Chris Malloy
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The Best Drinks in Phoenix Right Now

Where to sip wild ale, horchata latte, and the Valley's most electric drinks

21Bon AppétitFood Criticism2026

The opening

In a place as hot as Phoenix, you just need good drinks. The city's top brewers, mixologists, and baristas have been quietly turning heads for a decade, the best channeling the unique energy and creative spirits of the desert.

A scene

Think: Beer-wine hybrids, sours steeped with spruce tips, wild ales made with yeast culled from across the state.

The simulation is so immersive that windows, shaped like those of a plane, show drifting clouds as the room trembles with faux turbulence.

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