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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4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled. Ruby/black, small head. Light bodied with clean and hard mouthfeel. Roasty, but simplistic and one-dimensional. Low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2004 at 13:16

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle Pours a fairly dark brown (for the style) with a small light tan head that dissapears is a moment leaving slight lacing. Aroma is of sweet chocolate and leather. Flavor is a thin smokey woody and slightly of ashtrays. Feel is very thin and carbonation is lively. Aftertaste is that ashtray taste again. Not a particularly good showing.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2004 at 17:08

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Black with some coffee aroma. Coffee and caramel flavor, a small bite on the end. Somewhat thin. Smooth and easy to drink. --- Beer merged from original tick of Polygamy® Porter on 03 Aug 2018 at 20:32 - Score: 5
Tried on 02 Apr 2003 at 02:45

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Red brown with huge tan head. Most carbonation I have ever seen. Fruit malt nose. Tart and astringent. Refreshing
Tried on 26 Nov 2002 at 13:53

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
GABF 2002: Deep garnet, nice head. Excellent spicy cinnamon and chocolate and caramel aroma. Deep and sweet, smooth, rich and balanced. Nice bitter finish.
Tried on 07 Oct 2002 at 08:10

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Almost black; cocoa, coffee, bread on the nose. Coffee accents come through first, then sweet malt. Hops are missing and the beer is okay, but lacking in ooomph. Always sucks when an ad campaign has more bite than the product.
Tried on 29 May 2002 at 20:38