in 1991 when Dennis Arnold bought the business and installed what was, at the time, the only brewery in Tucson. We started with three beers: Tucson Blonde, Red Cat Amber and Copperhead Pale Ale, all still brewed today and joined by 8 plus other syles of beer. In 1994 the Marshall Foundation who owns most of the real estate in the neighborhood including the old Ben's informed us of plans to raise the block and build the Marriott Hotel. They offered us a chance to rebuild at our present site, which at the time was the U of A center for Architectural Landscaping. We were allowed much input on the design of the building and decided to save the foundation and triple red brick walls of the original one story building. The structure was originally built as a bank in 1970. Much of the wood and brick salvages from the original Ben's and the bank were used in the new construction.


We moved the brewery in 2005 to our sister site, Barrio Brewing, so that we could expand our capacity to make Tucson's best beers. We are now able to offer a dozen beers on tap and the old brew house space is now our prep kitchen.