened in late-October 2020 in…
I traveled to Ogden on Tuesday to get an updated glimpse of the booming craft beer scene a mere 45 miles north of Utah Beer News World Headquarters. Read our Guide to Ogden Beer Roosters & ‘The Meista’ First stop: Roosters B Street Brewery to meet up with the one and only The Meista. Also…
Ogden is located 35 miles north of Salt Lake. The city, with a population of about 87,000, is an outdoor lover’s paradise. It features more than 11,000 skiable acres in the winter. And in the summer, outdoor enthusiasts are treated to miles upon miles of hiking and biking trails. But for our purposes, we’ll focus…
For many, craft beer is personal. It’s not a one-style-satisfies-all proposition. For Dusty and Joann Williams, the husband-and-wife co-owners of Talisman Brewing Company, they understand that and are careful not to paint their patrons with a broad brush. “I think what we do best at Talisman is feeling out our customers,” says Dusty, Talisman’s head…