Throne Brewing Company is the brain child of Carlos Toma. He caught the entrepreneurial spirit from his family that owned a convenience store for many years. He began working at the store at age 8 and by the time he was 13, he knew how to do pretty much every task that needed to be done. In his late teens the store began focusing on carrying a wide variety of craft beer.
As the focus on craft beer grew, Toma got to know the business and some of the local brewers. One day while visiting one of the oldest craft breweries in Glendale, Dubina Brewing, the owners let him know they were looking to sell. One thing led to another and Toma officially acquired Dubina and all their equipment in October 2019 at the age of 23 and rebranded as Throne Brewing Company.
Toma ran into a good problem of needing to find a contract brewery to keep up with demand. He contacted Freak’N Brewing about their ability to provide this service. Freak’N Brewing in Peoria had been operating since May 2014. As it turns out, the owners were looking to sell the business. On April 1, 2020 Throne Brewing purchased the Freak’N Brewing facility operations and brewing equipment to expand the Throne Brewing production and add canning to their packaging options.
As of June 2021, the beer served at both facilities was brewed at the Peoria facility. Plans are to set up brewing on a smaller scale again at Glendale facility.
Experience
Throne Brewing Peoria is located in a business park in Peoria, on the west end of the Phoenix basin. It is a small tasting room that offers all the Throne beer options. They offer growler fills and distribute cans to Total Wine, AJ’s, Whole Foods and Sprouts in the Phoenix area. They have no in-house food, unlike the Glendale brew pub, but on occasion may have food trucks.
We have not visited this tasting room since it changed hands. We are told currently all the beer brewed for Throne is being produced by the Peoria site by our long time brewer buddy Brad Williams.
No nearby lodging noted. When visiting Throne Brewing Peoria, we suggest you check out Richter Aleworks & Throne Brewing Glendale.
