14th Annual Arizona Strong Beer Festival – Entire Insane Tap Lineup!!

Arizona’s Best Beer Festival and Arizona Beer Week Special Tappings, Collabrews Among Strong Beer Festival Highlights

The 14th annual Arizona Strong Beer Festival is set to take place from 1 – 5 pm Saturday, Feb. 15 at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix. OVER 120 CRAFT BREWERIES, SUNSHINE, MUSIC AND YOU. Get Your Tickets at ArizonaBeerWeek.com

Widely regarded as the best spot in the state to sample the rarest, strongest and most sought-after brews, this year’s festival will showcase top hops, rare finds and special collabrews from more than 120 of the nation’s best craft breweries, including samplings from more than 40 breweries from Arizona. Entertainment, games and giveaways and tasty treats from some of the region’s finest food trucks like The Grilled Cheese Truck, The Traveling Monk and The Bullet will also take center stage during the festivities.

Strong Beer Festival tickets have sold out for two years and counting, and while VIP passes are all tapped out, there’s still time to purchase General Admission and Designated Driver passes for this can’t-miss hospitality and tourism event.

Here’s a look at the participating breweries and beers on tap for this year’s event. Check ArizonaBeerWeek.com for more information. Cheers!

Abbey Beverage (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

• Monk’s Ale (Belgian Abbey Single) – ABV 5.2%
• Monk’s Double (Belgian Abbey Dubbel) – ABV 7.4%
• Monk’s Tripel (Belgian Abbey Tripel Reserve) – ABV 9.2%

Abita Brewing (Abita Springs, La.)

• Abita SOS (Weizen Pilsner) – ABV 7%
• Abita Andygator – ABV 8%

Alaskan Brewing (Juneau, Alaska)

• Hopothermia (Double IPA) – ABV 8.5%
• Taku River Red (Imperial Red Ale) – ABV 5.7%

Arizona Wilderness Brewing (Gilbert, Ariz.)

• Barely Wine (Barleywine) – ABV 10%
• Juniper Mesa IPA (Black IPA)
• Suit & Tiepa (Brett IPA)

Avery Brewing (Boulder, Colo.)

• The Maharaja (Imperial IPA) – ABV 10.2%
• White Rascal (Belgian WIT) – ABV 5.6%

Bad Water Brewing (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

• Bad Water Saison (Belgian farmhouse ale) – ABV 6%
• Bad Water Western Lager (if available)

Barrio Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Barrio Blonde (Blonde Ale) – ABV 4.6%
• Barrio Blanco (White IPA) – ABV 6.5%
• Barrio Rojo (Scottish Amber) – ABV 6%
• Nolan’s Porter (Robust Porter) – ABV 6%

Beast Brewing (Bisbee, Ariz.)

Beaver Street Brewing (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

• Belgian Trippel – ABV 10.5%
• Bristlecone Brown (American Brown) – ABV 6.3%
• Rio de Saison (Saison) – ABV 5.3%

Bell’s Brewery (Kalamazoo, Mich.)

• Black Note (BBA Stout) – ABV 11.5%
• Hopslam (DIPA) – ABV 10%
• Oberon (American Wheat) – ABV 5.8%

Big Dog’s Brewing (Las Vegas, Nev.)

• Hounds of Winter (IPA) – ABV 7.5%
• War Dog (Imperial IPA) – ABV 9%
• El Perro Diablo (Belgian-style Strong Golden Ale) – ABV 9%
• Leglifter Light (Light Ale) – ABV 4%

Big Sky Brewing (Missoula, Mont.)

• Ivan (Imperial Stout) ABV 12%
• Big Sky IPA – ABV 6.2%
• Bobo’s (Robust Porter) – ABV 6.2%

BJ’s Brewhouse (Chandler, Ariz.)

Black Diamond Brewing (Concord, Calif.)

• Rampage (Imperial IPA) – ABV 9%

Black Market Brewing (Temecula, Calif.)

Borderlands Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Barely Wine (Barleywine) – ABV 13%
• Sonoran Red (Imperial Red) – ABV 6%
• North Dulce (Vanilla Porter) – ABV 7.5%
• Agua Bendita (Wheat Wine) – 13%

Boulder Brewing Company (Boulder, Colo.)

• Hazed & Confused (Dry Hop Ale) – 5.7%
• Mojo IPA (IPA) – ABV 7.2%

Breckenridge Brewery (Breckenridge, Colo.)

