Has it been five years since the local brew scene gave us Dragoon? It's hard to imagine a time before we could get their handsome IPA at any Tucson bar. But here's a reminder: the westside brewery opened in 2012.
They're holding one heck of a birthday party this weekend, with live music, special collaboration releases and a list of chefs that might turn your head.
Here's the lineup for the party's pop-up restaurant:
— Ryan Clark, head chef at PY Steakhouse at Casino Del Sol 🍳
— Tyler Fenton, chef and owner of Reilly Craft Pizza 🍳
— Ken Harvey, executive chef of Loews Ventana Canyon resort 🍳
— Ramiro Scavo, chef and owner of Pasco and Red's Smokehouse & Taproom 🍳
Get your Instagrams fired up for this menu, yet-to-be announced. It's going down from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Dragoon parking lot at 1859 W. Grant Road.
Chelsea Blue, whose official business card says "Office Queen", pours a draft saison blue. Dragoon opened in April 2012, with only its flagship IPA and Stronghold Session Ale on tap.
What else is happening at this party? Live music from KXCI (1 to 3 p.m.), local musician Tom Walbank (3 to 6 p.m.) and Wooden Tooth Records (6 to 9:30 p.m.).
There will also be five special collaboration brews: a Kellerpils made with Pueblo Vida, an English pale ale with Ten Fifty-Five Brewing, a whiskey barrel-aged porter made with Historic Brewing Company in Flagstaff, a Kolsch with Lumberyard Brewing Company also in Flagstaff, and a cedar India Pale Lager with Four Peaks in Tempe.
Anniversary merch plus live screen-printing by CREAM Design and Print from 6 to 9 p.m.
More food from local ruck The Blacktop Grill, noon to 4 p.m.
Valet bike parking from 6 to 10 p.m. provided by Living Streets Alliance. Transit Cycles will also lead a group ride to the brewery at 5 p.m. If you get to the event by rideshare, taxi, or bike, let them know and get half off your first beer.
The Dragoon 5 Year Anniversary Party runs from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday. 🍺🍺🍺
