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THATCast Episode 2: Meet The Cottonwood Brewers

THATCast Episode 2: Meet the Cottonwood Brewers

For our second THATcast episode I loaded the sound studio (well really it’s a small portable recorder) into the truck and drove down that scenic highway 260 from the Rim to visit THAT Brewery production facility in Cottonwood.

You can find all episodes and information on how to subscribe to our new podcast at http://thatbrewery.com/podcasts/.

It’s well worth the visit. From the outside, it looks like a typical industrial park building.

THAT Brewery Production Facility at 300 East Cherry Street in Cottonwood, AZ

But once inside, you will find a bustling, sometimes noisy working production line for THAT beer.

The interior view of THAT Brewery in Cottonwood.

Even if you are not into machines and tanks, you can find plenty to enjoy in the front tasting room. That’s where I sat for this conversation with brewers Steve and John (Misty was busy loading and unloading supplies). It might be a bit noisy in the background, but that’s what it’s like inside a brewery.

In our conversation we learned where Steve and John got interested in, and learned how to, brew craft beer. While Steve has been at it a long while, starting as a home brewer, John is relatively new to crafting beer, but brings a wealth of expertise from his experience in wine-making.

You will find that effect soon in the new beers John has been developing that are aging in wine barrels.

I found maybe most fascinating the canning line, which the day I visited, was filling cans with Arizona Trail Ale. If it’s one thing I learned to appreciate, it’s that while a lot of this is automated, there are human hands at work stacking, packing, checking every can that goes by.

In addition to the Arizona Trail Ale, among the other brews available in cans at various Arizona locations are THAT Strawberry Blonde and the Roadrash IPA. We learned from Steve that very soon you will be able to buy the Fossil Creek IPA in cans too, as soon as they can design the beautiful art that will enclose the cans.

If you have seen the design of THAT Brewery’s cans, you know that they consider the outer art as important as the art that goes into crafting the beers.

I really enjoyed learning from John and Steve about their approach to beer making; they are both serious and have fun at the same time. If you visit THAT’s facility in Cottonwood, you will find that everyone there is eager to share and teach about the craft of beer making there.

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