"This 3-year-old brewery in North Phoenix’s Deer Valley neighborhood punches above its weight, pouring solidly made beer. It’s fun, straightforward, a great neighborhood brewery. Lake Pleasant has extensive knowledge of and impressive skill with German and Belgian beer. They execute classics like maibock, schwarzbier (black lager) and Bavarian hefeweizen (Southern German wheat beer). As a bonus reason to visit, know that a few hard house-canned seltzers and cocktails are available. Don’t sleep on the food truck schedule, which brings a river of great options." - Chris Malloy