June 2017
Since 2008, SLUG has dedicated our June Issue to Utah’s craft beer culture, which SLUG illustrator Brett Ferrin commemorates on this 10th Annual Beer Issue cover. After you sip and slide through the issue, join us and the Utah Brewers Guild on July 1 for our all-local beer festival, SLUG Mag On Tap, at The Gateway.
Review: Cemetery Urn – Self-titled
Cemetery Urn = Incantation + Disma +Vomitor (Australia) … read more
Review: Big Thief – Capacity
Big Thief = Cowboy Junkies + M Ward … read more
Creature Feature: M*SC
Carley’s recent performances as the reidentified M*SC have been fun, music-oriented performances where he’s even begun producing and DJing his own sets. … read more
Utah, These Beers are 100% You: Slug Mag On Tap
Year after year, the Beer Issue has become a typed-out map of Utah’s burgeoning landscape of craft beer. It is by this 10th Annual Beer Issue that we bring you the first 100-percent Utah-brewed craft beer festival: SLUG Mag On Tap. … read more
The Brewster Ruling Roosters: Jacquie King Wright
Roosters Brewing Co.’s most cutting-edge move just might be when they promoted Jacquie King Wright to the 25th Street Head Brewer position. … read more
SaltFire Brewing Co.: The Brewery Built from the Bottle Up
Ryan Miller, Owner and Founder of SaltFire Brewing Co., was an avid home-brewer for most of his adult life and is now building his brewery from the bottle up with SaltFire’s bottle-filling machine. … read more
Vernal Brewing Company: From the Dinosaur Tail to the India...
With delicious brews, a farm-to-table gastropub menu and an excellent team, Owner Ginger Bowden makes clear that Vernal Brewing Company is a must-visit in Vernal, Utah … read more
SLUG Style: Douglass “Chopper” Styer
Douglass “Chopper” Styer is a musician who performs under the name Mañanero. His face is featured on the label for Squatters’ Squasatch Hoppy Pils beer. … read more
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Toasted Barrel Brewing: Beers for Utah’s Wild Side
Wild ales are often seasonal offerings and disappear within hours of hitting the shelves. It’s a testament to the Utah beer drinker’s evolving palate and thirst for something new. Toasted Barrel Brewery Co-owners Sage Dawson and Lynn Litchfield would like to make wild beers the norm in their Salt Lake City brewery, placing them above all others.
Movie Review: Norman
There is nothing more pathetic or obnoxious in this world than a bullshit artist who claims to have everything at arm’s reach, but in reality, doesn’t have a pot to piss in. … read more
We Are Here: Utah’s WNBTQ Artists of Color
We Are Here, a Utah collective by and for Utah-based women, nonbinary and trans people of color, will present Color Against White Canvas on June 17 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. … read more
