Breweries and Taprooms in Prescott, Arizona: A Local’s Guide for 2026

✓ Fact-checked October 2026 · How we check

Prescott’s craft beer scene has changed a lot in the last few years. Some longtime names have closed, including Prescott Brewing Company, the downtown brewpub that anchored the scene from 1994 until 2022, and Granite Mountain Brewing on Cortez Street. But what’s left, and what’s new, is a fun, walkable mix: an award-winning brewpub on Granite Creek, a tiny nano brewery in the NoCo District, a cellar meadery on the Courthouse Plaza, a 65-tap self-pour wall, a craft distillery, and a Phoenix brewery’s outdoor patio out by the airport. This is our up-to-date local’s guide to breweries, taprooms, and tasting rooms in Prescott: where to go, what each one is known for, and how to make a night of it safely at a mile high.

Brewpub	LazyG Brewhouse (220 W. Leroux St.), house beers, full kitchen, outdoor park
Nano brewery	Mile High Beer Project (219 N. Cortez St., Suite D)
Mead and cider	Superstition Meadery tasting room (120 W. Gurley St.)
Biggest tap wall	City Tavern at Founding Fathers Collective, 65 self-pour taps (218 N. Granite St.)
Spirits	Granite Mountain Distillery tasting room (125 N. Cortez St.)
Outdoor patio	The Prairie Patio at Wren House, near the airport (drive or rideshare)
Good to know	You’re at 5,400 feet, so drinks hit harder; no carrying open drinks between bars

How Prescott’s beer scene has changed

If you’re working from an older list of “Prescott breweries,” you’ll hit some closed doors. Prescott Brewing Company, which opened on the plaza in 1994, closed in June 2022; its old restaurant space is now Modern Agave, a Latin restaurant, and its brewhouse has a new tenant brewing again (more on that below). Granite Mountain Brewing on Cortez Street has closed too, and over in Prescott Valley, Lonesome Valley Brewing closed after nearly ten years. As of this writing we couldn’t confirm any brewery currently pouring in Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, or Dewey-Humboldt, which makes downtown Prescott the hub for craft beer in the Quad Cities.

The upside is that what remains is concentrated and easy to explore. Most of the places in this guide are within a few blocks of the Courthouse Plaza, close enough to walk between in a single evening.

LazyG Brewhouse

If you visit one brewery in Prescott, make it LazyG. Opened in 2019 on the site of a 1940s trailer park beside Granite Creek, a short walk from the plaza, it’s a true brewpub: its brewhouse turns out a rotating lineup of house beers on around two dozen taps, and the kitchen serves a full pub menu with burgers, wings, poutine, and pickle fries. Its Sunshine Blonde took a gold medal at the 2022 World Beer Cup, and the lineup typically runs from easy-drinking blondes to IPAs and a dry Irish stout.

The real draw is outside. LazyG’s backyard, called “The Park,” has fire pits, yard games, live music, and a bar built into a vintage travel trailer. It’s family-friendly, and leashed dogs are welcome on the patio (they even have a burger patty for pups). The owners also run the LazyG Bed & Brew next door if you’d rather not drive anywhere at all.

Mile High Beer Project

One of the newest breweries in town is also the smallest. Mile High Beer Project is in the NoCo District on North Cortez Street, a couple of blocks from the plaza, and brews its own small-batch beers on a nano system. Expect a rotating handful of styles, from hazy IPAs to German lagers and English bitters, plus hard seltzer and non-alcoholic options. There’s no kitchen, but outside food is welcome and there are snacks on hand, and the sidewalk patio is dog-friendly. It’s a great stop at the start or end of an evening on Cortez, and a good place to try something you won’t find anywhere else.

Superstition Meadery

Prescott’s most unusual tasting room is underground. Superstition Meadery, founded in 2012, pours its award-winning meads and ciders in a cellar tasting room on Gurley Street, right on the Courthouse Plaza. Mead is wine made from honey, and Superstition’s range runs from dry and sparkling to rich dessert pours aged in barrels, alongside ciders and one-off test batches you can only try here. Order a flight to sample several, add a few small plates, and catch live local music on many nights. It’s typically open daily from 11 a.m., with later hours on Friday and Saturday; check its site for current hours. It’s geared to adults, so call ahead if you’re bringing kids.

City Tavern at the Founding Fathers Collective

For sheer variety, nothing in Prescott beats City Tavern, the self-pour taproom inside the Founding Fathers Collective on North Granite Street. With 65 taps, it bills itself as the largest self-pour taproom in Arizona: you get a wristband, pour exactly as much as you want of whatever you want, and pay by the ounce. That makes it the perfect place to sample Arizona craft beer, wine, and cider without committing to full pints. The collective around it includes Merchant Coffee, rotating food trucks, a barbershop, and a big creekside patio with a putting green, and it’s dog- and family-friendly.

Insider Tip: Start a downtown beer night at City Tavern. Pouring a few ounces each of whatever looks interesting is the cheapest way to figure out what you like, and then you know exactly what to order at the next stop.

