What is Dragoon Brewing Company?

Dragoon Brewing Company is an independent craft brewery in Tucson, Arizona, founded in 2011 by Bruce Greene, Eric Greene, and Tristan White. It pours a tight lineup of year-round beers, led by the flagship Dragoon IPA, from its taproom at 1859 W Grant Rd.

Is Dragoon Brewing Company award-winning?

Yes. Dragoon Brewing Company is the 2026 Centurion Award winner for Best Brewery in Tucson, AZ, a verified, criteria-based award. Its flagship Dragoon IPA was also named among the best IPAs in America by Food & Wine, and the brewery holds 4.5 stars on both Yelp and Tripadvisor.

Where is the Dragoon taproom?

The taproom is at 1859 W Grant Rd on Tucson's west side, pouring the year-round lineup, including Dragoon IPA, Pils, Amber, Santa Cruz'r, and Florecita, plus rotating specialty releases.

Dragoon Brewing Company | Best Brewery in Tucson, AZ

The overview

Beer first, everything else second.

Dragoon Brewing Company grew out of Tucson’s homebrewing community and opened in 2011, founded by Bruce Greene, Eric Greene, and Tristan White. The plan was never volume or flash: a tight lineup of year-round beers, brewed with conviction and poured from a no-frills warehouse taproom on West Grant Road.

The lineup is led by the flagship Dragoon IPA, which Food & Wine named one of the best IPAs in America. Thrillist has featured Dragoon among Arizona’s best breweries, and the public record backs the reputation: 4.5 stars across 200+ Yelp reviews, with the same mark on Tripadvisor. In 2026 that record cleared our bar: the Centurion Award for Best Brewery in Tucson.

Find the taproom at 1859 W Grant Rd, pouring the year-round lineup and rotating specialty releases.

On tap

Dragoon IPA — the flagship, named among Food & Wine's best IPAs in America
Pils, Amber, Santa Cruz'r & Florecita — the year-round lineup
Rotating specialty releases — small batches, taproom first

Taproom at 1859 W Grant Rd · Online store · dragoonbrewing.com

The public record

What reviewers already knew.

A Centurion Award doesn’t replace the public record — it verifies it. Read it for yourself, on the platforms where it lives.

Yelp
4.5 stars · 206 reviews Read reviews → Tripadvisor
4.5 stars · 48 reviews Read reviews → Google Maps
Reviews, photos & directions Read reviews →

Ratings and review counts as verified June 21, 2026. Live ratings are always current on each platform.

The verification

Why this business cleared the bar.

Selection is by the published criteria, evaluated on public evidence. Dragoon Brewing Company cleared every one.

✓Years in operation. Brewing in Tucson since 2011: fifteen years of doing one thing well.
✓Sustained online presence. An established website, online store, and consistent listings across Untappd, Yelp, Tripadvisor, and Google.
✓Established customer track record. 4.5 stars across 206 Yelp reviews, matched by 4.5 on Tripadvisor.
✓Liked by customers and the community. Public sentiment is consistently positive across platforms, year after year.
✓Recognition in the local community. Food & Wine named Dragoon IPA among the best IPAs in America; Thrillist features it among Arizona's best breweries.

The full verification report — the specific data behind this award — is held by the business. The exact thresholds stay internal so the bar can’t be gamed. Read the methodology.

Award record

2026

Best Brewery Tucson, AZ · Awarded under the 2026 evaluation

All awards for Dragoon Brewing Company →

Visit Dragoon Brewing Company

Websitedragoonbrewing.com ↗

Location1859 W Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745

In business since2011

Facts at a glance

The sourceable record.

Clean, checkable facts about Dragoon Brewing Company — for readers, search engines, and answer tools alike.

Legal / trading name: Dragoon Brewing Company
Category: Independent craft brewery
Founded: 2011, Tucson, Arizona
Founders: Bruce Greene, Eric Greene & Tristan White
Ownership: Independent, Tucson-owned
Taproom: 1859 W Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745
Review record: Yelp 4.5 (206 reviews) · Tripadvisor 4.5 (48)
Centurion Award: Best Brewery, Tucson, 2026
Other recognition: Food & Wine: best IPAs in America (Dragoon IPA) · Thrillist: best Arizona breweries
Record last verified: June 2026

A signal you can check.

This is a dated award record, published by The Centurion Awards after Dragoon Brewing Company cleared the 2026 evaluation for its market and category. It was not bought, voted on, or sponsored — the criteria are public, only winners are published, and an award that stops holding up is revoked, not quietly removed. Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. For everything else — hours, bookings, live reviews — go straight to the business itself.

Dragoon Brewing Company