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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Saddle Mountain Brewing, Goodyear, Arizona
Tagged with: ABV, Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, beercation, Brew Pub, Craft Beer, craft brew, GABF, Goodyear, IPA, Phoenix, Saddle Mountain Brewing, travel
Tombstone Brewing Company, Tombstone, AZ
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…
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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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Helton Brewing, Phoenix, AZ
Helton Brewing opened their doors in May 2016. Owner Brian Helton is an 18-year veteran of the beer industry, with a couple GABF medals for his brews with Rock Bottom and later consulting for other brewing companies. When Brian decided to open his…
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Wren House Brewing, Phoenix, AZ
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…
Tagged with: Beer Pilgrimage, Beer Trail, Craft Beer, craft brew, Phoenix, Preston Thoeny, travel, Wren House Brewing
Rough Draft Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
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…
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Alpine Beer Company, Alpine, CA
In 1984 Pat McIlhenney, as many brewery owners, started homebrewing for fun on his off hours from firefighting. In the early 1990’s, Pat began working at a homebrew supply and attended brewing classes at UC Davis. In the late 1990’s…
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Relentless Brewing, Temecula, CA
Background James Hess (I understand not a relative of Mike), co-owner & brewmaster of Relentless Brewing, opened Relentless September 12, 2014. The tasting room came a few months later. Relentless was Temecula’s ninth brewery. Relentless Brewing just opened a restaurant, taproom and sports bar…
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Council Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Council Brewing Co established in 2013 opened their doors in May 2014. Owners Curtis & Liz Chism completely self funded the endeavor starting with selling their house. Both Curtis and Liz were big homebrewers actually winning some awards but as I…
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