The Week Ahead in Beer: Hello again, National IPA 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.

The calendar has flipped to August, and that means it is once again time for the annual “holiday” for all those afflicted with lupulin madness. Yes, National IPA Day is back this Thursday, and since New Mexico has a very large hophead population, they should all rejoice. Steel Bender is celebrating by offering six-packs of its regular hop-forward beers — Skull Bucket IPA, Red Iron Red, Mañana Hazy IPA — for $1 off. Bosque will be a day late, but four-packs of Scale Tipper IPA will be available on Friday at all locations. Marble, on the other hand, is going big for National IPA Day with the

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