Offset Bier, a small-scale brewery currently located in Park City’s Iron Horse district, is moving.
The brewery opened at its location next to Red Flower Studios in September 2021. A small space behind their tap room is where the magic happens, brewing anything from fan favorites to experimental one-offs. It’s a tight space, but it’s worked, said founder Conor Brown.
Its tap room has also become a community hub. During winters, Offset hosts a weekly Uphill Ski Club that skis up Park City Mountain and regroups at the brewery for beer and food. In the summers, it’s a run club that meets, starting at the Iron Horse location before jogging a loop, then back to the brewery.
But this year they were unable to secure a lease renewal, forcing them to find a new location.
Their new spot will be in Quinn’s Junction, Brown said, and they received their conditional-use permit on May 13 which gave them the green light to start construction. As for timing, they need to be out of the current building by November, he said.
“We hope to be up and running sometime in the fall, but a lot has to come into place to be able to make that happen,” Brown said.
The new location, 4175 North Forestdale Dr. Unit 105, is bigger, which has been a need for a while said Offset regular Ben Olson.
“Having more space will be great for them. It can get really crowded at certain times of the year, and they’re really crowded as far as their actual brewing space. I think they’re pretty limited with what they can do back there,” Olson said.
Brown said the new tap room will have the same amount of seats but should be more roomy, less cramped.
Olson said he’ll be curious to see how losing the proximity to Park City will impact customers. But for him, it’s still on his way home from work, so he said he still plans to frequent the tap room.
“I know a lot of people that live in town like to walk there. It doesn’t take them all the way up to Main Street, so being off of Main, kind of tucked away, was really good for being in town and getting a lot of those people out,” Olson said. “Going out there could be interesting to see how many people — like, it’s not exactly walkable.”
Since their clientele has grown more from word-of-mouth, and they’re off Main Street, Olson said he doesn’t expect them to lose business from people “stumbling in.”
“It seems like they have such a great following, so a bunch of people are still going to go,” he added.
As for the Uphill Ski Club and the running club, the new location is still close to popular trails like the Rail Trail and Round Valley. With more parking available, it should also be more convenient for customers.
For Olson, its a company that’s worth a bit more of a drive.
“They make just incredible beers. They do such a good job with a wide variety of them, so no matter what you’re into, you can find something that’s really good,” he said. “And then it’s a great local vibe. It feels like I can go in there and generally run into a couple people that I know.”
It should be business as usual for the summer. Their tap room is open (usually) Monday-Wednesday 4-8 p.m., Thursday 4-9 p.m., Friday 2-9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1-9 p.m.
“If all goes well we will be able to close this spot and transition to the next spot (by November),” Brown said. “But again there’s a lot that need to happen.”
