A nice, laid-back porch beer for the start of autumn. Marble Brewery has been subtly promoting the special release of a new canned beer over the last few weeks. That all built up to a Monday afternoon press conference on the rooftop deck at the brewery, where State Fair Pale Ale made its official debut. Brewed for the 2017 edition of the New Me ...
Read More »Tractor open for business in Four Hills
There is no sign yet, but trust us, that is the new Tractor Four Hills taproom on the left. For those who do not follow us on Facebook, you missed the photos taken during the members-only soft opening of Tractor Brewing’s new taproom in Four Hills. Well, now you can go take your own photos since it is fully open for business. The beer is ...
Read More »Bosque steams ahead with three big projects and more fun beers
Long after it was first announced, everything is full-steam ahead at Bosque’s Bernalillo site. After being stuck in a holding pattern for a while, everything is suddenly coming together for Bosque Brewing. In summation, everything is a go at Bernalillo, the Nob Hill taproom is growing bigger, Las Cruces is proving whatever is old is new a ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: A cosplay craft crawl to kick off the weekend
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. Craft beer i ...
Read More »The best out-of-state fests for the next couple months
This specific fest is not one of those listed below, but we needed a photo of an out-of-state event, so voila! OK, fine, we were about to go two days in a row (my fault) without a story, but inspiration struck me. Or, well, I was cleaning up and found my copy of Southwest Brewing News and glanced at the upcoming festivals list. Thus, for those ...
Read More »Dialogue and Immastar Productions team up to bring creatives together
Local artists, musicians, and vendors are joining forces for special events at Dialogue in September. One of the great things our breweries have done over the last several years is embracing other local businesses and a long list of musicians, artists and other vendors. Usually, there is one creative element per night, but the folks at Dialogue ...
Read More »A brace of hopsplosions from Boxing Bear: TKO and Bear Knuckle
Get your hands on TKO Triple IPA before it disappears from Boxing Bear! Editor’s note: In honor of National IPA Day, we present a two-for-one IPA review from our resident chief hophead. Both beers are still on tap at the Bear, along with Tropic Thunder IPA, Eastern Standard IPA, and of course Uppercut IPA. — Stoutmeister On a coup ...
Read More »The Week Ahead in Beer: The hop onslaught begins anew
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. Well, the IP ...
Read More »Truthfully speaking it is time for Truth or Consequences to have its own brewery
All that scenery around Truth or Consequences was just screaming for a brewery. Or at least that’s what we heard. Typically when one thinks of Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte Lake often is the first thing to comes to mind. However, a new crew has been making some serious strides to turn things around in hopes of bringing craft enthu ...
Read More »Bombs Away Beer Company getting close to taking flight
All right, we gotta admit, a horizontal mash tun is odd, but the paint job is perfect. The target is in sight at long last for Bombs Away Beer Company, which aims to join our craft beer community this year. It will be the first brewery in the Southeast Heights, located at 9801 Acoma, right near the intersection of Central and Moon. I had the ch ...
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