The Gathering of Nations begins this weekend at Tingley Coliseum, and the annual celebratory and educational event will extend to Bow & Arrow. The brewery will host a special webinar today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. Thursday will feature the Just Vote (Hazy DIPA) release at 5 p.m., along with Protect the Sacred Fireside Chat with Doggface and Tonia Jo Hall. Levi Platero will then provide live music from 6:30 to 7:30.. The Pioche Food Group Pop-Up will take place Friday from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday will feature Natives in the Drinks Industry Meet-Up at 4 p.m., followed by live music from Sage Lacapa from 8 to 10. For more details, check Bow & Arrow’s social media sites.

In addition, JUNO is hosting Indigenized: Heavy Music from Native Artists on Friday from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Bands will include Simian Breed, Toni Heartless, Nocturne, and Retch Curtain, plus DJ La Ruda and DK K.O$$ on a second stage. Tickets are $10. And then, over at Flock of Moons, the Red Moon Indigenous Event is set for Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight. This event will include special vendors, musicians, artists, and more. Check their social media pages for more details.

New Draft:

Canteen recently released Wheat Lies Within and GIPL (Grapefruit India Pale Lager). Casa Vieja tapped That’s My Jam (Strawberry Ale) and Casa Baja (Dark Mexican Lager). La Cumbre recently tapped Can You Drive a Sticke (Altbier) and Czech Engine Lite. Sidetrack added Lemondrop Cream Ale. Steel Bender will tap a special batch of Cider dry hopped with Calypso and Contessa on Thursday, followed by Comfortably Plum Saison on Saturday. (UPDATES) Bombs Away dropped a double release with American Lager and Independence Amber. Marble tapped their anniversary beer, Qualifier IPA.

Up in Santa Fe, Rowley Farmhosue Ales recently tapped Petite Razz. Second Street added Acqua Fredda, an Italian pilsner.

New Package:

Bow & Arrow will release the aforementioned Just Vote in cans and on draft this Thursday, followed by BISTI Pineapple Hard Seltzer also in cans and on draft on Friday. Ex Novo recently released One if by Land (Hazy IPA) in cans and on draft. Second Street released their Monsoon Hard Seltzer in cans. (UPDATE) La Cumbre brought back Sun Fade Hazy IPA in cans and on draft.

Notable Events:

Friday — Gin & Jazz returns to Tractor Wells Park at 5 p.m.

Boxing Bear will host A Final Bearwell to the Corrales taproom from 6 to 9 p.m. Click that link for more details.

Saturday — Pups & Pints is set for Canteen from noon to 3 p.m.

Santa Fe Brewing will host the annual Spring Runoff at the headquarters location from noon to 8 p.m. There will be live music in the Beer Hall and at The Bridge all day. There will be outdoor activities, group bike rides, a recreation market, food vendors, and it will all support multiple non-profits. Check their social media for full details.

Marble Brewery will host its 16th anniversary party from noon to 10 p.m., and we had all the details last week.

There will be some metal at Tumbleroot’s Agua Fria taproom as Savage Wizdom will hold their album release party at 7 p.m.

Sunday — Sidetrack is hosting a Vinyl Record Market from 3 to 7 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

The World Beer Cup awards ceremony will be streamed live from Las Vegas today (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m. Per the New Mexico Brewers Guild, a total of 26 New Mexico breweries have entered 128 different beers. The Crew will have a full recap later tonight or early Thursday, and we will follow up with the winners when they return from Nevada.

Congratulations to Rio Bravo Brewing on bringing home a pair of Gold Crushies from the Craft Beer Marketing Awards earlier this week. The brewery was honored for their Morning After Pils can design and for their New Mexico on Tap mural.

Bathtub Row is now open at noon seven days a week.

The Taos Mesa Brewing main location is closed until May 2 for some spring cleaning.

Sobremesa is hosting the Rock & Brew Book Drive now through Sunday. Drop off new or gently used children’s books and receive $1 off your beer order.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery  — Featured seasonal: Irish Red (5.2% ABV), described by the brewery as “a classic red ale with caramel and toasted malt flavors.”

Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: SNAFU Stout (5.2% ABV, 30 IBU), a chewy oatmeal stout.

Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Thunder Mouth (8.5% ABV, 70 IBU), a new hazy IPA now available in cans and on draft.

