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PHOENIX Editor Craig Outhier and Managing Editor Leah LeMoine join Director of Digital Content Matthew Johnson to give readers behind-the-print insight into the all-new Best of the Valley 2024 issue, on newsstands Friday, July 5.

Look for all of the BOV content online at phoenixmag.com starting July 4.

Tickets for Best Fest and Summer Cocktail Camp can be purchased at tickets.phoenixmag.com

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Editor-in-chief Craig Outhier and Associate editor Madison Rutherford (on the cover) give fun insight and backstory into what went into the making of our new Summer Travel stories inside the latest issue of PHOENIX magazine.

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On this episode:

PHOENIX magazine editor in chief Craig Outhier, managing editor Leah LeMoine, associate editor Madison Rutherford, art director Mirelle Inglefield, managing art director Angelina Aragon and events/marketing manager Amanda Heisler join director of digital content Matthew Johnson. Topics include our reaction to Dish Fest and our favorite bites from that event; insight into the new Top Docs issue and the featured stories inside. The new March/April issue of PHOENIX is on newsstands now.

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Check out this short video of highlights from the 2024 Dish Fest!

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On its first episode of 2024, the PHOENIX magazine podcast welcomes editor Craig Outhier, associate editor Madison Rutherford, art director Mirelle Inglefield and associate art director Angelina Aragon to chat about the brand new January/February issue.

The cover features dishes from Hana Japanese Eatery to help kick off the 48-page Dine Around the World feature, the single-largest reporting endeavor PHOENIX has ever done. The magazine team joins me to discuss what they learned, what went into the enormous project, insights from chefs and each gives a recommendation on what you should try.

We also discuss the Winter Getaways feature, upcoming local events we’re excited for and the Mood Stabilizer segment: what brings us up and what brings us down.

Look for the new January/February issue on newsstands now!

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PHOENIX magazine editor-in-chief Craig Outhier and Events/Marketing manager Johann Warnholtz join podcast host Matthew Johnson on this episode to debate, react and give thoughts on the winners from the recent Arizona Craft Beer Awards.

Make sure to get your tickets to Saturday’s ACBAFestival at azcraftbeer.com and come celebrate the best in Arizona beer with us!

The 2nd annual Arizona Craft Beer Awards named Pedal Haus Brewery the 2023 Brewery of the Year during a private ceremony in Tempe on October 6, 2023. The ACBA handed out gold/silver/bronze medals in 19 beer categories and a Best in Show medal awarded to Dragoon Pils from Dragoon Brewing Company.

53 breweries submitted 194 beers to this year’s competition. 65 judges gathered on Saturday, September 16 to sample, submit notes and feedback, and decide this year’s winners. All submissions were placed into one of 19 categories, randomly numbered and blindly tasted by judging panels that included professional brewers, home brewers, cicerones and industry insiders. Beers were judged according to GABF guidelines.

On behalf of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild,  PHOENIX magazine would like to give special thanks to several people behind the scenes who helped make this year’s awards and judging process bigger and better. John Rudolph of the Arizona Society of Homebrewers managed the judging; Melissa Osborne from Four Peaks Brewing managed the back of house operations (organizing submissions and categories). Thanks to our sponsor Shamrock Foods for giving us space to judge and to Chef David Miles for offering us his test kitchen.

Pedal Haus Brewery

Pedal Haus had 18 total points. 3 gold medals for Pilsner, Beach Cruiser and Desert Classic.

GABF scoring method: 6 points for gold, 5 for silver, 4 for bronze.

Runners up:

Ayla Kapahi, Borderlands Brewing

Kapahi was honored by the Arizona Craft Brewer’s Guild in part for her work on the Las Hermanas project, a collaboration of female brewers from the U.S. and Mexico. This year’s beer collab was a Vienna Lager that was brewed in July — on both sides of the border– and hit the taproom at Borderlands last month. The proceeds of sales from the beer benefits a scholarship program for female brewers. During her acceptance speech on Friday night, Kapahi encouraged her fellow female brewers in the room to join her on her next trip saying “we need to step up and we need to keep pursuing these kinds of projects because Arizona craft beer is fantastic!”

Dragoon Pils, Dragoon Brewing Company

The Best in Show beer was determined by a panel of six judges for best overall drinkability of the 19 category gold medal winners.

