Nexus head brewer Randy King almost missed out on his chance to claim his silver award in person at the World Beer Cup. A lot of times in the wake of a big beer event, there is a lot of additional information and stories that get left on the proverbial cutting room floor. Seeing as how Mondays are usually depressing affairs, we decided to p ...
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Wanted Brewing & Distilling owner Brian McGill is selling discounted bottles of his rum and other spirits to other breweries and bars, including JUNO, with a portion of the proceeds those places make going to the NM Red Cross. Brian McGill and his family, who have raised alpacas in Northern New Mexico for more than a decade, decided a f ...
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It’s not technically a festival made just for us, but, it kinda is. (Image courtesy of Ex Novo) We love lagers among all of us in the Crew, so you could imagine our excitement when we were tipped off early about the LagerHosen Festival at Ex Novo Brewing in Corrales. After biting our tongues for a couple weeks, the brewery announced it ...
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Stoutmeister will have you covered for all things new in beer and brewery events every week. Muster all your strength and prepare for one of the wildest weekends we have seen since 2019. The big event of the weekend is LagerHosen, and I’m headed to interview the Ex Novo staff today, so we will have a full preview of that epic festival. ...
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The exterior of the taproom at 5210 Eubank NE looks a lot different than when it was all brick during its previous life as a bank. Before the month of May comes to an end, there will be a new taproom option for craft beer fans living in the Northeast Heights. The Bosque Brewing Heights taproom at Eubank and Spain is nearly ready to go, as we ...
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The Bosque taproom in Santa Fe will be converted into a new Restoration Pizza later this month. You can tell this was from when it first opened by how small the patio was at the time. The recent announcement by Bosque Brewing that it was changing its Santa Fe Market Station taproom into a second Restoration Pizza caught quite a few observer ...
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The Marble staff celebrated their bronze award in Minneapolis. (Photo courtesy of Geraldine Lucero) A total of 10,542 beers were entered in 103 categories at the 2022 World Beer Cup, and five New Mexico breweries were able to bring home five awards out of that huge field on Thursday. Ponderosa Brewing (gold), Nexus Brewery (silver), Ex N ...
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Get on out there, relax, and make a homebrew this Saturday! (Image courtesy of Beer Creek Brewing Co.) Beer Creek is celebrating National Homebrew Day this Saturday with their first Big Brew event. Now in its 25th year running, the annual event created by the National Homebrew Association in the past has brought together homebrew enthusiasts ...
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A flashback to 2016 when three brewers were asked to bring their World Beer Cup awards to a group interview. Then-Nexus brewer Kaylynn McKnight and Boxing Bear brewer Justin Hamilton did good. La Cumbre’s Jeff Erway, well, not so much. The World Beer Cup, a prestigious biennial competition of breweries across the globe, has been kind a ...
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Stoutmeister will have you covered for all things new in beer and brewery events every week. Between the war in Ukraine and the wildfires tearing through parts of New Mexico, there are a lot of people in need right now, and breweries are still stepping up to help. Downshift Brewing is releasing Gratitude Session IPA at Hidden Tap in Ruidoso ...
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