Prescott, Arizona

Brewery and Art Fair/Market

After a couple of days of building new porch steps for a friend who lives in Prescott, we decided we needed to get AT LEAST one round from the local brewery.  We love Prescott Brewing Company.  Their beers are full of flavor and good cheer.  Every time I go there I am impressed and surprised, especially with their seasonal brews, but even by those I've had before.  I think you can get a couple of their beers in 6 packs at beer shops in the valley...but NOTHING compares to fresh out tha keg.

So we started.  Me with a Bumbleberry Ale, Ryan with an Achocalypse Stout. Holy Cow! First of all, the Bumbleberry is the best fruity beer I've ever had.  After a long day in the sun, it was a perfect summer thirst quencher.  It wasn't too sweet, it still tasted like ale, and it had a great color.  Yummy! And then there comes the Achocalypse.  Well.  Chocolate beer can be hit or miss for me, but this is definitely beer for the apocalypse.  It's delicious flavors of chocolate and hints of coffee go down in thick stouty goodness.  Of course we had to taste all the beers they had available. And a couple of rounds later...we decided we needed to sit in the park across the street for a while before leaving town.

Of course, we had to go back to the Brewery to pay our tab (yea they were that nice, but they had a ransom) and pick up our growler of Achocalypse.  So we decided we would play things by ear and make it home to the Valley eventually.  We had another round, decided to take lots of pictures, conversed with local beer enthusiasts, and ate some food. 

Bumbleberry Ale

We left and decided to do some cartwheels and tumbles in the park, which after 3 beers is pretty entertaining and difficult.  For a long while we pondered staying in Prescott for the night, or making our long way home, or just staying up all night to see what would happen.  A blend is what we found.  Meanwhile, we headed to Jersey Lilly Saloon (where we drank Stella) a new one for us,

local view

and the owner let us go behind the bar to get our picture with the shelf and old time cash register. Priceless, eh?

After Jersey Lilly's, we were referred a few blocks down to a place that we quickly loved. It was a two part kind of place - indoors there was a nice long bar with a side room holding a few pool tables, and outdoors was another bar with tiki sort of huts all around. Well we each ordered a beer, I think he got Moose Drool and I got Black Butte Porter, and they handed each of us two! Little did we know it was 2 for 1 night, so then and there we realized we had best find a hotel or hostel cuz we weren't leavin any time soon. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of this bar...it's on Whiskey Row though, but I know I can find my way there again next time I'm in Prescott.

So if you want some Wild West kind of fun where all the locals are extremely friendly, the weather is awesome, and the downtown is fit for any kind of hanging out, head to Prescott. Stay the night, and if you're hangover isn't too intense there is some killer mountain biking, hiking, and exploring all pretty nearby.  Or check out the antique shops.  Whatever you do, enjoy the brew!

Prescott Sunset