Desert Terroir: How Arizona Ingredients Are Shaping Sonoran Desert Craft Beer
Arizona's craft brewers are pioneering a uniquely Southwestern approach to beer-making by incorporating indigenous desert botanicals into their recipes. From saguaro cactus fruit to wild chiltepin peppers, these Arizona desert brewing ingredients are creating beers that taste distinctly of the Sonoran landscape, establishing what brewers call 'desert terroir' — a sense of place captured in every pint.