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SanTan Brewing Company

Arizona-based, award-winning craft brewery and distillery making Southwestern-style beers and spirits with uncommon quality for everyday occasions.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

SanTan Brewing Company is an Arizona-based, award-winning producer of hand-crafted beers, describing itself as the maker of a broad variety of Southwestern-style ales and lagers brewed to be refreshing and flavorful. It has expanded into craft spirits through SanTan Distilling, which produces grain-to-glass spirits in Chandler, Arizona, including American whiskeys and ready-to-drink cocktails. The company emphasizes sustainability, citing a Mash Filter Press system that uses an estimated 40% less water per brew, a Nitrogen Generator that replaced over 100 metric tons of CO2, and a grain-to-farm program returning spent grain to local farmers. Its founder and brewmaster is Anthony Canecchia, a professional Arizona brewer since 1996.

History

SanTan Brewing Company describes itself as an Arizona-based, award-winning producer of hand-crafted beers made with uncommon quality for everyday occasions, and as the maker of a broad variety of Southwestern-style ales and lagers. Its founder and brewmaster, Anthony Canecchia, has been a professional Arizona brewer since 1996. The company states that it has won national and statewide awards including medals at AmeriCAN Championships, Canfest Reno, the US Open Beer Championship, and Great American Beer Festival plus the World Beer Cup. It has expanded from craft brewing into craft spirits through SanTan Distilling, which it describes as distilling craft spirits with the same innovative approach used to launch its beers a decade earlier, with spirits also awarded by peers at the American Distilling Institute. SanTan Distilling produces spirits grain-to-glass in Chandler, Arizona, using twin artisan pot stills and aging in hand-selected wine barrels. The company also operates a brewery, distillery, tasting room, and event venue in Chandler, Arizona.

Products and positioning

Uncommon quality for everyday occasions; sustainably brewed and distilled, award-winning flavors.

  • Craft beer

    A broad variety of Southwestern-style ales and lagers, including year-round and seasonal beers such as Light Lager, MoonJuice IPA, Juicy Jack Hazy IPA, Strawberry Blonde, Trail Buddy Amber Ale, Hopshock IPA, Devils Ale, Sky Harbor Lager, HefeWeizen, Boondocks Honey Blonde, SunSpot Gold, FruitBall Blood Orange Kölsch, Coolio Cucumber Kettle Sour, Mr Pineapple Pineapple Wheat, LumberJack Oatmeal Maple Amber, and Winter Warmer Strong Ale.

  • SanTan Distilling spirits

    Award-winning, sustainably crafted spirits made grain-to-glass in Chandler, Arizona, including bold American whiskeys and premium ready-to-drink cocktails.

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