Establishment: Scion Cider — 916 S. Jefferson St., SLC
Bartender: Tyler Zacher
Cocktail Name: Red Rave
Native Utahn Tyler ZacHer was gone for a long while, spending 12 years behind bars in Austin before returning home to Salt Lake City. Tyler works at Scion, which has the second-largest cider selection in North America, so he had plenty of inspiration around him. His cocktail uses a Normandy-style apple brandy produced here in Utah, combined with fresh beet juice from beets grown in the garden of Scion’s owner.
Photography by Natalie Simpson, Beehive Photography.
His time in Austin did leave him with a love of post-shift margaritas. He geeks out on cocktails that mimic things in the real world—a tootsie roll martini is a favorite. But most of all, he loves the speed of bartending, the constant flow of different folks and the diversity of tastes. He especially loves talking about Utah to visitors, explaining his favorite things about his home state that drew him back in after all those years away.
Red Rave
1.5 oz Holystone Normandy Apple Brandy
1 oz beet-brandy (fresh beet juice and Christian Bros. Brandy)
.5 oz RAFT Demerara Syrup
.75 oz fresh lemon juice, orange twist and candied beet garnish
Serve in a rocks glass with ice.
Explore the cocktail trail and vote for your favorite cocktail in the 2025 Salt Lake Magazine Farm-To-Glass Cocktail Contest.
About the 2025 Salt Lake Magazine Farm-To-Glass Cocktail Contest
23 bars from across the state present delicious cocktail creations and compete for the best in Utah. This year’s contest cocktails shine with all Utah has to offer, embodying the farm-to-glass ethos by incorporating the bountiful range of Utah’s native herbs, homegrown produce and locally distilled spirits. Celebrate the bartenders’ hard work throughout from Sept. 1–Oct. 1 by visiting participating bars, trying their unique cocktail concoctions and voting for your favorite on saltlakemagazine.com.
