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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 four breweries and one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Beer. ...

The ABQ Brew Dash is back, but this year it will be downtown instead of Balloon Fiesta Park. The first ABQ Brew Dash was a mixed bag for everyone last year, from the runners to the organizers. The 5K race itself was fine, but the sudden drop in temperature afterwards and the major problems with the huge lines in the beer garden left everyone fe ...

Brewers Doug Cochran, left, and Zach Guilmette react at Canteen after learning their High Plains Pils won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup. (Photo courtesy of Brad Weddell) The World Beer Cup, a biennial global beer competition, announced its winners in 96 categories on Friday evening from the Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia. Needl ...

The brewer in the center of this photo, Tim Woodward, is changing breweries later this month. (Photo by Mario Caldwell) Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! Enjoy yourselves today, but as always, be careful out there on drinking holidays, especially if you have to be on the road for any reason. The slow news days continue, though a whole lot of event ...

The Whole Foods in Santa Fe has a preview of what’s coming to Albuquerque this weekend — an on-site craft beer bar! This Saturday, the Sandia Saloon pub inside the Whole Foods on Academy will open. I recently visited the Pinon Pub at the Whole Foods in Santa Fe to get an idea of what to expect. I have to say, it was pretty great to ...

“It has already become a major feature on the HW 14 landscape.” As a result of the many inquiries I get all the time from folks interested in the new expansion at Santa Fe Brewing Co., I recently checked in on New Mexico’s oldest brewery to determine the progress they’re making in the expansion of their new production fa ...

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 four breweries and one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Beer. ...

Craft beers are starting to crop up in Baja California, such as the aptly named Baja Brewing Co. When you are soaking up the heat and strong sunshine along the ocean, there is really no better accompaniment than a cold, crisp beer. But, at some point my body rebels and screams, “I just can’t drink one more damn Pacifico!” Last ...

Here we go again. Are you ready? One month and one day from now, the annual exercise in brew-insanity otherwise known as ABQ Beer Week will kick off with multiple events across the metro area. From May 26 to June 5, there will be 84 events (with more likely to be announced), ranging from tastings to special tappings to beer dinners and festival ...

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 four breweries and one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Beer. ...