• 471 IPA (Double IPA) – ABV 9.2%
• Barleywine – ABV 10%

Brouwerij Van Steenberge/Brouwerij Bavik (Belgium)

• Gulden Draak (Belgian Dark Trippel) – ABV 10.5%
• Piraat Triple Hop (Belgian Triple IPA) – ABV 10.5%
• Petrus Aged Red (Belgian Double Cherry Ale) – ABV 8.5%

Bundaberg Brewed Drinks (Australia)

• Bundaberg Ginger Beer (Ginger Beer)

College Street Brewhouse & Pub (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.)

• Big Blue Van (Fruit Wheat) – ABV 5.4%
• Creamy Demon (Nitro Stout) – ABV 6.66%
• Fraternity of Hops (American IPA) – ABV 7.3%
• Dewey’s Brother Date Night (Harvest Fruit Beer) – ABV 8.1%

Coronado Brewing (Coronado, Calif.)

• Idiot IPA (IPA) – ABV 8.5%
• Black Sails (Black IPA)

Cartel Brewing (Tempe, Ariz.)

• F.Y.I.T.M (Imperial IPA) – ABV 9%
• Desert Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) – ABV 5.6%
• Christmas Ale (Porter) – ABV 6.7%
• Coffee Brown (Nut Brown) – ABV 6%

Cismontane Brewing (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)

• Blacks Dawn (Imperial Coffee Stout) – ABV 8%

Crescent Crown Distributing

De Halve Maan Brewing (Belgium)

• Straffe Hendrik Triple (Belgian Triple Ale) – ABV 9%
• World Cup Gold

Deschutes Brewing (Bend, Ore.)

• 2012 Abyss
• 2012 Dissident
• Class of ’88 Goose Island Collaboration
• Pine Drips

Desert Eagle Brewing (Mesa, Ariz.)

• Imperial Adler (Imperial Oatmeal) – ABV 12.6%
• Route 66 (IPA) – ABV 7.5%
• Black Sugar (Rum and Oak-aged Imperial Stout) – ABV 9%

Destihl Brewery (Normal, Ill.)

• IPA
• Sour
• Sour

Dogfish Head Brewery (Milton, Del.)

• Theobrama (Chocolate Ale) – ABV 9%
• Birra Astrusca (Bronze Ale) – ABV 8.5%

Dragoon Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Dragoon IPA (American IPA) – ABV 7.3%
• Biere del Bac (Belgian Quad) – ABV 10.6%

Epic Brewing (Salt Lake City, Utah)

• Brainless IPA (Belgian-style IPA) – ABV 6.4%
• Brainless Raspberries (Belgian-style with fruit) – ABV 10%

Fate Brewing (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

• Candy Bar Milk Stout (Milk Stout) – ABV 9.5%
• Oatmeal Double IPA (Double IPA) – ABV 8.2%
• Hatch Chile Cream Ale (American-style Cream Ale) – ABV 5%
• American Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) – ABV 5%

Firestone Walker Brewing (Paso Robles, Calif.)

Four Peaks Brewing (Tempe, Ariz.)

• Sirius Black – ABV 9%
• 2010 Bourbon Barrel Aged Hopsquatch – ABV 11.5%
• Bourbon Barrel Aged Kilt Lifter – ABV 6%
• Bourbon Barrel Aged Bonehead Red – ABV 8%
• Bourbon Barrel Aged Ryewine – ABV 11%
• Tequila Barrel Aged Raj IPA – ABV 7%
• Wine Barrel Aged Cherry Baltic Porter – ABV 7.7%
• Double Knot – ABV 9%
• 2012 Hopsquatch – ABV 11.5%
• Diablo Rojo – ABV 9.2%
• Weizenbock Collaboration – ABV 7.5%
• 2011 Winter Wobbler (Ryewine) – ABV 9.2%
• 2012 Winter Wobbler (Black IPA) – ABV 7%
• Odelay – ABV 8.1%
• Kilt Lifter – ABV 6%
• Sunbru – ABV 5.1%
• Hop Knot – ABV 6.7%
• Raj IPA – ABV 6.9%
• 8th Street Pale Ale – ABV 4.7%

Full Sail Brewing (Hood River, Ore.)

• Big Daddy’s (Malt Liquor) – ABV 8%
• Chris’ Delight (Berlinerweiss) – ABV 4%
• IPA (IPA) – ABV 6%

Funkwerks (Fort Collins, Colo.)

• Deceit
• Dark Prophet

Gentle Ben’s Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

• IPA (India Pale Ale) – ABV 6.5%
• NCAAle (Strong Ale) – ABVV 10%
• Mocha Java Stout (Stout) – ABV 6%
• TJ’s Raspberry Ale (Raspberry Fruit Ale) – ABV 4.5%

Golden Eagle Distributors

Goose Island Brewery (Chicago, Ill.)

