After last month’s beer issue we found that some local beer drinkers were upset that a few breweries were not into changing the allowable alcohol percentage in beer sold at grocery stores unless it was raised to eight or nine percent. And some, so upset by this, are calling for boycotting some local brands. I think these measures are unnecessary and far too severe. We are … [Read more...]
Silver Reef Brewing Brings Beer to St. George
Beer in St. George St. George is a town famous for its red rocks, senior games and its footlooseesque law against dancing. Nearby Colorado City, Arizona, opened its own Edge of The World Brewery and St. George couldn't help but follow suit. It's a dry town and it needs a little moisture. Silver Reef Brewing Co is named after Southern Utah's famous silver vein just north of … [Read more...]
Utah Craft Breweries: Building Community
Utah craft breweries are not only offering great local beers but they are community building places, where you catch up with old friends and make new ones. Roosters Brewing Company's new B Street Tap Room, 2325 B Avenue, in Ogden. Templeton Family (TF) Brewing on 936 S 300 W. Their new tasting room is full of communal tables and people playing games … [Read more...]
How Utah Craft Beer Builds Community
The Real Cause of Utah's Great Economy (Utah Craft Beer?) Utah Governor Gary Herbert is good at bragging about Utah’s economy and his record for making Utah into an economic powerhouse. He takes credit for Silicon Slopes and attracting huge amounts of tech money to Utah (with generous tax incentives). What Herbert doesn’t respect, nor likely understand, is that authentic … [Read more...]
Read about Utah Craft Beer in Upcoming March Issue of Utah Stories
Want to learn more about Utah craft beer Be sure to pick up the March issue of Utah Stories. Our March issue features great stories about Utah craft breweries. They are opening all over the state from Vernal to St. George and from Springville to Ogden. Read about Javier Chavez Jr., the owner and head brewer of Cervezas Zolupez newly opened in Ogden. Zolupez is Utah's … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead Wine and Red Rock Brewing Spring-Style Brew
THE WALKING DEAD WINE If you are one of the millions of The Walking Dead series fanatics, well, now you have a zombie-inspired wine to love as well. The Last Wine Company has introduced Walking Dead Blood Red Blend and Walking Dead Cabernet Sauvignon, with each featuring a label that responds to the Living Wine Labels app - an augmented reality innovation that bring … [Read more...]
How Beer Saved “Local”
John Maynard Keynes, known as the “father of modern economics,” developed the ideas of macroeconomic theory. He was a genius and gave future economists all the tools they needed to forecast and understand the big economic picture. Worldwide supply and demand curves which dictated prices became the economic laws of the land. These measures became the keys that could drive … [Read more...]