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Peanut Butter Milk Stout, a new beer from Sleepy Dog Brewery in Tempe, will get its official launch party from 6-8 p.m. Friday at The Beer Research Institute in Mesa. The peanut butter ale, which already is on tap at
The East Valley may be ground zero for Arizona’s craft beer scene, but other parts of the metro area are developing quickly. Look no further than downtown Phoenix, home to Mother Bunch Brewing, which opened in September 2014, and Flowers Craft Beer
Women from more than 30 Arizona breweries will get together Jan. 15 to create what’s being called the first official all-female-brewed beer in Arizona. The beer, simply named Red IPA, will be brewed at Huss Brewing in south Tempe and
Scottsdale’s burgeoning craft beer scene just took a bit of a hit with the closing of Union Barrelhouse. The restaurant and craft beer bar made the announcement on its Facebook page: ‘‘We are sad to say that Union Barrelhouse is now
Just a few hours after Friday’s shocking announcement that Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewing company, had reached an agreement to acquire Four Peaks, Arizona’s largest craft brewery, Mouth by Southwest sat down with Four Peaks co-founders Jim Scussel and Randy
Anheuser Busch InBev’s surprising acquisition of Four Peaks Brewing has put the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild in an uncomfortable position. The guild – which represents more than 75 craft breweries in the state, including Four Peaks – has been sounding
Talk about your bombshell announcements! Anheuser-Busch InBev stunned the Arizona craft beer community this morning by announcing an agreement to purchase Four Peaks Brewing, the state’s largest and most venerable brewery. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. ‘‘We’re excited to
Something new is brewing at Sleepy Dog: The Tempe taproom will begin serving food in January. ‘‘We have wanted to do this for a while now, but wanted to make sure we could do it right,’’ says brewery co-owner Matt
Craft 64, the artisan pizzeria and craft beer bar in Old Town Scottsdale, has a new daily deal: $3 Grand Canyon American Pilsner cans. All day, every day.

The McClintock Bike Path Pub Crawl, free and open to the public, will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mac’s Broiler & Tap in Tempe. The group will ride about a mile to Lucky Break, then another mile to finish at Spokes on Southern.
Three weeks ago, MXSW broke the news about Craft 64Â and SunUp Brewing reaching an agreement to contract-brew three beers for the Old Town Scottsdale pizzeria and bar. Monday, it became a reality when a crew from Craft 64 showed up
Arizona Wilderness Brewing in Gilbert will begin selling 32-ounce cans of beer – starting with its flagship Refuge IPA – on the first of the year. Although other breweries offer the can/growler hybrids known as ‘‘crowlers,’’ Arizona Wilderness will fill theirs in advance,
According to the latest statistics from the national Brewers Association, the United States now has more breweries – 4,144 – than ever before. The previous record of 4,131 was set way back in 1873. What’s truly remarkable, though, is how fast that number

Well, that didn’t take long. Just a week after his surprise resignation from SanTan Brewing, Chip Mulala announced on Facebook he’s joining Huss Brewing in Tempe: I’m very happy to announce that starting after the new year I’ll be joining the

Tickets for the 2016 Arizona Strong Beer Festival will go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, but in the spirit of Black Friday you can get a great deal if you’re willing to line up earlier in the day. The

Chip Mulala, ‘‘Minister of Craft Beer’’ for SanTan Brewing and a well-known figure in the Arizona craft beer community, is leaving the Chandler brewery. Mulala announced his resignation today on Facebook: It is with an extremely heavy heart that I let all

Craft 64, the artisan pizzeria and craft beer bar that opened in Old Town Scottsdale in March, has reached an agreement with SunUp Brewing in Phoenix to contract-brew a line of Craft 64 beers. The first three will be Crafty Blonde Ale,
The Casual Pint, a fast-growing chain of craft beer bar and markets based out of Knoxville, Tenn., will open its first Arizona location in Chandler this spring. Each store offers hundreds of bottled beers as well as an ever-changing roster of beers on
Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale will host a two-year anniversary party for Beast Brewing at 6 p.m. tonight. A half-dozen of the Bisbee brewery’s ales will be on tap: Belgian Strong with local figs and honey Wolf Spider Wit