• Pere Jaques
• Sofie
• Matilda
• Pepe Nero

Gordon Biersch (Tempe, Ariz.)

• Winterbock – ABV 8%
• Blonde Bock (golden lager) – ABV 7.2%
• Hefeweizen – ABV 5.2%
• Marzen (Oktoberfest-style auburn lager) – ABV 5.7%

Gouden Carolus/Het Anker Brewery (Belgium)

• Grand Cuvee van de Keizer (Belgian Strong Ale) – ABV 11%

Grand Canyon Brewing (Williams, Ariz.)

• Black Iron IPA (IPA) – ABV 7.2%
• Shaggy Bock (Bock) – ABV 6.3%

Great Divide Brewing (Denver, Colo.)

• Espresso Oak-Aged Yeti (Imperial Stout) – ABV 9.5%
• Orabelle (Belgian-style Tripel) – ABV 8.3%
• Hercules Double IPA – ABV 10%
• Peach Grand Cru (Grand Cru) – ABV 12.2%

Green Flash Brewing (San Diego, Calif.)

• Palate Wrecker (Double IPA) – ABV 9.5%
• Le Freak (Belgian IPA) – ABV 9.2%

Hensley Distribution

Historic Brewing (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

• Bear Arms (Imperial Chocolate Wheat) – ABV 10.4%
• Everyday Special (Pilsner) – ABV 4.8%
• Joy Ryed (American Rye Pale Ale) – ABV 5.5%
• Piehole Porter (Cherry Vanilla Porter) – ABV 6%

Hofbrau (Germany)

• Hofbrau Original Lager (German Lager) – ABV 5%
• Hofbrau Hefeweizen (German Wheat) – ABV 5%

Hop City Brewing (Canada)

• Barking Squirrel
• Mr. Huff Pale Ale

Howe Sound Brewing (Canada)

• Total Eclipse of the Hop (Imperial IPA) – ABV 8%
• Diamond Head Oatmeal Stout (Oatmeal Stout) – ABV 5%
• Three Beavers (Imperial Red Ale) – ABV 7.5%

Huss Brewing (Tempe, AZ)

• Snowbird Imperial Oatmeal Stout (Destihl collaboration beer)
• That’ll Do IPA – ABV 7%
• Rice Pudding Porter – ABV 5%

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing (Chippewa Fall, Wis.)

Joseph James Brewing (Henderson, Nev.)

• Hop Box (Imperial IPA) – ABV 9.3%
• Mother of Quad (Belgian Quad) – ABV 10%
• N/A/ (Bourbon Barrel RIS)
• Mystery Beer

Knee Deep Brewing (Auburn. Calif.)

• Simtra Triple IPA
• Belgio Hoptologist (American Belgio IPA)

Lagunitas Brewing (Lagunitas, Calif.)

• Hairy Eyeball (Dangerous) – ABV 9.4%
• Brown Shugga (American Strong Ale) – ABV 10%

Left Coast Brewing (San Clemente, Calif.)

• Hop Juice (Double IPA) – ABV 9.7%
• Voo Doo (Stout) – ABV 8.5%
• Asylum (Belgiam Tripel) – ABV 11.8%

Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, Colo.)

• Widdershins Barley Wine (Barleywine) – ABV 8.8%

Leinenkugel (Chippewa Falls, Wisc.)

• Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout

Lonesome Valley Brewing (Prescott Valley, Ariz.)

Lost Coast Brewing (Eureka, Calif.)

• Winterbraun (Imperial Brown) – ABV 8%
• Double Trouble (Double IPA) – ABV 8.4%

Lumberyard Brewing (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

• Highwater (Imperial IPA) – ABV 9.5%
• Big Rapid Red (Imperial Red) – ABV 9.3%
• Knotty Pine Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) – ABV 5.4%

Marble Brewery (Albuquerque, N.M.)

• Double White – ABV 7%
• Imperial Red – ABV 9%
• Double IPA – ABV 8%
• Imperial Stout – ABV 11%

Maui Brewing (Lahaina, Hawaii)

• Lahaina Brown – ABV 5.2%

Mission Brewing (San Diego, Calif.)

• Shipwrecked (Double IPA) – ABV 9.25%
• El Conquistador (Extra Pale Ale) – ABV 4.8%

Mother Road Brewing (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

• Alternator – ABV 6.5%
• 2nd Anniversary – ABV 8.4%
• Lost Highway – ABV 8%
• Gold Road – ABV 4.3%

Mudshark Brewery (Lake Havasu City, Ariz.)

