You may recall, a few weeks back I wrote about my good friend James Swann's new adventure, the soon to be craft beer and wine bar "...

The following piece was written by my good friend and strong advocate of Arizona beer, Mr. James Swann. Please take a minute and read what J...

AWB's new logo First off, let me say, hello, remember me? Yes, sorry, things in the life of the Beer Czar have been fairly  hectic, ...

Can you believe it, its been a year already! World of Beer in Tempe is turning 1, and they are kicking off a celebration much like you would...

Exciting! Part 1 of the documentary "American Dream in a Pint Glass (part 1 of 2) was released just moments ago. The film follows my fr...

The Group... Aug 1st is almost here. What does that mean? Its National IPA Day, but more importantly, its the date of the release of a...

Just over a week ago, Arizona, and this country, suffered a great loss. The small town of Yarnell was suddenly trust into the nations spot...

James and Andrew, outside of Mudshark Just wanted to drop a quick note, and give a hat time to James Swann, Andrew Bauman and the fine f...

OK, I know lately I've been on my proverbial soap box shouting the merits of drinking local beer. A response I get, from time to time ...

*** YET ONE MORE UPDATE*** Grand Opening, SEPTEMBER 2nd!!!!!!! ***ANOTHER UPDATE*** According to their Facebook page (like it here....

OK, I've said it many times before, the beer scene here in Arizona is growing. We are still a young community (relatively), but like a...