SanTan Brewing Company

Cigar City Jai Alai: Take It in the Can

Beer: Jai Alai Brewery: Cigar City Brewing Co. Style: American IPA ABV: 7.5 percent The journey from brew kettle to drinking vessel is long and hard, and not all beer gets there in perfect condition. To taste right, a beer must battle many foes along the way: diacetyl, a yeast compound that tastes ... More >>

SanTan Sex Panther: 60 Percent of the Time, It's Good Every Time

Beer: Sex Panther Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co. Style: Porter ABV: 6.9 percent I don't know how no other brewery snatched up the name "Sex Panther" before SanTan did, but I'm ecstatic they all missed out, because now I get to pepper this review with Anchorman quotes. Thank you, other breweries' name ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink this Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See Also: Astor House in Phoenix Is Hosting a Cocktail Class this Saturday Chow Bella's One-Stop Guide to Metro Phoenix Food Trucks: When and Where to Find Them 5-5-5 Wine Tasting at The ... More >>

Sun Devils and Wildcats: Get Your Bike and Booze On For The Annual SanTan Brewery Rivalry Ride

College football rivalries don't get much more heated than the one between Arizona State University and their cross-state frenemy, University of Arizona. Every year the two teams clash in a game that usually ends with one team (cough, cough ASU) embarrassing itself with some sort of stupid blunder - ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - Join Amy Binkley, Tracey Dempsey, and More Top Female Chefs at Getting Our Just Desserts - Food, Beer & Wine Samples at the 8th Annual Certified Local Fall Festival Chiles & ... More >>

Food, Beer & Wine Samples at the 8th Annual Certified Local Fall Festival

Think there's no such thing as starting holiday shopping too early? Stock up on local goodies this Saturday, November 10, at Local First's 8th Annual Certified Local Fall Festival. Attendees get free access to vendors like Frances Boutique, State Bicycle Co., and Practical Art. See also: - Tour de ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - La Fonda Restaurant Resurfaces in New Tempe Location: Grand Opening Celebration This Weekend - Timo: Happy Hour Report Card Complimentary Wedding Cake at Los Sombreros The wo ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend

It's nearing the end of Phoenix's six-month summer season, and the beginning of fall brings with it the first round of food festivals. Whether you're longing for a little more summer or welcoming the (relatively) cool autumn temperatures, we've got something for you to consume this weekend. See als ... More >>

Beer Advocate

18 Fall Food Festivals in Metro Phoenix

It's safe. You can come out now. It's September. And while temperatures may still hover uncomfortably for a bit, we feel fall in the air -- and that means outdoor festivals with lots to eat and drink. So get out your calendar (or your smart phone) and jot down the dates for these must-do events. And ... More >>

Top Five Things to Eat and Drink this Weekend

See also: New Times Calendar of Events Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. The Oscar Burger @ Liberty Market Better clear your schedule and hightail it out to Gilbert for the very last day of Liberty Market's Burger Daze. ... More >>

SanTan Count Hopula

Beer: Count Hopula Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co. Style: American Strong Ale ABV: 7.1 percent See also: SanTan Mr. Pineapple Beers that come out every year but don't stick around for long -- seasonals, we call them -- are an important piece of any brewery's portfolio. Drinkers will often eagerly ant ... More >>

Three Things to Eat Drink, Drink, and Bake this Weekend, The Craft Beer Edition

See Also: Here Come The Growlers: Starting at Midnight, Bars Can Hand Over 64 oz To Go Happy weekend Chow Bella friends! Ready for another road trip? This time we're heading out west to sunny Palm Springs, California for one of the desert's biggest craft beer parties. Then we'll head home for a f ... More >>

Seven Hate-Free Chicken Sandwiches in Metro Phoenix

See Also: Chick-fil-A "Kiss-In" Protest Today: Puckering Up for Gay Rights All this talk of chicken sandwiches lately has made us hungry for one thing -- a chicken sandwich. But not just any ol' chicken sandwich, we want a delicious, hate- free chicken sandwich that believes that everyone should ... More >>

Holly Jolly July

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake this Weekend

Happy Weekend Chow Bella Friends! This weekend, we'll be pulling out our Hawaiian shirts, attempting to stay cool with vegan smoothies, and getting spicy with a batch of rooster sauce lollipops. Check out what's on our plate.

