It’s a beer-fueled, meat-smoking spectacle when homebrewer Ryan Van Liere schedules a brew day. “Brew days are an excuse to have a party,” he says. “I invite everyone over. It usually involves smoking some kind of meat and brewing beer. By the time we pitch the yeast, the meat’s ready.” But brew days are limited,…
In some ways, it’s always been simply Shades Brewing. “The first thing,” says CMO Dave Murray, when asked about the brewery’s new name and branding, “is that everybody refers to us as Shades.” It’s not uncommon for consumers to shorthand a corporate name. Toyota isn’t ever Toyota Motor Corporation in casual conversation. And earlier this year Wal-Mart…
Class is in session at Purgatory, a Salt Lake City bar known for its inventive cocktails. Yet tonight isn’t about mixed drinks. Instead, it’s an evening of craft beer education featuring nine local brews paired with a variety of Asian-inspired dishes. Eric Meyer, the bar’s manager, is teaching this craft beer tasting and education class…
Don’t shed a tear for summer’s end. When the calendar — and eventually the weather — flips to fall, you have plenty of reasons for autumnal adoration. And it’s not just those who enjoy sweater weather after a sweltering summer. Beer drinkers can rake in piles of deliciously different fall beers. Fall drinking means letting…