PHOENIX — Arizona brewers won eight medals, including three golds, at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival, KTAR News reported.
Phoenix’s Wren House Brewing Co. led the state with two golds: one for its festbier in a category with 161 entries, the beer’s second gold since 2022, and another for a whiskey barrel-aged märzen.
Goodyear’s Saddle Mountain Brewing Co. won the state’s third gold in the experimental beer category for “Dill You Take Me Higher?”, a dill pickle-infused sour.
Corbett Brewing of Tucson took silver in the smoke beer category for Cypress Pils, and Rickety Cricket Brewing of Kingman won silver in the barley wine or wheat wine category.
Sources: KTAR News. Thee Arizona Times uses AI-assisted reporting reviewed against the sources listed.
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