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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Tombstone Brewing Company, Tombstone, AZ
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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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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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Refuge Brewery, Temecula, CA
Refuge owner Curt Kucera opened Refuge Brewery in December 2012 . His idea was to bring the concepts of old world Belgian breweries to Temecula. Curt’s youngest son Jake works at the brewery. Other son, Chad is the head brewer…
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Resident Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Background – Resident Brewing Co. Robert Masterson a successful IT Consultant received a brew kit one Christmas and began brewing at home. Brewing soon turned to a passion as he worked to create unique beers. Soon he decided he could start a small brewing operation in his spare time.…
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Black Market Brewing, Temecula, CA
Background Kevin Dyer like so many other start up brewers, got tired of corporate America and wanted to follow a dream. In 2007 he opened Black Market Brewing Co. utilizing a small 1 bbl. brewing system in a tiny 800 sq. ft.…
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Green Flash Brewing, San Diego, CA
Mike and Lisa Hinkley established Green Flash Brewing in 2002. Brewmaster Erik Jensen has been with the label since 2012. In late 2014 the Hinkley’s purchased Alpine Brewing, some 30 miles east of San Diego. Alpine founder Pat McIlhenney will remain…
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