10 Best Breweries in Utah with 30 Beers Worth Trying
Utah’s breweries offer far more than one light draft-beer profile: precise lagers, rye IPAs, strong Belgian ales, coffee stouts and useful lower-strength flights. Salt Lake City supplies most of this guide’s stops, while Moab adds a distinct southern route. Check the exact beer version, serving format and batch label when ordering.
These ten HBA editorial picks balance distinctive beer, style variety and regional coverage. Brewery numbers organize the guide; the thirty beer-card numbers are reading order, not a separate statewide beer ranking.
Beer portfolios and brewery menus were reviewed in October 2026. Rotating and seasonal beers may be between releases; check the current venue, taps and package stock before visiting. Food pairings are suggestions for your own tasting.
Utah brewery picks at a glance
| Brewery | City | First beer to try | Flight focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Templin Family Brewing | Salt Lake City | München Helles Pale Lager | Clean lager, West Coast double IPA and dark lager |
| 2. Uinta Brewing Company | Salt Lake City | Cutthroat | Pale ale, IPA and wheat ale |
| 3. Epic Brewing Company | Salt Lake City | Escape to Colorado | IPA, Belgian golden and barrel-aged stout |
| 4. Fisher Brewing Company | Salt Lake City | Fisher Beer | Pilsner, Citra pale ale and coffee stout |
| 5. Level Crossing Brewing Company | South Salt Lake | Suss It Out | Rye IPA, Belgian blonde and hazy pale |
| 6. Grid City Beer Works | South Salt Lake | Pilsner | Czech pilsner, honey cream and British brown |
| 7. Proper Brewing Co. | Salt Lake City | Proper Beer | Blonde, Strata pale ale and gose |
| 8. RoHa Brewing Project | Salt Lake City | Shambo Juicy IPA | Juicy IPA, golden ale and pale ale |
| 9. Red Rock Brewing | Salt Lake City | Elephino | Double IPA, imperial stout and German pilsner |
| 10. Moab Brewery | Moab | Johnny’s American IPA | IPA, English mild-inspired amber and oatmeal stout |
1. Templin Family Brewing
Templin Family earns the first stop for a flight that moves from precise lager to strong IPA without losing a useful dark-lager contrast. Its current menu makes the range easy to navigate.
The South 300 West taproom is the planning reference. Ferda is listed in cans; check the actual serving format and current availability for the other selections.
München Helles Pale Lager
Brewed by Templin Family Brewing
A clean pale-lager opening.
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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.
Ferda DIPA
Brewed by Templin Family Brewing
Bright citrus and persistent hops.
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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.
Schwarzbier
Brewed by Templin Family Brewing
Slight roast with a clean lager finish.
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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.
2. Uinta Brewing Company
Uinta provides a recognizable three-beer flight that distinguishes caramel-and-pine pale ale from a stronger IPA and fuller wheat beer. Its current producer pages supply the reference figures here.
Plan around the Fremont Drive pub and kitchen, and check its current menu. The airport venue is a separate option for travelers, not a substitute for confirming the brewery’s taps.
Cutthroat
Brewed by Uinta Brewing Company
Caramel malt and piney American hops.
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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.
Hop Nosh
Brewed by Uinta Brewing Company
Pine, lime zest and grapefruit over caramel malt.
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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.
Golden Spike
Brewed by Uinta Brewing Company
Citrus nose, bread-like malt and fuller body.
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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.
3. Epic Brewing Company
Epic is the stop for a strong-beer flight with three very different sources of flavor. Hops, Belgian yeast and coffee-filled barrel-aged stout make the range more interesting than strength alone.
Check the State Street brewery’s current purchase and tasting options. Big Bad Baptist batches have release numbers and changing coffee profiles; ask for the exact version.
Escape to Colorado
Brewed by Epic Brewing Company
A hop-focused opening to a stronger trio.
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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.
Brainless Belgian Golden Ale
Brewed by Epic Brewing Company
Malt depth, noble-hop spice and Belgian yeast.
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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.
Big Bad Baptist
Brewed by Epic Brewing Company
Coffee, cacao and whiskey-barrel depth.
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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.
4. Fisher Brewing Company
Fisher’s broad rotating catalog becomes easier to approach through three clearly different beers. Fisher Beer, Citra Bomb Tom and Nitro Coffee Stout supply a clean–hoppy–roasty flight.
Check the current Salt Lake taproom menu and food-truck schedule. These named catalog beers are starting targets; rotation can change what is available on any day.
Fisher Beer
Brewed by Fisher Brewing Company
A clean and crisp house-lager reference.
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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.
Citra Bomb Tom
Brewed by Fisher Brewing Company
Single-hop Citra with grapefruit and a dry finish.
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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.
Nitro Coffee Stout
Brewed by Fisher Brewing Company
Local coffee with smooth dark-malt texture.
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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.
5. Level Crossing Brewing Company
Level Crossing earns a South Salt Lake stop for a flight with distinctive grain and fermentation choices. Suss It Out’s rye, Dallas Alice’s Belgian character and In the Pines’ lower-strength hops keep the tasting varied.
Choose the West Temple or Post District venue and check that menu. The producer’s core list includes these names, but exact tap and package availability varies by location.
Suss It Out
Brewed by Level Crossing Brewing Company
Resinous hops and rye-driven spice.
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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.
Dallas Alice
Brewed by Level Crossing Brewing Company
Floral and citrus yeast complexity.
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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.
In the Pines
Brewed by Level Crossing Brewing Company
Citrus, orange and pineapple hop aroma.
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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.
6. Grid City Beer Works
Grid City is particularly useful for drinkers interested in brewing process and service. Its house beers create clear contrasts in malt, fermentation and ingredients without depending on very high strength.
Plan a brewpub meal and ask how the house beers are being served. Draft, cask or nitro options can change texture, so compare like serving formats when judging the recipes.
Pilsner
Brewed by Grid City Beer Works
Decoction-mashed malt and floral, spicy hops.
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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.
Honey Cream Ale
Brewed by Grid City Beer Works
Orange-blossom honey aroma and a crisp finish.
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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.
Brown Ale
Brewed by Grid City Beer Works
Chocolate-like malt with restrained bitterness.
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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.
7. Proper Brewing Co.
Proper offers a flight that moves from bread-like malt to hops and then acidity. It is a useful stop for a mixed group whose preferences do not all point toward IPA.
Use Proper’s current Salt Lake location information and menu. Catalog specifications can reflect earlier versions, so ask for the current strength of Proper Beer and Lake Effect.
Proper Beer
Brewed by Proper Brewing Co.
Bread-crust malt with balanced bitterness.
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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.
Blizzard Wizard
Brewed by Proper Brewing Co.
Strata-led bright hop character.
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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.
Lake Effect Gose
Brewed by Proper Brewing Co.
Wheat, coriander, local salt and tartness.
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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.
8. RoHa Brewing Project
RoHa makes a practical neighborhood stop with clear contrasts in strength and hop intensity. Shambo is the recognizable strong IPA, with Crisper Drawer and Back Porch providing lighter reference beers.
Check the current taproom menu and packaged stock separately. The named beer and its current label matter more than older retail strength figures.
Shambo Juicy IPA
Brewed by RoHa Brewing Project
Unfiltered citrus, pineapple and stone-fruit hops.
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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.
Crisper Drawer
Brewed by RoHa Brewing Project
Light and crisp counterpoint to Shambo.
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