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Some of last year’s stout entries in our annual challenge, with a cameo by a coaster with Prince on it. Super Bowl weekend is upon us, which means it is time for the Dark Side Brew Crew’s annual Stout Challenge. For the second year in a row we are changing things up slightly, with a new location and on a different day. In the ...

High and Dry co-owner and head brewer Andrew Kalemba is looking forward to an exciting year ahead for the brewery. When High and Dry opened in February 2018, no one would have expected that four years later, a global pandemic would make up half of its existence. “The last two years is a blur, that’s for sure,” said co-ow ...

The dynamic duo of Franz Solo, left, and Stoutmeister will have you covered every week for new beer releases and more. The downside, or upside, depending on one’s perspective, of the NFL going to an 18th week/17th game was that the Super Bowl got pushed back a week. The big game is this Sunday, followed by Valentine’s Day on Mond ...

Gravity Bound has become a fixture in the Albuquerque beer scene. (Photos courtesy of GBB) Even though they are still a few months shy of their second anniversary, Gravity Bound Brewing has already made a noticeable impact on the New Mexico beer scene, as well as the community around us. We checked in with co-owner/head brewer Cameron Frigon ...

There is a sense of optimism at Rio Bravo as things hopefully continue to return to normal in 2022. The good folks at Rio Bravo Brewing had already given me a list of possible interview times for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series when I learned that their newest limited beer release, Putin’s Mistress (Rum-Barrel-Aged Coffee Imperial Sto ...

Some of the smaller breweries in New Mexico, such as Kaktus Brewing, had to show proof that they met the minimum requirement of 50 barrels produced in a year in order to renew their license for 2022. Back in 2019, Senate Bill 413 was passed, which had a potentially profound effect on breweries throughout New Mexico. One of its key provisions ...

The dynamic duo of Franz Solo, left, and Stoutmeister will have you covered every week for new beer releases and more. It’s Stout Month at last! Huzzah! Blessed was the darkest of beers, for it was good, and we love it, all of it. I mean, we pretty much enjoy the entire spectrum of beer, but stouts are special to us. In any event, not ...

Kaktus head brewer Michael Waddy, left, and owner Dana Koller squeeze in between the just-unwrapped tanks of their new brewhouse. There has always been a general sense of optimism that permeates just about every aspect of Kaktus Brewing in Bernalillo. Even amidst all the challenges of 2021, the staff there was still happy to report it was a ...

Sometimes being small can be a big advantage, as Sidetrack Brewing learned over the past year. The general belief that the smaller breweries were taking the brunt of the pandemic has not quite proven to be the case, as we have learned for this go-around of the Look Back/Look Ahead Series. Take Sidetrack Brewing, for example, where things see ...

The dynamic duo of Franz Solo, left, and Stoutmeister will have you covered every week for new beer releases and more. There are quiet a few canned releases to close out this month, which is just fine since our beer fridges haven’t been overflowing at all lately. (Insert sarcastic and/or maniacal laughter here.) The hop-forward beers a ...