Salt Lake City and Park City will be among the first markets in the country to get bottles of Western Standard, a new saloon-inspired beer aged in bourbon barrels from Utah’s High West Distillery, company officials announced recently.
The German-style lager is being called a “modern beer with historical roots" and should be in Utah’s state-run liquor stores by mid-September, said High West founder David Perkins. The beer is 5.4 percent alcohol by volume, a level that exceeds the 4 percent ABV that is allowable in Utah grocery stores.
In addition to Utah, Western Standard is being rolled out in stores — and on draft — in Minneapolis and Phoenix in September.