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Nimbus American Bistro & Brewery Now Open in Scottsdale

​Roka Akor, Shinbay, Ruth Chris, and Terroir Wine Pub have a new neighbor. And they have beer. Tucson-brewed craft beer to be exact. The Tucson-based craft beer brewery Nimbus has finally brought their brew pub eats and tasty beers to the Valley. The award winning brewery opened their se ... More >>

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

​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 >>

The Century Club

​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 >>

State of the Arts

​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 >>

Four Arizona Breweries Medal at the Great American Beer Festival

​This past weekend -- as brewers and beer lovers got sauced during their yearly visit to Denver and the beer Mecca that is the Great American Beer Festival -- four Arizona breweries took home medals.   For those who don't know, the Great American Beer Festival is one of the largest celebrati ... More >>

Irish Pub Quiz

​This past weekend -- as brewers and beer lovers got sauced during their yearly visit to Denver and the beer Mecca that is the Great American Beer Festival -- four Arizona breweries took home medals.   For those who don't know, the Great American Beer Festival is one of the largest celebrati ... More >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week. AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival Winners Announced: CANgratulations are in o ... More >>

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 >>

It's Still Fair Weather

A roundup of this week’s activities

Tastemakers

Downtown Chandler’s cooking up something big

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 >>

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 >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week: McDonald's "Great Tastes of America" in the UK: Cue Football, Monster Trucks, a ... 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 >>

This Week In Chow Bella:

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Women Call Bullshit on Dodge's "Man's Last Stand" Commercial, and Falling in Lo ... More >>

Brew Crew

Hang with beer-drinking peeps in DoPho

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 >>

Trans Phat

New Belgium fest celebrates bikes, beer, and bands

This Weekend: Grand Opening of New Total Wine in Tempe

It makes sense that the brand-new Total Wine store in Tempe is right next to IKEA. They're both the kind of places where you could lose yourself wandering the aisles, browsing an overwhelming variety of products, and imagining all the possibilities. In the case of Total Wine, you can end up visuali ... More >>

Punch-Drunk Love

Celebrating the golden wonder fluid in Mesa

Liberty Market Brightens Downtown Gilbert

Celebrating the golden wonder fluid in Mesa

Tour de Phat

Tempe is a chosen one for supercool touring fest

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 LOCAL BEER

Kiltlifter Scottish Ale

Minus the Bear

"Prog-core enigma"

BEST BREW-IT-YOURSELF SHOP

What Ale's Ya?

Drag Kings

Speed freaks set the pace at FIR

Best Food in a Bar

Long Wong's
701 South Mill, Tempe
480-966-3147

John McCain Breaks Up a Fight

The senator says extreme fighting should be banned. You got a problem with that? Eddie Goldman does.

Brewski & Such

The senator says extreme fighting should be banned. You got a problem with that? Eddie Goldman does.