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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
Knee Deep, a five-year-old brewery from northern California, is celebrating its return to the Arizona market with a promotion from 4-8 p.m. tonight at The Brass Tap at Mesa Riverview. Although fairly young, Knee Deep is no stranger to headlines. It began
Colorado’s Oskar Blues will be the featured brewery when The Hungry Monk holds its monthly Beer & Bacon Night from 5-9 p.m. tonight. There will be six Oskar Blues beers on tap: Dale’s Pale Ale Deviant Dale’s IPA Mama’s Little
Uncle Bear’s Brewery in Ahwatukee may be coming soon to a hydrant-shaped tap handle near you. The two-year-old brewery has reached an agreement with Young’s Market to distribute its craft beers throughout Arizona. Uncle Bear’s lineup of dog-themed ales includes Mandarin’s Best
The thermometer still says summer, but the beer-release calendar says fall has arrived. Today, Four Peaks Brewing releases its mega-popular seasonal Pumpkin Porter. Brewed with pumpkin puree, the beer debuted in 1999 – a time when you could count the
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
The Arizona craft beer community went into a tizzy late Tuesday night when Arizona Wilderness Brewing co-founder Jonathan Buford posted the following on his personal Facebook page: Sometimes, you just can’t keep up with your goals and vision. The capital
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
Thursday is National IPA Day, an opportunity to celebrated one of craft beer’s rarest and least-discussed styles. [/sarcasm] The Hungry Monk in Chandler will have 10 IPAs rated 95 or higher by RateBeer.com on tap (six-beer samplers for $10): Bells Two Hearted (1000)
