Uinta Brewing Company Explained
Uinta Brewing Company is a craft brewery founded in 1993 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.[1] The company produces a range of beers, naming them after Utah's cultural and natural icons.[2] As of 2016, Uinta was the 39th-largest craft brewery in the country.[3]
History
Uinta brewing company began brewing beer in the winter of 1993 in a renovated mechanics garage in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their flagship beer was Cutthroat Pale Ale, named after Utah's state fish. This was followed by King's Peak Porter, named after Utah's highest peak; Golden Spike Hefeweizen, named after the spike used to commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad, which was completed in Utah; and Dubhe, named after the Utah Centennial star.
In 2001, Uinta became the first Utah company to be 100% wind powered.[4] The company also began installing solar panels on the brewery roof in 2011.
Financing and growth
In August 2014, Uinta announced that it sold a percentage of the company to New York-based private equity firm The Riverside Company for an undisclosed amount.[5] Uinta CEO Will Hamill stated that the capital raised would be used to hire new employees, and expand beyond the Salt Lake City region.
Uinta has seen accelerated growth since 2012. Uinta stated that it sold 60,000 barrels of beer in 2013,[6] and 77,000 barrels in 2014.
As of March 2015, Uinta beers are sold in 32 states and Washington, D.C.[7] This number has declined however, as they have withdrawn from multiple states during the second half of the 202nd decade.
Products
Year Round Brews
- Cutthroat Pale Ale/Uinta Pale Ale 4% ABV
- Hop Nosh IPA 7.3% ABV
- Hop Nosh Tangerine IPA 7.3% ABV
- Detour Double IPA 9.5% ABV
- Golden Ale 5% ABV
- Pils Pilsner 5% ABV
- Baba Black Lager 4% ABV
- Ready Set Gose 4% ABV
- Piggy Back Session Peach IPA 4% ABV
- 801 Pilsner 4% ABV
- Wyld Simcoe Session Ale 4% ABV
- Golden Spike Hefeweizen 4% ABV
- Trader Session IPA 4% ABV
- Hoodoo Kolsch Golden Ale 4% ABV
- Bristlecone Brown Ale 4% ABV
Seasonal Brews
- Yardsale Winter Lager 4% ABV
- Season Pass Vanilla Porter 4% ABV
- Rise & Pine Hoppy Dark Ale 7.5% ABV
- Farmside Saison 5.6% ABV
- Punk'n Pumpkin Ale 4% ABV
- Flamingose Pineapple Gose 4% ABV
Limited Small-Batch Brews
- Anniversary Barley Wine 10.4% ABV
- Dubhe Imperial Black IPA 9.2% ABV
- Monkshine Belgian Style Blonde Ale 6% ABV
- Fest Helles German Style Lager 5.7% ABV
- 801 Coffee Pilsner 4% ABV
- Cutthroat+ Winter Pale Ale 4% ABV
- Cockeyed Cooper
- Sum'r
- Birthday Suit
Brett (Brettanomyces) Brews
- Funk'n Patch Pumpkin Ale 8% ABV
- Croggy Saison 6.8% ABV
- Sea Legs Baltic Porter 8.2% ABV
- Hopscursion IPA 6.5% ABV
Retired Brews
- Hazel
- Contrail
- Kings Peak
- Skipping Stone
Their Hop Nosh IPA was designated "world class" by Beer Advocate.[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Our Story. Uinta Brewing Company. 13 April 2011. 2 December 2011.
- Web site: Salt Lake City brews up hoppy goodness . The Emporia Gazette . 2015-03-07 . Murphy, Regina.
- Web site: BREWERS ASSOCIATION RELEASES TOP 50 BREWERIES OF 2016. Brewers Association. 15 March 2017.
- News: Utah Brewery Chooses 100% Wind Power. Snyder. John. 2002-01-15. GreenBiz. 2018-01-20. en.
- Web site: Uinta Sells Partial Ownership to Private Equity Firm . Brewbound . 2014-08-28 . Furnari, Chris.
- Web site: Uinta Brewing Taps Riverside Co. to Help Sell Suds Beyond Salt Lake . The Wall Street Journal . 2014-09-03 . Canada, Hillary . Rizzo, Lillian . amp .
- Web site: Uinta Brewing Expands Distribution Throughout Midwest . Brewbound . 2015-03-10 . Eisenberg, David.
- Web site: Hop Notch IPA - Uinta Brewing Company. BeerAdvocate.com. 3 February 2015.
