🍺 Catalyst Crafted Ales, a new brewery from the co-founders of the recently closed Ad Astra Brewing in Prescott, is coming to the southeast corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe.
The owners: Rex Williamson and brewer Will Walthereson (pictured), who launched Ad Astra in 2019, are partnering with Kreg Bahm, who opened Pour Wine & Taproom in southeast Mesa in 2019.
The beers: Catalyst will specialize in IPAs, stouts, and sours, as well as seltzers, according to Walthereson, who’s brewed at The Bruery in Placentia, Calif.; Wren House Brewing in Phoenix; and The Shop Beer Co. in Tempe.
The food: Catalyst will have its own in-house eatery called S.A.L.T., which stands for Sea and Land Tacos, helmed by Enrique Uresti, whose food truck is a regular at Pour.
The timetable: Look for Catalyst to open in October.