The Prairie Patio at Wren House

Wren House is one of Arizona’s most celebrated breweries, and while its main brewery is in Phoenix, it opened an outdoor patio at its Prescott production facility in 2021, in the building that once handled Prescott Brewing Company’s production. The Prairie Patio, out near the Prescott airport, is an outdoor-only spot where beer is poured from a vintage trailer to picnic tables with mountain views and planes coming in to land nearby. Food trucks rotate through, dogs are welcome, and it’s a lovely place to spend a sunny afternoon. It’s open limited hours, mostly Thursday through Sunday afternoons, so check before you go, and since it’s about 9 miles north of downtown, plan on a designated driver or a rideshare.

Granite Mountain Distillery

Not every craft pour in Prescott is beer. Granite Mountain Distillery makes vodka, gin, bourbon, and rye, and its tasting room on North Cortez Street, about a block from the plaza, serves cocktails and tastings with charcuterie, a patio, and live music on weekends. Its Valkyrie Vodka took Best of Class at the 2025 Denver International Spirits Competition, and the distillery has released special bottlings tied to local traditions like Frontier Days. It’s a welcome change of pace on a downtown evening and a good place to pick up a bottle that tastes like Prescott.

Malt House Brewing

Here’s the happy ending to the Prescott Brewing Company story. Brewing returned to the old PBC brewhouse in Bashford Courts in late 2023, and in April 2025 the operation rebranded as Malt House Brewing Co., focusing on German- and English-style beers. Malt House doesn’t have its own taproom yet, but its beers pour on the City Tavern tap wall and at Mark’s Beer Garden.

More good places to drink local beer

• The Barley Hound (234 S. Cortez St.) is a gastropub with a seasonal menu, a rotating lineup of Arizona craft drafts, and a dog-friendly patio. It’s one of our favorite places to pair a local beer with a good dinner.
• Mark’s Beer Garden (1590 Swenson St., off Iron Springs Road) is a laid-back neighborhood bar with a shaded courtyard, trivia nights, a food truck, and Malt House beers on tap.
• Prescott Public House (218 W. Gurley St.), around the corner from Whiskey Row, is a neighborhood pub with local craft beer, cocktails, and games.
• The Raven Cafe (142 N. Cortez St.) pours craft beer and wine alongside its organic menu, with live music on weekends.

And of course, there’s Whiskey Row itself, where the historic saloons pour plenty of beer with a side of Old West history. Our guide to Whiskey Row covers the Palace and the rest of the Row.

A downtown craft drink crawl

Because almost everything is within a few blocks of the plaza, Prescott makes an easy and fun walking crawl. Here’s a route that works well:

1. City Tavern on North Granite Street, to sample a few ounces of several Arizona beers.
2. Mile High Beer Project, a short walk east on North Cortez Street, for something brewed right there.
3. Granite Mountain Distillery, down Cortez toward the plaza, for a cocktail or a spirits tasting.
4. Superstition Meadery, in the cellar on Gurley Street, for a mead flight and small plates.
5. LazyG Brewhouse, a few blocks southwest by Granite Creek, to finish around the fire pits with dinner.

Pace yourself: that’s five stops, and you don’t need a full drink at each one. Flights, tasters, and splitting pours with friends are the way to do it. Check hours before you set out, since several of these spots close one day a week or keep shorter hours early in the week.

Drinking at a mile high: altitude and the rules

Prescott sits at about 5,400 feet, and visitors from lower elevations often notice that drinks hit harder up here, especially combined with the dry air. Drink water between rounds, eat something, and take it slower than you would at home.

It’s also worth knowing that Arizona law doesn’t allow drinking in public places, and we haven’t found any designated entertainment district downtown that changes that, so you can’t carry an open drink from one bar to the next on Whiskey Row or Cortez Street. Finish your drink before you move on. Open containers aren’t allowed in vehicles either.

Insider Tip: Rideshare works in Prescott, but there are far fewer drivers than in a big city, especially late at night. If you’re heading out to the Prairie Patio or staying out late downtown, book your ride home ahead of time or choose a designated driver, or stay downtown and walk.

Beer festivals and events

Prescott’s big beer festival is the Whiskey Row Brew Fest, held in early summer at Mile High Field downtown with dozens of breweries pouring and proceeds benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona. Dates are announced each year, so watch our events calendar. The breweries and taprooms also host their own trivia nights, live music, and seasonal releases; follow each spot’s social media for upcoming events. For more on the year’s big events, see our guide to annual events in Prescott.

Pair it with good food

Beer tastes better with food, and downtown Prescott has plenty of it. LazyG has a full menu, City Tavern has rotating food trucks, and Superstition serves small plates. For a sit-down dinner before or after, our guide to where to eat and drink in Prescott has the best of downtown, and our roundup of the best patios in Prescott covers the outdoor spots where a cold beer tastes best on a warm evening. You can also browse every brewery, bar, and restaurant we’ve checked out in our local business directory.

Prescott’s beer scene may be smaller than it was a few years ago, but it’s arguably more interesting: a world-class brewpub on the creek, a tiny brewery doing its own thing on Cortez, a mead cellar under the plaza, the old PBC brewhouse back in business, and a 65-tap wall for exploring everything else Arizona brews. Raise a glass, take it slow, and enjoy one of the best evenings Prescott has to offer. And if you run a brewery or taproom in the Quad Cities that we’ve missed, add your business to our directory and we’ll take a look.