🍺 Pinnacle Brewing, the Valley’s newest craft brewery, has announced its grand opening to the public will be Friday, May 3, in north Scottsdale.
The family-owned, 4,300-square-foot brewery is located at The Corner Center at Hayden Road and 82nd Street, just east of Scottsdale Airport.
Pinnacle will not serve food, but plans to bring in food trucks. It also will partner with a local catering chef on charcuterie boards and other spreads.
🍺 Pinnacle Brewing, a new family-run brewery under construction in north Scottsdale, has announced its grand-opening date: Friday, May 3.
The 4,200-square-foot brewery is located at The Corner Center at Hayden Road and 82nd Street, just east of Scottsdale Airport.
The owners are Bob and Mary Wilson. Their son, Wyatt, is the brewmaster.
🍺 Adam and Alicia Vath, owners of home brewing supply store What’s Ale’s Ya in Glendale, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a taproom with an instructional brewery.
Eight years ago, the Vaths (pictured) approached What Ale’s Ya owner Chuck Therio with the idea of integrating his homebrew store into a taproom and brewery. Instead, Therio decided to retire and sell the store to the Vaths in 2021.
To accomplish the second part of their dream, the Vaths now have signed a lease for a new space in north Phoenix they’re calling Hopsology Brewhouse & Taproom.
Glendale home brewing supply store owners launch Kickstarter to open taproom & breweryThe Kickstarter campaign’s goal is $20,000, mainly to build a walk-in cooler to feed 20 taps. As of Wednesday, it had raised nearly $6,000.
🍺 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).
🍺 Arizona Wilderness Brewing, which was forced to close its Gilbert flagship location Thursday after a semi-truck struck the building, already has reopened.
An evacuation was ordered after the collision caused some pipes to burst, spraying water throughout the brewery, and compromised the structural integrity of the roof above the boiler.
Crews from the Mesa and Gilbert fire departments worked through the night to repair the water lines and construct temporary supports for the roof.
Permanent repairs are expected to take a few weeks, but the brewery is open for business.
🍺 Arizona Wilderness Brewing was forced to close its Gilbert flagship location Thursday after a Hensley Beverage Company semi-trailer truck struck the building.
The accident occurred around 4 p.m., according to Wilderness marketing director Zach Fowle. Some pipes burst, but no injuries were reported.
The brewpub was closed due to concerns over the structural integrity of the roof, Fowle says. Engineers were on-site Thursday night trying to determine the extent of the damage.
🍺 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.
🥇 Congrats to Phoenix-based Wren House Brewing, whose Spellbinder won the gold medal in the hazy IPA category at European Beer Star 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany.
A total of 2,356 beers competed in 74 style categories at this year’s EBS, one of the world’s most prestigious competitions.
It’s the third major award for Spellbinder, which also won gold medals at the 2020 Great American Beer Festival and the 2021 Brussels Beer Challenge.
🍺💧 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):
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.
