Just in case anyone out there did not know that M’tucci’s and Lava Rock have joined forces, well, now you do. That’s chef/manager Fred Gallegos at the helm. Greetings and prost, fellow beer aficionados! Franz Solo here after a bit of a hiatus due to the arrival of my daughter over the summer. I began my part of our yearly Look ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Variety is the spice of life this weekend
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 seven 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 ...
Read More »Kilt Check Brewing reflects during its 3rd anniversary
Kilt Check Brewing is still plugging along after three years. This past Saturday was the third anniversary party for Kilt Check Brewing Company on 4814 Hardware Drive in Albuquerque, near San Mateo and McLeod. I wanted to specify the address because owner Mike Campbell said he still gets local people who come in and say they didn’t know t ...
Read More »La Cumbre finds that louder is not better in another banner year
The swanky new offices in the building next door to the brewery, just in case you have ever wondered what it looks like in there. To stick with tradition, we begin our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series with La Cumbre Brewing for 2019-20. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive review of each brewery’s 2019, while also previewing 2020, all ...
Read More »In Memoriam: Santa Fe Brewing founder left an impact far beyond brewing world
The Levis family, including Mike in the white shirt and red shorts, and Ty in the center in the black shirt. (All photos courtesy of Ty Levis) The founding father of the modern New Mexico craft brewing scene, Mike Levis, died two weeks ago in Amarillo, Texas. He started the Santa Fe Brewing Company out of a barn on his horse ranch in Galisteo i ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Marble closes the downtown music season in style
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 seven 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 ...
Read More »Ex Novo brewer Chichura takes long and winding road back to New Mexico
Ex Novo head brewer Dave Chichura has found a new home in Corrales after a long career brewing in places like Colorado, Wyoming, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. Long before he ever brewed a beer in New Mexico, a young Dave Chichura visited Albuquerque on a two-month brewery tour of America in 1995. He visited the Rio Bravo Restaurant Brewery d ...
Read More »Beer Premier features wild lineup of all-new brews from around the state
The pint glass all Beer Premier attendees will receive on Saturday. Actual Sasquatch not included. (Photo courtesy of Rio Bravo Brewing and the New Mexico Brewers Guild) The Beer Premier, the final annual event on the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s calendar, is set for Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Rio Bravo. The BP will feature 23 brand-new b ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: A spooky but flavorful weekend is on deck
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 seven 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 ...
Read More »Tractor rolls out another edition of the Stranger Things Arcade Carnival
Round three of this zany annual event takes place this Saturday night. (Image courtesy of Tractor) One of the biggest annual events at Tractor Brewing’s Wells Park location, the Stranger Things Arcade Carnival, is back for the third straight year in advance of Halloween this Saturday from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. The brewery’s main parking ...
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