Eleven Favorite Phoenix Beers

What's your favorite beer? We at Chow Bella get this question a lot, and while it may seem a simple choice for the uninitiated, it can be much harder to answer for those who have tried a multitude of brews. Even among the relatively small selection of beers made in the Valley, with so many styles, f ... More >>

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake This Weekend

BBQ, beer, peaches -- sounds like the makings of a spectacular time! This weekend is packed full of fun outdoor food events and you better get outside and take advantage of 'em before even just the though of stepping one foot outside gives you a sunburn. Here's what's on our plate this weekend. ... More >>

Nice Cans

Introducing "This Week in Beer," Your Weekly Beer Calendar

Beer is a big deal in the Valley. From tastings and tappings to pairing dinners and more, there's a different beer event to attend pretty much every night. Every week, we'll curate upcoming brew-related goings-on and lay them out for you here. Your calendar will be as full of beer as your belly. M ... More >>

Pineapple Impress

Cinco de Mayo Dining Roundup 2012

The annual alcohol-fueled celebration of Cinco de Mayo takes place this coming weekend and it seems every restaurant and bar has some sort of fiesta planned for the occasion. While most Mexican joints are content to trot out the Mexican kitsch and offer cut-rate prices on whatever cerveza they have ... More >>

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One Wheel Up

SanTan Brewing Co. Mr. Pineapple Wheat

Beer: Mr. Pineapple Wheat Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co. Style: Fruit wheat beer ABV: 5 percent Last week, I bought a pineapple. It was an impulse buy, driven in part by its alien appearance and by the realization that I rarely eat the fruit. I bet I can make some interesting stuff with that, I thoug ... More >>

'Cue Ball

Our 21 Top Picks for Arizona Beer Week

Arizona Beer week starts Saturday and we are so freakin' excited! After spending hours looking at each and every of the more than 150 events that will take place between Saturday, February 18th and Saturday, February 25th we have come up with a list of our favorites. We tried to narrow it down to se ... More >>

Jeff Kraus Teams Up with HB Hanratty's for Beer Week

​Jeff Kraus, the man behind Experience and the currently-defunct Truckin' Good Food truck, will be teaming up with HB Hanratty's on Friday, February 24th for the vintage pub's Bike In Movie Night. Part of the Arizona Beer Week series of events, craft beer lovers are encourage to ride thei ... More >>

Arizona Beer Week 2012 -- The Lineup of Events Has Been Posted!

​Beer & burgers, beer brunches, beer dinners, beer & bikes, beer tasting, beer sales...In just 28 short days, Arizona beer lovers are going to be three sheets or more to the wind -- and we plan on being right there with them. 

Ten Favorite First Date Restaurants

Hello Phoenix Cibo's Patio = Perfect First Date Spot​So you convinced that special someone -- or maybe that special someone that you've never actually met but you have a really strong connection with via instant messenger -- to actually go out to dinner with you. Where are going to take the ... More >>

SanTan's Monday Night Movies and Essence Bakery's Yule Logs in Today's Eater's Digest

Essence Bakery​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cold Beers and Good MoviesLooking for something to do tonight? Well look no further then Chandler's SanTan Brewery. Every Monday during the month of December the brewery will be featuring holiday ... More >>

SanTan Brewing Co. Negro Nitron

​Beer: Negro NitronBrewery: SanTan Brewing Co. (8 S. San Marcos Place, 480-917-8700)Style: Black IPAABV: 7.3 percent The Black IPA is so hot right now. As in fashion, music and baby names, trends in the craft beer world progress rapidly. Last year, Belgian IPA was the tits, and lately it see ... More >>

Follow Friday: 5 Bars That Are Awesome Tweeters

​The only thing that sucks more than being addicted to Twitter is following your local dive bar and seeing updates from them every month or so. This time we've got a list of favorite bars that tweet well -- and often. Check out whose tweets caught our eye after the jump!

