After an incredible week at the Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco and having the opportunity to hang out with the Deschutes Brewery crew at a few of their Deschutes Brewery Base Camp Week – San Francisco events, we are excited to announce their events for Deschutes Base Came Week – Phoenix, which we are wishing we could attend, but sadly that won’t be the case. If you are in the area, get there and try some of their incredible beers!
DESCHUTES BREWERY BASE CAMP – Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday April 5
Beer Tasting at Total Wine & More in Tempe (2-5pm)
Here’s your chance to discover your favorite Deschutes Brewery beer, and maybe even take some home to further your exploration. We’ll be pouring several of the beers we have for sale in the store.
Specialty Reserve Series Beer Tasting at Taste of Tops (5:30-8pm)
Not only will the giant Deschutes Brewery barrel on wheels, Woody, be here, but you should be too! We’ll be pouring the Lost Barrels of Mirror Mirror (yes, they were really lost and rediscovered in the brewery’s warehouse) and The Abyss ’08 – finely aged for your drinking pleasure. This is a rare chance to try some rare beers from Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery. Pair your beer with some hand-rolled cigars and view the mad skills of a visiting professional cigar roller.
Specialty Reserve Series Beer Tasting at Robbie Fox’s (7-10pm)
We’ll have some of Deschutes Brewery’s most popular beers – Mirror Pond Pale Ale, Black Butte Porter and Inversion IPA – for you to try at this event, along with the latest vintage of The Abyss. Woody, the brewery’s giant traveling beer barrel, will be rolling in around 8 p.m. Pair your beer with some hand-rolled cigars and view the mad skills of a visiting professional cigar roller.
Wednesday April 6
Beer Tasting at Total Wine & More in Glendale (1:30-4:30pm)
Here’s your chance to discover your favorite Deschutes Brewery beer, and maybe even take some home to further your exploration. We’ll be pouring several of the beers we have for sale in the store.
Thursday April 7
Whole Foods
In-Store Beer Tasting (2-5pm) | Tasting and Small Plate Dinner (6-8pm) $10
Is there really anything better than working a little bit of beer tasting into your grocery shopping trip? Deschutes Brewery will be at Whole Foods with samples of its lineup of craft brews in the afternoon, and a small plate pairing dinner in the early evening. The special brews we’ll be pouring include The Abyss ’10 and Jubel 2010, which is only released once every 10 years.
Specialty Beer Tasting at Papago Brewing (7-10pm)
Deschutes Brewery’s Reserve Series beers are always a little hard to find, but none more so than The Dissident ‘10 which had an extremely limited release. We’ll also be pouring the brewery’s Black Butte XXI, the brewery’s 21st anniversary beer, which is full of chocolaty goodness. A few bottles of Jubel 2010, The Abyss ’07 & ’08 will also be cracked open.
According to the Arizona Republic: A Phoenix man was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of stealing beer from Circle K convenience stores at least 39 times throughout Tempe and Phoenix.
Atkins was being held on 21 counts of theft in Tempe and 18 counts of theft in Phoenix. The total cost of the stolen merchandise was $4,604.35.
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The January/February issue of Mutineer Magazine will start showing up on newsstands over the next week or so, and we are proud to say that it is the most mutinous issue yet!
Featured stories in the new issue include:
The Mutineer Interview: Maynard James Keenan
by Alan Kropf
The Mutineer RV made it’s way to the unforgiving Arizona Desert for an exclusive interview with Caduceus Cellars winemaker Maynard James Keenan, who has already rocked the world several times over as the frontman of bands including Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.
Epic Ales
by Cody Lee Morris
Brewer Cody Lee Morris of the Seattle start-up brewery Epic Ales tells his underdog story bringing his dream brewery to life.
The Pharmacie
by Marvin Gapultos Burnt Lumpia blogger Marvin Gapultos offers a rare look at the secret underground cocktail culture of Los Angeles, featuring original paintings by Brent Estabrook.
Rebel Spirit
by Jesse Porter
Mutineer veteran scribe Jesse Porter of the Young Winos of LA goes Gonzo in this piece that explores the exploding craft spirits scene in the United States, featuring Finger Lakes Distilling, Tuthilltown Spirits, Philadelphia Distilling, and Dry Fly Distilling.
The January/February issue also includes:
Chilean Red Wines
Water Relief in Cambodia
Classic Cocktails: The Manhattan
Drip Coffee Solutions for Home
Barley Wines
Palestinian Beer
What Charlotte Voisey Drinks
If I was any more pumped up about the upcoming film “Blood Into Wine“, I’d rent a massive RV, pile in the entire Mutineer staff, and Cannonball Run down to Arizona to do an interview and cover shoot with the man himself…Oh wait, WE DID, and that spectacularly spectacular issue will hit newsstands on January 5. You can also subscribe by January 15 and get this epic issue sent right to your door. “Blood Into Wine” chronicles the wine adventures of rocker Maynard James Keenan and winemaking partner Eric Glomski in the Arizona desert. Very cool, very cool indeed.
Maynard James Keenan in the new film, Blood Into Wine
It’s getting to be pretty clear that with each day that passes, wine and fine beverage culture in America gets a little more incredible. More and more people are realizing that fine beverage is the missing link between the world we live in and the world we’ve created, and to exist in the heart of that link is something very difficult to walk away from once you’ve experienced it.
In today’s episode of why fine beverage culture rocks my world, we have the new trailer for “Blood Into Wine” , which chronicles Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan’s foray not only into the wine business, but into the wine business in the Sergio Leone-esque desert of Arizona with Caduceus. Continue Reading »
