Squatters Pub Brewery, after being bought as part of a corporate deal and being sold back to its founders, is getting back into in-house brewing, and has rehired the location's former brewmaster, Jason Stock.
Inspired by the
Song Exploder podcast, which digs into the history and making of a single song, we follow suit with a dissection of iconic local beer,
Squatters Craft Beers’ Hop Rising. Hop Rising is a 9%-ABV double IPA which
Utah Brewers Cooperative Operations Director
Adam Curfew has been around for since its beginning, when he was
Squatters’ Head Cellarman. Amid its balance as bold but drinkable, Curfew gives us a taste of why Hop Rising is a local legacy craft brew.
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SLUG: At the time of Hop Rising’s inception, where was the world of craft beer, and what were Utah’s and