Taps across the state will be working overtime over the next several days as Arizona Beer Week kicks into full swing.
Breweries, bottle shops, bars and restaurants from Tucson to Flagstaff will host around 200 craft-beer-themed events as the celebration of all things pale, amber, sour and stout gets underway.
Tucson is holding its own this year, with well over 70 separate activities planned, Thursday, Feb. 9, through Feb. 18.
“I don’t think Tucson has taken advantage of Arizona Beer Week as much as they have this year,” said Rob Fullmer, executive director of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, which coordinates Beer Week.
When the event first launched in 2011, only a handful of breweries existed in the Old Pueblo, Fullmer said.
That was part of the reason.
But now, “there are a lot of new breweries, new places trying a lot of new and creative things.”
“If someone is coming into the state who didn’t have a preference, I would send them to Tucson,” Fullmer said.
Get a full rundown of Beer Week activities on the event's page.
