10 Best Breweries in Utah—and 30 Beers Worth Trying

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München Helles supplies the restrained opening glass before Ferda’s strong hop aroma. Its pale-lager style puts balance and clean fermentation at the center.

Try it with a pretzel, then compare with Schwarzbier. Similar strength makes the difference in malt expression particularly useful.

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Ferda combines Amarillo, Centennial, Columbus and Simcoe in a modern West Coast double IPA. Its 8.2% strength makes this the flight’s small final pour.

Try it with cheddar or grilled chicken. Notice body and lingering bitterness separately rather than treating every double IPA as a sweet beer.

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Schwarzbier uses cold fermentation and lagering to keep its dark-malt character clean. It offers slight roast without needing a stout’s heavier presentation.

Taste it beside Helles with roasted mushrooms. The dark beer guide includes more ways to explore dark styles.

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Cutthroat is Uinta’s flagship pale ale, pairing caramel malt with pine-focused hops. It is a useful malt-and-hop reference before the stronger Hop Nosh.

Try it with a toasted sandwich and compare the finish with the IPA. This selection is the alcoholic Cutthroat, distinct from Cutthroat Zero.

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Hop Nosh’s current producer page lists 7.3% and emphasizes firm bitterness with pine and citrus. That is a different balance from the separately named Hazy Nosh.

Sample it after Cutthroat with cheddar. Explore the IPA roundup for more contrasts between traditional and hazy beers.

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Golden Spike uses red wheat for body and a bread-like malt impression. Its producer describes citrus rather than a dominant banana-and-clove profile.

Taste it before the two hoppier beers with grilled chicken or a salad. Compare texture as well as aroma when deciding whether wheat beer appeals.

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Escape to Colorado is the relatively lighter IPA in this Epic selection. It provides a useful hop baseline before Belgian fermentation or barrel character takes over.

Try it with grilled chicken and keep the pour modest. Compare the finish with Brainless rather than judging both only by their pale color.

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Epic’s current Brainless page lists 8%, with Belgian yeast supplying fermentation character over a varied malt base. It is the original golden ale, distinct from fruit-added Brainless variants.

Try a small glass with soft cheese or seafood. Let it warm slightly and separate yeast aroma from the hop spice.

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Big Bad Baptist is aged in whiskey or bourbon barrels and infused with coffee and cacao nibs. The producer lists an 11–12% range and notes changing coffee doses across releases.

Use the exact batch label and taste a small serving last. Dark chocolate or blue cheese makes a useful pairing experiment without obscuring the barrel character.

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Fisher Beer is the restrained first pour here. Its pilsner classification gives you a clear contrast with the pale ale’s more expressive hop aroma.

Start with a pretzel and a clean glass. Keep this first sip in mind when tasting the coffee stout’s different body and aroma.

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Citra Bomb Tom uses Citra alone, with grapefruit leading the brewery description. The fruit impression is hop-derived rather than an indication of added grapefruit.

Try it after the lager with cheddar or a grilled sandwich. Single-hop beers make particularly useful comparisons when you want to learn one hop’s character.

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Fisher’s stout uses coffee from Salt Lake Roasting Company. Nitro service adds a texture comparison as well as a change from pale malt to roast.

Let a small glass warm slightly and try a plain biscuit. Compare coffee aroma with roast bitterness rather than expecting every coffee stout to be sweet.

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Suss It Out uses three types of rye with hops that bring grapefruit, berry and pine impressions. Its spicy character offers a different comparison from an ordinary wheat-supported hazy IPA.

Try it after the lighter beers with roasted meat or cheddar. Separate rye spice from hop bitterness as the glass warms.

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Dallas Alice supplies the Belgian-ale middle ground, with floral, citrus and light honey-like aromas in the producer catalog. Honey-like does not by itself establish a honey addition.

Try it with soft cheese or herb-roasted chicken. Smell before sipping and compare the fermentation character with the cleaner lager beers elsewhere in the guide.

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In the Pines takes the hazy approach to a pale-ale strength. It gives this trio a more approachable hop comparison before the stronger rye IPA.

