The Great American Beer Fest

The Great American Beer Fest
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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

Beer Reviews – October 2009
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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

Beer Reviews – September 2009
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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

Whiskey Reviews: High West
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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: Light Beers – July 2009
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Beer reviews of the Four + Sum’R, Wasatch Summer Kolsch and Wasatch Summer Brau. … read more

Bootlegging Properly

Bootlegging Properly
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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

Cheap Beer Drinkers
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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+

The Brews of Four+
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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

HB-51 Beer Reviews
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\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 Haas

The Advantages of Being the Little Guy: Desert Edge’s Chris...
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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