A Midwesterner, Greg Schiff, who moved to Utah in the late ’80s, was responsible for changing laws that banned brewing and brewpubs, opening his first brewpub in 1989.
Today, Wasatch Beers offers a list of creatively produced, excellent brews such as this Apricot Hefenweizen in the German tradition with a hybrid Bavarian yeast strain.
The resulting brew offers notes of licorice and clove as well as the apricot that gave it its name.
“This tart little number is possibly the sexiest beer we have ever made,” says Schiff, who’s quoted on the label. Many agree – the beer won a Gold Medal from the National Brewers Association and Silver Medal from the North American Brewers Association.