Agri-Nature Center program manager Joshua O’Halloran will be among those showing the public how their hops harvester works during a special event in Los Ranchos this Thursday evening. (Photo courtesy of the Agri-Nature Center) Back before the pandemic, we were starting to see a lot of special events where local hop farms were getting a ...
Read More »Quarter Celtic general manager piles even more responsibilties on her plate
General manager Allison York keeps things humming at Quarter Celtic, and has also joined the New Mexico Brewers Guild board of directors. Some people just love the chaos of a busy workplace, finding a home of sorts amid the hustle and bustle. Most of us in the Crew have known Allison York to be one of those unique people during her time at ...
Read More »La Reforma bucks the trend by thriving in an era where most breweries are merely surviving
The lunch crowd had already departed by the time we snapped this photo, but let us assure you that La Reforma is one busy brewpub these days. Sometimes, when searching for new story ideas, all of us in the Crew will go back through the archives and simply try to find which breweries have not written about for the longest stretch of time. I d ...
Read More »Palmer Brewery and Left Turn Distilling at last open their Taproom at Old Town
The signs are lit and the doors are open at The Taproom at Old Town. For the first time in, well, ever, Old Town has a local taproom among its many businesses. The Taproom at Old Town is now open, and I stopped in for a quick visit on Thursday afternoon, along with a slew of other industry personnel. The Taproom at Old Town is located at ...
Read More »NJCB Night at Cornerstone Kitchen & Tap
Jackson: Our annual beer night at Cornerstone is back! This time it ties into Cornerstone’s upcoming anniversary. Come on out on Thursday, August 12 starting at 5PM. Join Team NJCB (after 6PM), brewery reps and the great staff at Cornerstone for a night of local New Jersey beer, great conversations, great food and a cool atmosphere. Team ...
Read More »New Beer Friday 7/16/21
It was a fairly light week of "research" with just a few local freshies to enjoy. After you've tried this week's New Beer Friday offerings, there's plenty of new beers still floating around from previous weeks. Did I miss something? Please share if I did. Bewilder - Altbier : This has a nice chestnut color with an aroma full of swee ...
Read More »Rowley Farmhouse Ales bar manager finds her path forward
Ebbie Edmonston has been in and around the craft beer industry for eight years. She’s almost always been behind the bar, and has seen nearly every situation from the other side of the pine. After working at Duel Brewery for three and a half years, she was beamed aboard the ship at Meow Wolf as bar manager, and then later moved on to T ...
Read More »NJCB night at Village brewing
Somerville: Hey NJCB Members (and your guests), join Team NJCB at Village Brewing for beers on Wednesday, August 4 starting at 6PM. More details on food and drink specials will be updated once they are secured. RSVP on the Facebook event. Come on out to 34 West Main Street in Somerville.
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Making the most of those marvelous markets
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 »Trendspotting: “Pub Ale,” The British Invasion
Beer spotters are no strangers to new styles and nomenclature that may or may not stick. Witness this year’s “Cold IPA,” which is just hoppy lager, or “India Pale Lager (IPL),” under a new name. Well, we have another entrant into 2021’s new beer buzzwords. It’s been said that one is an anecdote, but two ...
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