Owner/brewer Bill Arnold has created a prime gathering spot for craft beer lovers in Alamogordo. Bill and Vicky Arnold were never the type of couple to settle quietly into retirement. Oh, sure, there were the long vacation road trips, and spending time with their grandchildren, but they found themselves more than a little restless. It ca ...
Read More »To-Go and Hi-XO: Anxo’s Beer and Cider Strategy
“We only really did this because DC’s COVID relief measures allow for to-go sales,” says Sam Fitz, co-founder and co-owner of Anxo. “This” is partnering with Craft Collective, which distributes Anxo’s ciders in New England. Taking advantage of DC’s grey laws , Anxo is importing some of the Craft Collec ...
Read More »New 420 Beers
You'd think on the day dedicated to cannabis there wouldn't be much going on beer-wise, but you'd be wrong. To help you get into the spirit of 420 on 4/20 a few local breweries have concocted some ales that will mimic the dank flavors of hippy lettuce with no THC. TF - Northern Lights : This is TF's third terpene beer and it' ...
Read More »A quick trip among the offsite taprooms of Las Cruces
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 »New Beer Friday 4/16/21
Everyone quiet down please, there's plenty New Beer Friday to go around. This week there's something for every taste. Have a great weekend!Hopkins - Coffee & Cream Stout : Aroma of fresh coffee with some background sweetness. The taste is the same with nice medium roast coffee that dominates most of the beer. a little bit of lactose sweetne ...
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 »Implied Scale: Confronting the Enormity of Climate Change
Jersey City: Thomas from Ghost Hawk Brewing sent information about Implied Scale: Confronting the Enormity of Climate Change scheduled for Saturday, April 22 from 11:00 am to 05:00 pm. Thomas says… On Saturday 4/24 Mana Contemporary is celebrating Earth Day with their “Implied Scale: Confronting the Enormity of Climate Change&rdquo ...
Read More »A Live Conversation about the science of beer with…
Mike from NJCB sat down (in person) with Brendan and Steve from Alternate Ending and virtually with AJ from Bonesaw and Sean from The Seed. Here’s the video! This video contains nerdy scientific info, just be warned.
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 ...
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