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That looks good, to put it mildly. (Photo courtesy of Sobremesa) Ah, May, when the wind still whips around, the pollen fills the air, breweries gear up for the summer crush, and a wee little holiday takes over half of Albuquerque and beyond. Well, the day after May the Fourth Be With You also happens to be Cinco de Mayo, and that has become ...

La Reforma needed to hire a new head brewer/distiller, and found one who used to work up the road in Santa Fe. After a relatively static period during the height of the pandemic, a new shuffle of head brewers is underway in New Mexico. “There was very little mobility during the pandemic,” said La Reforma co-owner John Gozigia ...

Stoutmeister will have you covered for all things new in beer and brewery events every week. The final weekend of April is chock-full of events and lots of new beer releases. There are more than 20 new beers on tap at 17 breweries (and counting), plus there are multiple new can releases, with Ex Novo keeping its canning line humming. The Nat ...

Get thee to the Canteen patio on Saturday and a $1 from every pint you buy will go to help people in Ukraine. Our local breweries continue to do their part to help the victims of the terrible war in Ukraine, with Canteen the latest to offer its support in what it hopes will become an annual tradition of helping worthy causes the best way a ...

Guess who has a pending license and is now hiring for all positions? (Photo courtesy of Echoes) It has been quite a while since we did an update on any forthcoming new breweries or offsite taprooms, mainly due to the simple fact that there have not really been any to report on since the pandemic brought industry growth to a screeching halt i ...

Soccer and craft beer just together, don’t they? (Image courtesy of Blue River Productions) Ron Patel knows a thing or two about soccer. He is also a fan of local craft beer and spirits, and back before he rejoined the front-office staff at New Mexico United, Patel came up with an idea of how to bring all that he loves together in one ...

Lead brewer Andy Lane and owner/brewmaster Jason Kirkman pose at the Bisbee Court Taproom. I hadn’t been to 32 Bisbee Ct. since Tumbleroot reopened their smaller taproom and started serving from it again in May of last year. Previously, the garage bay of their brewing facility was the only door of that location open to the public. Thei ...

Stoutmeister will have you covered for all things new in beer and brewery events every week. We do have some pretty big events this week, including what we have already previewed in terms of Marble’s anniversary week, and we will have a big separate preview of the first Brewers & Distillers Cup later this week. That event, a combin ...

The grand old patio is gonna welcome back the anniversary party fun this week. After two years without celebrating, Marble Brewery is revving up for its 14th anniversary this week, with events and specials at all three locations. I caught up with Geraldine Lucero, director of marketing and philanthropy, and new events coordinator Amy Lev ...

The Turtle Mountain brewing team of head brewer David Pacheco, top right, Justin Sapp, top left, and Zachary Garmon, bottom. If anyone out there thought that Turtle Mountain Brewing might slow down following the December of its North taproom, we can officially report that will not be the case. There figures to still be a lot of movement as t ...