Brookhaven Brewery
Extinct brewery formerly located at:
94 East 7200 South
Midvale, UT 84047*
Founded: 2000
Closed: 2001
When we stopped in for a pint: March 2001
Microbrewery #: 23
Brookhaven Brewery
The Beer hunt: According to my journal, we made a specific trip to Midvale to drink at “the last microbrewery in northern Utah that we haven’t been to yet” – Brookhaven Brewery. We sat by the fireplace in the near-empty log cabin-style building, ate lunch and tried out their raspberry-flavored beer, which I reported was not as good as Smiling Moose’s. I’m not sure if everyone felt let down by the brews, but Brookhaven didn’t even last another year. Since they didn’t have any merchandise for sale or even a coaster, the only memento I have of them is my journal entry. I couldn’t even dig anything up online, except an exterior shot of the building.
Extinct Brews:
- Raspberry Wheat
- ??? Anyone???
*Since 2002, this location has been the home of Bohemian Brewery. Prior to becoming Brookhaven Brewery, this address was home to Avalanche Brewing. So this is essentially the story of the little log cabin that could. One can imagine the wooden building with smoke pouring out of its chimney, saying to itself, “I think I can become a brewery! I think I can! I think I can!”
Uinta Brewing Company
“Utah’s local brewery”
1722 S. Fremont Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
801.467.0909
www.uintabrewing.com
Founded: 1993
When we stopped in for a pint: January 2001
(Uinta Brewing Company was then located at
389 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84115)
Microbrewery #: 22
Uinta Brewing Company's location in 2001
The Beer hunt: When we stopped in, Uinta Brewing Company was located in a refurbished auto repair shop at 389 West 1700 South. Phil drank two samples while I shivered in their drafty, pint-sized tasting room off the main brewing floor. Although their bare-bones facility didn’t impress, they did have pint glasses for sale. We added one more to the collection. I enjoy the homonym fun that the word Uinta (a Utah mountain range) provides…Uinta beer? Uinta collecting pint glasses? Uinta making dumb puns?
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Hoppers Grill and Brewing Co.
890 East Fort Union Blvd.
Midvale, UT 84047
801.566.0424
www.hoppersbrewpub.com
Founded: 1996
When we stopped in for a pint: November or December 2000
Microbrewery #: 21
Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co.
The Beer hunt: Damn! Neglected to record Hoppers in our little black beer book. We have a sampler menu in our possession, which means we went there, but when and why? Midvale sits about about a half marathon’s distance south of Salt Lake City, so we must have driven down there especially for this place, where we ended up getting skunked out of our traditional souvenir pint glass.
What was on tap in 2000:
- Orange Honey Wheat
- Pale Morning Ale
- Red Ale
- Porter
- Stout
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Red Rock Brewing Company
254 South 200 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801.521.7446
(Also operates locations in Park City and Murray)
www.redrockbrewing.com
Founded: 1994
When we stopped in for a pint: October 2000
Microbrewery #: 20
Red Rock Brewing Company
The Beer hunt: The second brewery of the day proved to be a much more satisfying experience. Red Rock Brewing Company served up a wide variety of brews and food in a lively atmosphere. We indulged in both and added a pint glass to our tab.
- Amber Ale
- Bavarian Weiss
- Brown Porter
- Hefeweizen
- Honey Wheat
- McRock’s Scottish Ale
- Oatmeal Stout
- Raspberry Wheat Ale
- Roggen Rock
- Steamer
*Roughly. This list comes from May 1999.
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Desert Edge Brewery
“From grain to brain, feed your head.”
Trolley Square
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
801.521.8917
www.desertedgebrewery.com
Founded: 1973
When we stopped in for a pint: October 2000
Microbrewery #: 19
Desert Edge Brewery
The Beer hunt: We arrived at Desert Edge Brewery too early on Saturday. They were officially open for lunch, but the vibe was that all of the workers, and even the building itself, were hung over from the night before. The place needed to be aired out and the concrete floor gave it a prison-like feel. We would have eaten lunch but we felt like intruders, so sampled a beer and left. As they had no pint glasses for sale, we left bearing only negative opinions and a coaster.
What was on tap in 2000:
- Happy Valley Hefeweizen
- Latter Days Stout
- Pub Pilsner
- Utah Pale Ale
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Squatters Beer / Salt Lake Brewing Co.
“Good for what ales you”
147 W. Broadway
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801.363.2739
(Also operates locations in Park City and the Salt Lake International Airport)
www.squatters.com
Founded: 1989
When we stopped in for a pint: September 2000 & January 2001
Microbrewery#: 13
Squatters / Salt Lake Brewing Co.
The Beer hunt: Back home in Utah, we had a tough time coming off our beer-traveling high of practically a brewery per day.
Luckily, we hadn’t tapped all of our nearby breweries. Time to check out Squatters (the name on the building reads “Salt Lake Brewing Co” but they go by “Squatters”) in downtown Salt Lake City. Cool facility (housed in the early 1900s-era Boston Hotel building), tastiest macaroni and cheese ever, and some of Utah’s best-loved brews on tap combined to make Squatters an exceptional craft brewery experience. We were back for more less than six months later. To commemorate our Squatters experiences, we bought two pint glasses (one with the Squatters logo and one with the Full Suspension Pale Ale logo, and a bar towel.
Not shown: Hefeweizen, Millcreek Cream Stout
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