Background Crooked Goat Brewing is the result of the six friends’ chipping in for a 10-gallon brewing system that got moved around from garage to garage in Petaluma in 2013. According to owners Rich Allen, Paul Vyenielo, Scott Timann, Will…
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Crooked Goat Brewing, Sebastopol, CA
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Escape Craft Brewery, Redlands, CA
Background Melissa & Josh Fisher opened Escape Craft Brewery in 2015. Josh has been a craft beer enthusiast and home brewer since his early 20s. He actually worked up to an impressive 10 tap kegerator system at home. At the encouragement…
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The Shop Beer Company, Tempe, AZ.
Background David Arnce, a former partner in Cartel Coffee, launched the beer operation in 2012 as an offshoot of Cartel Coffee Lab. The brewery was attached to the coffee shop, and soon outgrew the space. Arnce and Cartel eventually parted ways deciding it…
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Rök House Brewing Company, Upland, CA
Background Mark Heffernan & Lars Bennett began talking about opening a brewery in 2011. They were in the home stretch in April 2014 when they began a kickstarter program to obtain the final items needed to actually open and function.…
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Arizona Wilderness Brewing, Gilbert, AZ.
Arizona Wilderness Brewing main tasting room and dining area has a long bar, plenty of tables and a large community table in the center of the room. The large TV’s in the corners display images of the real Arizona wilderness,…
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Old Bisbee Brewing, Bisbee, AZ
Background Co-owners Victor Winquist (brewmaster) & Dale Fountaine opened the 10bbl Old Bisbee Brewing. It was the first brewery in Bisbee since 1891. The tasting room has serving tanks right inside across from the tables. They also have a small…
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Copper Mine Brewing Company, Tucson, AZ.
Background Co-founders Jeff Kaber and Jeremy Pye began discussions about opening a brewery as employees of a small business software company in Tucson. They enjoyed home brewing on the weekends and one day had one of those conversations that they should take…
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Saddle Mountain Brewing, Goodyear, Arizona
The number of breweries on the west side of Phoenix has grown to seven. The western most entity is Saddle Mountain Brewing in Goodyear. Jacob and Laura Hansen opened the doors in October 2014. Both Hansens grew up around rural…
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Mother Bunch Brewing, Phoenix, AZ
Julie Meeker has a background in Engineering and home brewing. In September 2014 she decided to focus on brewing beer and with her husband Jimmie McBride and opened Mother Bunch Brewing. Julie overseas operations of the brewpub, leading the vision…
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Fate Brewing Company, Scottsdale, AZ
We originally posted Fate Brewing Company in January 2015. Then they were forced to change to McFate. Finally in 2019 they were again able to use Fate Brewing. Background Steve McFate grew up in Scottsdale, AZ and was a home…
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