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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 …
Crooked Tooth Brewing tasting room is large with several tables and a wraparound bar. Large garage doors open up onto 6th Street. As you head out the patio you can see the brewing area. The patio is also large complete …
Background – 8-Bit Aleworks Background – 8-Bit Aleworks Imagine you are a kid in your room in the early 1990s on your Nintendo playing Super Mario and flash forward you get to enjoy a fine craft beer. Ryan Whitten’s love …
Background Neal Farrell and Kristina Frosch opened Peoria Artisan Brewery in 2013. Their Litchfield Taproom is in historic Litchfield Park, AZ just adjacent to the historic Wigwam Resort, a great place to stay. The Taproom is a small neighborhood establishment where brewer Joe …
Mario Rana opened State 48 Brewery, the first and only brewery in Surprise, Az in June 2016. They are one of the handful of new breweries opening on the west side of Phoenix. He opened the brewery/restaurant focusing on 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 …
Background Historic gunfights and horse-drawn carriage rides, whats not to love. The Wild West is alive and well in Tombstone, Arizona, an hour southeast of Tucson. The tourist destination’s newest attraction, Tombstone Brewing Company opened in October 2016. They began …
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 …
Background – Wren House Brewing Around May of 2014, work began on converting a 1920’a house and garage into Westward Brewing Co. Drew Pool, Bill Hammond and head brewer Preston Thoeny are the owners. By the time they received …
Jeff Silver practiced making beer in his garage for 20 years before opening Rough Draft Brewing in 2012. Located in the “Beer” Mesa or Mira Mesa area it is one of several fairly new breweries in the area. Jeff focused on …
