With just a couple days to go, the roster of beers is filling out for the fifth annual Real, Wild & Woody Indoor Beer Festival on Saturday, July 28, in downtown Phoenix.
The 21-and-over event, which runs 2-6 p.m. at the Phoenix Convention Center, showcases cask (real) beers, Brettanomyces yeast (wild) beers, and barrel-aged (woody) beers.
Tickets are $57 in advance or $65 at the door, which includes a commemoratuive glass, 20 beer samples and small food bites. Designated driver tickets are $25.
The up-to-date list of participating breweries and the beers they’ll be pouring:
- 12 West Brewing (Gilbert): Alma sour ale, Double Midnight Run oatmeal stout
- 1912 Brewing (Tucson): Bourbon Barrel Aged Mescalero stout, Fruta Bomba papaya sour ale, Guana A La Cubana sour ale
- 8-Bit Aleworks (Avondale): Black Mage with Cocoa Pebbles stout, Ryan Recurring Insanity with Fruity Pebbles sour gose (cask), The Hefe Is A Lie with Reese’s Puff Cereal wheat wine (cask), White Mage with Cinnamon Toast Crunch witbier (cask)
- Alesmith Brewing (San Diego): Barrel Aged Speedway Stout, Nut Brown Ale
- Almanac Beer (Alameda, Calif.): Cherry Supernova sour ale, Raspberry Sunshine sour ale
- Arizona Wilderness Brewing (Gilbert): Pine Mountain Sour Pale Ale, Sangio Cerveza farmhouse ale, WilderPils pilsner
- BJ’s Brewhouse (Huntington Beach, Calif.): Barrel Aged PM Porter with Vanilla Beans, Scarecrow Gone Rogue saison, Scarier Scarecrow Gone Rogue saison
- Barrio Brewing (Tucson): Barrio Blonde, Dark Sour wild ale
- Black Bridge Brewery (Kingman): Katastrophic Humiliation barleywine, Old Pricks old ale, Stresstout imperial stout, The Old Pretender Scottish ale.
- Borderlands Brewing (Tucson): Barrel Aged Saison, Cass’s Cask IPA, Citrana gose, Piloto Fiesta sour ale, Rain Crow IPA
- Breakside Brewery (Portland): Bourbon Barrel Aztec spiced beer, India Golden Ale
- Cider Corps (Mesa): Barrel Fermented Cider with Apple, Barrel Fermented Cider with Apricot, Barrel Fermented Cider with Blueberry, Barrel Fermented Cider with Peach, Storm the Peach
- Clown Shoes (Ipswich, Mass.): North of Sonora imperial porter, Rexx imperial red ale
- Crooked Tooth Brewing (Tuscon): Bugambilia Dreams sour ale, Champagion of Roses sour ale, External Forces imperial stout
- Destihl Brewery (Normal, Ill.): Barrel Aged Antiquity barleywine, Here Gose Nothin’ gose
- Dark Sky Brewing (Flagstaff): Colibri Continaur Wild Beer, Into the TArtness sour, Preverbal Cliff IPA (collaboration with Grand Canyon), Tale of Two Cities (collab with Wren House)
- Dragoon Brewing (Tucson): Buffy barrel-aged barleywine, IPA, Les Cervaux sour ale, Pony Express pale ale, Santa Cruz’RÂ golden ale, Stronghod Session brown ale, The Seis imperial stout
- Figueroa Mountain Brewing (Buellton, Calif.): Agua Santa Cerveza lager
- Firestine Walker Brewing (Paso Robles, Calif.): Agrestic wild ale, Unfiltered DBA pale ale, Velvet Merkin imperial stout
- Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Backwoods Bastard Scottish ale, Barrel Runner double IPA, Dankwood double red ale
- Four Peaks Brewing (Tempe): Kumquat Gose, New Fashioned CocktALE bock, Rumsquatch barleywine, Sirius Black imperial stout, Sirius Lifter blended ale, Taylor Port Barrel Aged Blind Date fruit beer
- Four Sons Brewing (Huntington Beach, Calif.): Babe Avery milk stout, Sour K sour ale
- Goldwater Brewing (Scottsdale): Bourbon BA Imperial Rye Teddy Conditioned on Coffee, Vanilla & Coconut double brown ale, Port/Bourbon BA Brutus imperial stout, Space Dragoon IPA (cask), Summer Camp Berliner Weisse
- Gordon Biersch Brewery: Bourbon Barrel Porter, Bourbon Porter, Sauvignon Blanc Belgian Tripel
- Grand Canyon Brewing (Williams): Appalachian Amber red ale, Direwofl sour ale, Gimp IPA, Lipan Lambic, Morning Ritual brown ale, Purple Noir sour ale, Will-o’-the-Wisp imperial pumpkin ale
- Green Flash Brewing (San Diego): Flanders Drive sour ale, Ideal Sauvage Belgian strong dark ale, Vivid Sauvage Belgan tripel
- Hangar 24 Brewing (Redlands, Calif.): Aventura lager, Pugachev’s Cobra imperial stout (2017)
- Helton Brewing (Phoenix): Boysenberry Sour, French Saison, Scotch Ale
- Historic Brewing (Flagstaff): Red for Ed sour ale, Undercover Cucumber blonde ale
- Huss Brewing (Tempe): Copper State IPA, Juicy Fruit barrel-aged wheat beer, Koffee Kolsch, Old Fashioned Magic barrel-aged pale ale, Papago Orange Blossom fruit beer, Ro Sham Beaux barrel-aged double IPA, Scottsdale Blonde, The Husstler Seasonal American Lager, Lo Que Paso Anoche IPA