Nebraska Brewing (Papillion, Neb.)

Nectar Ales (Paso Robles, Calif.)

New Belgium (Fort Collins, Colo.)

• Cascara Quad (Belgian Quad) – ABV 10%
• Clutch (Dark Sour) – ABV 9%
• Snapshot (Wheat) – ABV 5%
• Rampant (Imperial IPA) – ABV 8.5%

North American Breweries

• Magic Hat (Pale Ale) – ABV 5.1%
• Magic Hat Dream Machine (Lager) – ABV 5.7%

North Mountain Brewing (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• N’erotic (Belgian Triple Ale) – ABV 8.4%

Oak Creek Brewing (Sedona, Ariz.)

• Cherry Chocolate Porter (Porter) – ABV 6.5%
• Olde Knicker Kicker (Scotch Ale) – ABV 11%

Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, Colo.)

• Prospector’s Pick (Baltic Porter) – ABV 8.5%
• Celastrina (Saison) – ABV 7.5%
• Crème Brulee Porter (Porter) – ABV 5.3%
• Lugene (Milk Stout) – ABV 8.5%

OHSO Nano Brewery (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• Barley Wine
• Imperial IPA
• Strong Belgian Park
• Stout

Old World Brewery (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• Dark Knight Porter (Robust Porter) – ABV 6.8%
• Four Leaf Irish Red – ABV 5.5%
• Arizona Honey Wheat (American Wheat) – ABV 5.2%
• Highlander Scotch Ale – ABV 8%

Oskar Blues Brewery (Lyons, Colo.)

• Dale’s Pale Ale – ABV 6.5%
• Mama’s Little Pils (Pilsner) – ABV 5.3%
• Old Chub Scotch Ale – ABV 8%
• G’Knight Imperial Red IPA – ABV 8.7%

Papago Brewing (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

• Hopago IPA
• Breckenridge Collaboration – Mango Chile IPA
• Orange Blossom Mandarin Orange Vanilla Wheat Beer
• Lil Joe Coconut Coffee Stout

Parallel 49 Brewing (Canada)

• Salty Scott (Scotch Ale) – ABV 7.5%
• Old Boy Brown (Brown Ale) – ABV 5%

Peoria Artisan Brewery (Peoria, Ariz.)

• Haboob Black IPA (Black IPA) – ABV 6.5%

Phoenix Ale Brewery (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• Keeper (Biere de Garde) – ABV 6.3%
• Camelback IPA – ABV 6.1%
• Watermelon Ale (Flavored Wheat) – ABV 4.8%
• Ironwood Porter (Imperial Porter)

Pinetop Brewing (Pinetop, Ariz.)

Pitcher of Nectar Distributing

Pizza Port Brewing (San Diego, Calif.)

• Surf Check Alley (Imperial IPA) – ABV 9%
• Infamous Chocolate Stout (Imperial Chocolate Stout) – ABV 11%
• Devil’s Collaboration (Belgian Gold Strong) – ABV 13.3%
• Off the Chain (Imperial IPA) – ABV 8.3%

Prescott Brewing (Prescott, Ariz.)

• Raven Maniac Stout (Imperial Stout) – ABV 9.5%
• Ponderosa IPA (American IPA) – ABV 7%
• Liquid Amber (Amber) – ABV 5%
• Achocolypse (Chocolate-Vanilla Porter) – ABV 6%

Quail Distributing

Redstone Meadery (Boulder, Colo.)

• Nectar of the Hops – ABV 8%
• Black Raspberry – ABV 8%

Rock Bottom Brewery (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Rodeo Cold

• Rodeo Cold (Lager) – ABV 4.5%

Rough Draft Brewing (San Diego, Calif.)

• Hop Therapy (Double IPA) – ABV 9%
• BA Emboozlement (Tripel) – ABV 9.5%

SanTan Brewing (Chandler, Ariz.)

• Heavy D – Imperial Devils Ale (Limited Release Special Tapping)
• Saison di Aleatico (Limited Release Special Tapping)
• Big DIPA Double IPA (Limited Release Special Tapping)
• KGB Russian Imperial Stout (Limited Release Special Tapping)
• Blueberry Saison (Limited Release Special Tapping)
• Count Hopula Blood Red IPA (Limited Release Special Tapping)
• Devils Ale
• HopShock IPA
• Sex Panther Double Chocolate Porter

Santa Fe Brewing (Santa Fe, N.M.)

• Happy Camper (IPA)
• Java Stout
• Black IPA
• Chicken Killer Barley Wine

Shmaltz Brewing (Clifton Park, N.Y.)

