Event Information

Arizona Beer Week kicks off with the 13th Annual Arizona Strong Beer Festival, held at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix on February 16th, 2013. Although strong beers (those with high alcohol content) are the focus at the festival, a huge variety of craft beers — as well as specialty styles and unique, just-for-this-event brews — are made available to festival-goers, who will receive a commemorative four-ounce tasting glass and 15 tasting tickets for the price of admission. And because food and beer just naturally go together, there will be plenty of top-notch food vendors on hand, serving up tasty eats that wash down well with frosty suds. Live music will keep the atmosphere rockin’. Presented by The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild.

Featuring:

Shmaltz Brewing

TBA

Abita Brewing

Andygator Helles Dopelbock 8%, Imp. LA Oyster Stout 8% – yup oysters!

Alaskan Brewing

Hopothermia Dbl IPA 8.5%, Black IPA 6.4%, Amber alt-style 5.3%

Alliance Beverage

TBA

Barrio Brewing

Red Cat Amber, Pale Ale, Tucson Blonde, Nolan Porter

Beer by Cartel

Virgel Coffee Brown (brewed with coffee from Oaxaca, Mexico) 6%, Desert Pale Ale (with agave syrup) 5.5%

Bell’s Brewery

Oberon Wheat 6%, Bourbon Bbl 9000 14.8%, Hopslam Double IPA 10%

Big Dog’s Brewing

Dirty Dog IPA, Red Hydrant Ale – English Brown GABF Silver 2012

Big Sky Brewing

TBA

BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery

Imp. Red, Helles Bock, Dopple Bock, Hop Storm

Borderlands Brewing

Noche Dulce Vanilla Porter, an expermential beer TBD

Boston Beer Co.

TBA

Boulder Beer

Flashback IPA, Never Summer

Breckenbridge Brewery

471 IPA 9.2%abv, Well Built ESB 7.8% BBL aged – CO exclusive

Cismontane Brewing

Holiday Jim Extra Pale Ale, Blacks Dawn Imp. Coffee Stout

College Street Brewhs & Pub

Bro. Dewey’s Date Night 8.1%, Blberry Vanilla Wheat 5.8% + 2 more

Coronado Brewing

Idiot IPA, Hoppy Daze IPA, Blue ridge Coffee Stout

Cosmic Beer

Porter, Irish Red, Black IPA, Lager, non-alcohol lemon soda

Crescent Crown

North Coast Old Rasputin, North Coast Brother Thelonious, Tommyknocker Imperial Nut Brown, Anderson Valley El Steinber, Lost Abbey TBD, Vanberg and Dewulf Imports – Peche Mel, Vanberg and Dewulf Imports – Hop Ruiter, Bridgeport Hop Czar, Bridgeport Kingpin, Ballast Point Sculpin, Eel River Triple Exultation, He’Brew RIPA

Crispin Cider

Prepare To Die wine bbl aged w/ honey & blood orange, As You Wish vanilla

Dave’s Electric

TBA

Desert Eagle Brewing

Imperial Oatmeal IPA 10.4%abv  100+ IBU

Dogfish Head

Specialty kegs

Dragoon Brewing

Mesquite Smoked Porter; Russian Imp. Stout; Belgian Quad; Am. Brown Ale

Epic Brewing

Hopulant IPA 8.9%,  Brainless Raspberry 11.5%

Fate Brewing

Imperial IPA – 100 IBUs

Firestone Walker

Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout, Double Jack Imp. IPA

Four Peaks

TBA

Full Sail Brewing

IPA, Phil’s Alt, LTD #6

Gentle Ben’s Brewing

Mocha Java Stout, IPA, Hefe, NCALE

Global Beer Network

Piraat – Belgian Triple IPA 2012 World Beer Cup Gold, 2 other Belgians

Gordon Biersch

Winterbock,  American Red Ale

Grand Canyon Brewery

Shaggy Bock 6.74%abv – malt smoked over Shaggy Bark Juniper

Great Divide Brewing

Hercules Dbl IPA, Espresso Oak aged Imp. Stout, + Spl Pilot Brew

Green Flash Brewing

Candela Rye Barleywine; Palate Wrecker, west coast IPA

Hop City Brewery

Barking Squirrel Lager, Amber Lager (Gold Medal)

