The longest, largest, and most hoppy-est event returns to Tap & Bottle! Prepare to embark on a 5 week long, 32 beer single elimination IPA Tournament that culminates on National IPA Day Thursday, August 4th.

Stop in at the Downtown or North locations (or visit another local bottleshop in your neighborhood/town) pick up some package, drink it in house, take it home, or do a bunch of the match ups with friends. Vote for your favorites and then the winners move on. You have two weeks to complete the first round matchups, and we reach that “One Shining Moment ” final four at the end of the month.

Get your Bracket here.

How do you participate:
The First round (July 1 through July 14) will be 16 head to head matchups that last two weeks. Pick a match up, drink the beers, and vote for your favorite. That’s it. Participate in as many matchups as you can or as few as you want.
Three Ways to Vote:
After each IPA head-to-head you try, either comment on any JUL-IPA Instagram post with your winner, comment in the Facebook Event or Visit a Tap & Bottle location to vote in person. Please honestly only vote in each head-to-head challenge once. This is for fun. ?

For a limited time only, check out Kingfisher’s Great Plains/ Midwest menu, available now through August 6.

Appetizers

• Smoked Lake Walleye-Corn Wild Rice Fritters, fresh plum jam, horseradish crema.
• Roasted, Pan seared Pork Belly, Apple glaze, fennel-apple slaw.

Entrees

• Pan Fried “Great Lakes” Walleye, Green Tomato Chow Chow, Dill Mustard New
  Potato Salad, Sautéed minted Green Beans.
• Ruby Beet Braised Short Ribs of Beef, beets, carrots, cipollini onions, red wine, gold potato parsnip mash, horseradish crema, crispy onions.

Dessert

• Fresh Warm Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble, whipped cream.

Beverages

• “The Steel Mill,” Bulleit Rye Whiskey, Orchard Cherry Liqueur, lemon juice,
  orange juice, on the rocks, lemon twist.

Make your reservation here.

The summer surf party of the season, Surfapalooza, returns to the Hotel Congress Plaza! Featuring surf rockers Messer Chups all the way from Saint Petersburg, Russia, and three of Arizona’s best surf bands — Surfbroads, Shrimp Chaperone, and The Fury’s.

Come on down to Congress for an evening of twangy surf rock, delicious fish tacos, and ice cold beer. The festivities wouldn’t be complete without a themed cocktail, so your ticket includes one of these dangerously tasty Mai Taidal Punch cocktails – Puerto Rican light rum, Bermuda black seal rum, velvet falernum, lime, curaçao, orgeat, gummy shark.

Cost: $11.33. You can purchase your tickets here.

Join Hacienda Del Sol Guest Resort for Whiskey Business! Every Thursday from 3pm to close guests can enjoy 1/2 off weekly featured whiskey, $1 off all whiskey, and a savory specialty BBQ menu. Stop by between 5pm to 8pm each Thursday for a blend of live jazz and country music.

Menu

• Mac & Cheese Bites
• Brisket Sliders
• Shrimp Corn Dogs
• Chicken & Waffles
• Crispy Chicken Bites

Cocktails

• Barrel Aged Boulevardier
• Barrel Aged Vieux Carre
• Applewood Smoked Manhattan
• Whiskey Peach Smash

1/2 Off Weekly Featured Whiskey

1. Week 1 (7/28) – Whiskey Del Bac
2. Week 2 (8/4) – Crown Royal
3. Week 3 (8/11) – 2Bar
4. Week 4 (8/18) – Dave Finny, Savage and Cook
5. Week 5 (8/25) – Irish
6. Week 6 (9/1) Scotch