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, and one in Las Cruces also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to hand ...
Read More »Weekend Beer-cap: The nocturnal edition from all us procrastinators
The spoils of the best airport gift store in the world, which is naturally in Portland, Oregon. What do you get when you mix a few procrastinators (AmyO excluded) and have them write a story together? Well, you get this weekly feature at night, that’s what you get. Anyway, the Crew has been a bit scattered of late, with me (Stoutmeister) ...
Read More »The 377 Brewery ties for 3rd among American beers at the Great British Beer Festival
As the NM Brewers Guild put it best, “How many times has earth-shattering news appeared on a Post-It note?” Congrats to The 377 on tying for third at GBBF. (Original photo courtesy of Carlos Garcia) At this point in history, it is no longer a surprise to see a New Mexico brewery claiming one of the Michael Jackson Awards for Best Am ...
Read More »Two Santa Fe breweries team up for first-time collaboration
Recently I was attending a little meet-up of the Santa Fe brewers at Rowley Farmhouse Ales, and after many delicious beer samples from the local brewers, as well as some recent RFA collabs, RFA let me in on a little secret. Rowley Farmhouse Ales and recent IPA Challenge winner, Blue Corn Brewery, had a collaboration in the works. Seeing as the ...
Read More »Trio of local breweries bring home medals from US Open Beer Championship
Flix Brewhouse brewers Will Moorman and Marisa Bernal show off their bronze medal from the US Open Beer Championship. (Photo courtesy of Will Moorman) A photo on the Facebook page of Flix Brewhouse lead brewer Will Moorman caught our eye earlier this week. It is the photo above, featuring a very happy Will and equally happy assistant brewer Mar ...
Read More »The proof is in the pictures for Cantero Brewing
The long-awaited opening is finally in sight for Cantero. The Crew was invited to come get a sneak peek at the upcoming Cantero Brewing Company at 3351 Columbia Dr. NE in Albuquerque. If the address sounds familiar, it is because that is the site of the former Firkin Brewhouse. I was anxious to get in there and see how much it has changed, and ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: Double up on specialty can releases
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, and one in Las Cruces also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to hand ...
Read More »Bears in space?!?! A Space Bear Oddity takes flight
Bears in space?!?! Sounds like a hot ticket! Another year for Boxing Bear Brewing has arrived and to mark the occasion, Justin Hamilton and company brewed a collaborative hazy IPA with Odd13 Brewing in Colorado. With Stoutmeister on vacation and the rest of the Crew otherwise engaged at work and such, I headed over solo on Saturday to get my pa ...
Read More »Weekend Beer-cap: From sours to salsa to the secret city of Oregon
Any beer lover visiting Eugene would be remiss not to stop at ColdFire Brewing. Welcome to the road version of Weekend Beer-cap. Yours truly is still up in Oregon for a little while longer, still bouncing around breweries. I am currently down in Eugene, which is one of those towns that most people probably just pass through going between Portla ...
Read More »Beer Notes: Multiple new brewery openings on deck
Lincoln is home to New Mexico’s newest brewery. (Photo courtesy of Bonito Valley Brewing) Live from Portland, er, well, almost alive from Portland, here are some little beer tidbits that have been popping up on our radar over the last few weeks. August brewery openings Bonito Valley Brewing in Lincoln is now open, becoming the latest addi ...
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