• Hop Nanna (IPA) – ABV 6.8%
• 13 Funky Jewbelation (American Strong Ale) – ABV 9.4%
• Jewbelation 17

Sierra Blanca Brewing (Moriarty, N.M.)

• Alien Wheat (Pale Wheat) – ABV 4.6%
• Alien Stout (Imperial Stout) – 8.3%

Sierra Nevada Brewing (Chico, Calif.)

• 2014 Bigfoot (Barleywine) – ABV 9.6%
• Narwhal (Imperial Stout) – ABV 10.2%
• Tuthless Rye (IPA) – ABV 6.6%

Ska Brewing (Durango, Colo.)

• Decadent (Imperial IPA) – ABV 10%
• Hibernal Vinifera (Stout) – ABV 8%

Sleepy Dog Brewing (Tempe, Ariz.)

Sonoran Brewing (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• White Chocolate Ale (Wheat) – 4.7%
• Inebriator (Stout) – ABV 9.1%
• Cask
• Root Beer (Soda)

Squatters/Wasatch Brewing (Salt Lake City, Utah)

• Outer Darkness (Imperial Stout) – ABV 10.5%
• Hop Rising (Double IPA) – ABV 9%

Speakeasy (San Francisco, Calif.)

• Godfather Barley Wine

Stone Brewing (Escondido, Calif.)

• Stone Ruination IPA
• Double Bastard
• Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA
• Old Guardian Barleywine

Sun Up Brewing (Phoenix, Ariz.)

• White Russian Imperial Coffee Stout – ABV 9.2%
• Sun Up Barleywine – ABV 9.5%
• Sun Up Double Bock – ABV 7.5%

Telegraph Brewing (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Ten Fifty Five Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Leap Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) – ABV 5.4%
• Lazy Duck (American Wheat) – ABV 4.5%
• Imperial Irish Red
• Salted Caramel Stout

Tenaya Creek Brewing (Las Vegas, Nev.)

• Hop Ride (IPA) – ABV 7.2%
• Old Jackalope (American Barleywine) – ABV 10.4%

THAT Brewery (Pine, Ariz.)

• Imperial Doppelsticke (Alt Bier) – ABV 10%
• Road Rash IPA (American IPA) – ABV 7%
• Chai Stout (Dry Stout) – ABV 5.2%
• Arizona Trail Ale (English Pale) – ABV 6%

The Address Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

The Bruery (Placentia, Calif.)

• Sour in the Rye (American Style Sour) – ABV 7.6%
• Humulus Lager (India Pale Lager) – ABV 7.2%
• Bois (Old Ale aged in Bourbon barrel) – ABV 15%
• Melange #3 (Strong Ale aged in Bourbon barrel) – ABV 16.8%

The Great Beer Company (Chatsworth, Calif.)

• Hollywood Blonde Kolsch style – ABV 5.3%

The Lost Abbey (San Marcos, Calif.)

• Dates of Wrath (Lager) – ABV 5.5%

Thunder Canyon Brewing (Tucson, Ariz.)

• Old Shaftburry IPA (English IPA) – ABV 5.5%
• Double Diablo (American Strong Ale) – ABV 7.1%
• Black Cloud IPA (American Black Ale) – ABV 7.8%
• Orange U Glad (Orange Wheat) – ABV 4.2%

Uinta Brewing

• Hop Notch (IPA) – ABV 7.3%
• Dubne (IPA) – ABV 9.2%

Uncle Bear’s Brewhouse Grill (Ahwatukee, Ariz,)

• Holiday Hound – ABV 8.3%
• Oak-aged Holiday Hound – ABV 8.3%
• Stout – ABV 6.5%
• Double IPA – ABV 8.3%

Unity Vibration (Ypsilanti, Mich.)

• Bourbon Peach (Kombucha Beer) – ABV 8%
• Raspberry (Kombucha Beer) – ABV 8%

Upslope Brewing (Boulder, Colo.)

• Pale Ale – ABV 5.8%
• Foreign Style Stout – ABV 6.9%
• IPA – ABV 10%

Victory Brewing (Downingtown, Penn.)

Wanderlust Brewing (Flagstaff, Ariz.)

• 928 Local (Belgian-style Farmhouse) – ABV 8%
• Shakedown Baltic Porter (Whiskey barrel-aged Baltic Porter) – ABV 10%

Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland, Ore.)

• Upheaval (IPA)
• Alchemy
• KGB

Woodchuck Hard Cider

• Woodchuck Barrel Select
• Wyders Reposado
• Woodchuck Pumpkin

Young’s Market Distribution

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