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Craft Brewers Refresh Prescott as a Beer Town By Peter Corbett, QCBN
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hiskey flows on Prescott’s Whiskey Row, but cold beer has long been a thirst-buster for miners, cowboys, locals and tourists who crowd into town each summer for Frontier Days. Locally brewed craft beers have gained ground on the old-timey choices of Budweiser, Coors and
A1 beer from Prescott’s Arizona Brewing Co., going back as far as 1903. Yes, Prescott is a beer town. Looking back nearly 150 years, the Territorial Capital had the Arizona Brewery, City Brewery and Pacific Brewery. “The beer made by them cannot be excelled anywhere,” the Weekly Journal Miner noted in an 1878 edition. Nowadays, Lazy G Brewhouse and
Wren House Brewing Co. lead the craft brewing scene in Prescott after other brewers faltered. Lazy G is a local favorite along Granite Creek, three blocks south of the Courthouse Plaza. It takes its name from the 70-year-old Lazy G trailer park the brew pub replaced. On a recent Friday, a lunchtime crowd filled the restaurant with just a few groups eating on the partially
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shaded patio. Lazy G serves beer at times on the patio out of a 1958 Cardinal travel trailer that is shaped like a giant canned ham tin. Wren House has its brewery near Prescott Regional Airport with a small beer garden catering to local craft beer enthusiasts. The Prairie Patio includes picnic tables, awnings and beer served from a vintage travel trailer. Hours are from noon to
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Legacy in Silver and Stone: Ogg’s Hogan Preserves Native Art and Western Heritage Jeff Ogg, owner of Ogg’s Hogan in Prescott, brings decades of experience and a lifelong passion for Native American art to his store on Cortez Street. Photo by V. Ronnie Tierney, Fresh Focuses Photography
With deep Prescott roots and decades of experience in Native American art, Jeff Ogg and his grandson are carrying on a family tradition that began in 1949
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By V. Ronnie Tierney, QCBN
eff Ogg isn’t just the owner of a store, he is a steward of history. Along with handcrafted turquoise and silver pieces at Ogg’s Hogan Fine Native American Jewelry, Art and Western Collectibles, he shares a legacy that spans generations and cultures. Prescott born and raised, Ogg has deep roots in Arizona. His grandparents opened the
original Ogg’s Hogan in Wickenburg in 1949, sparking his lifelong appreciation for Native American artistry. That early exposure inspired him to pursue a degree in anthropology from the University of Arizona. In 1998, after a long career with the Fred Harvey Company at the Grand Canyon, Ogg returned to his hometown and opened a second Ogg’s Hogan in Prescott. The newest shop, located on North Cortez Street, continues to reflect his family’s long-standing connection to Native American arts. “My father was a Yavapai County Superior Court judge in Prescott until he was elected to the Arizona Court of Appeals, serving alongside Judge Sandra Day O’Connor.” That sense of legacy extended into his work. Ogg answered a newspaper ad while visiting Continued on page 38