Gears for Beers

Sheen on the Screen

Mumford & Sons and Dirty Heads to Play Canned Beer Festival in Chandler [UPDATE: Not Really]

​UPDATE: The event's site has been updated to list only one band, Royal Crown Revue. This hoax bill really was up there before complete with set times -- see a screenshot. Frankly, we're only a little surprised given this particular promoter's track-record. SanTan Brewing is taking the beer festi ... More >>

Gluttons for Punishment

Phoenix Eaterati Dish on Their Fave Foods of 2010

Joe Johnston Restaurateur Joe Johnston's perfect sandwich of 2010.​ What was the best thing you ate in 2010? I asked around with a handful of Phoenix food lovers, and they were split down the middle. For some, the answer was easy and obvious, a singular work of gastronomic perfec ... More >>

Tastemakers

Downtown Chandler’s cooking up something big

SanTan Brewing Celebrates 'Burgers & Beer' This Week

SanTan Brewing Company is celebrating American Craft Beer Week, which kicks off today, with a daily "Burger & Beer" pairing. Each day this week, the downtown Chandler microbrewery will create a different specialty burger to complement one of its unique ales: Today: Smoked bacon cheeseburger, a ... More >>

Simply Unique Gelato: Closed for Business

​Even if you've visited downtown Chandler a few times, you're probably not familiar with Simply Unique Gelato & Italian Ice. Since opening in November 2008, the husband-and-wife shop struggled in its low-visibility location behind SanTan Brewing Company. That's "struggled," as in past tense, ... More >>

Santan Brewing Co.: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Santan Brewing Co. 8 South San Marcos Pl. Chandler, AZ 85225 480-917-8700 www.santanbrewing.com ​ The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 till 7pm and reverse happy hour Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. till closing time. The Details: $3.75 18oz pints, $4 house wines and $1 ... More >>

Chandler BBQ Throwdown Burns Brisket and Bridges

Martin CizmarThis may have been the only great-looking brisket at the entire festival. Sadly, we were told to wait 10 minutes while he cut it, left, and returned a short time later to find all the meat was gone.​They came for delicious smoked meat. They left having found long lines for some of the ... 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: Dirty Blonde Cocktails Hit Scottsdale and Tempe Resolve to Help the Hungry R ... More >>

Rename SanTan Brewery's Sun Devil Ale

​If you've ever wanted to name a beer without the effort and work required to, you know, brew it, this is your chance. SanTan Brewery is holding a contest to rename what used to be called the Sun Devil Ale after receiving a "cease and desist" letter from Arizona State University. They don't se ... More >>

Summer Beer Quest Week Five

Jonathan McNamaraSantan Brewing's Sun Devil Ale (left) and Strawberry Wit. This week we checked out the beers on tap at Santan Brewing in Downtown Chandler. Yup! We ventured far into the depths of Chandler to bring you this week's update. At last weekend's Craft Brewing Festival we ran into some San ... More >>

Art Burn: SanTan Brewery = a surreal experience

When it comes to restaurant decor, there's nothing worse than walls that never change. If you're only popping by once or twice for a meal, no big deal. But if you enjoy the grub enough to make repeated visits, it would be nice to see something new. 'Cause it sucks when, by your third visit ... More >>

Art Burn at Santan Brewery

Attention all appreciators of fine art into making snarky comments when presented with "art" best suited for hotel bathrooms: Chow Bella has your number. "Art Burn" is a new series on Chow Bella that takes a look at various works of artistic expression hanging up in Valley eateries. This week's fe ... More >>

March 4 In Blogs: Amanda Palmer, Dry Soda, The Black Angel of Death and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever:Minor Violations? Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 287(g)-Trained Deputies Some ... More >>

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