Category: Craft Beer

Fast-growing State 48 Brewery, which launched in Surprise just four years ago, is opening its sixth Valley location in Gilbert. State 48 Tap House is taking over the former Gordon Biersch space at SanTan Village shopping center. Current locations include

Safe Haven Brewery, a new brewery from the father-and-son team of Rykert and Gus Fowler, is coming to Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. The Fowlers have signed a lease on a 5,000-square-foot building near the southwest corner of Fourth Street

Lochiel Brewing in east Mesa is inviting its fans and others to invest in the 3-year-old brewery and its Scottish-style ales. Owner and brewmaster Ian Cameron (pictured) temporarily closed the brewery’s taproom in May to concentrate distributing its beers to

Tukee Tap & Bottle, a beer and wine bar that also will sell both to go, is coming to the Fry’s shopping center on the southwest corner of 40th Street and Chandler Boulevard in Ahwatukee. The 2,100-square-foot venue on the

Former NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip (pictured) is opening a brewery and taproom in Phoenix. Waltrip launched Michael Waltrip Brewing in March. The company temporarily is based in Texas. So far, it has three beers – Checkered Past (a coconut IPA),

Roses by the Stairs Brewing, an environmentally focused brewery that takes its name from the lyrics of a Blink-182 song, is coming to central Phoenix. It’s taking over the former Easley’s Fun Shop, which closed in 2018 after 72 years

Green Feet Brewing, a small, family-run brewery in Tucson, is closing permanently. The 4-year-old brewery announced on Facebook its last day will be Oct. 16 or whenever it runs out of beer, whichever comes first. Scott “Petey” Petersen (pictured) and

The Beer Research Institute in Mesa releases cans of Rice Krispy Bois, an American rice lager, at 11 a.m. today. The easy-drinking beer with clever can art (pictured) has an ABV of 4.5% and just 15 IBUs. The beer’s name

Condolences to the family and friends of Salim Yousif ‘‘Sam’’ Hanna, the owner of Gilbert Convenience Mart and an early supporter of the Valley’s nascent craft beer scene, who passed away Saturday at age 72 after complications from covid-19. Hanna

Greenwood Brewing, a female-owned and -operated brewery, has opened on the southwest corner of Roosevelt and Fifth Street in downtown Phoenix. Founder Megan Greenwood has been brewing Greenwood beers under contract at another Valley brewery since 2017. After raising $68,000

You don’t see or hear much in the East Valley about Throne Brewing, but that may be about to change. The West Valley brewery has signed with Quail Distributing to market its beers throughout Arizona. Throne Brewing was launched by

Due to state-mandated closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, Lochiel Brewing in east Mesa has closed its taproom ‘‘indefinitely’’ and is replacing it with a bottling line. The 3-year-old brewery, which specializes in Scottish ales and lagers, will focus on selling

Press release: The Gem City Sours & Ciders Festival scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 21, in downtown Mesa has been rescheduled. The event that was set to bring local sour beers together for sampling side by side with