It’s back, with more of an emphasis on local craft beer than ever before! The 12th annual Pork & Brew is one of those events that happens every July 3-5 out in Rio Rancho with only a passing interest from us here in the Crew. I mean, we would love to trek way out to the Santa Ana Star Center, but that little bit of extra incentive jus ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Things are just peachy around here
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without partic ...
Read More »Our picks for the best brews of ABQ Beer Week 2015 that you can still drink
Everyone loved this beer (who could drink it) among Crew members, new and old. Go get some if you have not already. So once upon a time I asked all of our writers, new and old, if they could please send me their picks for the best beers they had during ABQ Beer Week that were still available for purchase either on tap or in bottles/cans/bombers ...
Read More »ABQ Beer Week 2015: All’s well that ends well on Day Eleven
It’s been quite a ride, but it’s time for us all to kick back and relax for a while. And so it ends. ABQ Beer Week will wrap up with a handful of events on this lovely Sunday. While not all of us in the Crew have been able to be everywhere, we felt we hit the best events, and fear not, we will work on a giant compilation of all our ...
Read More »ABQ Beer Week 2015: Feeling zen with a little collaboration on Day Ten
Breweries join forces for the benefit of mankind. We love this world. Teamwork is always a good thing, but when is it at its best? Simple, when two breweries get together and collaborate on a beer. That is happening more than once here on Saturday as Canteen and Bosque team up for Hoppiness Envy IPA, while La Cumbre and Odell have Paridisal Pal ...
Read More »Bathtub Row Brewing: Meet the staff and plan for the grand opening
Come to the BRB Grand Opening celebration! Greetings, gang! As you all should know by now, Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos had a “soft” opening several weeks ago. The place has been a very welcome addition to the local beer scene (which basically consisted of a good beer pub and a surprisingly nice beer bar within our mega-gr ...
Read More »ABQ Beer Week 2015: Reviewing the second Marble Beer, Cheese, & More
Editor’s note: Our correspondent Laura lives not too far away from Marble Westside, so she was more than willing to tackle the second Beer, Cheese, & More on Wednesday night. Just as much as Kristin loved the first event downtown, we would say Laura enjoyed this one, too. — Stoutmeister We couldn’t resist running this phot ...
Read More »ABQ Beer Week 2015: Nearing the end of the line as we reach Day Nine
From towers of sours to beer battles and beer dinners, this is how you start your weekend. The end is nigh, but there is still much more to drink. Welcome to the second and final weekend of ABQ Beer Week. Friday kicks off with all sorts of events scattered across town as this annual tradition nears its end for 2015. We lead off with the return ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Enjoy these last days of quiet
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without partic ...
Read More »Marble’s marvelous duo of Rice and Kornke keep the brewery rolling
Brewer Anna Kornke, left, and Director of Marketing Amberley Rice are two of the most important staff members at Marble that most people have probably never met. Before the Isotopes returned to Albuquerque to suck up all of my available free time last week, I trekked over to Marble Brewery to interview Amberley Rice and Anna Kornke, two women w ...
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