Put together a nifty tasting flight of top Phoenix-area craft beer destinations with this bird’s-eye guide.
- Simple Machine Brewing (Phoenix & Glendale)
The pride of Glendale. Try the award-winning Barrel ‘O Cherries aged stout. simplemachinebrewing.com - 8-Bit Aleworks (Avondale)
Big ales and ample video game amusements mark this cult favorite, squirreled away in a WV business park. 8-bitaleworks.com - Four Peaks Brewing Co. (Tempe)
The old dean of Valley brewing. Still one of the best beer gardens around. fourpeaks.com - Wren House Brewing Co. (Phoenix, Prescott Valley, Ahwatukee)
Widely lauded as a Top 3 Arizona brewer, this Midtown mainstay has lately dived into Imperial IPAs and stronger styles. wrenhousebrewing.com - Phoenix Beer Co. (Phoenix & Scottsdale)
Brewer of PHOENIX magazine’s first collaborative beer: First Draft IPA. Also has a Scottsdale location. phxbeerco.com - Walter Station Brewery (Phoenix)
Affiliated with Burning Man legend Walter Productions, this beloved CenPho brewer batches a mean Turnout IPA. walterstation.beer
- Saddle Mountain Brewing Co. (Goodyear)
Home of Clan-Destine Scottish Ale – Arizona’s most-decorated beer with five medals from the Great American Beer Festival. saddlemountainbrewing.com
- Huss Brewing Co. (Tempe, Uptown Phoenix, Downtown Phoenix)
The hopping Uptown taproom of this Tempe-based brewer serves as its flagship. Get buzzed on its one-of-a-kind Koffee Kölsch. hussbrewing.com - Roses By the Stairs (Phoenix)
Love Belgians? This RoRo-adjacent brewery has the most aggressive program in the state, along with award-winning Imperial hazies. rosesbythestairsbrewing.com - Kitsune Brewing Co. (Phoenix)
Our 2023 Best of the Valley winner for Best New Brewery specializes in sours, rice beers and other adventurous styles. kitsunebrewingco.com - Front Pourch Brewing (Phoenix)
An emerging favorite of Valley beer cognoscenti, the North Valley brewer is known for its Vienna Lager and other European styles. frontpourchbrewing.com - Bone Haus Brewing (Fountain Hills)
No trip to Fountain Hills is complete without a flight of BH’s lauded double IPAs. bonehausbrewing.com - Goldwater Brewing Co. (Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe)
Cocktails rule in Old Town Scottsdale… unless you happen to be visiting this stalwart Valley brewer. goldwaterbrewing.com
- Oro Brewing Co. (Mesa)
Winner of the 2022 Arizona Craft Brewers Guild’s Brewery of the Year award, this Mesa nano-brewery is an under-the-radar gem. orobrewing.com - 12 West Brewing (Mesa & Gilbert)
Dialed-in hazies and inventive lagers typify this craft brewer helping anchor the rising Mesa beer scene. 12westbrewing.com - Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. (Gilbert & Phoenix)
Named the world’s best new brewery by RateBeer in 2016, this Gilbert institution always pushes the envelope with spicy saisons and varied sours. azwbeer.com - Pedal Haus Brewery (Chandler, Tempe, Phoenix)
The ACBA’s 2023 Brewery of the Year wowed the judges with its pilsners and pale ales. Also with Tempe and Downtown Phoenix locations. pedalhausbrewery.com
