
TUCSON, ARIZONA
Culturally diverse Southwest valley metropolis offered three disparate brewpubs, January ‘05 (opened 1997 and closed 2024). Outside main district, mall-based
THUNDER CANYON BREWERY’S velvety purple terra cotta stucco exterior cloaked centralized bar extending to patio, leftward glass encased brew tanks, and menu of wraps, sandwiches, brewhouse burgers, and recommended wood-fired pizza.
Casual fare such as fizzy wheat-husked dry-bodied lightweight
Sandstone Cream Ale, malt-sinewy nectar-honeyed mainstreamer
Deep Canyon Amber and polite citrus-barren corrosive
Windstorm Wheat were OK.
Surprisingly soft-bodied darker brews included gently hop-spiced red-orange-fruited blueberry-soured tongue-tingler
Thunderhead IPA, musky mocha-roasted coffee-dried
Obsidian Porter, lemony orange-peeled dry-spiced mineral-grained
Nothin’ Greator Doppelbock and nutty maple-sapped espresso-tinged oatmeal-backed serenity
Blackout Stout.
Distinguished dry-bodied cherrywood-scented rye-breaded tobacco-leafed peat-mossy
Catalina Pale Ale intrigued senses.
Hoppy honey-glazed blueberry-soured persimmon-cherry-pear-dabbed digestif
Beers ‘N’ Berry may’ve topped them all.
www.thundercanyonbrewery.com