Category: Craft Beer

In the summer of 2007, I got wind of a new brewery under construction in downtown Chandler. So one evening, after dark, I decided to do a quick drive-by to check out the site. Inside a former Valley National Bank

Shocking news this morning for Arizona’s food and drink community: Anthony Canecchia – the founder of SanTan Brewing & Distilling, Arizona’s largest craft brewery – passed away Saturday. He was 51. ‘‘We are deeply saddened to receive news of the

🍺 Skunked! For the first time in three decades, Arizona breweries failed to win a single medal at this year’s prestigious Great American Beer Festival in Denver. GABF, the world’s largest commercial beer competition, judged more than 9,200 beers from

🍺 Tucson’s Barrio Brewing was named brewery of the year and Pedal Pounder session IPA from Prescott’s LazyG Brewhouse won best in show at the third annual Arizona Craft Beer Awards. Barrio, Arizona’s oldest brewery, earned a gold medal for

🍺 Tempe-based Huss Brewing releases Mexican Wolf IPA, its latest collaboration with the Phoenix Zoo, today. The unfiltered IPA is available on draft and in cans but only at the zoo. It’s the third release in the brewery’s Conservation Series bringing

🍺 Handlebar Pub & Grill in Apache Junction will hold its fifth annual Beer Float Day from 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. Floats will be available featuring beers from The Shop Beer Co., Toppling Goliath Brewing, Prairie Artisan Ales, and Belching

🍺 Tickets for the third annual AZ Craft Beer Awards Festival in Tempe on Saturday, Oct. 19, are now on sale. This year’s festival, sponsored by the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild and Phoenix Magazine, moves from the Great Lawn at State Farm Stadium