Jeffrey Bonner says he has a lot of fun teaching today’s high-tech kids how to use the old-fashioned bottle opener affixed to the wall of his store. “We had to teach about 500 kids how to use it. I enjoy teaching them. They think it’s crazy. They get a big kick out of it. They want to do it themselves,” he said. The opener is an important fixture at Bonner’s Route 66 Mini Market because he sells an assortment of about 100 brands of bottled beverages made the original way – with cane sugar … [Read more...] about Downtown Shop Offering Local History
Beer
Last year, the Flagstaff Butler Chevron at Interstate 40 was purchased by Mark and Beverly Wagner. Today, the store is much more than an everyday convenience store. They feature a Wall of Wine (the WOW factor) with hundreds of unique bottles. The Wagners also create a Craft Beer build your own section with more than 200 different beer options, for customers who like variety. There are also many hard liquor choices including numerous high end beverage choices. Flagstaff Business News caught … [Read more...] about
Flagstaff Ale Trail Kicking Off
The Flagstaff Ale Trail, a walking tour of craft breweries, debuts this week. Participants join the Ale Trail by purchasing a souvenir passport and unique silicone beer pint atFlagstaffAleTrail.com and then start their self-guided tour of downtown breweries at either Lumberyard Brewing Company or Flagstaff Brewing Company. Also with their passport, Ale Trail walkers receive a map, special discounts at participating breweries and passport stamps at each stop along the route of a hand-crafted … [Read more...] about Flagstaff Ale Trail Kicking Off
AZBio and NACET Meet at Tinderbox
Oct. 18, Join NACET & AZBio and your bioscience and business community for an evening of conversation and connections. Business + BioScience is creating a better Arizona. The goal of the Beer and Bio networking events is to give you an opportunity to relax, reconnect, and start conversations that just might lead to the next great collaboration for you and your organization. Reconnect with old friends and colleagues Make new connections Start a conversation about the great … [Read more...] about AZBio and NACET Meet at Tinderbox
AZ Bio Educational Day
Aug 29. 11:a.m. and 5:30 Join AZBio and NACET of an Opportunity Double Header. At Lunch Time - Get an edge on your completion with a great educational workshop, Regaining Your Competitive Edge: How to Compete in the New Economy An AZBio BizPath Educational Work Shop Presented by Charles Loew, President of Maset, LLC Then - come on over and join us after hours for a BEER & BIO mixer at TinderBox Kitchen from Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Beer & BIO - August 29, 2011 at … [Read more...] about AZ Bio Educational Day
Beer Lovers Choose Cans and Keep Microbreweries Hopping
The original concept about beers in cans was ‘cheap, watered-down rice beer,’ right?” said Grand Canyon Brewing Company owner John Peasley, smiling in his Williams, Ariz. brewery. “Colorado beer manufacturer Oskar Blues turned that around; those guys only do cans.” Award-winning Oskar Blue revolutionized the microbrewery world by canning handcrafted beers in back 2002. “So now there is consumer drive, because they know that good … [Read more...] about Beer Lovers Choose Cans and Keep Microbreweries Hopping
