• IPApril: When Hops Reign

• Have You Cracked The Code?

• Something Spicy This Way Comes

• Reno Craft Beer Week

• It's Beer Drinkin' Weather!

• Brewmaster’s Beer Brunch Special

Dear Brewmaster,

Would like to know when my favorite Whoop Ass Wit is coming back!!! I miss it dearly, I keep asking Kelly for its return.

Sincerely,
Sue B.

Hey Sue,

Thanks for the love. Right now we don't know exactly when Whoop Ass is going to make its return. It's usually right around the beginning of spring, but with this weather I think everyone is thrown off of our standard seasonal schedule. My best guess is May at this point. In the meantime, we'll have our White Eye PA back at the beginning of April - that might be a good substitute for you until the Wit returns.

Cheers,
Tom

Come down and pay homage to this hop-forward style with us the entire month of April. We'll be pouring over 10 unique and one-of-a-kind IPA's for you to sample, including 4 you've never seen before. This is definitely a treat for all of those hop heads out there looking for your next fix. Beware though, some of these beers are in very short supply, so if you want to be sure to taste them before they’re gone, you’ll want to get down here starting April 1st!

IPApril Beers On Tap:
Ichthyosaur "Icky" IPA
Moment Deathwish APA
White Eye PA
Black Eye PA
Red Eye PA
Tectonic Event DIPA
Hopslager
Hopic Thunder #1 (experimental #07270)
Hopic Thunder #2 (Sorachi Ace)
Hopic Thunder #3 (El Dorado)
Daypack Session IPA
Nitro Icky
​Barrel-Aged Icky (On Tap April 8th)

Plus join us on Monday, April 20th at our Reno brewpub when we host a special IPApril Brewmaster’s Pairing Night featuring paired food & IPA tastings from 6 pm - 9 pm.

Later in the month we’ll also be releasing a special 4-bomber IPA variety pack featuring a brand-new addition to our bottled lineup! 

404 Scytale Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout has been taking the palettes of craft beer enthusiasts on some wild journeys since we released it earlier this month. Have you unlocked all of its secrets yet? Now available at both of our brewpubs and select beer stores.

Our legendary Cerveza Chilebeso is finally getting its day to shine as we bottle it up and send it abroad to travel far and wide. Perhaps the first craft beer to be brewed using fresh chile peppers, this beer is a winner, literally. In fact, it's taken home gold medals in the Herb and Spice Beer category each time we've entered it into the Great American Beer Festival® (1994, 1997, and 1999).

To celebrate its release we’re throwing a huge party at our Taps & Tanks location that will feature a live mariachi band, tacos, Chilebeso t-shirts available for purchase, games & prizes! Pick up your bottle of Cerveza Chilebeso at the party for $4.95 and get a commemorative poster. Proceeds from the party will be donated to Rotary International to help eradicate polio across the globe.

Cerveza Chilebeso Release Party

Friday, April 24th • 5 pm - 9 pm

Taps & Tanks
1155 S Rock Blvd
Unit 490
Reno, NV 89502

Reno Craft Beer Week

We’re thrilled to be a part of the inaugural Reno Craft Beer Week. There are events scheduled all over town that will celebrate the rich brewing community we now have in the area and how far craft beer has come since we first opened back in 1993.

Not many breweries are older than we are, but Drake’s Brewing out of San Leandro, California is one of them; started in 1988, they’re most well-known for their hop-forward beers. We’re teaming up with them for a special Reno Craft Beer Week release that will bring the best of Great Basin Brewing and Drake’s together. You’ll have to wait to find out about what we’re cooking up, but rest assured it’ll be a doozy.

We’ll also be involved in the following Reno Craft Beer Week events:

Sunday 4/19
• Drinkable Reno Bus Tour
• Brewers’ Cabinet Strange Brew Festival

Monday 4/20
• IPApril Brewmaster’s Pairing Night

Tuesday 4/21
• Release of our Collaboration Beer with Drake’s Brewery
• USBG Craft Beer Cocktail Competition at 1864 Tavern featuring Great Basin beers

Wednesday 4/22
• Sour Beer Tap Takeover at Chapel Tavern

Friday 4/24
• Cerveza Chilebeso Release Party at Taps and Tanks

Saturday 4/25
• Backwash Homebrew Tasting and Competition at the Reno Aces Ballpark
• Pizza and Beer Championship in Carson City

Sunday 4/26
• Reno Earth Day celebration and beer festival at Idlewild Park

It’s Beer Drinkin’ Weather!

With the warmer temperatures coming back to Northern Nevada, we just couldn’t hold back any longer. Beginning in April, our outdoor patios at both Reno and Sparks brewpubs will be open, weather permitting. After all, there’s nothing better than enjoying a fresh Great Basin craft beer in the bright spring sunshine.

Brewmaster’s Beer Brunch Special

We're dishing up a special deal on our Brewmaster’s Beer Brunch on Sundays* in April from 9:30 am to 12 pm. Print out the coupon above and bring it in to our Reno brewpub to enjoy a buy one, get one brunch entree of equal or lesser value.

* Great Basin will be closed Easter Sunday, April 5th.

Closed Easter Sunday

Both of our Reno and Sparks brewpubs will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 5th.

Belgian Black Cherry
Death-By-Chocolate Stout
Deathwish
Icky IPA
Jackpot Porter
Magpie Milk Coffee Stout
Mollie's Irish Stout
Mount Rose Marzen
Nevada Gold
Nitro Milk Stout
Outlaw Milk Stout
Pogonip Pilsner
Red Eye P.A.
Russian Imperial Stout
Scytale 404 Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
Wheeler Peak Wheat
White Eye P.A.
Wild Horse Ale

Coming Soon:
Daypack Session IPA

Great Basin Brew Off

We hope you got your entries in for the Great Basin Brew Off. Judging for our annual homebrew competition starts April 8th and the winners will be announced at 6:00pm Sunday, April 12th at the Sparks Brewpub. Check www.washoezz.net for more information.

April 2nd
Museum night @ Nevada Museum of Art

April 11th
Great Vegas Festival of Beers
Downtown Las Vegas