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Longwood’s Hourglass Brewing announces four new beers coming soon, per the brewery’s newsletter. From Hourglass Brewing: Speaking of refreshing brews, we’ve not only brought back this fan favorite to sip on, but we’ve got Honeybell Witbier shirts! These sweeties will … Continue reading → The post Hourglass B ...

That sign isn’t lying, Clovis’ first brewery is now open for business. (Photo courtesy of Bandolero Brewery) In terms of craft beer, options were fairly limited out in Clovis for a long time, to put it mildly. A town of 38,000 people had no breweries or taprooms to call their own. Things began to change a couple years ago, wh ...

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. Stoutmeister p ...

Former Broken Trail owner Matt Simonds, left, talked at length about his decision to close the brewery/distillery. Brewer David Rosebeary is still working with him at Mother Trail, the production facility off 12th Street. Last week, I wrote on the many challenges all of us in the Crew face when trying to write about a brewery when it closes. ...

Hey, it’s us, at the start of our 10th annual Stout Challenge! From left, Stoutmeister, Andrew, Maureen, Erin, and Brandon. A dozen stouts, poured at random, and the first one poured ends up the champion. That was how it went Sunday afternoon, as the Brew Crew gathered for the 10th time to engage in a blind taste test of local dark eli ...

Howdy beer fans! As I write this, the sun is shining, the warm embrace from our closest star greeted us all. It was a wonderful respite during these chilly days. While I enjoy the seasonal winter beers, bring on spring! Up on deck today is a fun NEIPA from Bearden Brewhouse. It’s hard to believe that one of our very first posts 10 ...

There will be fewer stouts this year, in a different venue than Franz Solo’s house, but the Stout Challenge will be happening! Here we go again. The Crew is gathering a few weeks later than most years, but it’s time for our annual Stout Challenge. Only there will be fewer of us participating, in a different location, and with few ...

Haskell: Joe from Kitchen & Beer Bar sent information about Kane Brewing Tapping Event scheduled for Saturday, February 20 from 12:00 pm to . Joe says… Join us Saturday & we welcome Kane back to our lines w/ 7 of their delicious beers.We will be tapping:1) Faded Horizon – IPA 7.6%Brewed with lactose and hopped with Cash ...

Apologies to everyone for last week's lack of content. It was a good beer week that really needed to be looked at properly, I just couldn't do it. This week is lighter, but not lacking in flavor that's for damn sure. Hopkins - Solstice Lager : Brewed with locally grown and malted Solstice Malt pilsner, wheat, and flaked oats. Then dry-hop ...

Closed permanently or temporarily? We do not know for sure either way. As we noted in Tuesday’s beer history timeline article, the idea for that story came from a reader after we put out a request for a little inspiration to help us through a slow news period. Another reader had a shorter and simpler request for an article, asking what ...