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Zion Canyon Brewing is doing a lot within the constraints of Utah’s liquor laws. The brewery does not have a brewpub, nor does it make seasonal beers, but according to one of the brewers I spoke with (a great guy named Keith), both of those shortcomings should be addressed in the future.
Keith was gracious in allowing a friend and I to tour the brewery while he was filtering an amber. This is a small operation – just three employees – located in the basement of a hotel in this southwest Utah tourist town.
Zion Canyon makes a Jamaican lager, a stout, an ESB, an amber and an IPA. Somehow, though these are “3.2 beers” (actually 4% alcohol by volume), Zion Canyon’s brewers manage to keep the full mouthfeel and maltiness in their brews. According to Keith, strict attention to the strike temperature of mash enables Zion Canyon to maintain the flavor of its beers.
Zion Canyon beers are well worth finding if you’re in the St. George area of Utah or near Zion National Park.
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