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The Week Ahead in Beer: May the 4th (anniversary) be with Boxing Bear

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 ...

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Weekend Beer-cap: Diners, darkness and dives

Breathe in the history at Silva’s Saloon in Bernalillo. Just don’t breathe too deep. Well, this past weekend took quite a bit out of all of us. Hence, no Monday story, and only a couple other Crew members could put together coherent thoughts about all that happened. We can’t blame the IPA Challenge, either, since Andrew was on ...

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IPA Challenge: Blue Corn storms to its 2nd victory

Brewer Paul Mallory hoists the NM IPA Challenge trophy after pulling off the victory. BERNALILLO — What has happened before will happen again. It is not just a line from the last version of Battlestar Galactica, but it is a summation of the 2018 New Mexico IPA Challenge. Blue Corn, the 2013 winner, has recaptured the title in a stunning u ...

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IPA Challenge: Survival guide for final round at Bosque North

Here we go again, hopheads! Every year as a public service, the Crew likes to provide a sort of survival guide for those who are new to the NM IPA Challenge. Of course, this year will also be a new experience for many at Bosque North, the new brewery/taproom facility off Highway 550 in Bernalillo. Think of this as a giant FAQ to help get you th ...

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Midseason Update: Bosque North ready for its grand debut

Brewmaster John Bullard stands before his now complete production brewery. Well, leans, because he probably could use a nap at this point. During my visit with the Bosque Brewing command staff at their new office/warehouse space last week, we also spent a lot of time talking about the final preparations for Bosque North and its series of openin ...

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The Week Ahead in Beer: Feeding the need at Bombs Away

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 ...

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Weekend Beer-cap: Hops, brunches, bottle shares and farewells

Blue Corn’s Gatekeeper IPA is the overall leader at the NM IPA Challenge after two rounds. OK, fine, I give up. Weekend Beer-cap will now be a Tuesday feature, not Monday. Turns out it can be hard for folks to get things together Sunday night, myself included. It was quite the weekend. Franz Solo and I joined a group of beer-loving friend ...

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Midseason Update: Bosque moves into swanky new office/warehouse space

Find your way to Innovation Way, the home of Bosque’s new offices and warehouse. Last month, Bosque Brewing sent out a short press release about moving its offices to a new location in Rio Rancho. It seemed surprising that the brewery’s ownership would make such a move, especially with Bosque North in Bernalillo still unopened. Afte ...

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IPA Challenge: Hometown advantage reigns supreme again in Santa Fe

Marble won the round, but Blue Corn took the overall lead after two rounds of the NMIPAC. SANTA FE — Many folks packed into Santa Fe’s Second Street – Rufina Taproom for the second round of the New Mexico IPA Challenge on Saturday afternoon. Sixteen IPAs were poured straight from the taps, cleaned by brewers Tom and Kevin the ...

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Monks’ Taproom says farewell to the downtown area

Monks’ Corner will no longer call this spot at Silver and Third Street home. As you’ve all heard by now, Monks’ Taproom, Abbey Brewing Co.’s Albuquerque-based taproom, is closing its doors at the end of business on Tuesday, July 31. Yesterday, I reached out to Berkeley Merchant, general manager of Abbey Brewing, and he h ...

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