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We lined up guests from three Arizona breweries who won medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival last weekend in Denver.

1st: Drew Pool, founder of Wren House Brewing, discusses his desire to capture the big prize for Arizona.

2nd: Josh “Archie” Archuleta, head brewer and operations director at Flying Basset Brewing, talks about the final hurrah for Flying Basset and what his future in the beer business looks like.

3rd: Rebecca Caroli and Adam Marshall from Basin + Range Brewing join us via Zoom from the Utah/Colorado border, as they drive back their prize and discuss a meteoric rise for two archeologists wandering the desert in search of great beer ingredients. Follow them on Instagram at @wildwesternbeer for updates on where to find their beer.

No video on this episode, as two of the three interviews were over the phone, but we will have clips of the Basin + Range portion on our social media pages.

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Not since a brewery taproom opened two blocks from my house have I been more excited for a new spot to open than this!

Today on the podcast, we get a sneak peak at Catalyst Crafted Ales in Tempe. It’s the same people who were at Ad Astra in Prescott. They closed Ad Astra in the summer and moved down here to the Valley to focus on Catalyst Crafted Ales and based on the conversation we had with co-owner and head brewer Will Walthereson, it’s one of the more highly anticipated places to open here in the Valley in quite some time. Not only are they bringing their award-winning barrel-aged program, but also a game-changing approach to seltzers… plus they’ll have a taco shop on site from SALT sea and land tacos that started as a food truck and is now a brick-and-mortar location inside Catalyst Crafted Ales. Enrique, the head chef, joins us in the middle of this interview to tell us about his specialty: the Octopus taco!

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Garrison Bros. Hye Fashioned Takeover

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On this week’s PHOENIX magazine podcast, we visit the New Penny Cafe in Avondale to chat with co-owner Laura Hansen — who also owns Saddle Mountain Brewing Co. and was named a member of our Great 48 class of 2022.

While the hospitality industry has always had a high turnover rate, restaurants have suffered the most during the “great resignation.” But the employees of Saddle Mountain Brewing Company – the Goodyear brewery that won a Great American Beer Festival award in 2020 – remain loyal to owner Laura Hansen, who made sure her team was fed during the pandemic. The former teacher says it was the classroom where she developed her management style. “I value other people and what they bring to the table,” she says. “But I’m aware the buck stops with me.”

For more on New Penny Cafe, visit their Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/newpennycafe/

Saddle Mountain Brewing Co. https://www.saddlemountainbrewing.com/

Great 48 of 2022 https://www.phoenixmag.com/2022/07/07/the-great-48-2022/

Arizona Craft Beer Awards & Festival azcraftbeer.com

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The September/October issue of PHOENIX features our Foodie Bucket List: 10 remote, decadent or otherwise to-die-for dining adventures around the Valley and Arizona.

Editor-in-chief Craig Outhier and managing editor Leah LeMoine join Digital Director Matt Johnson to dive deeper into the featured stories in the new issue, including a discussion on new Suns owner Mat Ishbia, 7 Last Second Adventures for the Summer/Fall and the Incognito, INC. story on witness protection/relocation of mafia members to places around Arizona.

The new issue is now on newsstands at your favorite local store. Subscribe at phoenixmag.com/subscribe to never miss an issue!

Tickets to the Arizona Craft Beer Awards Festival at tickets.phoenixmag.com

More on the Garrison Brothers bourbon HyeFashioned Takeover at hyefashioned.com

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PHOENIX magazine Art Director Mirelle Inglefield joins Digital Director Matthew Johnson for this episode with Great 48 Class of 2022 alumni Tony Ce, the founder of Local Buzz, a digital company that highlights small businesses around the Phoenix metro area.

Born in Laos and speaker of four languages, Ce is also known for his work to create the Phoenix Night Market to highlight local Asian cuisine and culture.

Ce gives us his takes on what Phoenix does well, where it needs the most improvement and some of his favorite places around town.

Read about Tony in the Great 48: https://www.phoenixmag.com/2022/07/07/the-great-48-2022/

Local Buzz site: https://localbuzz.co/community/phoenix

ACBA Fest tickets: https://tickets.phoenixmag.com/events/arizona-craft-beer-awards-festival-10-21-2023

Subscribe to the magazine: https://www.phoenixmag.com/phoenix-subscription/

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