Goldwater Brewing Company

Brewpub in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2015

Contact
3608 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ, 85251, United States
Description
Goldwater Brewing Co. began with a family tradition of brewing, rooted in Chad and Dillon McClelland’s childhood experiences with their father, Greg, an avid home brewer since 1986. What started as a hobby in their garage evolved into a shared passion, leading to the establishment of a 10bbl brewery with three locations.

The turning point came when Chad, inspired by his travels through craft beer scenes worldwide, decided to turn their family passion into a professional endeavor. With full support from Greg, Dillon, and their brother-in-law, Jimmy, the family set out to build their dream. After months of planning, experimenting, and overcoming challenges, Goldwater Brewing Co. officially opened its doors on May 1, 2015.

Their success stems from the combined strengths of each member: Greg’s business acumen, Chad’s brewing expertise, Dillon’s creative vision, and Jimmy’s operational skills. Together, they’ve built a brand known for quality, innovation, and community. As they continue to grow and introduce new, exciting beers, the family remains committed to their roots and the people who have supported them from the start.

Cheers to the future of fresh, local craft beer!

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Poured up on tap at tipsy where it exhibits a clear pale gold body that supports a nice white head of foam. The mild aroma offers up lemon, honey, bread, a dash of fruity esters and then a cracker note. The taste delivers a blend of lemon to grapefruit rind hop bitterness and sweet fruity esters. To midway a mild bread maltiness murmurs to the surface ending in a bit of a cracker sensation. Seems a little thick and sweet and muddled midway but ends pretty nice.

Tried from Draft on 21 Aug 2024 at 04:34


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a crystal clear deep gold body with copper hues and supporting a neat white head of foam. The aroma offers up tangelo and tangerine and a bit of orange followed by a faint sense of the malt backbone. The taste delivers clean and clear hoppy goodness that runs from thinly tangelo tanginess to grapefruit hop bitterness and a dash of orange juiciness. Nice. Toward the finish are murmurs of the malty base distracting slightly from the West Coast IPA experience. Still plenty nice.

Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2023 at 01:24


8

Light hazy amber body medium fizzy off white head. Spicy herbal minty aroma. Minty fruity herbal spicy flavor. Medium full body moderate carbonation. 8/3/9/5/17 4.2

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:50


7

Dark brown body medium foamy tan head. Roast chocolate nutty aroma. Banana roast nutty chocolate flavor. Medium full body moderate carbonation. 8/4/6/3/14 3.5

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:32


7

Murky orange body medium foamy white head. Floral resiny citrus fruity aroma. Fruity resiny citrus flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 8/2/8/4/16 3.8

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:31


7

Hazy golden body small foamy white head. Tart fruity citrus aroma. Tart peach fruity flavor. Medium light body moderate carbonation. 7/2/8/4/15 3.6

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:29


6

Mostly clear pinkish body small foamy off white head. Fruity grassy aroma. Fruity grassy herbal flavor. Light body moderate carbonation. 7/2/7/3/14 3.3

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:28


8

Dark black body medium creamy tan head. Big bourbon roast caramel aroma. Bourbon vanilla roast caramel fruit flavor. Full body moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/4/16 4.1

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:26


7

Dark brown body small creamy tan head. Roast chocolate aroma. Roast chocolate ash flavor. Medium full body moderate carbonation. 7/4/8/4/15 3.8

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:24


7

Hazy orange body small foamy off white head. Floral resiny citrus aroma. Citrus resiny fruity flavor. Medium full body moderate carbonation. 8/2/8/4/16 3.8

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 16:23