DRAFT Magazine

We’ve scoured the country from Alaska to Hawaii and Portland, Maine to Portland, Ore., to find the bars where you’re guaranteed to sip unmatched suds. Romantic or boisterous, scuzzy or dressed to the nines, the flavor of the places where fine brew is served runs the gamut. Here, the 150 places where craft is king and fun comes in all fashions.

Today: Arizona

Papago Brewing Company
Phoenix
Papago’s 30 rotating taps always host the best brews crawling through the desert, and the house beers (including the dangerously drinkable 11%-ABV Oude Zuipers tripel and ever-popular Orange Blossom Wheat) are something to behold. But if you’re just planning to hang at home, do an about-face from the bar and eye the 10 or so glass-door refrigerators with brews from around the world you can stick in six-packs and take out the door.
7107 E. McDowell Rd.

Taste of Tops
Tempe, Arizona
We couldn’t have been more pleased when we heard our favorite neighborhood bottle shop was opening an adjacent bar; the finished product, launched just last fall, doesn’t disappoint. Inside the classy-yet-simple bar is a relatively small but fastidious (some would say exciting) tap selection of rare beers from iconic craft breweries, as well as a bottle list of roughly 400 so you can always find something new. For überpicky drinkers, bottles from Tops Liquors’ entire beer and wine selection (we stopped counting after 1,000) are available for a modest corkage fee. Taste of Tops may sit in Arizona State University territory, but the only education going on here is all about beer.
403 W. University Dr.