The Week Ahead in Beer: High and Dry is the first locally to release a national collaboration

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.

A couple weeks ago, a reader asked which local breweries were still planning on participating in the Black is Beautiful national collaboration created by Weathered Souls Brewing. This imperial stout recipe was conceived as a means of raising money to support police reform and aid those who have been victims of police brutality by donating proceeds of the beer to local charities and organizations. Per the official website, seven New Mexico breweries signed on board — Icebox, La Cumbre, Lost Hiker, Nexus, Rowley Farmhouse Ales, Spotted Dog, and Steel Bender. Well, it turns out there was an eighth,

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