Craft 64 partner James Swann and Sun Up brewer Ross Perz got together this week to brew the Old Town Scottsdale pizzeria and bar’s newest contract beer – Wheat the People – at the Phoenix brewery.
The American white wheat beer (estimated 5.0% ABV and 15 IBUs) will join three other Craft 64 beers – Smoooove Hoperator IPA, Bonkers Double IPA, and Crafty Blonde, all of which debuted earlier this year.
Like the best-selling Crafty Blonde, Wheat the People features well-rounded West Coast Falconers Flight hops, resulting in what Swann expects to be ‘‘a great summer beer.’’
Look for Craft 64 to tap Wheat the People sometime in mid-June.
If you’re wondering about 64 Monks, Craft 64’s yet-to-be-brewed collaboration with The Hungry Monk, it’ll still in the works as soon as Swann and Monk owner Jim Lolli can sync their schedules.
Meanwhile, Sun Up also has been busy with its own beers. MXSW reported last week (see story) the brewpub had begun canning two of its most popular beers, Trooper IPA and White Russian imperial stout.
Sun Up brewmaster Uwe Boer (pictured above) says the demand for those canned beers has been so high he will begin canning three more beers in the next five weeks.
The five-head canning line is the latest addition to Sun Up’s 15-barrel production brewery, which opened last year next to the brew pub. The original brewing system in the brew pub mostly is being used for pilot and contract beers.
Sun Up also is in the midst of the permits-and-licensing process to open a 30-barrel production brewery and taproom near the State Capitol just west of downtown Phoenix.
Boer says there’s no set timetable for the new facility.