Taste it first with a simple sandwich. Compare body and finish rather than assuming the hazy appearance means fruit was added.

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Grid City’s Pilsner uses a double decoction, Saaz and Tettnang hops, natural carbonation and horizontal lagering. Those choices support malt depth and a crisp finish.

Try it first with a pretzel. Our pilsner roundup offers more European-style lager comparisons.

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Raw orange-blossom honey goes into the whirlpool for aroma, while British ale yeast contributes fermentation character. This is an actual honey beer rather than merely a honey-like tasting note.

Try it with roast chicken or mild cheese. Compare the aroma with perceived sweetness before deciding how much honey remains in the finished flavor.

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Grid City uses British malts and Fuggle hops in its brown ale. Pale chocolate malt supplies dark-malt character while the beer remains modest in strength.

Try it with roasted mushrooms or a toasted sandwich. Compare the body across serving formats if staff offers more than one presentation.

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The brewery catalog describes Maris Otter and pilsner malt, English hops and American yeast. Its bread-crust impression makes it a useful clean starting glass.

Try it with a pretzel or roast chicken. The catalog figure is 4%; confirm the current serving rather than assuming every release retains that strength.

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Blizzard Wizard is a Strata-focused pale ale, giving this flight an identifiable hop reference. It is distinct from Proper’s similarly light but differently named Yacht Rock Juice Box.

Try it after Proper Beer with cheddar or grilled chicken. Pay attention to the finish as well as the larger hop aroma.

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Lake Effect uses wheat, coriander and local salt in a tart German-inspired ale. It provides a genuinely different source of flavor from Blizzard Wizard’s hops.

Taste it separately with soft cheese or a salad. Acidity can make the pale ale comparison harder to read, so do not place it between the two clean ales.

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Shambo emphasizes juicy hop aroma in an unfiltered IPA. Pineapple and stone-fruit impressions are flavor cues rather than proof of actual fruit additions.

Try it last with grilled chicken or cheddar. Compare its fuller strength with Back Porch rather than treating both hop-led beers as interchangeable.

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RoHa’s producer page lists Crisper Drawer at 4.6%, matching its golden-ale catalog entry. Some other listings classify it differently, so use the producer and current label.

Start here with a plain sandwich or pretzel. Its lighter profile gives the two hop beers a useful baseline.

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Back Porch occupies the middle ground between Crisper Drawer and Shambo. The brewery-managed catalog emphasizes balanced malt and bitterness at 5%.

Try it with a toasted cheese sandwich. Our pale ale recipe explains why that balance matters.

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Elephino is Red Rock’s 8.2% double IPA selection. It supplies a useful hop-led comparison with Drioma’s dark-malt strength rather than another beer at the same balance.

Try a small serving after the pilsner with cheddar. Check the actual label if a venue offers multiple formats or variants.

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Drioma takes the trio into imperial stout territory at 10.1%. That strength makes it a sipping finish, while the style creates a different malt expression from the double IPA.

Let a small pour warm and try roasted nuts or dark chocolate. Judge sweetness and roast separately before matching it to dessert.

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Fröhlich is listed at 5.5% in Red Rock’s core portfolio. It is the useful lighter starting point for this trio, distinct from other 5% pilsner listings.

Start here with a pretzel and compare the finish with Elephino. Both may be hop-focused, but the fermentation and balance differ.

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Johnny’s American IPA is the 5% version on the producer menu. Four American hops give it a distinct citrus-and-bitterness profile; the stronger Johnny B’s is a separate listing.

Try it after Dead Horse with a burger or cheddar. Check the exact name when ordering takeaway beer to avoid confusing the versions.

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Dead Horse is presented as an English mild-inspired amber rather than a strong red ale. It is a useful malt-led opening glass at the same published strength as the other two selections.

Try it with roasted chicken or mushrooms. Compare malt depth with the stout’s roast rather than assuming darker color simply means more alcohol.

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Black Raven uses roasted chocolate and coffee malts with restrained hopping. Those malt names and tasting cues do not establish added brewed coffee.

Let it warm slightly and try a plain biscuit. Oatmeal-stout body and a dry finish can coexist, making this a useful comparison with sweeter milk stouts.