10/07/2026
Want to win a Wizard of Za Collab Basket packed with goodies from this year’s collaborators? 🧙♂️🍕🍺 GIVEAWAY QUESTION #2 is here!
If there’s one person who understands what it means to be part of Arizona’s b**r community, it’s Teddy Golden.
Teddy has been part of it for 27 years. And when he hit his 25th anniversary, he decided to start something of his own: AZ LOC ALE B**r Co.
Yes, he put “AZ Local” right in the name. 💚
The idea behind it was pretty simple:
“Sell good b**r to good people and have a good time doing it.”
But AZ LOC ALE looks a little different from your typical brewery.
Teddy doesn’t have a brick-and-mortar brewery or taproom. Instead, he’s built AZ LOC ALE around the relationships he’s made in Arizona’s b**r community. He collaborates, gets his b**r onto taps around the state, shows up at festivals and events, and stays personally involved in just about everything.
He even brews with his friends and colleagues at SanTan Brewing + Distilling, using their brewery to bring AZ LOC ALE b**rs to life. 🍺
Those custom AZ LOC ALE tap handles you see? Teddy makes them himself. The events, sales, promos and presentations? He’s there for those, too.
AZ LOC ALE is family, female and employee-owned, and for Teddy, seeing his b**r poured at local places like Spinato’s means a lot.
In his words, it’s “Local helping Local.”
And this year, that local connection ended up inspiring our entire Wizard of Za collaboration.
Inspired by the pistachio farms of Southern Arizona, Teddy brought an idea to the table:
What if we brewed a b**r with pistachio?
That spark became Pistachio Palooza, the Pistachio Nut Brown Ale from AZ LOC ALE that pairs with this year’s Wizard of Za Pizza.
But the collaboration kept growing.
With Teddy already brewing alongside his friends at SanTan, they joined the fun, too. Their locally made spirits became part of our Green Godfather Old Fashioned and Tipsy Pistachio Espresso Martini.
Before we knew it, one idea inspired by Southern Arizona had brought AZ LOC ALE, SanTan, Spinato’s and wizard_of_za around the same table.
And that’s a pretty good example of what Teddy means by “Local helping Local.” 💚
It’s also what has made Wizard of Za so much fun for the past five years. There are a LOT of talented people making really good b**r right here in Arizona, and every collaboration gives us a chance to bring a few of them together.
So, with plenty of love for Teddy and Pistachio Palooza still in our glasses, we want you to help us dream about where the Wizard of Za could go next. 👀
GIVEAWAY QUESTION #2: What local Arizona brewery would you love to see us collaborate with for next year’s Wizard of Za? 🍺
Give them a shoutout in the comments!
Remember, this is a three-part giveaway. To complete your entry for a chance to win our Wizard of Za Collab Basket, you need to answer all three questions on their respective Facebook posts:
🧙♂️ Question #1: October 6
🧙♂️ Question #2: October 7
🧙♂️ Question #3: October 8
And here’s what you’re playing for: brewery tour vouchers, hats, shirts, koozies, Wizard hot sauces, stickers, patches, a coaster and more from SanTan Brewing + Distilling, Wizard of Za, AZ LOC ALE and Spinato’s, plus an official 2026 Wizard of Za collab tee and a Spinato’s gift certificate. 🎁
Answer all three, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win the whole basket. We’ll select and contact our winner the week of October 12.
Teddy, cheers to 27 years of Arizona b**r, and to everything one local idea can bring together. 🍻💚