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.

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