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This Year’s Tucson Craft Beer Crawl Introduces “Beer Trails”

Tucson Craft Beer Crawl (Photo by Taylor Noel Photography)

This Year’s Tucson Craft Beer Crawl Introduces “Beer Trails”

Feb 19, 20243 min read

Tucson Craft Beer Crawl (TCBC) is right around the corner! From 1 – 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, the Craft Beer Crawl takes you on a sudsy journey to various taprooms and destinations in downtown Tucson, including some new spots that recently opened.

This year, there are two “beer trails” you can follow and you’ll score a cute button when you complete a trail — there’s the IPA Trail full of IPAs, of course, and then the “Sour Trail” that features mead, cider, seltzers, and local sours (of course).

All you need to do to complete each beer trail is get one of the following beers at each location. We have a map to this year’s Craft Beer Crawl so check it out ahead of time, plan your route, and keep scrolling to see the beers, ciders, etc.

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Tucson Craft Beer Crawl (Photo by Taylor Noel Photography)

Tucson Craft Beer Crawl’s Beer Trails

IPA Trail – Toast Kick-Off at Borderlands Brewing at 1:30 p.m.

Borderlands Brewing Company (see map)
  • Borderlands Brewing’s Tangerine Toole Ave Hazy IPA
  • Buqui Bichi Brewing’s Bitachera Hazy IPA
  • Buqui Bichi Brewing’s Sahuaripa American IPA
  • Mother Road Brewing’s Tower Station Roadside Grove IPA
  • Mother Road Brewing’s Turbo Tower Station Mango IPA
  • Button Brew House’s HazySexyCool Hazy IPA
Corbett Brewing Company (see map)
  • Crooked Tooth Brewing’s TBA IPA
  • La Cumbre Brewing’s Elevated IPA
  • La Cumbre Brewing’s Mosaic IPA
HighWire (see map)
  • Dragoon Brewing’s Florcita Juicy IPA
  • Ranch Hand Brewing’s Microburst Hazy IPA
  • Screwbean Brewing’s Shade Hazy IPA
  • BlackRock Brewers’ #Dangeruice Hazy Rye IPA
Playground (see map)
  • Wren House Brewing’s Spellbinder IPA
  • Lagunitas Brewing’s Beast of Both Worlds
  • Lagunitas Brewing’s Hoppy Refresher IPA Style Non-Alcoholic
R Bar (see map)
  • Huss Brewing’s Dry Hop West Coast IPA
The Monica (see map)
  • Barrio Brewing’s Imperial Hazy IPA
  • Iron Johns Brewing’s West Coast IPA
TraXide (see map)
  • Pueblo Vida Brewing’s Cereus Hazy IPA
  • Corbett Brewing’s Haboob Hazy IPA

Sour Trail – Toast Kick-Off at Crooked Tooth Brewing at 1:30 p.m.

Corbett Brewing Company (see map)
  • Crooked Tooth Brewing’s Pineapple Chili Gose
  • AZ Wilderness Brewing’s Vernal Ides Sour
  • AZ Wilderness Brewing’s Violet Petals Malbec Sour
Corbett Brewing Company (see map)
  • Corbett Brewing’s Strawberry Circuit Sour
  • Corbett Brewing’s Corbett’s House Seltzer
  • Brillé Mead Company’s Mead
Borderlands Brewing Company (see map)
  • Button Brew House’s Simple the Zest Grapefruit Sour
HighWire (see map)
  • Screwbean Brewing’s Blood Orange Sour
Playground (see map)
  • Wren House Brewing’s Lady Banks Sour
Thunder Canyon Brewery (see map)
  • Thunder Canyon’s Rum Punch
  • BJ’s Brewhouse’s Prickly Pear Hard Lemonade
TraXide (see map)
  • Harbottle Brewing’s  Amurkin Gerkin Dill Pickle Sour
  • Harbottle Brewing’s Cherry Kool-Aid Amurkin Gerkin Sour
  • Bawker Bawker’s Lemon Prickly Pear Cider
  • Bawker Bawker’s Seasonal Cider Slushie
R Bar (see map)
  • Ray-Ray’s Ray-Ray’s Sonoran Hard Tea Spirit

Tickets are $50 per person and include 30 drink tickets and a commemorative glass. However, if you’re a Foodie Club member you’ll get the tickets for half the price — $25 per person — and a $10 food voucher. If you’re not a Foodie Club member, here’s more information about the monthly subscription.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit tucsoncraftbeercrawl.com.

Tucson Craft Beer Crawl (Photo by Taylor Noel Photography)

Article written by:

Matt Sterner

Matt Sterner

More about Matt

At a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.

He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.

If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.

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