Category: Craft Beer

Social Box Neighborhood Eatery in Chandler will host a Huss Brewing tap takeover from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday to benefit the Ohana Animal Rescue in Tempe. Huss beers on tap will include Scottsdale Blonde, Koffee Kölsch, Ohhh Snapp! Cranberry Saison, and Magic in

Four Peaks Brewing in Tempe celebrates its 19th anniversary with the Kilt Chaser 5K run and a BBQ, beer, and music festival from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at its Wilson Street production brewery. The race, a successor to the brewery’s

Scottsdale’s Papago Brewing, one of the longtime pillars of the Valley’s craft beer scene, celebrates its 15th anniversary with a festival-like party from 1-6 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The indoor-outdoor event will feature beers from around the world. The tap

Sleepy Dog Brewery in Tempe will launch its latest canned beer – Peanut Butter Milk Stout – at the AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival in May. The peanut butter ale, which debuted on taps in January, is a variant of the brewery’s

History is brewing on Southern Avenue a half-mile east of Power Road in Mesa. That’s where Ian Cameron is opening Lochiel Brewery – in July, he hopes – which will be notable for several reasons. Lochiel, named after his family’s ancestral home in Scotland,

The Valley’s craft beer community has stepped up in recent weeks to support Theresa Sorrels, the wife of Beer Research Institute co-founder and brewer Greg Sorrels, in her fight against brain cancer. Sunday, there will be two more events: At 8-Bit Aleworks in

Last month, CraftBeer.com, the website of the national Brewers Association, published its annual list of the ‘‘51 Best Beer Bars in America,’’ the top bar in each state (plus D.C.) as chosen by the website’s 9,000-plus users. Winning the honor

Uncle Bear’s Brewery has kinda flown under the radar since its low-key launch in September 2013. But thanks to an expanded brewing system and a new beer that may become its flagship, the Ahwatukee brew pub seems poised to crack the top

The sixth annual Arizona Beer Week begins its extended 10-day run today, kicking off more than 325 beer-related events statewide over the next 10 days. Here’s one East Valley-centric suggested itinerary: Today: She’s So Hop Tappings Last month, women from more than

Helio Basin Brewing, a new craft brewery named after the Valley of the Sun, will open this summer in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. It takes over the former Clicks Billiards building on the southwest corner of 40th Street and Thomas. “Helio is play on the

Huss Brewing has begun canning its Koffee Kölsch and The Husstler Milk Stout. They will join the south Tempe brewery’s three other year-round offerings – Scottsdale Blonde Kölsch, Magic in the Ivy Pale Ale, and That’ll Do IPA – on retail shelves statewide next

Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler is celebrating its 20th anniversary in several ways throughout this year. First up: The launch of its first house beer – Wiseguy Pilsner – contract-brewed by SanTan Brewing. “I approached SanTan with the idea

With a “big push” over the next few weeks, Brian Helton hopes to get his Helton Brewing Company open by the end of March. For now, he was gracious enough to allow MXSW readers an early look at what this

Downtown Mesa is getting a second microbrewery. Oro Brewing Company, a nanobrewery and taproom, will open later this year in Arizona’s third-largest city, according to co-owner Chuck Wennerlund. The 3,000-square-foot building at 210 W. Main Street (on the north side of Main,

Colorado’s Oskar Blues is the brewery of the month for February at The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview. All month, get any Oskar Blues beer on tap – such as Dale’s Pale Ale or Mama’s Little Yella Pils – for

Renegade Brewing, a critical darling of Denver’s craft beer scene, celebrates its entry imto the Arizona market with a series of launch parties this week, including three in the East Valley. The brewery, which opened in 2011, aims to make

Craft 64, the artisan pizzeria and craft beer bar in Old Town Scottsdale, has unveiled the artwork for its first two contract beers. Earlier: Craft 64 to contract-brew its own line of beers with SunUp Smooove Hoperator IPA is tentatively scheduled

SanTan Brewing in Chandler has a new spring seasonal: Grapefruit Shandy, an American ale blended with Arizona-grown grapefruit juice. The brewery’s previous spring seasonal, Mr. Pineapple, moved to year-round status last year. Grapefruit Shandy, which has an ABV of 4.7%,

Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert has hired its first executive chef: Stacey Carson, the chef-owner of recently closed gastropub Nosh Arizona. Her mission is to fine-tune the brewpub’s menu of gourment burgers and ‘‘tighten up’’ the kitchen’s workflow to get food