The Guild has a new four-person board of directors. Lost amid all the recent hustle and bustle was an email from the New Mexico Brewers Guild that announced the results of the election for a new board of directors. Thankfully, someone in the Crew (Luke) was paying attention, and suggested we do a quick write-up. Each of the four new board membe ...
Read More »Back to the front: A tale of Chama River
It was another solid year for one of the oldest breweries in town. (Photo courtesy of Chama River) Editor’s note: Franz Solo did a slew of interviews in recent weeks for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. Then it was just a matter of finding the time to transcribe and type them up. With the briefest of openings in his schedule, he was able ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Merry Beersmas to all and to all a good night
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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Be ...
Read More »Membership has its benefits at New Mexico breweries — 2017 edition
These faded, worn-out membership cards will need to be replaced for 2017. Once again, the Crew worked to compile all the information for breweries that offer special memberships/mug clubs around the ABQ area and Santa Fe. Once again, it was not easy, as a lot of places either did not send us their information or did not have it available on the ...
Read More »Canteen refills for another big year after an eventful 2016
It was a big year for Albuquerque’s oldest brewery. Canteen Brewhouse has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the back room of the Il Vicino in Nob Hill in 1994. This year marked some big changes for the oldest brewery in Albuquerque, ranging from the opening of its first taproom to canning its beers and earning another major m ...
Read More »Dogfish Head swims into town earlier than expected
Welcome back, Dogfish Head. We missed you. (Courtesy of Jubilation) One of the worst-kept secrets of recent beer memory has been that Dogfish Head was coming back to New Mexico. The Delaware brewery was here long ago, but the news that it was returning was circulating throughout the local scene. The only question left was when it would arrive. ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: A Christmas tradition returns at SFBC
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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Be ...
Read More »Blue Corn sets its sights on more new brews for 2017
Head brewer Paul Mallory has settled into his role at the helm of Blue Corn. The last time I interviewed Paul Mallory, head brewer at Blue Corn, it was about his entrance into the New Mexico brewing scene. For this entry in the Look Back/Look Ahead series, Paul and I sat down to discuss some of his new creations and chat about how his first yea ...
Read More »Beer Notes: Brewers Association releases year in review stats
Oh, it’s that time of year, when just about everyone is doing some sort of year in review, like, um, us. But, in lieu of that today, we instead present some piping-hot beer notes for you all! Brewers Association issues annual report Yup, it was another good year for craft beer. (Courtesy of the Brewers Association) The good folks at the B ...
Read More »Marble mellows out after a manic 2016
Cheers to another Marbleous year for the biggest brewery in town! There is something oddly tranquil about Marble these days. There are no major construction projects, no hard hats, no architects wandering about. As far as Marble president Ted Rice is concerned, that is a good thing. From January through August, there was just one major project ...
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