New Ogden ‘beer boutique’ to hold grand opening Friday
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- The masterminds of Salt & Hops, owners Mary Rydman and Greg Evans.
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- Salt & Hops is Ogden’s new craft “beer boutique” on 443 27th St. inside SaltyCreative studio.
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- A new beer store, Salt & Hops, offering a curated selection of over 150 premium brews is having its grand opening on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022.
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- Salt & Hops is Ogden’s new craft “beer boutique” at 443 27th St. inside SaltyCreative studio. The grand opening is Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, from noon to 8 p.m.
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- Salt & Hops is Ogden’s new craft “beer boutique” at 443 27th St. inside SaltyCreative studio. The grand opening is Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, from noon to 8 p.m.
A new beer store, Salt & Hops, offering a curated selection of over 150 premium brews, is having its grand opening on Friday. The “beer boutique” is stocked full of local brews, snacks and novelty items you can’t get anywhere else.
Salt & Hops occupies the west side of the SaltyCreative event and workspace venue at 443 27th St. in Historic downtown Ogden, the building marked by Brent Atwood’s unmissably cheery Joe McQueen mural. It’s a natural expansion of the whimsical space that is filled with memorabilia, pop art and other relics that will charm the pants off of any vibrant being who walks through its pistachio creme-colored doors.
Salt & Hops is the creation of owners Mary Rydman and Greg Evans, who both work full-time jobs remotely in their Salty offices and brewed — pun intended — the idea over ping pong matches during work breaks.
The vision has unfolded; an entire wall is lined with coolers stocked full of specialty craft beers for all tastes — IPAs, pales, sours, stouts and more — including a variety of gluten-free beverages and heavy representation by all the local breweries. “We’re trying to make sure everything we sell is as local as possible,” Ryman said. But, because they understand that sometimes nothing else will do, PBR is available too.
The focus is on finding specialty brews that aren’t available anywhere else in retail; two rare birds from Shade and Kitos out of Salt Lake are on the way and two Richard Ramos-designed cans from Roosters Brewing are already in there chilling for the lucky first takers.
But there’s more than just very hip hops. It’s also a convenient stop for those extras that will ensure you’re always on the guest list for any party. Along with a not-boring case of beer, dash in with some fine local chocolates, handcrafted snacks, a pair of vintage beer mugs, or a few charming match books and a beer candle. Or, how about coasters, koozies and bottle openers? And if they have a rowdy dog, “Bark Brews” or one many squeezy beer toys.
While they can’t sell liquor — because … Utah — there’s everything you need to make a good cocktail. Bloody Mary mix from Ogden’s Z’s Hot Sauce, margarita salt, cocktail cherries, bitters and Fever Tree mixers like ginger beer, orange spice and club soda.
Another good reason to pop in — you can grab a record and a brew curated by the Lavender Vinyl crew, who are bringing a selection in weekly.
This is Ogden culture and hops, all in one stop.
The grand opening is Friday from noon to 8 p.m.
Follow Salt & Hops on Instagram @saltandhops, Facebook @Salt&Hops and saltandhops.com.