![]() “We’re going to match up your beer, we’re going to match up your pie. “Instead of, we’re just going to start our own little thing called pie and beer dot com,” Wilson joked. Every bakery is donating 20 pies Wilson is baking 10 raspberry key lime pies and 10 blueberry sour cream to pair with Shades’ raspberry pistachio beer. Shades Brewing - which just received its bar license, and can now sell its high-point beers at its tap room on July 24 - is working with Dominique Wilson of Pies The Limit, who’s participating for the first time. If you’re nervous about the delicate process of pairing pie and beer, not to worry: bakeries and breweries have been matched up and are synching their recipes. There are always savory options, like pizza or macaroni and cheese pie - and for the first time this year, there will be shoofly pie - a crumb-filled molasses pie that originated in Pennsylvania Dutch communities. ![]() (Because Pioneer Day falls on a Sunday, the Days of ‘47 Parade happens on Saturday, so those who are so inclined can comfortably do both.) Organized by The Blocks and KUAA 99.9 FM, where Wheeler is now station manager, the event promises 9,000 slices of pie from 24 local bakeries, paired with beers from 24 Utah breweries.Ī new twist this year is the Locally Made, Locally Played Music Festival, which is set to offer live performances all day from Sara Degreaw, Nathan Spenser, Michelle Moonshine, Timmy the Teeth and The Proper Way, while people circulate for pie and beer tastings.ĭay passes are $40, and include five beers and five pieces of pie. So this year’s celebration - on Sunday, July 24 from noon to 6 p.m - Pie ‘n’ Beer Day jumps to The Gateway. It’s back in person this year, but due to construction downtown, Beer Bar no longer has access to the parking lot behind its building. Pie ‘n’ Beer Day, like many in-person events, got canceled during the pandemic. And you could see the looks on their faces, like, what did we just accidentally fall into?” (Burrell, then the star of “Modern Family,” is an owner of the bar.) Music added to the mix “And by the way, Ty Burrell was over there serving pie. “They were like ‘What? We didn’t know this was going on back here,’” Wheeler said. He’s just like, ‘Heyyyy!’ It was insane.” (Mooney, then a star on “Saturday Night Live,” was in town filming the 2017 indie comedy/drama “Brigsby Bear,” which he wrote and played the lead.)Īround the same time, the Food Channel was in Salt Lake City, reporting on food trucks, and stopped by. “You’d see the brewers get into the dunk tank, I think Princess Kennedy got in the dunk tank, I got in the dunk tank…so one year, we’re watching people get into the dunk tank, and Kyle Mooney gets up and gets into the dunk tank. “Anybody could get in the dunk tank,” Wheeler said. The event proved to be so popular, he said, it soon sprawled into the parking lot behind the bar, and the setup included a dunk tank. “I literally got on top of a table and said, ‘Please nobody move faster, or fall down, because the whole room is going to fall down.’” Wheeler said he was scared to death when he saw the size of the crowd that showed up on July 24: the line stretched down the block and around the corner.
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