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Old World Brewery: The Old World Must've Been Messed Up

A word often flung around the beer-rating websites on which I sometimes dwell is homerism. The term has a broad definition, but most basically it means support for a local brewery that goes beyond what said brewery deserves. It's most often used by people from states outside a certain brewery's dist ... More >>

Beers for Fears

Tempe's Cartel Coffee Lab to Release First Craft Beer & Open Microbrewery -- Plus, "Crazy Hour"

After waiting nearly a year for its federal microbrewery license, Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe can now brew suds right along with its top-notch coffee. See also: Tempe's Sleepy Dog Saloon and Brewery Opening Gilbert Spinoff (With Eats) in February Appropriately enough, Cartel's new craft beer select ... More >>

Bear Republic Racer 5, In Beer And Whiskey Form

Beer: Racer 5 Brewery: Bear Republic Brewing Co. Style: American IPA ABV: 7 percent Brewing beer and distilling whiskey are closely related enterprises. To make beer, all you need to do is add yeast to a boiled blend of malted barley and hops called wort. To make whiskey, you take hops out the equ ... More >>

Four Peaks Opens New Brewery and Tap Room, Food Trucks on Hand for Eats

There's no kitchen, no official signage (yet), and the long, industrial building with the green stripe probably won't be winning any architectural awards, but there's beer in them there walls, folks -- Four Peaks beer. See also: Best Local Beer 2012 - Four Peaks Hop Knot This week, Four Peaks, the ... More >>

Inaugural Phoenix Brewers Invitational Festival Coming December 7 and 8

The craft beer movement has been steadily growing in Phoenix over the past few years, and now all the hard work we've done downing pints and sampling flights has paid off with one really big event. The first Phoenix Brewers Invitational Festival will take place from noon to 10 p.m. on Friday, Decemb ... More >>

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. Receives Liquor License Approval

See Also: Craft Beer of the Week: Bell's Oarsman Ale Good news, East Valley Craft beer lovers. Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. just received approval for their Series 3 Domestic Microbrewery Liquor License! That means that the Kickstarter assisted brewery that will eventually be housed at 721 N. A ... More >>

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake this Weekend

See also: World of Beer Grand Opening in Tempe Happy weekend Chow Bella friends! We're going to sweat it out this weekend with a little bit of barbecue at one of Phoenix's newest restaurants, then we're popping over to Tempe to check out their newest beer bar, and wrapping things up with a easy p ... More >>

Ten Places in Metro Phoenix to Get Your Growler Filled -- and Some Handy Tips on the Whole Growler Thing.

See Also: Ten Favorite Places in Metro Phoenix for Craft Beer by the Bottle (or the Can) Last week, Arizona's brand new growler laws went into effect. As we explained here, Arizona beer nerds can now take home 64oz of their favorite draft beer from some of their favorite craft beer watering holes. ... More >>

Ten Favorite Places in Metro Phoenix for Craft Beer by the Bottle (or the Can)

See Also: Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Craft Beer Bars Starting this Thursday, you'll be able to fill up growlers of your favorite craft beer on draft at most of your favorite craft beer destinations but you're still going to need your trusty liquor stores to pick up beautiful bottles (and cans) of y ... More >>

Angels Trumpet Ale House -- Aimed at Beer Geeks -- to Open in August

See also: Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Craft Beer Bars Mat and Sharry Englehorn know and love craft beer, and in their travels through California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado (where they've hoisted their fair share in the name of research), they concluded one thing: Phoenix doesn't have nearly e ... More >>

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake this Weekend

See Also: Craft Beer Review of the Week: Moa Imperial Stout Happy Friday Chow Bella friends! Have you had enough of the triple digit temperatures yet? Ready to get outta town? This weekend we're doing exactly that with a trip up north to the cooler temps of Flagstaff for a barbecue and beer fest ... More >>

Holly Jolly July

Limb Shady

Hot Scotchy, the Brewer's Cocktail

​An arcane and mysterious sect, brewers like to perform a number of rituals during the making of beer: the pre-mash dance and battle cry, the sacramental blessing of the hops, the ceremonial loogie into the day's first boil. (ED NOTE: These are all made up. We hope.) But perhaps no brewday custom ... More >>

Strange Brews

Chow Bella Prepares for the Coming Achocalypse with Prescott Brewing Company

Who hasn't wanted to spend a few minutes chatting up the guys who make their favorite brews? The Chow Bella team, lucky dogs that we are, recently got the opportunity to do just that. Thing is, we only got a few minutes with each one. These guys are busy! Watch the short video below for an insight ... More >>

