Category: Craft Beer

Pedal Haus Brewery has hired Zach Hunter as its new culinary director, and his first move has been to launch a new brunch menu at the brewery’s downtown Phoenix location. The resume: A graduate of the Arizona Culinary Institute, Hunter

OHSO Brewery in downtown Gilbert has tapped its seasonal 988, an IPA to raise awareness of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Sept. 4-10 is National Suicide Prevention Week. The history: OHSO debuted the beer, formerly called 1-800-273-TALK, five years ago and

It didn’t take long for someone to grab the downtown Mesa space made available by the closure the Desert Eagle Brewing Company on July 30. Eric Cady and Trent Smith, who launched the nearby Chupacabra Taproom in 2019, are taking

Cider Corps’ 40 Myke Myke has won the silver medal in the cider category at the eighth annual Honey Beer Competition, a BJCP-sanctioned contest hosted by the National Honey Board. The cider: 40 Myke Myke is a collaboration with Myke’s Pizza, the pizzeria

Patent 139 Brewing, which opened in January on the southeast corner of Dobson and Ray in Chandler, will host a One-Year Anniversary and Patent Approved Day celebration from 11 a.m.-close Saturday. The backstory: Owner Tim Hass’s family once held the patent –

Wren House Brewing in Phoenix releases one of its most sought-after beers – Good Boy Wally, a smooth-drinking 10% ABV triple IPA  – at 11 a.m. Friday. The history: Good Boy Wally, the first triple IPA brewed by Wren House, debuted in 2017. It’s

Beer Research Institute in Mesa will hold its fourth annual Egg Roll & Beer Pairing on Thursday. For $25, you gets four handmade egg rolls and four half-pints of beer: Memphis Egg Roll: Slow-cooked pork in Memphis dry rub, jalapeno

OHSO Brewery in downtown Gilbert opens The Park, a half-acre multi-use recreation area on the north side of the brew pub, today. The family- and dog-friendly venue includes a grass lawn, a retail shop made from a recycled shipping container,

For the second straight summer, Walter Station Brewery in east Phoenix is collaborating with the Arizona Animal Welfare League, Arizona’s largest and oldest no-kill shelter, to raise money for AAWL’s life-saving pet programs. The brewery is making a special beer, Ale Wagger, available for

Peoria Artisan Brewery is offering a reward for information leading to the identification of the individual or individuals who significantly damaged several windows at the brewery Saturday or Sunday night. The windows appeared to have been shot with a pellet or

Sure signs of fall: Kids are back in school, the NFL begins preseason games next week, and Chandler-based SanTan Brewing has released its annual Oktoberfest beer, a German-style lager, at its brewpub and in stores Valleywide. SanTan and Pedal Haus Brewery will co-host the Downtown

Wanna grab a piece of history? Desert Eagle Brewing, Mesa’s first craft brewery that’s closing Saturday after nearly 10 years on downtown’s Main Street, is offering 50% off all remaining hats, T-shirts, hoodies, and glassware.

Earlier this month, Valley craft beer drinkers were happy to learn Real, Wild & Woody, the Southwest’s largest indoor beer festival, would return this summer after a two-year hiatus due to covid-19. They were less happy that the event, which

Scottsdale-based Fate Brewing will host the inaugural Sour & Sweet Beer Fest in Old Town Scottsdale on Saturday, Aug. 13. The festival at The Clayton House will feature more than 50 light and sour beers from 13 Arizona breweries, food

Congrats to Ground Control, the Litchfield Park gastropub that’s celebrating its 15th anniversary this week with a series of special beer tappings: Today: A limited amount of Ground Control 15th anniversary glassware and clothing is available for purchase. Tuesday: Tapping

After a two-year covid hiatus, the seventh annual Real, Wild & Woody, the Southwest’s largest indoor beer festival, will return Saturday, Aug. 6, at a new, larger venue – Bell Bank Park in southeast Mesa. The 21-and-over event showcases cask

In its annual homage to 7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day, Arizona Wilderness Brewing releases the latest version of its Slurpee-inspired July 11th ale on Monday. The bright pink IPA, a collab with Florida’s Magnanimous Brewing, was brewed with dragonfruit, lactose, and

Gilbert-based Arizona Wilderness Brewing today released the 2022 version of its Smoked Apple Gose, a beer brewed annually to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives in the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30, 2013. The sour

Sad news for Arizona craft beer fans: Tucson’s 1702, also known as The Address Brewing, is closing Friday. The pizza pub opened 2007 and began brewing its own beers in 2011, calling itself Address Brewing. (The 1702 name is a