By Jess Harter
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
🍺 The third annual Copper State Beer Festival will feature ales from more than 70 breweries from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at Riverview Park in northwest Mesa.
Beside beers, there will be ciders, meads, seltzers, wines, and spirits. Other attractions: Two dozen food vendors, a marketplace, bands, and games.
Tickets are $55 for general admission (includes 20 samples), $60 for general admission plus (30 samples and early entry at 1 p.m.), and $70 for VIP (45 samples and early entry at noon).
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By Jess Harter
Friday, December 8, 2023
By Jess Harter
Thursday, December 7, 2023
By Jess Harter
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
🍺 A update on Pinnacle Brewing, a new Scottsdale brewery that I first wrote about in March:
Owner Bob Wilson says the 4,300-square-foot brewery and taproom should be open by April at The Corner Center at Hayden Road and 82nd Street, just east of Scottsdale Airport.
Pinnacle will have a full kitchen and a covered patio, Wilson says.
Wilson’s son, Wyatt, will be the brewmaster. He has worked at Dust Bowl Brewing in Turlock, Calif., Monkless Belgian Ales in Bend, Ore., and Mash Lab Brewing in Windsor, Colo.
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By Jess Harter
Thursday, November 30, 2023
By Jess Harter
Friday, November 3, 2023
🍺💧 Eight Valley craft breweries will participate in the One Water Brewing Showcase, Arizona’s first festival dedicated to beers made with recycled water, today and Saturday at the Scottsdale Waterfront in Old Town Scottsdale.
The event, which starts at 6 p.m. each day at Soleri Bridge, is part of Canal Convergence, a 10-night public art event.
Breweries taking part (up to five each night):
- Arizona Wilderness (pictured)
- Desert Monks
- Fate
- Huss
- North Mountain
- OHSO
- Walter Station
- Wren House
Admission to Convergence and the Showcase is free; those 21 and over can purchase beer samples.
Scottsdale Water is the only permitted facility in Arizona to offer direct potable reuse. After recycled water is treated, it undergoes several more purifying processes until its quality exceeds that of bottled water.
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By Jess Harter
Monday, October 30, 2023
By Jess Harter
Monday, October 30, 2023
🍺 Hop Central Brewing and Taproom in Chandler has tapped a KÅkua Project beer from Dark Sky Brewing in Flagstaff to benefit those impacted by the Maui wildfires.
KÅkua, roughly translated, is the Hawaiian word for help.
In the project launched by Maui Brewing, breweries across the country, including at least 15 from Arizona, are making the same beer â a session IPA â and donating 100% of the proceeds.
Also look for a KÅkua beer from these Arizona breweries: Arizona Wilderness, Black Bridge, Four Peaks, Goldwater, Huss, Lumberyard, Moto Sonora, Mudshark, North Mountain, OHSO, Patent 139, Peoria Artisan, Roses by the Stairs, and Simple Machine.
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By Jess Harter
Thursday, October 26, 2023
🥧🍺 Pecan Pie Brown Ale, one of Arizona’s most popular seasonal beers, drops today at Arizona Wilderness Brewing.
The beer, billed as ââThanksgiving dessert in a glass,ââ is brewed with locally grown pecans, milk sugar, vanilla beans, maple syrup â and whole pecan pies thrown right into the mash.
Wilderness also will release its seasonal Barrel-Aged Pecan Pie Brown Ale, which has been resting in bourbon barrels since last fall.
Both beers will be available in cans and on draft at the brewery’s flagship location in Gilbert and its beer garden in downtown Phoenix.
Don’t wait too long â they tend to sell out quickly.
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