Arizona's defining brewery since 1996 — a former ice plant on 8th Street turned into the brewpub that helped define the AZ craft-beer movement. Kilt Lifter is the Scottish-ale classic; the Tempe tapho...
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Arizona Wilderness Beer Garden — Gilbert
Brewery / American · Gilbert
Arizona Wilderness's Gilbert original — a 2013 downtown Gilbert brewery that won 'Best New Brewery in the World' on RateBeer and put AZ craft beer on the national map. Sonoran-ingredient beers, a food...
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Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
Brewery / Farm-to-Table · Uptown
Arizona Wilderness's Phoenix outpost — the Gilbert-born brewery that has won national awards (RateBeer.com's 'Best Brewery in the World' nods) for its desert-sourced beer program. Seasonal offerings t...
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Craft 64
Brewpub / Pizza · Old Town Scottsdale
A 1930s bungalow on Main Street turned into one of Arizona's most serious craft-beer arguments — 30 Arizona brewers on tap at a time, wood-fired pizzas pulled off the deck next to them. The pairing-fo...
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Wren House Brewing Co.
Brewery · Arcadia
Drew Pool's Phoenix brewery that the beer-geek community treats as the Valley's hop benchmark. Pilsners and lagers the specialty, a rotating tap list, and a tasting-room patio that catches the right-s...
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Huss Brewing Co.
Brewery · Uptown
Leah and Jeff Huss's Tempe-born brewery — their Uptown Phoenix taproom at 100 E Camelback is the Central Corridor beer anchor. Scottsdale Blonde is the hometown staple; rotating seasonals keep regular...
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SanTan Brewing Company
Brewery / Brewpub · Chandler
Downtown Chandler's flagship brewery-and-brewpub since 2007 — Devil's Ale and HopShock IPA are AZ mainstays, and the brewpub dining room anchors the Chandler weekend scene. Multiple AZ distribution; S...
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Papago Brewing Company
Brewery / Pub · Scottsdale
Since 2001 on McDowell — one of Arizona's longest-running craft breweries, Papago made Orange Blossom IPA (a Valley of the Sun signature) before it was a cliché. Taphouse pub format, local beer list o...
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The Shop Beer Co
Brewery · Tempe
A Tempe brewery that shares a taproom with a bike shop — functional, unpretentious, and one of Arizona's more-loved beer programs among beer nerds who chase fresh hop releases. Church Music IPA is the...
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Perch Pub and Brewery
Brewpub / American · Chandler
Downtown Chandler brewpub set around a two-story aviary of rescued exotic birds — no other format quite like it in AZ. In-house beer program, pub-grub menu, and a patio that fills through the week. A ...