• Address: 800 E. 16th St.
• Year opened: Owner Dennis Arnold moved his brewery equipment from Gentle Ben's to the 18,000-square-foot Barrio Brewing warehouse in 2007.
• Bar hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesdays, 11 a.m.-midnight Wednesdays through Saturdays, noon-9 p.m. Sundays.
• Happy hour: 4-7 p.m. weekdays. $1 off drinks and half-off select appetizers.
• Number of beers on tap: Nine to 12. "We run seasonals," says manager Ian Matti. "Right now we've got a citrus blonde with grapefruit and lime. Our summer seasonal almost every year is the hefeweizen, and our winter seasonal is the nut brown. During the winter we have a double strong beer. Last winter we had a double IPA. This year maybe a double stout."
• Best-selling beers: India Pale Ale and Tucson Blonde.
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• Cost of a pint: $4.
• Signature menu item: Carne asada tacos. "We do our carne asada every 24 hours so it's really fresh," Matti says.
• Best brewery feature: When the train comes by, it's $1 off pints.
• Worst brewery feature: If this place offered out-of-market sports games and later hours, it'd be perfect.
• Beer to go: $9 for a 64-ounce growler to go, plus $4 for a growler deposit. Full kegs (120 pints) are $110 plus $100 deposit.
• Other places to get Barrio beer: Beer brewed at Barrio is also served at Main Gate Square staple Gentle Ben's (Arnold owns both). Also, Buddy's Grill, 1702, Hacienda del Sol, Red Garter Saloon, The Hut, The Golden Nugget and TD's East and West all serve Barrio beer.
