AZ Craft Beer News

With a purpose to reduce water usage on the declining Verde River watershed, Sinagua malts was founded in 2016. With the help of Arizona Wilderness Brewing (and now many more breweries) the project has been widely successful to this day. Great job AZ Wilderness and Sinagua Malts! Sinagua Malt has become one of the most interesting sustainability stories in Arizona craft beer. Based in the Verde Valley, the company works with local farmers to grow malting barley during the c

I'm still trying to learn the subtle differences between German Pilsner and Italian Pilsner. My understanding is the Italian version is generally dry hopped resulting in heavy hop aromatics and the German one is not as aromatic with a sharp clean bitterness. Most of the top examples of Italian Pilsner I've had (Firestone Walker Pivo Pils, Sierra Nevada PILS) use Saphir or Spalter Select hops. Some day I hope to get a fresh example of the grand-daddy of the style, Tipo Pils

Yes, I know I should have posted this one sooner (today's high 106!) but I thought it would be fun to highlight some of the outdoor beer garden experiences that are part of a craft brewery around Phoenix metro...