Crafty Bastards Brew Fest

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Central Phoenix's Wren House Brewing Company — and the brewery's first-ever limited bottle release. The celebration officially begins Friday, June 17, with a special tapping of fan favorite Kit Kat Jomax and the inaugural release of the Double Jomax, a 13 percent ABV...

Growing hops in Arizona. Sounds impossible, right? After all, more than 95 percent of domestic hops — that all-important flavoring and stability agent in beer — are cultivated in the area stretching from the Pacific Northwest to Idaho’s panhandle, places with notably different climates than the Sonoran desert. To grow hops,...