- Ironfire Brewing (Temecula, Calif.): All Oak Everything stout, Last Rites imperial stout, Sex & Violence Cherry Sour
- Lagunitas Brewing (Petaluma, Calif.): Barrel Aged Aunt Sally with Sweet Potato, Barrel Aged Lucky 13 red ale
- Lonesome Valley Brewing (Prescott Valley): Mon Couer Blanc Belgian strong golden ale
- Lumberyard Brewing (Flagstaff): Apricot Sour, Bright Angel Singe Hop Centennial IPA, Red Rock Raspberry
- McFate Brewing (Scottsdale): Barrel Aged Blonde Oatwine, Inessence Gose, Shot in the Arm imperial stout
- Mother Bunch Brewing (Phoenix): Bidi Bidi Bom Bom Gose, Double Chocolate Banana Stout (cask), Rum Barrel Aged Agua Frida Imperial Stout, Up in the Sky Pie IPA (cask)
- Mother Earth Brewing (Vista, Calif.): Four Season Summer imperial stout (2017), Quit Stalin Russian imperial stout
- Mother Road Brewing (Flagstaff): 6 Anniversary Ale imperial stout, Tower Station IPA
- New Belgium Brewing (Fort Collins, Colo.): Belgian Reserve Sour Saison, Oscar sour ale, Single Foeder Oscar #65 wild ale, Transatlantique Kriek (2017)
- North Mountain Brewing (Phoenix): Mild Child English mild ale, Strawberry Rhubard Belgian quad
- OHSO Brewery (Phoenix):Â Low Life IPA with Kiwi and Guava (cask), Whisky Shivers whiskey barrel-aged barleywine, Whisky Shivers bourbon barrel-aged barleywine, Xocolat barrel-aged imperial stout
- Oro Brewing (Mesa): Adieu grisette, Saison D’ Oro on Oak farmhouse ale
- Peoria Artisan Brewery (Peoria): Sour Orange Pale, Tennessee Amber Ale
- Prescott Brewing (Prescott): BA Anchos Loco porter, Palate Stomper IPA, Pilsner 500, Superstition Raven imperial stout
- Pueblo Vida Brewing (Tucson): Andromeda IPA, Campo saison, Shortcut sour ale
- Rowley Farmhouse Ales (Santa Fe, N.M.): Ab Initio boysenberry sour, Mixed Dubbels Curling Belgian dubbel, Sanctuarie stone fruit saison (2017)
- Saddle Mountain Brewing (Goodyear): 300 Ft. Steve red ale, Strawberry Bitch fruit beer
- Saint Archer Brewing (San Diego): Peach Gose, Tusk & Grain Belgian quad with spices, Tusk & Grain coconut imperial stout
- SanTan Brewing (Chandler): Buffalo bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout, Cherrylicious sour ale, Experimental Sour (debut), Juicy Jack IPA, Juicy Jack (cask), Saison De Abruzzo saison
- Stone Brewing (Escondido, Calif.): Crime strong ale (2016), Enjoy After 10.31.16 Brett IPA, Xocoveza Charred imperial milk stout
- That Brewery (Pinetop): BA Russian Imperial stout, Dirty Verde IPA, Wild Wild Strawberry Sour
- The Beer Research Institute (Mesa): Barrel Aged Dark Side Til I Die imperial stout, Seven Minutes of Funk sour ale, Sour Peach Lolli
- The Perch Brewery (Chandler): Backseat Domestics barleywine, Desert Breeze Kolsch with strawberries and lemon zest, Tropica Guera blonde ale, Two in Your Bush IPA, Wit Beneath My WIngs witbier
- Phoenix Ale Brewery (Phoenix): Cherry Porter, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Porter, Prickly Pear Blonde
- Thunder Canyon Brewing (Tucson): Sky Island IPA, Wild West Barrel Aged Sour #3
- Two Brother Brewing (Warrensville, Ill.): 21st Anniversary IPA, Gin Barrel Sidekick pale ale
- Uncle Bear’s Brewery (Ahwatukee): Debo’s Kettle Sour double IPA, Foggy Doggy coffee milk stout with toasted coconut (cask), Ocean Beach West Coast IPA, Times Two Wolfhound Irish Red Ale on two different oak staves
- Unibroue (Chambly, Quebec, Canada): La Fin du Monde Belgian tripel, Ephemere Fraise & Rhubarb fruit beer
- Wanderlust Brewing (Flagstaff): 928 Local saison, Coconino Common sour rye, Granero Blanco saison
- Wren House Brewing (Phoenix): KitKat Black Canyon imperial stout, Las Frescas: Black Label sour ale, Sin Cuidados sour ale
And here are the restaurants that will be providing small bites:
- Angry Crab: Gumbo
- Boulders on Broadway: Tacos
- Brat Haus: Pretzel bites paired with beer cheese
- Coaches Corner: Sliders
- Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers: Sliders
- Copper Blues: American sampler
- Crust Italian: Meatballs
- Drive Wood: Corn on the cob
- Hard Rock Café: Kahlua pork slider
- Hogg Dogs: Lil Smokies
- Mother Bunch: Chicharrones
- Petrini’s on the Go: Panini squares
- Pig & Pickle: Fried cheese curds
- SanTan Brewing: Pastry pairings
- The Perch: Beer-infused ice cream
Other activities will include interactive games, an indoor rock wall, and live music.
You can get tickets here.
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