It seems like an Arizona beer week for me. Beaver Street brewery plans to expand to a second location and begin producing beer for the market in cans. This is a major game changing move for the Arizona beer scene for while the state has many great breweries no one has really taken the effort to go big in terms of production, but this maybe the company that can make it happen. I have been going to Beaver Street since they first opened and while the beers were not always the most exotic lineup they have always been well made. Also the brewpub has always been known for quality service and food on top of it. What has changed over time is that the owners have gotten more comfortable with trying new ideas in their beers and it's paid off with a Gold at last year's GABF.

Last April I wrote that for Arizona to have a brewery on the Top 50 list of breweries besides the current production breweries only a handful of names had a chance to make it big time, Beaver Street was on that short list. Now I am very hopeful it can become a reality. I'll be sure to see what else I can find out about this story when I am in Flagstaff soon for the holidays.

(Thanks to Jeff for sending the story to me)

In latest beer news for all my Arizona beer readers, Odell Brewing will be available in January. For further details you can checkout their site http://www.odellbeerinarizona.com/. While I'll miss them as I won't be in the state long enough over the holidays to sample them, I'll be sure to give them a try the next time I make it out that way.