The colorful Truth or Consequences taproom in Las Cruces is very much worth the visit. Three of us in the Crew launched our trip to Southern New Mexico on Friday with a change from the original plan. Rather than head straight for the mountain towns of Cloudcroft, Lincoln, and Ruidoso, we instead went to Las Cruces first, saving the rest for ...
Read More »The Crew returns to the road to visit breweries in southern NM
The Crew is hitting the road again to visit some breweries, though we will be headed south, rather than east/southeast this time. It has been a long, long time since multiple members of the Crew piled into a vehicle and hit the road to visit breweries beyond the confines of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe metro areas. Well, with vaccine cou ...
Read More »Marble duo keeps things rolling smoothly in their key brewery roles
Packaging manager Lindsay Mangin, left, and lab technician Cassandra Ford fill key roles at Marble Brewery. Back in 2015, the Crew ran a series of articles on many of the women holding key roles at New Mexico breweries, from brewers to managers and all jobs in between. One could say more than enough time has passed for us to get back to high ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: ReSource puts its motto of ‘brewed to serve’ into good effect
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party. Stoutmeiste ...
Read More »A beer trip along old Highway 14 brings back memories of past times
Despite the wind, a pint of Ducks in a Row Dark Lager tasted great at Beer Creek the other day. With vaccines now being administered, and many of our counties now at the yellow level or better, the urge to get out of the house and onto the road has begun to take hold with many of us in the Crew. Last week, with nothing else to do (the da ...
Read More »A beer trip along old Highway 14 brings back memories of old times
Despite the wind, a pint of Ducks in a Row Dark Lager tasted great at Beer Creek the other day. With vaccines now being administered, and many of our counties now at the yellow level or better, the urge to get out of the house and onto the road has begun to take hold with many of us in the Crew. Last week, with nothing else to do (the da ...
Read More »Second Street Brewery survives 2020 and thrives so far in 2021
Head brewer Tom Ludzia pours me a pint of their award-winning Brown Ale. I waited in my car until I was given the signal from Tom Ludzia to follow him inside, through the service door, into the brewhouse at 2920 Rufina Street. There, in a fortress of stainless steel, less than a handful of other masked do-gooders stood around looking as if t ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: 8 breweries team up to help local charity on National Beer Day
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party. Stoutmeiste ...
Read More »Thirsty Eye uses the challenges of 2020 as a tutorial for how to move forward
Brewer John Kofonow, left, and co-owner Kim Arthun have been able to keep Thirsty Eye Brewing aimed in the right direction. It might sound a bit odd at first, but 2020 might have actually been good for Thirsty Eye Brewing. No, really. I learned about that, and more, when I sat down with co-owner Kim Arthun and brewer John Kofonow for ...
Read More »Toltec Brewing brings its new head brewer full circle
Brewer Brandon Venaglia has taken the reins at Toltec Brewing after a long stint at Bathtub Row in Los Alamos. Brandon Venaglia is back in his old neighborhood. The well-traveled brewer, who went from Back Alley Drafthouse to Cazuela’s to Bathtub Row, has taken the open job at Toltec Brewing on the West Side of Albuquerque. &ld ...
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