Arizona’s Beerfluential: #2:

When look­ing at the stand out craft beer bars in Ari­zona, one that is always at the fore­front is Flanny’s. They are con­stantly bring­ing in some great beer and host­ing fan­tas­tic events. In fact, tonight (July 19^th, 2012) there is a Four Peaks Tap Take-Over with 15 of the Tempe brewery’s beers that will be tapped. From Beer Trivia Night to Third Thurs­day Tap Take-Overs, Flanny’s has been serv­ing up some great events for all the locals.

With that, we would like to con­grat­u­late John Flana­gan (and his Father) earn­ing the #2 spot on the Beer­flu­en­tial Poll. Cheers!

The Brew Bros: How long have you been in the craft beer community?

John Flana­gan:       I was intro­duced to craft beer about 4 years ago by a friend who was a home­brewer  and have been cap­ti­vated by the fla­vors and cre­ativ­ity of craft beer ever since.

TBB:  What types of things do you do in the community?

JF:     As part of a fam­ily busi­ness that has a focus on craft beer, I have been for­tu­nate enough to be able to buy all of the beer for Flan­nys and plan many events and tast­ings that allow peo­ple to learn more about just the beer. They are able to meet the brew­ers and are edu­cated on new and excit­ing things that are not nor­mally avail­able in the state. Many of our craft beer events have also been able to ben­e­fit char­i­ties, schools and sports teams in the local area.

TBB: What do you feel is impor­tant for the state of Ari­zona to accom­plish to gain an edge in craft beer?

JF:     Ari­zona has come a long way in the craft beer com­mu­nity over the past few years. As we con­tinue to edu­cate new peo­ple to craft beer and offer more and more choices Ari­zona is already mak­ing a name for itself as one of the top craft beer states.   There are so many great local and regional brew­eries that sell their beer here in Ari­zona, but most peo­ple are not exposed to them.

TBB:  Why do you feel like your peers have voted you into the Top 5?

JF:      When peo­ple come into Flanny’s they always are ask­ing ques­tions about the craft beers. My inter­est in craft beers has encour­aged me to edu­cate oth­ers on what they have been miss­ing. When we plan events or look to order dif­fer­ent beers I try to edu­cate as many peo­ple as I can about those beers and expose them to dif­fer­ent beer fla­vors and styles that they may not be used to.

TBB: If you could do any­thing to help craft beer in Ari­zona, what would it be?

JF:    Craft beer has grown so much over the past 1.5 years that Flanny’s has been in busi­ness.  I would like to con­tinue to do every­thing I can to get more craft beer in front of more peo­ple and to show­case the wide port­fo­lios of the many dif­fer­ent brew­eries to our customers.

TBB: Who in Ari­zona influ­enced your craft beer passion?

JF :      I was intro­duced to craft beer by a friend who was a home­brewer. Through his pas­sion for great beer and the influ­ence of his home­brew­ing friends I was able to learn a lot about beer in short period of time. As I became more involved in the cur­rent Craft beer com­mu­nity, the pas­sion I see from the brew­ers, the brew­eries and all the new cus­tomers will­ing to try it con­tin­ues to fuel my passion.

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Patrick

Patrick Schroeder has two rules: 1) Drink beer good peo­ple brew. Craft brew­ers brew for the love of their craft so give every beer a try. B) Never drink the sed­i­ment cake. Other than that, Patrick spends his time home brew­ing, spend­ing time with his fam­ily and tip­ping back a few pints with fel­low beer lovers. If you wish to con­tact him, send an email to patrick@thebrewbros.com. You can also find him on Twit­ter under the name beerguru14. Prost!

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