Review of The 2nd Annual Brewfest at Snowbird

My wife and I attended The 2nd Annual Brewfest at Snowbird which was held on Saturday June 19th and featured live music, food and beer samplings from a dozen Utah breweries, including Bohemian, Desert Edge, Moab, Red Rock, Squatters, Wasatch, Uinta, Hoppers, Roosters, Ruby River, Four + and Utah's newest addition Epic. There was no admission fee with plenty of free parking. It cost $1 for each 3oz sample. Each brewery featured 2-4 different brews. The event was held from noon to 8pm and provided an escape from the valley heat. It was almost 15 degrees cooler with a fresh mountain breeze. We arrived in the early afternoon and there was already quite a few people enjoying themselves and more than a few who had already had a few to many. We stood in line a good 20 minutes to get our sampling mug and tokens, but it wasn't long after we arrived that it became very busy and the lines had become twice as long. We bought a $5 glass mug and $10 worth of tokens which provided us with 30 oz of good beer. I only tried brews from a few of the breweries. I didn't try Moab because the line was always so long. Epic because their samplings were $2 for a 3oz sample because they are a high point beer and I have already had plenty of the 3 brews they were offering anyway. Squatters, Hoppers, Uinta and Four + because I have had plenty of the brews they were featuring and Ruby River as they didn't offer anything I cared to try. I started things of with a Heavenly Cream Ale from Roosters. I followed that up with a Nut Brown Ale from Red Rock which I have had many times before but because both my wife and I love it so much we just had to fill up our mug with it's deliciousness! Next in line was Desert Edge's seasonal Schwartz Ein Lager, which was easily my favorite brew at the fest. My next favorite was Bohemian's Cherny Bock. I finished the day with Wasatch's seasonal Summer Twilight Kolsch. Somewhere along the way I had some type of Belgian ale but I can't recall which brewer it was from. If you have the chance next year, I would encourage you to head up to Snowbird and enjoy some good brews with your friends and family. It was much better and had a larger turn out than I was expecting, overall I would say it was a success and was great for a Utah beer event! I will soon be doing individual reviews of all of the beers I tried. Stay tuned

Mr.Brew