By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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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
Few beer styles are as polarizing as pumpkin beers. Craft beer drinkers either love ’em or hate ’em. The former will want to take note: OHSO will host its annual Great Pumpkin Beer Day at all of its locations on Thursday.
More than two dozen beers from Ballast Point, San Diego’s second-largest brewery, will be featured at this month’s Third Thursday tap takeover at Flanny’s in Tempe. San Diego practically is synonymous with IPAs, and Ballast Point brews some of the best, led
Cartel Brewery, a fast-growing offshoot of Cartel Coffee Lab, is opening a second, larger Tempe brewery in February to be called The Shop Beer Co. “I’m committed to giving the beer a voice of its own,” Cartel owner David Arnce says. “I want
From 3 p.m.-close Sunday, The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview will host a F*ck Cancer charity event for a Gilbert woman fighting cancer. The event will raise money for non-conventional breast cancer treatments for Nola Cunningham, the mother-in-law of local Lagunitas
At 7Â p.m. today, Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale will host a promo for Phoenix’s SunUp Brewing. Among the featured beers will be a firkin of Blushing Russian, a cherry version of SunUp’s popular White Russian imperial stout. Also on
Michigan’s Founders will be the featured brewery when The Hungry Monk holds its monthly Beer & Bacon Night from 5-9 p.m. tonight.
Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale will host a mini tap takeover tonight featuring IPAs from SanTan Brewing. The highlight will be the Scottsdale debut of the Chandler brewery’s seasonal Count Hopula, a “blood red” IPA. Other SanTan beers on
Uncle Bear’s Brewery will hold a kickoff party for its new statewide distribution at 5 p.m. today at The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview. The two-year-old Ahwatukee brewery and Young’s Market announced the distribution deal last month (story). UB beers on tap
Craft 64 in Old Town Scottsdale will host the first in a series of launch parties for North Mountain, the latest Valley brewery to sign a distribution deal (see story). From 6-9 p.m., there will be eight NM beers on
BJ’s and Huss are among four Arizona breweries that won medals over the weekend at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver: • Magnolia Peach from BJ’s in Chandler won the gold medal for fruit wheat beer. • The Husstler from Huss in Tempe won the
North Mountain Brewing in Phoenix is the latest Arizona craft brewery to ink a distribution deal, partnering with Quail Distributing. It’s the first local brewery signed by Phoenix-based Quail, according to craft beer portfolio manager Shawn Hillman. “North Mountain has been doing some
Pedal Haus Brewery, which opened in downtown Tempe last weekend, will hold its official grand opening this Friday with its first big event: The Sundown Septemberfest. From 4-10 p.m., the European-themed brewery’s version of Oktoberfest will include live music and activities like
Fate Brewing South, the much-anticipated sibling of popular Fate Brewing, will open its doors Sunday, Aug. 23, in Scottsdale. The sprawling new location is at the south end of the Papago Plaza on the southwest corner of Scottsdale and McDowell, about six miles from the
Dr. Jekyll’s, one of the country’s “truly odd” breweries has entered the Arizona market with its line of organic ales made with so-called “super food” ingredients. The Los Angeles-based contract brewer – whose motto is “Truly odd, but oddly delicious
The second annual Real, Wild & Woody, one of Arizona’s top beer festivals, took place Saturday at the Phoenix Convention Center. Fifty-five breweries poured cask (real) beers, Brettanomyces yeast (wild) beers, and barrel-aged (woody) beers for approximately 2,000 attendees. Volunteer Bret
1. The second annual Real, Wild & Woody beer festival takes place 2-6 p.m. Saturday at the Phoenix Convention Center South Building (map). 2. The 21-and-over fest was created to highlight cask (real) beers, Brett (wild) beers, and barrel-aged (woody) beers. See
The Valley’s newest brewery, which renamed itself this week after having trademark issues with its original moniker, is located on 24th Street about halfway between McDowell and Thomas (map). It’s a three-building complex – a 1922 house-turned-taproom, a brewhouse, and a refrigerated storage building –
The festival, which features barrel-aged ales and specialty casks, debuted last summer at Tempe Center for the Performing Arts. It will run 2-6 p.m. The larger downtown Phoenix venue will: Give attendees more elbow room. Allow as many as 70 breweries
1. The fifth annual festival takes place on the grounds of the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall (see map). Gates open at noon for VIP ticket holders and 1 p.m. for general admission. The 21-and-over event ends at 6 p.m. 2. AmeriCan
