It’s craft beer award season and Arizona just celebrated its best.
On October 22nd the Arizona Brewers Guild and Phoenix Magazine held its first ever AZ Craft Beer Awards, recognizing the best in Arizona brewing.
This year’s inaugural competition featured, over 40 Arizona breweries who submitted 150+ beers that were divided into 14 stylistic categories and judged by a team of 30+ beer experts.
Mesa, Arizona-based Oro Brewing was named Brewery of the Year, but that was just the beginning
And here’s everybody came out on top in 2022!
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
Trigo Suave from Oro Brewing Company
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 Märzen
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Sudoku
BRONZE
Beer Research Institute
Morning Sex
SPECIALTY
GOLD
OHSO Brewery
Boom Dynamite
SILVER
Beer Research Institute
Common Good
BRONZE
Greenwood Brewing
Rosemary IPA
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
LAGER
GOLD
Flying Basset Brewing Co.
El Capitan Cerveza
SILVER
Wren House Brewing
Valley Beer
BRONZE
Fate Brewing
Local Lager
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 IN SHOW
GOLD
PHX Beer Co.
Monsoon IPA
SILVER
OHSO Brewery
Boom Dynamite
BEST CAN ART/PACKAGING
GOLD
Wren House Brewing
Festbier
SILVER
Bone Haus Brewing
Head Harvester Pumpkin Pie Amber Ale
BRONZE
Goldwater Brewing
Dynamite IPA
BREWERY OF THE YEAR
Oro Brewing Co. (Mesa)
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Congratulations to all this year’s big winners…Live long and prosper.