Rio Salado Brewing Company
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Rio Salado Brewing Company | |
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Location | Tempe, Arizona USA |
Year opened | 1998 |
Active Beers | |
Lightning Bolt | lager |
Hurricane | Hefeweizen |
Monsoon | Märzen amber lager |
Thunderhead | schwarzbier |
Tornado | pale lager |
Typhoon (seasonal) | cherry ale |
Deluge (seasonal) | amber ale |
Blizzard (seasonal) | wheat beer |
Jack Swilling | pale ale |
Rio Salado Brewing Company is an American brewery established in 1998 by Tim Gossack, located in Tempe, Arizona.
[edit] Company History
According to the Arizona Republic, Brewmaster Tim Gossack brewed for the Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon from 1990 through 1996. In 1996, Tim left the Deschutes Brewery to open Rio Salado Brewing Company. The brewery and associated tap room was located in South Tempe, Arizona. In December 2002 Rio Salado purchased the Mill Avenue Beer Company in downtown Tempe as a second location. He also started distributing bottles locally. In 2005, he shut down the company.