Northwest Brewing rolls out Arizona debut parties

Northwest Brewing from Pacific, Wash., will hold a series of Arizona debut parties this weekend to celebrate its arrival in the market:

• 6 p.m. tonight: Taste of Tops in Tempe
• 6 p.m. Friday at Skeptical Chymist in Scottsdale
• 7 p.m. Saturday at Sun Devil Liquors in Mesa
• 7 p.m. Tuesday at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe

Beers on tap will include Hoppy Bitch IPA, Crazy Bitch double IPA, Black Pearl barrel-aged stout, Three Skulls blood orange wit, and its popular Mango Weizen.

One of Northwest’s beers you’re not likely to see in Arizona: Hawk One Lager, its tribute to the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.

Northwest Brewing began five years ago as Trade Route Brewing. Two years later Greg Steed and Dan Anthony took over the brewery and renamed it.