Category: Craft Beer

Lava Falls Quad, a Belgian-style ale (10.3% ABV) released by Grand Canyon Brewing last month, will be featured at this week’s Monday Night Tapping at Bourbon Jacks in downtown Chandler. The 7 p.m. tappings highlight a limited-release beer every Monday. The night includes

Tempe’s Huss Brewing has announced the grand opening of its new Taproom at Uptown Plaza will be Friday, April 14, on the northeast corner of Central and Camelback in Phoenix. Besides Huss beers, the taproom will offer house-made bar snacks as well as food

The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview celebrates its third anniversary today by tapping a superb lineup of rare beers, including Bell’s Hopslam, Hangar 24 Pugachev’s Cobra, Lagunitas High West-ified, and Founders Frootwood. You’ll get $1 off all drafts from 1-11 p.m.

12 West Brewing concludes its reign as brewery of the month at The Brass Tap in Mesa with a tapping of Deadbolt, its bourbon-barrel-aged Russian imperial stout, at 3 p.m. today. The Gilbert brewery also will be raffling off glassware, shirts,

Bourbon Jacks in downtown Chandler will feature four Uncle Bear’s beers – Dibos Double IPA, Mandarin Wheat, Blueberry Saison, and Wolfhound Irish Red Ale – at its weekly Monday Night Tapping at 7 tonight. They also will have the just-released

The Valley’s craft beer community is mourning the loss of one of its own today. Pedal Haus assistant brewer Ian Campbell-O’Neill passed away Saturday from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in east Mesa. ‘‘Ian was one of the most kind and

Something magical happened while you slept last night: Uncle Bear’s Brewery in Ahwatukee did its first canning run of its delicious Barkley’s Peanut Butter Cup Porter. It’s the brewery’s third beer to be offered in cans. You can buy it at the

Congrats to The Shop Beer Co. The four-year-old Tempe brewery, which until last year was known as Cartel Brewery, has signed a distribution deal with Valley-based Hensley & Co. The Shop’s current offerings include its flagship Coffee Brown nut brown ale, F.Y.I.T.M.

Gilbert’s recently opened 12 West Brewing is February’s brewery of the month at The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview, and they’re kicking off things with a Keep the Pint Night and a tapping of Insomniac double IPA from 6-8 tonight. 12 West

Female brewers from around the state will meet at Barrio Brewing in Tucson on Wednesday to brew a limited-release double IPA called State Bird. The beer will be released during Arizona Beer Week (Feb. 9-18) with proceeds going to four

The Hungry Monk in Chandler is hosting a promo for aviation-themed brewery Hangar 24 at 5 p.m. today. The highlight will be the tapping of Pugachev’s Cobra, the Redlands, Calif., brewery’s seasonal Russian imperial stout (13.8% ABV). The beer, named for a difficult

Bourbon Jacks in downtown Chandler holds its Monday Night Tapping – the weekly tapping of a limited-release craft beer – at 7 tonight. This week features Cold Brew Brown, a 4.9% ABV one-off from fellow downtown Chandler establishment SanTan Brewing.

Also, The Hungry Monk beer chef Gidi will be making up some central coast-style tri-tip.

SunUp Brewing in Phoenix taps its latest barrel-series ale – Razz-Putin, a Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels for seven months on whole raspberries – today. According to the brewery, ‘‘A big, earthy raspberry aroma explodes in your nose followed