Happy New Beer Friday! Last week I told you about Kiitos' Vanilla and Coffee Imperial stouts. They were unable to get those packaged last week, but they are going to be available this Saturday at 10am. Kiitos Vanilla Imperial Stout : The vanilla here is fantastic and it works very well with the beer's rich roasted notes and malt sweetness. L ...
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It's time to start getting your lager recipes ready because the 4th Annual Lagerpalooza will be here before you know it. If you're not familiar; Lagerpalooza is Utah preeminent home brew competition designed to showcase that art of lagering beer. Home brewers enter their beers to be judged by qualified industry and BJCP judges. The "Best of ...
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Today's New Brews, Soon for You file is all about Epic Brewing Company. Here a sneak peak of what you can expect to see in the coming weeks. Pictured Above is the RiNo American Pale Ale. This will be full of those citrus qualities people are loving in their IPAs along with the maltiness that make pale ales so delicious. This will come in at ...
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This morning I have a preview of what you can initially expect from Toasted Barrel Brewery: Utah's first brewery dedicated to spontaneous and wild fermented ales. If you're not familiar with the processes of these niche beers; I'll oversimplify by saying, they take a while. So when the brewery goes on line in the coming months, they'll need som ...
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Kiitos Blueberry Sour : This one is a bit more subtle in the tart department than the Blackberry version. This allows more of the blueberry to come through. it's pretty nice. 4.0% ABV. Available now at Kiitos Kiitos Imperial Stout : Deep roasted flavors with cocoa powder and coffee. Sweet malts and char round out the end. Alco ...
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By now you've probably figured out that when 2 Row Brewing Company goes to market with a new beer, they never go at it half-assed. In fact, I guess you could say that this newest entry into their beer catalog could be considered "whole-assed"! In today's New Brews Soon for You file we have another big beer from Brian Coleman's Willey Wonka B ...
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It's getting warm enough to move your workouts outdoors; if that's the case then you're probably good to start with the warm weather beers as well. Luckily my fitness tracker monitors both parts of my life. This week's new beers are are mostly geared to the crushable end of the spectrum. Happy New Beer Friday! Kiitos Barley Wine : The arom ...
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Beer will always lead the way, no matter how you implement its magical properties into your life you can depend on it to provide you answers. Whenever I put this damn Super Bowl Prediction Engine to the test it always works out (not really). This year will be no exception. Using the 2016 data from the Brewers Association, I take the num ...
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Kiitos has announced that it's releasing a new barley wine today. Since Epic and Proper Brewing are the only other local breweries that makes straight-up barley wines (Uinta has discontinued Anniversary Barley wine) this is a big deal for local beer drinkers. Simply called Kiitos Barley Wine, it has an ABV of 11.1% and it is set to go ...
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"Dryuary" is finally over. Happy New Beer Friday! Avenues Proper Brett Kriek : The aroma is big with dough, Brettanomyces and cherry. The flavor has musty dough, a fair amount of Brett funk and pie cherries rounding it out. It finishes with that nutty cherry flavor. The cherry flavor is very fresh. This is a full on brett beer. If yo ...
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