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The Great American Beer Fest
Imagine the funnest, awesomest, most craziest playground ever. Got it? Now imagine that instead of sand on the ground, there’s concrete. Not very safe, but probably a lot better than sand because all the stuff to play with in this playground has to do with drinking beer. … read more
Beer Reviews – October 2009
Some of the best drinking holidays happen to occur this month––Oktoberfest and Halloween (pagan version please) being the most noteworthy. So I ask of you, please do your part and make this state all the more intoxicated. … read more
Beer Reviews – September 2009
I have not had a chub for beer like this since they said The Rêve was coming back. Why am I so giddy, you ask? Well, that’s simple–the craft beer scene in Utah has hit an all-time high in my book. We are seeing the release of new styles of beer that years ago were just a dream in a Utah brewer’s recipe book. … read more
Whiskey Reviews: High West
When someone throws out the word “craft” in the alcohol industry, my first instinct is to assume they are talking about beer. David Perkins (head whiskey-maker at High West) is pioneering professional distillation in Utah and it is looking like that title ought not be reserved for beer alone. … read more
Beer Reviews: Light Beers – July 2009
Beer reviews of the Four + Sum’R, Wasatch Summer Kolsch and Wasatch Summer Brau. … read more
Bootlegging Properly
It is damn near impossible to get decent booze in this state. To cope, I’ve been forced into committing the beer, porn and fireworks run. … read more
Cheap Beer Drinkers
To celebrate cheap beer drinkers everywhere, SLUG Magazine has profiled five of our fave cheap beers and the folks that drink them. … read more
The Brews of Four+
James Smith of Four+ Brewing agreed to meet with us to talk about brewing in Utah and some of the stuff they’re brewing up for this summer. … read more
HB-51 Beer Reviews
\Several of Utah’s great craft breweries have collaborated on a special beer called HB51, named after the bill that legalized home brewing. … read more
The Advantages of Being the Little Guy: Desert Edge’s Chris...
If you enter the Desert Edge Brewery at The Pub in Trolley Square from 500 East, you’ll see through a pair of double doors the untidy and cramped array of fermenters and tuns which is the playground of Head Brewer, Chris Haas. … read more