The Week Ahead in Beer: Basking in the post-GABF glory

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without participation from the breweries outside the I-25 corridor, it was futile.

If there was ever a week to trek out to a brewery and congratulate a brewer, it was this one. I had family in town until this morning (Wednesday), so I’m a bit behind on it, but for the rest of you, get out there and try one of the eight medal-winning beers available in this state. The Great American Beer Festival saw New Mexico pick up eight more medals, including five golds, as well as the Small Brewery of the Year for Marble. Marble’s Imperial Red and Double White both took home gold, as did Chama River’s Class

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