Uinta Brewing Company is a

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founded in 1993 in

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, Utah, USA. The company produces a range of beers, naming them after Utah's cultural and natural icons. As of 2016, Uinta was the 39th-largest craft brewery in the country.

History

Uinta brewing company began brewing beer in the winter of 1993 in a renovated mechanics garage in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their flagship beer was Cutthroat Pale Ale, named after Utah's state fish. This was followed by King's Peak

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, named after Utah's highest peak; Golden Spike

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, named after the spike used to commemorate the completion of the

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, which was completed in Utah; and Dubhe, named after the Utah Centennial star. In 2001, Uinta became the first Utah company to be 100% wind powered. The company also began installing solar panels on the brewery roof in 2011.

Financing and growth

In August 2014, Uinta announced that it sold a percentage of the company to

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for an undisclosed amount. Uinta CEO Will Hamill stated that the capital raised would be used to hire new employees, and expand beyond the Salt Lake City region. Uinta has seen accelerated growth since 2012. Uinta stated that it sold 60,000 barrels of beer in 2013, and 77,000 barrels in 2014. As of March 2015, Uinta beers are sold in 32 states and

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This number has declined however, as they have withdrawn from multiple states during the second half of the 202nd decade.

Products

Year Round Brews

* ''Cutthroat Pale Ale/Uinta'' Pale Ale 4% ABV * ''Hop Nosh IPA 7.3% ABV'' * ''Hop Nosh Tangerine'' IPA 7.3% ABV * ''Detour'' Double IPA 9.5% ABV * ''Golden Ale'' 5% ABV * ''Pils'' Pilsner 5% ABV * ''Baba'' Black Lager 4% ABV * ''Ready Set'' Gose 4% ABV * ''Piggy Back'' Session Peach IPA 4% ABV * ''801'' Pilsner 4% ABV * ''Wyld'' Simcoe Session Ale 4% ABV * ''Golden Spike'' Hefeweizen 4% ABV * ''Trader'' Session IPA 4% ABV * ''Hoodoo'' Kolsch Golden Ale 4% ABV * ''Bristlecone'' Brown Ale 4% ABV

Seasonal Brews

* ''Yardsale'' Winter Lager 4% ABV * ''Season Pass'' Vanilla Porter 4% ABV * ''Rise & Pine'' Hoppy Dark Ale 7.5% ABV * ''Farmside'' Saison 5.6% ABV * ''Punk'n'' Pumpkin Ale 4% ABV * ''Flamingose'' Pineapple Gose 4% ABV

Limited Small-Batch Brews

* ''Anniversary'' Barley Wine 10.4% ABV * ''Dubhe'' Imperial Black IPA 9.2% ABV * ''Monkshine'' Belgian Style Blonde Ale 6% ABV * ''Fest'' Helles German Style Lager 5.7% ABV * ''801'' Coffee Pilsner 4% ABV * ''Cutthroat+'' Winter Pale Ale 4% ABV * ''Cockeyed Cooper'' * ''Sum'r'' * ''Birthday Suit''

Brett (Brettanomyces) Brews

* ''Funk'n Patch'' Pumpkin Ale 8% ABV * ''Croggy'' Saison 6.8% ABV * ''Sea Legs'' Baltic Porter 8.2% ABV * ''Hopscursion'' IPA 6.5% ABV

Retired Brews

* ''Hazel'' * ''Contrail'' * ''Kings Peak'' * ''Skipping Stone'' Their Hop Nosh

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was designated "world class" by Beer Advocate.

References

External links

* Manufacturing companies based in Salt Lake City Beer brewing companies based in Utah Companies established in 1993 Privately held companies based in Utah 1993 establishments in Utah {{Food-company-stub