Tucson’s newest brewery is making its debut at the 2025 Tucson Craft Beer Crawl this weekend. 

Slow Body Beer, which Lawarence Combs and Corey Shaver opened last June at 831 E. 17 St., is among more than 30 mostly local breweries pouring their beers at 14 downtown locations from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. 

You can find Slow Body at Corbett’s, the pickleball-themed restaurant on North Sixth Avenue, alongside beers from Tucson’s Pueblo Vida Brewing and Dragoon Brewing, and a trio of national brewers.

Combs said Slow Body beers are for “drinking with pals,” unassuming beers that “don’t necessarily want to be the star of the show.”

“I think that facilitates great experiences at the brewery and a super accessible brand,” he said.

Combs had been working in the brewing industry since 2014, getting his first start at Pueblo Vida Brewing. He and Shaver moved to Vermont to get hands-on brewing experience before settling back in Tucson and starting Slow Body. 

“My job experiences are definitely the foundation of my knowledge, but I don’t want to discount how important it has been just chatting with industry friends and bouncing new ideas off of eachother,” Combs said.

“The goal was always to be a community space first and foremost and make lovely little lagers and session beers for this town that we love so much,” he added.

Slow Body Beer has six employees and hosts events in their taproom that have gained a big following.

The beer also is available on tap around Tucson including at Tap and Bottle, Westbound in the MSA Annex, Caps and Corks, the newly opened The Broadway in Tucson’s historic Sunshine Mile, Time Market, Tucson Hop Shop and BATA in the Warehouse Arts District.

Slow Body Beer specializes in lagers and keeps its flagship Pils, Helles and Blue on tap. Its rotating menu features the fan favorite hoppy Hobby Lager and a rotating selection of IPAs including a West Coast and hazy IPA. 

The Czech-style Blue Beer, a pale lager, is one of Combs’s favorites. It’s made with a heavy dose of blue corn masa that’s nixtamalized and grinded in house for every batch. The warm inviting bitter beer is what Combs said he recommends and reaches for at the end of the day. 

For more information on Slow Body Beer, visit slowbodybeer.com. 

In addition to the beer, this year’s crawl will have live music and food trucks along the route, which has venues from North Sixth Avenue to East Broadway, including stops along East Congress Street, East Toole Avenue and North Fourth Avenue.

This is the first year that Corbett’s, built on the historic site of the old Corbett’s Lumber Company, is part of the crawl. The restaurant, built on the site of the old Twelve Tribes Reggae Shop, is down the street from Corbett Brewing at 309 E. Seventh St., which is a stop on the crawl.

Participating breweries include Tucson’s Borderlands, Barrio Brewing, Bawker Bawker Cider House, Blackrock Brewery, Button House Brewing, Catalina Brewing, Corbett Brewing, Crooked Tooth Brewing Co., Harbottle Brewing Co. Iron John’s Brewing Co., Moto Sonora Brewing Co., Brickbox (formerly Thunder Canyon Brewing), Dragoon, Pueblo Vida, Ray Ray’s Sonoran Spirit Tea, Screw Bean and Slow Body Beer Co. 

Southern Arizona breweries include Tirrito Farm brewing of Willcox and Sonoita’s Copper Brothel Brewery.

 Statewide breweries include Flagstaff’s Mother Road Brewing, Arizona Wilderness Brewing out of Gilbert, Kingman’s Black Bridge Brewing, Huss Brewing of Tempe, SanTan Brewing, Ranch Hand Brewing from Eloy, SunUp Brewing of Phoenix and AZ Loc-Ale Beer Co. of Chandler.

Out-of-state and national brewers expected to be on tap include Oskar Blues Brewery, BJ’s Restaurant and Brewing, Sun Cruiser, New Belgium and Mexico’s Buqui Bichi Brewing.

In addition to the venues listed, beer crawl venues include  Crooked Tooth, 228 E. Sixth St.; Bawker Bawker Cider House, 400 N. Fourth Ave.; TraXide Taproom, 402 E. Ninth St.; R Bar, 350 E. Congress; Empire Pizza, 137 E. Congress;  HighWire, 30 S Arizona Ave., Borderlands, 119 E Toole Ave., Playground, 278 E. Congress, The Monica, 40 E. Congress, Sonora Moonshine Company, 124 E. Broadway.

Tickets are $50 and no one under 21 is admitted. Designate drivers get in for free and Tucson Foodie members are $25 through tucsoncraftbeercrawl.com. Admission includes a commemorative tasting glass and free 2-ounces beer samples. 

Arizona Sonoran News is a news service of the University of Arizona School of Journalism.