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. Stoutmeiste ...
Read More »Thirsty Eye uses the challenges of 2020 as a tutorial for how to move forward
Brewer John Kofonow, left, and co-owner Kim Arthun have been able to keep Thirsty Eye Brewing aimed in the right direction. It might sound a bit odd at first, but 2020 might have actually been good for Thirsty Eye Brewing. No, really. I learned about that, and more, when I sat down with co-owner Kim Arthun and brewer John Kofonow for ...
Read More »Toltec Brewing brings its new head brewer full circle
Brewer Brandon Venaglia has taken the reins at Toltec Brewing after a long stint at Bathtub Row in Los Alamos. Brandon Venaglia is back in his old neighborhood. The well-traveled brewer, who went from Back Alley Drafthouse to Cazuela’s to Bathtub Row, has taken the open job at Toltec Brewing on the West Side of Albuquerque. &ld ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Our musician friends begin to return
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. Stoutmeiste ...
Read More »Steel Bender finds much-needed positivity in its latest charity brew
The newest beer-for-a-good-cause cans arrive this Thursday. (All photos courtesy of Mario Caldwell/Steel Bender) Anyone following Steel Bender on social media probably saw some teasing images of a new canned specialty beer last week. At the start of this week, the beer was unveiled as Shine On Saison, made with passion fruit, and brewed in c ...
Read More »Harmon Lane Brewing is determined to keep climbing
Brewer/co-owner Danny Harmon has kept things positive even amid the pandemic restrictions of the past year. (All photos courtesy of Harmon Lane Brewing) As we’ve explored in a number of our Look Back/Look Ahead Series articles this year, 2020 was not the most ideal year to open a brewery, but our legendary local beer community pulled t ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: A taproom returns to active duty
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. Stoutmeiste ...
Read More »Breweries in Burque suburbs react to newly passed liquor laws
In the months to come, you will be able to raise your horns to more than just beers on the patio at Ex Novo. A few weeks ago, readers asked us if the breweries were going to comment publicly on House Bill 255, which included alcohol delivery and other changes to some long-standing liquor laws in New Mexico. The breweries declined comment ...
Read More »Canteen Brewhouse cans its way to success even amid global pandemic
All those tasty beers to-go have been a huge hit for the brewpub throughout the past year. (All photos courtesy of Canteen) It was one year to the day of the first pandemic shutdown when I joined Canteen Brewhouse head brewer Zach Guilmette and general manager Jamie Schwebach on the patio to recap all that was and what’s coming up for ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: May the luck of the Irish actually take effect this year
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 ...
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