April 2024
For our Local Beer & Spirits Issue, tattoo artist Caroline Wallace, also known as “Candy Queen,” translated her classic tattoo style into a magnificent, retro pinup-inspired cover. Check out her work on both paper and skin on Instagram at @candyqueen_tattoos.
Beer is for Queers: The LGBTQ+ Brewers of SaltFire Brewing...
For Jae Vanderwerf and Tanya Sapula, the title of “master brewer” was not one they ever imagined holding. … read more
Water From The Wasatch Front: The Most Important Ingredient For...
Water is one of the most important geographic ingredients for the local spirits at Dented Brick Distillery and Ogden’s Own Distillery. … read more
Beer Choir Great Salt Lake: Where You’ll Never Drink (Or...
They don’t even have to drink beer, “but just know that we’re gonna sing a lot about it,” Keeton laughs. … read more
You Look Pretty When You’re Flushed: Reflections on Girls in...
Bars, girlhood, friendship: all these things are absolutely grimy, frequently imperfect and sometimes completely out-of-focus. … read more
Hankerings for the Hangover: Top 8 Local Cure-Alls
Your head is ten sizes too big, as you projectile-vomit multicolored regret. How will this ever go away? With the help of SLUG Magazine, of course! … read more
Lessons in Mixology and Alcohol History: Alexi Fisher’s Cocktail Collective
Fisher wants the act of making a cocktail to feel accessible, hoping that attendees will leave with “an appreciation for the history behind this industry,” … read more
Local Beer Reviews
SLUG is back again with a hybrid Brewstillery beer-and-spirits issue, and it wouldn’t be a boozy issue without some local beer reviews. … read more
Slinging Booch at HK Brewing Collective
HKBC have crafted a hybrid social space where patrons can enjoy kombucha, local beers and finely-crafted kombucha cocktails. … read more
How To Hang Out With Drinkers When You Don’t Drink
Take this advice with a rim of salt—this may not apply to the straight-edge-since-birth (respect!) or the sober-because-of-religion crowds. … read more
Bar Nohm: Setting the Bar High in Central 9th
With a dining experience unlike any other in SLC, Bar Nohm is the presents an ever-changing menu that seamlessly melds the flavors of Korea and Japan. … read more
Localized: Scott Lippitt
Avenues is an album of buzzy indie-rock with an experimental, atmospheric, Midwest emo tilt—each track has its own signature style, yet the project still feels unified. … read more
Localized: Bly Wallentine
Wallentine has the musical prowess of any psychedelic prog rock talent—they play anything from piano and electric guitar to clarinets and flutes. … read more
