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Utah Brewers Cooperative

(Monster Beverage Corp.)

1763 South 300 West
Salt Lake City UT 84115
Telephone: +1 801-466-8855
Brewer: Dan Burrick, Jon Lee, Dave McKean
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Notes

Opened: 1994

Contributor: steven larue

The Utah Brewers Cooperative includes Salt Lake Brewing and Schirf Brewing, as well as Lightning Boy Brewery of Bozeman MT.

Utah Brewers Cooperative was named Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival.

Updated: January 25, 2022

2012-09-26: Boston’s Fireman Capital Partners pours $35 million into Utah craft beer company (Boston Globe)

1st Amendment Lager

American-Style Premium Lager
Awards:
- Gold Medal, 2004 World Beer Cup
Chasing Tail Ale

English-Style Summer Ale
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2004 Great American Beer Festival
Evolution Amber

Irish-Style Red Ale
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2006 World Beer Cup
Polygamy Nitro Porter

Brown Porter
Awards:
- Polygamy Nitro Porter, 2016 World Beer Cup
Squatters Captain Bastard Stout

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2003 North American Beer Awards
- Silver Medal, 2002 North American Beer Awards
- Bronze Medal, 2001 North American Beer Awards
Squatters Emigration Amber Ale

American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2006 World Beer Cup
Squatters Fifth Element

Belgian-Style Lambic
Awards:
- Silver Medal, 2013 Great American Beer Festival
- Gold Medal, 2011 Great American Beer Festival
- First Place, 2010 Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer
Squatters Full Suspension Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

4.00% abv.
- Date: June 14, 2011 (#8594)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE
  
  Score: 17½ points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Amber-brown. Moderate dense head.
  
  Aroma (3½)
  Big spicy hops. Some caramel.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Light and fizzy. Big spicy, grassy, earthy hop flavor, fairly bitter. Mild biscuity malt underneath.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  Good beer.

7.75% abv.

Awards:

Date: October 15, 2010 (#8320)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Massive head.

Aroma (3½)
Spicy. Bananas. Mildly bready. Like an intense Hefeweizen.

Mouthfeel (9)
Surprisingly light body. Fizzy. Sweet and bready with a nice clove spiciness.

Overall Impression (2½)
It's a very tasty Heller Weizenbock more than a Belgian style ale.

9.00% abv.

Date: December 17, 2010 (#8391)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep golden. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Huge spicy, piney hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, fizzy. Lots of biscuity malt and lots of piney hops. Fairly bitter. Alcohol is well-hidden.

Overall Impression (3)
Tasty, well-balanced beer.

Awards:

10.50% abv.

Date: March 9, 2011 (#8492)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE

Score: 18½ points

Appearance (3)
Black. Huge brown head.

Aroma (4)
Los of roast. Lots of chocolate. Lots of coconut.

Mouthfeel (9)
Hugely chewy, fairly fizzy. Lots of alcohol. Roasty, chocolatey malt with a big grassy hop flavor. Fairly bitter. Chocolate, grassy, alcoholic finish.

Overall Impression (2½)