Arizona Beer Week 2023 is underway! From February 16 to 26, breweries around Arizona will highlight what they do best with special events and most will pour their brews at Strong Beer Fest on Saturday, February 18.
If you’re looking for an award-winning beer — as judged by an expert panel — here’s a reminder of the medal winners from the inaugural Arizona Craft Beer Awards in October 2022.
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A special thanks to the Arizona Craft Brewer’s Guild for all the hard work behind-the-scenes to coordinate beer judge training sessions, gathering beer submissions, encouraging brewery participation, setting up the judging day at Shamrock Foods and hosting the awards ceremony.
In it’s inaugural year, 40+ Arizona breweries submitted 150+ beers for the judging that took place on Saturday, September 17. With the expertise of Melissa Osborne from Four Peaks Brewing and Chip Mulala from Huss Brewing, beers were sorted into 14 categories for the panel of 30+ judges to rate based on GABF guidelines.
Here’s who came out on top in 2022!
BREWERY OF THE YEAR: Oro Brewing Co. (Mesa)
BEST IN SHOW
GOLD
PHX Beer Co.
Monsoon IPA
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Boom Dynamite
BRONZE
Flying Basset Brewing
El Capitan Cerveza Lager
SPECIALTY
GOLD
OHSO Brewery
Boom Dynamite
SILVER
Beer Research Institute
Common Good
BRONZE
Greenwood Brewing
Rosemary IPA
LAGER
GOLD
Flying Basset Brewing Co.
El Capitan Cerveza
SILVER
Wren House Brewing
Valley Beer
BRONZE
Fate Brewing
Local Lager
AMERICAN IPA
GOLD
PHX Beer Co.
Monsoon
SILVER
Helluva Brewing
Coast to Coast
BRONZE
Uncle Bear’s Brewery
Ocean Beach West Coast Style IPA
AMERICAN FRUIT BEER
GOLD
Historic Brewing Company
Salt River Lager
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Popcycle Blonde
BRONZE
Saddle Mountain Brewing Company
Strawberry Bitch
FRUIT WHEAT BEER
GOLD
Oro Brewing Company
Trigo Suave
SILVER
Greenwood Brewing
Belle Blueberry Wheat
BRONZE
Four Peaks Brewing
Joy Bus WOW Wheat
HERB/SPICE/COFFEE
GOLD
Desert Monks Brewing
Alewife’s Pumpkin Pie Marzen
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Sudoku
BRONZE
Beer Research Institute
Morning Sex
SOUR/WILD
GOLD
Helluva Brewing Company
Sour Berry Burst
SILVER
Grand Avenue Brewing Company
Tartonic Berliner Weisse
BRONZE
The Shop Beer Co.
Neonic Orange Julius
WOOD BARREL-AGED
GOLD
Ad Astra Brewing Company
Vanilla Vapor
SILVER
Mudshark Brewery
Bustin Nuts
BRONZE
Ad Astra Brewing Company
Flightwave Bourbon Maple
JUICY/HAZY IPA
GOLD
Arizona Wilderness Brewing
La Ciudad
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Campy
BRONZE
Wren House Brewing
Spellbinder
PILSNER/HELLES
GOLD
Pedal Haus
Pedal Haus Pilsner
SILVER
Dragoon Brewing Company
Dragoon Pils
BRONZE
Four Peaks Brewing
Golden Lager
OKTOBERFEST
GOLD
LOOK Brewing
LOOKtoberfest
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Bob’s Your Dunkel
BRONZE
Huss Brewing
Oktoberfest
AMBER/STOUT/PORTER
GOLD
Oro Brewing Company
Sabastian’s Porter
SILVER
Dragoon Brewing
Sonoran Amber
BRONZE
Saddle Mountain Brewing
ClanDestine
GOLD/BLONDE
GOLD
Oro Brewing Company
Inside the Park
SILVER
Barrio Brewing
Barrio Blonde Ale
BRONZE
MotoSonora Brewing
Belly Tank Blonde
BELGIAN/HEFE/WHEAT
GOLD
Grand Avenue Brewing
Grand Quad
SILVER
Pueblo Vida Brewing
HEF
BRONZE
Grand Avenue Brewing
Golden Devil
BEST CAN ART/PACKAGING
GOLD
Wren House Brewing
Festbier
SILVER
Bone Haus Brewing
Head Harvester Pumpkin Pie Amber Ale
BRONZE
Goldwater Brewing
Dynamite IPA
