Thieves Guild Cidery

What they make

• Co-owners Jordy Kirkman and Maxwel Knudsen began brewing together as a home project; Kirkman got his start in cider by pressing apples at his parents' small orchard in Cache Valley.^[2][3]
• The house ciders include Prancing Pony, a dry cider made with apples from the Kirkman family farm, and flavored ciders such as Dark Portal, with black currant and black cherry.^[4][3]
• Its meads include Blood Gem Tiger Sword, a sparkling tart-cherry mead, and an oak-rested root beer mead.^[4][2]
• The cider and mead list rotates with the seasons and with whatever the makers want to try next.^[2]

Visiting

• The taproom at 117 W 900 S opened in October 2024 in a former AlphaGraphics building, built out by the owners as a medieval fantasy tavern with handmade lanterns, sconces and themed restrooms.^[2][1]
• It pours its ciders and meads by the glass or as flights, alongside cocktails and guest beers, and food trucks serve outside; you can bring their food in.^[4]
• It keeps a library of board and card games and runs regular game and trivia nights, plus a yearly 21+ fantasy fair called Apples & Daggers.^[3][5]

Bottles to go

• DABS licenses a package agency at the cidery; that type of agency, at a licensed maker, lets the business sell the packaged products it makes.^[6][7]

Utah lets a brewery, winery or distillery sell its own packaged products on site through a “Type 5” package agency^[7]; anything else comes from a state liquor store.

What locals say

• The Salt Lake Tribune covered its opening as the owners' bid to make Utah's first "experience" bar, built around games like Dungeons & Dragons.^[2]
• SLUG Magazine reported a strong welcome in its first months, with crowds growing month to month, and credited its game nights and do-it-yourself fantasy decor.^[3]

Summarized in our words from local press and reader polls. We don't copy reviews.

None of their bottles are regular state-store listings right now.