Taste of Tops named one of 33 best beer bars in U.S.

Congrats to Taste of Tops, which has been named one of the 33 best beer bars in the country by food, drink, and travel website The Thrillist.

The Tempe venue shares the honor with such illustrious names as Hopcat in Grand Rapids, Mich.; Falling Rock Tap House in Denver; and Mikkeller Bar in San Francisco..

Here’s what The Thrillist had to say:

There are two reasons why Taste of Tops is unlike any beer bar in the country: Four of their employees are Certified Cicerones and have an encyclopedic knowledge of beer (ask for Issa, he’s there the most often), and it’s connected to a liquor store. Their 24 rotating taps are nice and all, but the real added value is being able to walk into the adjoining liquor store, grab any of their hundreds of bottled beers (including ones from their cellar vintage bottle list) and drink it on the premises in the bar. And if aged beer doesn’t do it for you, breweries are always showing up to the store side of things for events, including Colorado craft brew favorites Upslope, Oskar Blues, and Ska Brewing.

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