Chow Bella Chills Out in the Fridge at Papago Brewing Company

Who hasn't wanted to spend a few minutes chatting up the guys who make their favorite brews? The Chow Bella team, lucky dogs that we are, recently got the opportunity to do just that. The catch? We only got about three minutes with each one. These guys are busy! Watch the short video below for an ... More >>

The Century Club

Yule Laugh

State of the Arts

Irish Pub Quiz

AZ Attorney General Tom Horne "Blasts" New Malt Beverage From Pabst Brewing

Blast By Colt 45, a drink 17 attorney generals consider tantamount to binge-drinking in a can. ​Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is down to party so long as binge-drinking isn't involved. Along with 16 more attorney generals from around the country, Mr. Horne made this message clear today ... More >>

Sheen on the Screen

The Best Beers of 2010

Photo courtesy of beercollege.net ​Dwell all you want on the poor economy, the dwindling job market or the plethora of depressing events of 2010 -- it's been a good year for beer. Despite a drop in overall beer sales, craft brews continue to rise in popularity, allowing innovative American b ... More >>

Music to Your Beers

Get your booze on without judgment

Tastemakers

Downtown Chandler’s cooking up something big

Beer Me Now

Restore the love with the help of suds

Taste Nimbus Brewing's A-1 Beer on First Friday

​Have you ever come across old beer bottles and cans at antique stores? I've always loved looking at the labels of long-lost, once-ubiquitous regional brands, and often tried to imagine what they tasted like. What was beer culture like before the mega-brands took over? I get a little nostalgic for ... More >>

John McCain's Wife's Budweiser Distributorship Boycotted by Latino Group Over SB 1070

RenjishinoFirst baseball, now beer's boycotted? What's next, lapdances?Budweiser, which in 2008 was bought out by a Belgian beer giant to form Anheuser-Busch InBev, has spent millions on advertising to the Latino market. According to a 2009 article in Hispanic Market Weekly, the company spent more t ... More >>

Abnormal Ales: 10 Beers with Weird Ingredients

More than 500 years ago, German Beer Purity Law decreed that the world's favorite fermented beverage was to be made with only four ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast. In recent years, however, the definition of a permissible beer ingredient has expanded somewhat, and brewers worldwide have br ... More >>

'Made in Arizona' Beer Festival to Celebrate Local Ales Saturday

KAET Four Peaks' Andy Ingram explains the brewing process during the TV show "Craft Beer: The New Wine," produced by Valley PBS station KAET.​The Valley has many beer festivals, but the second annual Eight Craft Beer Festival will be the first to focus solely on beers made in Arizona. Dubb ... More >>

Brew Crew

Hang with beer-drinking peeps in DoPho

Cafe: The Main Ingredient

​You undoubtedly wept as Lisa G's went away to be replaced with who knows what. The answer: The Main Ingredient Ale House. Need a coney? You've got it. Thirsty for a craft beer? Big check on that one too. Food Critic Michele Laudig on The Main Ingredient: After visiting The Main Ingredient ... More >>

Tavistock Restaurants Acquires Sapporo in Scottsdale

Sapporo will not be swimming with the fishes, thanks to Tavistock Restaurants, a boutique restaurant company based in Emeryville, California. Tavistock purchased the bankrupt Scottsdale sushi spot on December 22, promising "uninterrupted service," according to a press release last week. Other ... More >>

Brew Review: Left Hand Brewing Company's Milk Stout

Jonathan McNamaraLeft Hand Brewing Company's Milk Stout​To be honest, I was dead set on reviewing Left Hand Brewing's Milk Stout today, but I'm so totally enthralled by the awesome Web site Left Hand has that I'm not sure I'll be able to move past it. It's a wonderfully complex site that incor ... More >>

Trans Phat

New Belgium fest celebrates bikes, beer, and bands

Foam Remedy

Draft Mag fest has the ales for what ails you

Liberty Market Brightens Downtown Gilbert

More beer, and sooner

Amber Alert

It’s beer guts versus beer nuts in Mesa

Post-Turkey Papago

Libations and laziness

Chug Chug Chug

Spin the wheels of fortune during beer fest

Flute Plan

Jethro Tull is still flying high

BEST VENUE FOR NATIONAL ACTS

Marquee Theatre

BEST BREW-IT-YOURSELF SHOP

What Ale's Ya?

Drag Kings

Speed freaks set the pace at FIR

Best Brew Pub

Four Peaks Brewing Company
1340 East Eighth Street, Tempe
480-303-9967

Haunted by Spirits

John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business