Four Peaks Brewery

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Four Peaks Brewing Company
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Four Peaks Brewery
Location Tempe, Arizona
US
Opened1996
Annual production volume98,000 US beer barrels (115,000  hL) (2022)
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Website http://www.fourpeaks.com
Active beers
NameType
Kilt LifterScottish-Style Ale
8th Street AleEnglish Pale Ale
WOW WheatAmerican Wheat Ale
Hop KnotWest Coast India Pale Ale
RajEnglish India Pale Ale
Oatmeal StoutEnglish Stout
Peach AleGolden Ale
Sunbru (SunsBru) Kölsch-Style Ale
Golden Lager Munich Helles
Double KnotDouble West Coast India Pale Ale
Seasonal beers
NameType
Pumpkin Porter Porter
Double Pumpkin Porter Porter
Sirius BlackBarrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout
Barrel-Aged Kilt LifterBarrel-Aged Scottish-Style Ale
Barrel-Aged RajBarrel-Aged English India Pale Ale
Tea ShotGreen Tea Lager
Recreational JuiceDank India Pale Ale
XerocoleWest Coast India Pale Ale
Rattle On Red AleRed Ale
Red Bird LagerRed Lager
Iron HorseHoppy Golden Ale

Four Peaks Brewing Co. is an Arizona brewery that was founded by Andy Ingram, Jim Scussel, and Randy Schultz in 1995 and opened to the public on December 11, 1996. The company is headquartered in the historic former Borden Co. Creamery and Ice Factory on 8th Street in Tempe, Arizona, about one-half mile (800 m) east of the campus of Arizona State University.

Contents

On December 18, 2015, AB InBev announced an agreement to acquire Four Peaks Brewing Co. [1]

Beers

Four Peaks Brewing Co.'s flagship beer is Kilt Lifter, a Scottish-style ale with a 6.0% ABV. Other notable beers are Hop Knot West Coast IPA, AZ hAZy New England–style IPA and WOW Wheat. Four Peaks also brews Pumpkin Porter, the most popular seasonal beer in the state of Arizona. [2]

8th Street Pub

The 8th Street Pub is Four Peaks Brewing Co.'s primary location. Located at 1340 E. 8th Street in Tempe, it is housed inside the historic former Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory originally constructed in 1892. [3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [4] It is rumored the former creamery building is haunted. [5]

Four Peaks occupies nearly the entire building, though one portion on the far west side of the building is controlled by Infusion Tea & Coffee.

In 2016, Four Peaks expanded into a former creamery office built on-site in 1915. [6] The office also served as the former location of Uranus Recording Studio, which was owned and operated by Gin Blossoms lead singer Robin Wilson (musician) from 1994 to 2015. [7]

Other locations

The company opened a second restaurant location in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2004. [8] That location closed permanently in 2020. [8] [9]

An additional brewing-only site was opened in 2012 on Wilson Street in Tempe as production needs increased. [10] The production facility also houses a small private event space.

In 2013, a Four Peaks Brewing Co. location opened inside Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. [11]

Awards

2018 World Beer Cup

2016 World Beer Cup

2014 World Beer Cup

2013 Great American Beer Festival [15]

2012 World Beer Cup [16]

2008 World Beer Cup [17]

2006 World Beer Cup

2004 World Beer Cup

2002 World Beer Cup

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