Wasatch Brewery
Client Brewer
in
Salt Lake City,
Utah,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Monster Brewing Company
Established in 1986
Contact
Description
As of 5/24/25 Wasatch Brewery beers will no longer be brewed in Utah. They will be brewed in the Monster Brewing network.
“Where’s the beer? Where are the breweries?” Those were among the first thoughts Greg Schirf had after moving to Utah from Milwaukee in the early 80’s. Incredibly, drinking and brewing were all but forbidden. Greg took matters into his own hands and did what any self-respecting midwesterner would do: He started a brewery. Wasatch was the very first brewery in Utah – and one of the first craft brewers in all of the U.S. – brewing award-winning brews since 1986.
In 1988, Greg Schirf proposed another bill to the Utah Legislature making brewpubs legal in Utah and opened the first brewpub at the top of historic Main Street in the resort town of Park City. Wasatch continues to misbehave, turning out naughty beer after naughty beer year after year.
“Where’s the beer? Where are the breweries?” Those were among the first thoughts Greg Schirf had after moving to Utah from Milwaukee in the early 80’s. Incredibly, drinking and brewing were all but forbidden. Greg took matters into his own hands and did what any self-respecting midwesterner would do: He started a brewery. Wasatch was the very first brewery in Utah – and one of the first craft brewers in all of the U.S. – brewing award-winning brews since 1986.
In 1988, Greg Schirf proposed another bill to the Utah Legislature making brewpubs legal in Utah and opened the first brewpub at the top of historic Main Street in the resort town of Park City. Wasatch continues to misbehave, turning out naughty beer after naughty beer year after year.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours bright mahogany into a stem glass. Off white head recedes leaving no lacing to coat surface. Plum and chocolate aromas. Soft with chocolate-covered pit fruit front to back. Thin lasting dusty finish.
Tried
on 30 May 2013
at 17:27
8/10
Tried
on 21 May 2013
at 22:06
8/10
Tried
on 21 May 2013
at 22:05
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours with a nearly black hued body and a medium size somewhat lasting off-white head. Aromas are of bready, toasty, and nutty malts, some dark fruit, tobacco, dry chocolate. Bland. Flavors are ashy, chocolate, watery, roasty, nutty, grainy, a bit astringent, medium malty, lightly raisiny. Bland, watery, a bit messy. Lively carbonation, thin body as expected for a 4% by law beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2013
at 21:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours a cloudy yellow gold with small white head that diminishes quickly. Medium mouthfeel with bitter hop and grapefruit flavor with nice lingering bitter finish. A very good IPA
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2013
at 19:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz bottle pours with a pale opaque gold body that supports a thin near white head of foam. The modest aroma offers up a mix of lemon like citrus hops, sweet banana and a touch of grainy malts. The taste is similar with a light sort of citrusy hop note along side of some sweetness and a mild banana like esteriness. To midway a thin ribbon resiny hops of surfaces along with a slight increase in mostly citrus based hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2013
at 18:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
On tap at Iggy’s, labeled as "Iggy’s Bluesberry Hefeweizen", but this is Wasatch Blueberry Hefe
Appearance: Cloudy golden with a medium sized white head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Mild blueberry and wheat
Taste: Blueberry, grainy, wheat with a mildly sweet finish
Mild but would be a decent summer beer
Appearance: Cloudy golden with a medium sized white head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Mild blueberry and wheat
Taste: Blueberry, grainy, wheat with a mildly sweet finish
Mild but would be a decent summer beer
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2013
at 23:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler. Pours a deep mahogany hue with a medium tan head. A sweet nutty nose, caramel. A light sweet flavor, some light roast, nuts, smooth chocolate and light smoke. Decent. Very thin.
Tried
from Growler
on 15 Mar 2013
at 21:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Looks like a glass of flat cola. Pours a dark, tea-color, with little to no head. Aroma dominated by malts. Flavor a combination of some fruity notes (raisin), with perhaps some chocolate and some coffee. Rather sweet underneath. A bit on the light side in mouthfeel. Again, kind of a disappointment (my 2nd beer from Wasatch).
Tried
on 03 Mar 2013
at 12:57
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Maybe I got hold of a bad bottle, but this was pretty awful. Pours a hazy, cloudy light gold with minimal head. Citrus aromas. Flavor is a bit like a Belgian witbier crossed with window cleaner. I don’t see or taste anything to warrant this being called an IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2013
at 11:01