
TEMPE, ARIZONA
Outside Sun Devil Stadium promenade lies high-walled, red-bricked, patio-fronted, bar-centered
FOUR PEAKS BREWERY, visited January ‘05. Glass-encased Elvis memorabilia and large brew tanks festoon commodious interior while pizzas, sandwiches, burgers, and Southwest cuisine dot the menu.
Mildly phenol
Fools Gold, tangy peach-bruised wheat-sugared
Arizona Peach, tame citric-hopped
The Raj IPA, wispy grapefruit-apple-peach-soaped flagship
Kiltlifter Scottish Ale, sour-fruited perfume-hopped
8th Street Ale, tart banana-fronted clove-centered
Hefeweizen and cologne-draped red-fruited pine-resinous bitter
Hop Knot American Ale paled next to chocolate-sweet mocha-mellowed vanilla coffee-creamed
Oatmeal Stout.
Bottled versions of Kiltlifter and 8
th Street Ale available locally.
www.fourpeaks.com