I need to get better at Twitter, but probably a resolution for when we “land” at home in August.

From the website:

Sunbru Kölsch Style Ale

A very light golden ale that is malty sweet, almost honey-like in the nose. This ale has a light to medium body and a very delicate flavor. Easy drinking, it has very low bitterness and a soft dry finish. 5.2% alcohol/volume. This style originates from the city of Cologne, Germany where all twenty eight breweries are dedicated to brewing only Kölsch. Coming soon in cans. (ALWAYS ON TAP!!)

No mention of A-1

Sunbru was the first bottled post-prohibition beer in AZ. Brewed by the A-1 Brewery and named via a newspaper contest.

Here is your blog about Phoenix:
http://www.beertravelers.com/indexes/wateringholes/phoenix_pubcrawl.html

It was written in 1999, at a time in my life where I obviously took much too much for granted when it comes to craft beer and the beer culture that is enjoyed by many of you on the east coast and the Pac NW.

To my utter dismay only 3 of the top 10 things to do in Phoenix are no longer.

Gone Dead Gone
1) The Bandersnatch Brewpub was squeezed out of Tempe by ASU and the city going on 5 years now. There are plans to re-open a brew pub by the owner but that seems destined to be in the 2-3 year time frame. The new location will be in Buckeye, some 45 miles from central Phoenix or an hours drive from the original location.
2) Hops Bistro closed not too long after Stan’s review.
3) Uptown Brewery stopped making beer within the last year.
5) Coyote Springs closed before 2000 with beer in the tanks.
6) The Leinenkugel’s Ballyard Brewery is no longer lasting only 5 years.
Alcatraz Brewing closed at the end of 2003.
10) The Timberwolf Pub is now an ASU parking lot.

Honorable Mention: Rio Salado- as dry as its riverbed namesake.

Oh Bury Me Not
4) Four Peaks is a thriving Brew Pub with a second location.
7) Seamus McCaffrey’s is still operating and his wife has a place on Camelback called Rosie McCaffrey’s.
9) Gordon Biersch Brewing Co is still in the prime Mill Avenue location, but as we all know this is a national chain of brewpubs.

Yes I know there are some bright points not mentioned. For every Sonora, Roosevelt or Papago we also hurtle towards adding a vanilla chain shopping mall entity such as the Yardhouse.

We are a metro area rivaling LA in size and surpassing Philadelphia in population….

I want my Beer Culture!