Humboldt Brewing

TBA

Knee Deep Brewing

McCarthy’s Bane Imp. Red Ale, Hop Shortage Triple IPA

Left Coast Brewing

Hop Juice Double IPA, Voo Doo American Stout, Asylum Belgium Trippel

Left Hand Brewing

TBA

Lightning Brewery

Black Lightning Porter 8.5%, Old Tempestuous Ale 9% Bst of Sho-CA St Fair

Lost Coast Brewery

Baltic Porter, oak aged; Great White, Am. Style Belgian white

Lumberyard

TBA

Marble Brewery

Unique small batch beers not available in AZ

Maui Brewing

Pukana La golden Ale, Coconut Porter, Big Swell IPA

Mother Road Brewing

Belg. Gold Strong 7.5%,Extra Pale Ale 6.9%, Kolsch 4.3%, Imp. Porter 9.0%

Mudshark Brewing

TBD

Noble Ale Works

Knight Changer Imp. Stout 9%, Big Whig IPA 6.8%

North American Breweries

Pyramid Outburst,  Magic Hat #9

North Mountain Brewing

TBA

Oak Creek Brewing

Chocolate Cherry Porter, Scotch Ale

Odell Brewing

Choc. Milk St 8.5% seasonal, Mtn Std Dbl IPA 9.5%, Rasp Lambic

OHSO nano Brewery

a selection of wood aged beers

Old World Brewery

Highlander Barrel Aged Scotch Ale, Az Honey, Dark Knight Porter, Black IPA

Oskar Blues Brewery

Dale’s Pale Ale, Mama’s little Yella Pils, Old Chub Scotch, deviant Dales IPA

Papago Brewing

Orange Blossom

Pitcher of Nectar Dist.

Ass Kisser Ales, Joseph James Brewing and Rubicon

Pizza Port

TBA

Prescott Brewing

Imperial Stout 9.6%, Ponderosa IPA, Liquid Amber, + others TBD

Redstone Meadery

Nector of the Hops,  Black Rasberry

Rock Bottom

Bbl aged Bourbon Stout, IPA, Scotch Ale, Porter

Santa Fe Brewing

Happy camper IPA, Imp. Java Stout, Black IPA

Sierra Nevada

Bigfoot Barleywine 9.6%, OvilaAbbey w/ plum 10.2%, Narwhal Imp St.10.2%

Ska Brewing

Decadent Imp. IPA

Sleepy Dog Brewing

TBA

SunUp Brewing

TBA

Tenaya Creek Brewing

Monsoon IPA Spec. Release 8.5%, Hauling Oats Oatmeal Stout 5.7%

THAT Brewery

Dopplesticke altbier, red IPA, Strawberry Blonde

The Phoenix Ale Brewery

Fretzy’s Unfiltered Pale Ale, Watermelown Wheat, Wheatstalk Imp. Hefe, IPA

Wanderlust Brewing

Belgian Pale Ale, Belgian-Style Farmhouse Ale, Imperial Red Ale

Wasatch/Squatters

Ghostrider White IPA 6%,  Devestator Double Bock 8%

Wetten Imports

St. Louis Framboise 4%, Stragge Hendrik Quad 11%, Gouden Carolus Tripel, Hop Bomber IPA 7.5%abv

Woodchuck Cider

TBA

SanTan Brewing

Hopfarm Belgian IPA, Sex Panther Dbl. Choc Porter, Hopshock IPA

Sonoran Brewing

White Choc. Ale, Victorian IPA, Figmentation Dbl Abbey

New Belgium

Imp. Choc. Coffee Stout, Peach Porch Lounger, Biere de Garde

Stone Brewing

Arrogant Bastard, Dbl. Bastard, Ruination IPA, Old Guardian Barleywine

Location:

Steele Indian School Park
300 E. Indian School Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85012

Parking + public transit.

We want everyone to get to and from the event safely and responsibly. There’s plenty of options for public transit including the light rail stop next to the event! Designated driver tickets ($10) are still available too.

If you’re driving, enter North on 3rd Street from Indian School Road and proceed to the parking area as directed.

The do’s, don’ts & common sense.

You must present your ticket and ID (You must have a printed ticket for entry!). Backpacks, containers, outside food, and water bottles are not permitted. Sorry, no pets. Free water bottles will be available. Yummy beer-friendly food is available for purchase. Absolutely no weapons are allowed into the event. Simply put, let’s use the common sense rule: If you’re asking yourself  ”I wonder if I can ________,” play it safe and don’t do it/ bring it. Let’s have fun!

* VIP admission begins at 12pm (Designated Drivers arriving with VIPs will also be admitted at 12pm!)
* General admission begins at 1pm
* Event ends at 5pm
* Ticket purchasers and all guests must be 21 or over
* Children under 8 admitted with parent.
* Valid picture ID must be presented for admission.
* This is a rain or shine; no refunds or transfers allowed
* Tickets will be limited to avoid overcrowding.

All tickets include admission, one 4-ounce commemorative tasting mug and 15 tasting tickets (each good for one 4-ounce beer taste). Food is available for purchase.

Pricing

Tickets are now SOLD OUT!