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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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the brewery. Almost black with a small tan head. Mild with roasted malt, chocolate, some notes of milk and dark fruit. Soft and easy to drink.

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2019 at 08:57


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at the brewery. Clear brownish with a small head. Aroma of nuts, bread, malt and some caramel. The same in the taste. Light and easy to drink.

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2019 at 08:34


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Golden with a small white head. Fresh with hops, grapefruit, citrus, apricot and some malt. Medium body and with a rather bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2019 at 08:32


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

On tap at the brewey. Hazy yellow with a small white head. Fresh with hops, juice, citrus, pineapple and some light grain. Medium body and with a low bitterness. A refreshing one.

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2019 at 08:22


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

Sample at Arizona Strong Beer Festival 2019. Hazy orange with a small white head. Fresh with hops, mango, citrus and some pineapple. A nicely drinkable one.

Tried on 18 Feb 2019 at 06:55


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sample at Arizona Strong Beer Festival 2019. Dark brown with a small head. Quite sweet with dark malt, coffee, vanilla and blueberries. The body was medium and the finish with some hints of warming alcohol.

Tried on 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Kings Beer & Wine in Phoenix. Hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma and taste of hops, tangerine, mango and some malt. The body was medium and the finish quite dry.

Tried from Can on 13 Feb 2019 at 20:56


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a murky dull gold copper sort of apricot juice colored body that supports a thin light tan head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up mango, guava, cantaloupe and clementine like citrus hoppiness. The taste delivers smooth juicy soft mango and guava and cantaloupe heading into increasing levels of bitter grapefruit and juicy clementine citrus. This attains a pleasing balance of soft juiciness and citrus hop bitterness. There's zero sense of the ABV. Wow.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jan 2019 at 00:38


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

32oz crowler pours with a clear deep gold body that supports a full off white head of foam that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma offers up lemon, lime, lime peel, earthy green shrubs and grapefruit. The taste delivers a juicy and mildly bitter array of lemon, lime and grapefruit heading into mildly sweet pale malts. It certainly conveys that green leafy earthiness and vaguely mint note that nod in the wet hop direction. Nice pale.

Tried from Crowler on 30 Dec 2018 at 21:07


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Poured up on tap at Tipsy Cactus where it exhibits a clear gold body that supports a thin dirty white head of foam. The aroma offers up a blend of floral, citrus and onion like dank hoppiness. The taste delivers smooth notes of bitter grapefruit and spicy dank onion flowing into a thin layer of floral hoppiness. Below the hop bitterness is a wafer thin layer of citrus hop like juiciness. Pretty nice. As it warms a bit there is a mildly distracting sweet bread ester note that is hard to overlook.

Tried from Draft on 28 Dec 2018 at 21:17