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Offering news and reviews about everything having to do with the craft brewing industry as well as local & regional sports teams.
Great American Beer Festival Awards
This past weekend, the city of Denver, Colorado hosted the annual Great American Beer Festival and ten Arizona Breweries entered 42 different beers, coincidentally my favorite number, in hopes of bringing home medals for their hard work. Arizona favorites Four Peaks Brewing from Tempe, SanTan Brewing from Chandler, Papago Brewing from Scottsdale Dragoon Brewing and Thunder Canyon … Continue reading
Craft Beer – Not Just for Beer Snobs Anymore
The Great Tucson Beer Festival this past Saturday brought out all types…sure, there were your typical beer snobs present, but I was impressed more by the sheer number of regular folk and more importantly, women. Beer festivals used used to be jam packed of beer nerds and snobs that left their wives or girlfriends at … Continue reading
Great Tucson Beer Festival
Attention all suds seekers, hop heads and those just looking for a lovely evening under the stars with good friends and great beer. Sun Sounds of Arizona is back at again with the Tucson edition of the Great Arizona Beer Festival at Hi Corbett Field this Saturday, October 6th. Sun Sounds of Arizona is a … Continue reading
And The Winner Is…
I had the great opportunity to attend the Inaugural Tucson Beer Cup last evening on the plaza of the Hotel Congress. I arrived just after 7pm and was expecting a large crowd since I heard that the block of 300 advance tickets had sold out last week, I was correct. There were two separate lines … Continue reading
Tucson Beer Cup
Craft brewing is the latest and hippest trend to hit the country since the wine heyday in the 90’s. Thanks to the movie Sideways, America fell in love with wine and the upscale lifestyle associated with it. There is no movie, song or celebrity endorsement for the recent craft beer surge in popularity, just the … Continue reading
Tucson’s Greek Festival – Opa!
With Fall right around the corner, it is becoming more evident in other parts of the country with the crisp night air and changing leaves. Here in Arizona, the forecast high in Phoenix is 105 and a slightly cooler 100 in Tucson so suffice to say that we are a ways off from experiencing the … Continue reading
Top 10 Breweries in Arizona
With Memorial Day weekend quickly approaching, our minds begin shifting into vacation mode. Whether it is spending time at the lake, the pool, the backyard barbeque or just relaxing on your couch in the cool confines of your home; one thing that truly says vacation to me is the cracking open of an ice cold … Continue reading
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