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The long road to opening is nearly over for Lava Rock. The first of two finish lines is in sight at Lava Rock Brewing. After enduring many a delay, the newest brewery on the West Side will open, sans its own beers, this month. That second finish line, the one with its beers on tap, well, that is still obscured by the sluggish bureaucracy of the ...

Business was up at Ponderosa in 2017, with plenty more on deck for this year. It was all about the little things at Ponderosa Brewing in 2017. Whether it was doing a bit of remodeling, experimenting with new beer styles, introducing a canned beer for the first time, or just focusing on making the brewery into a true neighborhood pub, it all see ...

Suite C1 in the new retail complex on the 5600 block of Coors will be home to La Cumbre’s first off-site taproom later in 2018. After years and years of rumors, it is official — La Cumbre Brewing is opening its first off-site taproom. Rejoice, West Side residents, for it will be on your side of the Rio Grande. I sat down with owner ...

Happy second anniversary, Bow & Arrow! It’s always a pleasure to sit down with Shyla Sheppard and Missy Begay, owners of Bow & Arrow Brewing Co., and head brewer Ted O’Hanlan. After last summer’s piece on the barrel-aged program they were just rolling out then, I was eager to catch up on what we can look forward to in ...

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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Beer. UPDATE:&nbsp ...

The Magnificent Seven we are not, but then again, none of us died drinking all these stouts (though we were worried about E-Rock for a while). We drank four gallons of stout. Somehow, we are still alive. Seven members of the Dark Side Brew Crew gathered on Super Bowl Sunday to judge 17 stouts from around the ABQ metro area in a blind taste test ...

Will another brewery take the Stout Challenge helmet trophy away from Starr Brothers this year? Or will we have our first repeat winner? As more and more breweries open around the Albuquerque metro area, more and more stouts keep getting added to our annual Stout Challenge. Luckily, this year for the seventh edition, we should (hopefully, maybe ...

Dialogue has made plenty of beers worth talking about. If there is one thing that a venue can have that really sets itself apart, it’s embracing a deeper cultural aspect and its part in the local scene. The massive steel and rebar giants that loom over Dialogue Brewing on the corner of Kinley and First Street make a massive statement to t ...

Four New Mexico breweries claimed nine medals at this annual event. Another beer competition, another positive showing for New Mexico. Four local breweries claimed nine medals total at the Best of Craft Beer Awards in Bend, Oregon, this week. Flix Brewhouse was the big winner with four medals. Luna Rosa claimed gold in the Belgian-Style Witbier ...

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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Stoutmeister puts on his serious face to handle The Week Ahead in Beer. For those no ...