Things have gotten so busy at Broken Trail that a new brewer has been added to the roster. My running joke with Matt Simonds, owner of Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, is that at least once a year he has to totally change up some part of the operation. Recently, Matt needed more space at the original location on Stanford for his incre ...
Read More »Boese Brothers’ Los Alamos taproom quietly opens its doors
The Boese Brothers taproom in Los Alamos is now open for business. Los Alamos is a pretty small town, so most people here are probably already aware that Boese Brothers’ latest taproom opened two weeks ago. I was out of town and missed the grand opening, and I finally made it over last Wednesday. It’s about what you’d expect: ...
Read More »Rio Rancho breweries team up to celebrate the (almost) end of road construction
If you don’t want to leave Rio Rancho for any of Saturday’s other big events, now you don’t have to! Anyone traveling out to Rio Rancho in the last year or so has probably encountered the mass of construction-related chaos along Southern Boulevard, one of those projects that had to be done, but no one really wanted to endure. ...
Read More »Ullrfest signals the end to summer at last
Say farewell to summer and hello to autumn with beer! After a long, hot summer that’s still pretty hot, it may seem strange to have a beer festival dedicated to snow, but it’s happening at Pajarito Ski Area near Los Alamos this Saturday. Ullrfest is an annual tribute to Ullr, the Norse God of Snow. The hope is that with enough peopl ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: A weekend full of big events in all directions
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 »Brewers from across New Mexico gather for Guild collaboration beer at Bosque
There were just a few brewers in the house at Bosque North. See how many you can identify! If your favorite brewery appeared to be missing its brewer on Tuesday, fear not, for he or she was likely working hard at Bosque Brewing in Bernalillo. Well, maybe not working hard, exactly, but that was the gathering place for representatives of some 20- ...
Read More »Marvelous Marblefest features a slew of new brews of a German variety
It’s time to get your German food and beer fix at the annual Marblefest this Saturday. Long ago, Marble Brewery used to hold Septemberfest in its back parking lot downtown, featuring other breweries from around the state offering up their autumn beers. As the brewery grew and expanded, eventually swallowing that parking lot, Septemberfest ...
Read More »Red Door goes a bit crazy and releases 5 new beers for its 5th anniversary
Oh, sure, Red Door looks all calm and peaceful right now, but come Saturday, the party is on behind that, um, red door. One can forgive Red Door head brewer Matt Meier for looking a little worn out of late. After all, he has a baby boy at home, in-laws in from way out of town, and for some reason, he decided to brew five brand-new beers for his ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: An Oktoberfest party to help the doggos
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 »Cantero Brewing goes all out with 1st anniversary block party
The Cantero Brewing parking lot will be site of Saturday’s anniversary party featuring three local guest breweries and a distillery! The past chronicles of Cantero Brewing have noted that going from concept to opening was not an easy process, so please excuse the folks there if they want to throw one jumbo-sized party to celebrate a year ...
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