Salt Lake City’s Best Breweries
Recently, I wrote about Salt Lake City’s best distilleries, as many new spirit-makers have popped up in Utah’s Capitol City, breweries are a little bit of a different story as Utah’s breweries have a little more history but are still just as wonderful.
And while there is some history when it comes to Salt Lake City’s breweries, there are also some fun, new spots popping up.
Even better, if beer isn’t your thing most of the breweries have started dipping toes into the hard seltzer trend. The best one, in my opinion, is West Water by Uinta Brewing.
For the purposes of this article, I will focus on breweries with taprooms where you can sit down and have a drink (or maybe even some food).
Level Crossing
Level Crossing has it all. Great food. Great beer and a perfect atmosphere. Located on West Temple in an old train station, Level Crossing is easy to get to and finding parking is a breeze.
Level Crossing has a large indoor area and a great outdoor patio where you can occasionally catch some live music. In addition to being outdoors, you also get to enjoy a truly incredible mural painted on the side of the building.
I saved the best for last, the food. Level Crossing serves the best pizza I’ve ever eaten. I know that’s a bold claim, but you’ve got to try it. Level Crossing does IPA’s and pale ales best, I’d recommend the SinDay Pale Ale, but you really can’t go wrong with anything on the menu.
Make sure you check out the art on the cans. It’s pretty cool.
Kiitos
If you want a wide variety of fun, exotic flavors of beer with a few classic staples, check out Kiitos in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City.
From coffee cream ale (delicious) to a coconut stout, they’ve got a taste for any pallet. Not only can you taste multiple beers with a tasting flight, you can actually see where the beer is brewed. Part of the seating area is right next to giant brewing tanks. It’s cool to see exactly where your beer is made.
A few other beers I’d recommend are the blackberry sour and the Big Gay Ale, this year’s pride celebration beer, it is glittery!
Pro tip: Order the coffee cream ale and the coconut stout for the best black and tan you’ll ever drink.
Kiitos also has food trucks most nights of the week if you’re looking for a bite to eat.
Salt Fire
Salt Fire is one of Salt Lake City’s newer breweries, located in the same general area as Level Crossing and Beehive Distillery (see last week’s distilleries article). Salt Fire has a large indoor space for those too-hot summer days and a nice patio for when you want to enjoy the outdoors.
The beer (and the names of the beer) is what shines at Salt Fire, from the Summer Camp Crush IPA to the Punk As Fuck triple IPA, you’ll find the perfect bitterness for any IPA lover. If IPAs aren’t really your thing, check out the Serafina Wild Ale (it’s delicious and refreshing).
Salt Fire doesn’t serve food, but don’t worry, there are plenty of places to eat nearby or you could just fill up on beer!
I could go on and on about Salt Lake’s breweries, most outsiders wouldn’t think so, but our Capitol City has a wonderfully unique and vast beer culture.
Remember, always enjoy responsibly.