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The Utah Brewers Guild is having a party this Sunday!  If you're not familiar with the UBG - it's an organization comprised of all of Utah's breweries that focuses on beer appreciation and education. This event is a fundraiser for the guild, so that they can do more community oriented festivities like this. The theme for this event is ...

It looks like Moab Brewing has a new Pale Ale headed to grocery stores and watering holes. Right now all we can tell you is that it'll be packaged in 16oz. (tall boy) cans and that it should be popping up before the holidays. This makes me happy! Loves me some session pales. Of course, when they pop up - we'll share where. Cheers!

Mark October 3rd on your calendars, because it time for the 2015 Snowbasin Beer Fest! There will be a three different packages to get you started. The Das Beer Kit: $35 includes a Logo Mug, and 5 Tokens - Beer Master Kit: $45 includes a Logo Mug and 10 Tokens - The Sweetheart Deal - great for couples - $75 includes Two Logo Mugs and 15 Tokens. ...

The theme for this week's New Beer Friday seems to be Pumpkin and Salt. Thankfully not together! If you find pumpkin or salt appealing in your beer then you're going to be a happy little beer geek this weekend. Shipyard Pumpkinhead - Pours a semi-cloudy, pale, orange color. The nose has strong notes of spices of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and ...

For today's weekly growler at Epic Brewing, you're in for a special treat. The Los Locos Lager is a Mexican style lager that is brewed with white corn, lime juice and sea salt. This beer is specially made as a house beer for the Los Chingones Mexican Restaurant located in Denver. It only pops up sporadically at very few locations in Denver and ...

Need something to do this weekend? Well, I hear that Salt Lake City's Sugar House district is putting on a bar crawl this Saturday (Sept. 19th) to help benefit the Sharing Place: a charity that provides a safe and caring environment for grieving children, teens. The concept is simple. Start at any of the nine participating locations - pick ...

Today we just have two beers for New Beer Friday. More may come in later in the day - keep checking back for updates. Anderson Valley Fall Hornin' - Havn't tried this one yet. It's described as having inviting aromas of caramelized malt and baking bread with highlights of cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin and seasonal spices. The pleasantly creamy ...

Your Epic Growler of the week is Copper Cone Pale Ale. This is a favorite of mine. It pours a hazy dark copper color with a thick, one finger of sticky head. The nose is  fruity with citrus, pine, a mild malt backbone and floral bouquet. The taste starts with  mild pine resin, and sweet caramel. Next comes an earthy citrus characte ...

Pumpkin beers lately have been getting a bit of a bad rap in the beer geek community as of late. Too many breweries have worked them into their repertoire and turned them into their default autumn beer. If I were to approach you at this time in 2005 and offered you a Pumpkin ale you'd probably look at me like I was broken. Now a days everythin ...

It's harvest time in the beer world. That means tons of wet hopped beers. If you're not familiar with the term "wet hopping" is the process of hopping beer with fresh (day old) hops and using them instead of the normal dried hops. Normally this time of year we'd be looking forward Uinta's Wet 'n Wyld Pale Ale. A Simcoe hop driven beer that ...