Brew Review: Squatters Brew Pub - Salt Lake City, UT

Squatters Brew Pub  is apart of the Utah Brewer's Cooperative with Wasatch Brewing Company.  They brew a wide range of beer styles.

The tasting took place at their Park City, UT location, the sampler presentation is pretty fun in my opinion:

Better than a shot ski in my opinion

From tip to tail:

American Wheat Hefeweizen 4% ABV described as follows: This unfiltered wheat beer is brewed with German yeast and tettnanger hops and has delicate citrus flavors. Try it with a lemon wedge!
This has a nice golden color, with what I can only describe as your typical domestic lager aroma, very mild taste, with a slight banana finish.  Note: this was tasted ungarnished with any fruit.

Chasing Tail Golden Ale 4% ABV Described as follows: A real tail wagger! This inviting golden ale is brewed with premium English barley, English Golding and Fuggle hops producing the delicate bitterness and aroma. 
This beer has a nice clean golden color, not much in terms of aroma, pretty mild at first taste, with a hint of hops and citrus to finish

Provo Girl Pilsner  4% ABV Described as follows: In the Bavarian tradition, this golden-hued Pilsner is brewed with German variety Magnum hops, then lagered for 30 days for superb drinkability.
This beer has a nice straw color to it, with a slight hop aroma, but, to me, kind of a soapy taste, which could be from the hops.

Full Suspension Pale 4% ABV Described as follows: A rich northwest style pale ale. Unfiltered, dry-hopped and staggeringly drinkable. A local favorite. 
This beer has an amber color, with really good head retention.  The aroma is very mild and very hop forward, it was hard to taste much else.

Bobsled Brown Seasonal Brown ABV and description unavailable on the website.
Nice darker amber color, slight malt aroma, hint of hops at first but with a nice nutty/ coffee finish.  Very enjoyable and one of my favorites.  I hope the brewers plan on bringing this one around again

Captain Bastard's Oatmeal Stout 4%ABV described as: Smooth as silk, full of flavor with a big malty finish. Brewed with Chinook hops, oatmeal, roasted barley, pale, caramel and chocolate malts. 
Nice dark color with tan head.  This beer features a roasted malt coffee aroma, coffee flavor forward with a wonderfully smooth finish. Another favorite in the Beer Lady household

Emigration Amber 4% ABV Described as: A house favorite at Squatters since 1989 this medium bodied, copper colored ale gets its flavors and aromas from pale and caramel malted barley and Cascade and Chinook whole flower hops. 
I had a pint of this as a cask conditioned beer.  This beer features a crisp amber color with a hoppy/malty aroma, smooth creamy forward flavor with a hint of hops to finish.  My favorite of the tasting.

Cask conditioned Emigration Amber

At a separate restaurant, I had the chance to enjoy Hell's Keep Belgian Style Golden Ale
Per Utah Law, this is only available in bottles due to it's high alcohol content of 7.75%ABV  It is described as follows: Hell's Keep is deceptively refreshing and complex. A unique ester profile developed in fermentation and high level of carbonation produce this devilish golden strong ale.
This beer has a beautiful golden color, and superb head retention. The aroma is rich with malt and esters,  with a mild banana forward flavor and a slightly bitter finish.  Another pleasure to drink

From the Reserve Series

As I mentioned earlier, Utah Law restricts the alcohol content you can serve on draft.  If you want to enjoy (or brew) anything higher than 4%ABV, you have to have a bottle, which personally I think is unfortunate, because a lot of the beers above, and elsewhere in Utah, could have a much stronger aroma and flavor profile.