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Best Home Brewing Supplies

Brew Your Own BrewThe Brew Your Own Brew store isn’t very big, but somehow it manages to have everything a home brewer needs in stock. It has the equipment (air stills, fruit mashers, fermentation vats), and it has a wide selection of ingredients, from fruit pastes for wines and yeasts for beers to “make-your-own” cheese kits and starter […]
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Best Place to Take a First Date

The ParlorHitting the town with somebody new? Tasty eats like grilled asparagus with preserved lemon, delicious handmade pastas (we love the tagliatelle with speck, grilled radicchio, and pecorino crema), juicy burgers, and, of course, pizzas make this parlor a favorite for both lunch and dinner. Craft cocktails, beer, and wine keep conversation well lubricated, so to […]
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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 branched out, throwing...
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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 half-pound grilled patty with...
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72: Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup at The Roosevelt

​Hungry yet? We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope...
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Mötley Brüe RyePA

​When businesses compete for the same share of the market, it's pretty rare to find them working together. It's a fair bet that you'll never see McDonald's and Burger King collaborate to make a special edition super-burger.    Yet in the brewing industry, that's often exactly what happens.  "This is one...
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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...
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Grand Avenue Festival Expands Call For Entries

Add trashy fashion and "guerrilla gardens" to the existing call for artsy rubbish.Along with the second annual "Trashy Sculpture Show" at Bragg's Pie Factory, the Grand Avenue Festival has expanded its call for entries.One is the "Recycled Rubbish Fashion Show," also scheduled to hang at Bragg's Pie, 1301 Grand Avenue,...
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Six New Times Contributors Name Their Top 10 Records of 2010

Name: Jason P. Woodbury Most played song on my iTunes: "Shangri-La" by M. Ward Best concert I saw in 2010: Elvis Costello at Scottsdale Civic Center Favorite single of 2010: "Round and Round" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Favorite album of 1970: Velvet Underground's Loaded 1. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest —...
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Brownie Showdown: Chocolate Stout Brownies

​When we heard about the 26-page Pentagon brownie recipe published recently, we couldn't resist trying to bake them. Emphasis on trying. What better time for the next Chow Bella Showdown? We gathered the staff and got them baked -- er, baking. So far, we've had the Pentagon brownies; "Joy of...
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Mucho Gusto: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Mucho Gusto Taqueria & Mexican Bistro, 603 W. University Dr., Tempe, (480) 921-1850 http://muchogusto1.com The Hours: Between 3 and 6 pm, Monday through Friday. The Details: $3 booze and $5 appetizers. Choose from the house margarita, house wine, or a Dos Equis draft and snag one of about...
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Yucca Tap Room Adds Craft Beer and Whiskey Lounge

Tempe's Yucca Tap Room has been a Tempe dive bar favorite for years, especially for its live music. (Photo by Benjamin Leatherman) But now there's a whole lot more on tap. Earlier this month, owner Rodney Hu unveiled the Yucca's expansion into the space next door, a craft beer and...