Your GABF on-site reporting duo for 2022, taking things as seriously as ever. DENVER — Oh, yeah, it feels good to put a dateline on a story again. After the COVID pandemic limited the Great American Beer Festival to just two years of awards ceremonies and no actual festival, we are back in the belly of the beast for a full in-person fe ...
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Stoutmeister will have you covered for all things new in beer and brewery events every week. While the Balloon Fiesta is wrapping up down here, a good chunk of the local brewery employees are headed north to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. As this is the first fest since 2019 where the general public can attend, it also means th ...
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We can all exist at the same festival at the same time! From left, AmyO, Andrew, Stoutmeister, Franz Solo, and Luke. We set a record Saturday afternoon: The most Crew members at a single festival. Yes, we actually got Franz Solo (and Mrs Solo) out of the house (they have an adorable small child) for the New Mexico Brew Fest at Villa Hisp ...
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Remember that time a balloon landed outside Steel Bender? It could happen again this year! (All photos courtesy of Steel Bender) As any Albuquerque resident knows, the first week of October belongs to the Balloon Fiesta. The morning skyline is dotted with those familiar (and some not-so-familiar) floating shapes, balloon-themed merchandise d ...
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The wonderful folks behind the New Mexico Brew Fest, including founder Kevin Hopper, far left. One of our longtime favorite festivals is making a comeback after a couple years off due to the COVID pandemic, and we could not be happier. The New Mexico Brew Fest, previously held every year at the state fairgrounds, will be back this Saturday a ...
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Stoutmeister will have you covered for all things new in beer and brewery events every week. Rain, glorious rain, oh how we have missed you. While it’s not always ideal for our summer patio days, the monsoons have cooled us down after a rough stretch of unrelenting heat, and frankly, we always prefer our beer-drinking temperatures to b ...
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The lines were long and the humidity was high, but overall the first Great NM Beer Festival was a success. This past weekend brought quite the doubleheader for the craft beer industry, with the New Mexico Brewers Conference on Friday and the inaugural Great New Mexico Beer Festival on Saturday, both held at Balloon Fiesta Park. While nearby ...
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Brew Lab 101 head brewer Tevin Gray shows off his silver and bronze medals. For the first time in a long while, an all-New Mexico breweries competition was held in advance of Saturday’s Great New Mexico Beer Festival. Local breweries competed for three medals in each of four categories, with a different brewery claiming gold in each ca ...
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Toltec Brewing has permanently closed after a four-year run. Normally, when one of us gets a text from a brewer, it pertains to a beer release, or perhaps a question about something related to his/her brewery. On Thursday afternoon, it was a text from eagle-eyed Ponderosa head brewer Antonio Fernandez that let us know about a surprising Face ...
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Drinking for a cause is better than just drinking, or so we say. (Image courtesy of La Cumbre Brewing) One special beer release from La Cumbre Brewing caught our eye this week, so we reached out to owner/master brewer Jeff Erway over email to learn a little more about their new IPA that was brewed for a good cause. Juntos IPA will be rel ...
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