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This year has been a struggle for Arizona's craft brewers. Not only have they witnessed their wholesale profits drop as bars and restaurants shut down and then reopen to low capacity, but they're also watching retail profits stall due to a national aluminum can shortage. While this community is finding new ways to survive the pandemic, the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild has suffered immensely by not being able to hold events and festivals over the past year—their main source of revenue. But when the brewing gets tough, the tough brew Rebuild the Guild Hazy IPA. The guild...

Arizona Craft Brewers Guild at risk of closing down: Here is how you can help The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild is at risk of closing down -- and has launched a fundraiser to help raise funding. and last updated 2020-12-29 09:26:36-05 PHOENIX — With nearly all of its events canceled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild said it is at risk of running out of money and, if that happens, could have to close next year. "We’re not projecting any events through the end of this year, obviously, and a good chunk of next year, and if we were to rely on event ...

The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild is turning to a new fundraising strategy to salvage the loss of nearly all of its revenue courtesy of COVID-19. Since Black Friday in late November, the guild and its member breweries have been selling “Recoupon Arizona Beer,” a coupon book that offers discounts and BOGOs at 60 craft breweries around the state including several in Tucson. Through sales of the $35 coupon books the guild is hoping to “recoup” some of the lost revenues from beer festivals canceled because to the pandemic, guild Executive Director Rob Fullmer said. (Hence the na...