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Los Alamos’ lone brewery is hoping for brighter days this year. (All photos courtesy of Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op) Our latest entry for the Look Back/Look Ahead Series takes us back to Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op (BRB), tucked away near the Jemez Mountains in Los Alamos. 2020 was a difficult year for the little brewery, as it was for nea ...

A familiar spot in Santa Fe, but a new name adorns the front door. Only a few days into the year, Blue Corn Brewery announced to the public that they were re-opening for the first time since August. They also announced that they were re-opening not as Blue Corn Brewery, but as Hidden Mountain Brewing Company. In 2020, both Blue Corn location ...

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 ...

The Welstand Foundation’s Nichole Rogers raises a glass to the support she’s received from Marble, Nexus, and Hollow Spirits. Even a global pandemic has not dampened the enthusiasm that our local breweries have for supporting charitable causes and nonprofits in New Mexico. Take Marble Brewery, which continues its community outrea ...

Here we go again. Now with whiskey in addition to imperial stout. Sometimes, you just get lucky as a beer writer. We have been blessed with quite a few beers sent to us over the years for review, including some that were barrel aged, but we never got to try the beer side-by-side with the liquor that used to occupy those barrels. Oh, an ...

Someday we’ll review a beer that we made that isn’t a stout, but today is not that day. We collaborated on another one. Another stout, that is. The Brew Crew was contacted a while ago by brewer Michael Sharpe at Casa Vieja. He wanted to know if we would be interested in creating a proper stout for the winter months. Obvious ...

I’m okay with it, if patio beers are the “New Norm.” In 2020, Chili Line Brewing Co. closed their taproom to the public and pulled out of the Lamy Station. While it may sound like the beginning of another worst-year story, actually, all things considered and despite the challenges they faced, the brewery known to smoke &lsq ...

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 ...

At this point, the slogan on the main taproom wall at Rio Bravo might as well apply to all of us. (All photos courtesy of Rio Bravo Brewing) After more than 20 entries in our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series, there seem to be three things that have kept breweries going during the pandemic. First, it really helps to can your beer. Second, a ki ...

Turtle Mountain has managed to survive the pandemic restrictions and is aiming to have some big projects come to fruition in 2021 and beyond. (All photos courtesy of Turtle Mountain) Well the year is finally upon us in which we will see a Turtle Mountain Brewing taproom come to fruition! I was lucky enough to be able to talk to head brewer D ...