Tucson's growing legion of craft beer lovers and homebrewers now have a new place to hang their hats. The bar and beer garden Tucson Hop Shop brings 20 rotating taps to the Metal Arts Village on East Fort Lowell Road and North Dodge Boulevard.
The project is led by local homebrewers David and Jessie Zugerman, who want to create a community space for brewers pick up supplies and take classes to learn the craft. They plan to sell grains, hops and yeast, as well as one-gallon "all-grain" homebrewing kits for about $50.
"(Brewing beer) is one of the oldest artforms, one of the oldest professions," David said. "There's so much creativity and ingenuity that’s coming into it every day."
The Hop Shop at 3230 N. Dodge Blvd also sells take-home bottles of Arizona and national beers, as well as harder-to-find Belgian and German beers. There won't be a kitchen, but the two are working with food trucks to provide bar eats.
