Background – Goldwater Brewing Company
Goldwater Brewing Company is the first brewery in Old Town Scottsdale to brew on site. Greg, Chad, and Dillon McClelland opened Goldwater Brewing in 2015. 30 years of brewing in your garage sometimes ends up opening your own brewery with your kids. Both Greg and his wife Pam grew up in Scottsdale. Chad McClelland, the oldest son of the family and is The Brewmaster of Goldwater Brewing. Dillon, the youngest McClelland sibling is in charge of photography on their social media, their artfully slick can labels, the hand written beer signs, and their merchandise. Jimmy Disken, the husband of Greg and Pam’s oldest child and only daughter, Treva, is the General Manager of Goldwater.
Great Location
In their search for a location, they came upon this building where Goldwater currently resides which has been home to many businesses over the years, from a transmission work space, to a Corvette repair shop, and part of the iconic Mandall’s Shooting Supplies gun store. Goldwater’s has two tasting rooms. The main tasting room is on the ground floor and the Goldmine Underground Tap & Barrel downstairs in the old shooting range.
Experience
We have been to Goldwater’s a few times. It’s a nice place to grab a beer while walking around old town Scottsdale. They have a tasting room with several tables and a bar, a rooftop patio, and a downstairs tasting room open on Friday and Saturday nights. Goldwater’s does not currently offer food items. Their standard IPA Birthday Suit is a great IPA along with a unique crimson red prickly pear beer called Desert Rose. Recently they have added some hazy NE IPA’s one of which is Hop Chowda, which is great.
There is a Courtyard by Marriott just south on Scottsdale Road. When in the Phoenix area, check out Wren House Brewing http://searchfortheholyale.com/wren-house-brewing-phoenix-az/ and Arizona Wilderness Brewing http://searchfortheholyale.com/arizona-wilderness-brewing-company-gilbert-az/
http://www.goldwaterbrewing.com
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