Wasatch Brewery

Client Brewer in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Monster Brewing Company

Established in 1986

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Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear brownish pour - minimal, soda-like lace - roasty nose, with notes of hazelnut, toffee, toasted bread - medium sweet, with a fair amount of balancing hop bitterness uncharacteristic of the style, but it works - caramelized sugars - a touch of raisin and date - burnt grains - hints of roasted nuts - moderate acidity through the middle - finishes a bit like burnt caramel corn, which is a bit of a turn off - decent, but the finish derails it.
Tried on 16 Jul 2010 at 17:08

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
On tap at The E Center
Appearance: Clear golden with a nice white head and some lacing
Aroma: Corn, lemon, yeast and pale malts
Taste: Pale malts, yeasty, some corn and light hops
OK
Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2010 at 19:55

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Growler shared by Doug, thanks man
Appearance: Poured slightly hazy golden with a small white head and some lacing
Aroma: Wow, fresh jalapeno’s and lots of them. It smelt like I had just cut open a fresh jalapeno and stuck my nose in it
Taste: Creamy mouthfeel of caramel and peppers. After that initial swallow, the slight burn starts to kick in
I wasn’t sure about this, but I really liked it. Just like eating spicy Mexican food, you can’t get enough.
Tried from Growler on 28 Jun 2010 at 20:28

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
12oz bottle from 7-11
Appearance: Pours hazy straw/golden with a nice white head and some lacing
Aroma: Apricot and wheat
Taste: Wheat, slightly tart apricot, bready.
OK, for someone that likes Hefe’s I guess. I had to footbalm it!
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2010 at 18:59

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, vegetable, shoe polish - leather. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration, coffee dusty, tobacco - bark. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100528]
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2010 at 00:15

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Not terrible for a low abv American-style porter, but it’s below average for the style as a whole. The beer pours dark brown, almost transparent despite the color, with a dissipating head. Not particularly exciting. The aroma is mostly washed-out roasted malt. Some of the nice ashy dry porter flavor shows up, but it’s too little, too late. There’s a hint of chocolatey malt, but I’m not quite sure if I just assume it’s there and my mind is making up the flavor, a sort of pavlovian porter effect. Mouthfeel is fine. Ok session beer, forgettable porter.
Tried from Can on 23 May 2010 at 00:10

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out a amber topped with a small off white head. Aroma is nice light pumpkin notes along with the must have pie spices. Taste the first thing that pops out to me is the nutmeg. A little sweetness but pretty thin on the end. But hey it is still a pretty good beer.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2010 at 21:00

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
On tap at a local BBQ restaurant
Appearance: Slightly hazy amber with a nice amount of off white head and some lacing
Aroma: Malts, pine, citrus
Taste: Pine, caramel, malts and citrus
An OK beer. This is one of only a few Wasatch beers that I will drink if no other good craft beer is available.
Tried from Draft on 05 Feb 2010 at 17:11

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Pours with a white head and a golden body. Aroma of corn hay and graham crackers. Taste is off: papery, sour and watery. Dry and fizzy.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2010 at 08:21

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Pours with a hazy golden body and a huge white head. Aroma of apple, sugar and coriander. Taste is sugar, alcohol, coriander and perfume. Fizzy and dry mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2010 at 19:25