Bossfight Brewing (formerly Kilt Check Brewing) — Featured seasonal: Way of the Samurai, a Japanese rice lager that will become a staple at the brewery.

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Terra Helles (4.7% ABV), a tasty lager available in cans and on draft.

Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Bulldog English IPA (6.1% ABV), go back to the roots of the style with this hoppy ale, available in cans and on draft.

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Irish Red (5.4% ABV, 25 IBU), one of those awesome recurring seasonals that deserves all the love, now available in cans and on draft.

Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Cry of the Blackbirds Imperial Stout (8.6% ABV, 55 IBU), a very metal behemoth of a beer.

Cazuela’s Seafood & Mexican Grill — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Banana Nut Brown (4.7% ABV, 27 IBU), brewed with Belgian yeast, it is pretty much exactly what it reads like.

Echoes Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.

Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: A Star is Bjorn (8.7% ABV), a delightful Baltic porter, available in cans and on draft.

Flix Brewhouse  — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Quickening Moon (7.6% ABV, 24 IBU), a lovely Scottish wee heavy, and luckily for you, there need not be only one.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Strawberry Shortcake (6.2% ABV), a flavorful sour made with … well, you can guess.

Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: Alebenezer, a seasonal barleywine that you need to help drink up as winter fades away.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Dawn Patrol Coffee Stout (4.5% ABV, 10 IBU), a light-in-ABV but not in flavor or mouthfeel dark brew, this is a collaboration with the coffee shop located next to the Nob Hill Stage music venue on Copper and Carlisle.

Hops Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

JUNO Brewery — Featured seasonal: Vienna Lager, a smooth amber lager with a touch of sweetness.

Kaktus Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: La Negra Reserve (13% ABV, 70 IBU), a beautiful beast of a barrel-aged imperial stout, now available in bottles only.

La Reforma Brewery — Featured seasonal: Bomba de Malta (8.3% ABV), another big old malt bomb of a Scotch ale.

Late Shift Lager House at The Craftroom — Featured seasonal: Hop Villain (6.8% ABV, 102 IBU), a beastly IPA that is a change of sorts from the lager-dominated lineup.

Lava Rock Brewing — The brewery is relocating to Moriarty.

Lizard Tail Brewing — Featured seasonal: Biscochito Brown (6.4% ABV, 25 IBU), a beer whose name is pretty self-explanatory.

Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: Que Onda IPA (6.8% ABV), part of the Alpha Acid Trip Series, now available in cans and on draft.

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Albuquerque Kirk (5.1% ABV, 14 IBU), described by the brewery thusly: “This witbier is lightly spiced with orange zest and a pinch of coriander. New Zealand’s Pacific Jade Hops add a second layer of citrus, herbs and light spice.  Also, please feel even better drinking this beer knowing that some of the proceeds will benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society.”

Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: The Undead Surround Us (5.67% ABV, 44 IBU), this American stout conjures up all the spirits of this haunted hotel.

Palmer Brewery and Cider House — Featured seasonal: Cockness Monster (14% ABV), a monstrous Scotch ale aged in whiskey barrels for two years.

Ponderosa Brewing Co. — Featured seasonal: Italian Pilsner, the winner of back-to-back gold medals at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival and the 2022 World Beer Cup, is available on draft and in cans.

Quarter Celtic Brewpub— Featured seasonal: Super Stoop Malt Liquor (6.5% ABV, 18 IBU), which does not have to be consumed on a stoop or in a paper bag.

Red Door Brewing — Featured seasonal: Wagoner’s Porter (7.2% ABV, 36 IBU), a tasty American-style porter that recently joined the draft lineup.

Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Welcome to the Show (6.7% ABV, 34 IBU), a no-frills American stout that packs a tasty punch.

Rumor Brewing — Featured seasonal: Desert Monk (6.8% ABV, 21 IBU), a Belgian-style dubbel.

Sidetrack Brewing — Featured seasonal: Mild Davis (5.5% ABV, 20 IBU), this wonderful English mild ale is back, and this time it is also in cans.

Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Face the Day Breakfast Stout (7.65% ABV, 40 IBU), a coffee-infused stout to wake you up after the long drive to the Westside (we kid, we kid).

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Foggy Monocle (6.1% ABV, 17 IBU), an excellent oatmeal stout that has twice won the Crew’s Stout Challenge.

Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Double Berry Blast (10.4% ABV), one of the anniversary beers, this “liquid pie filling” has a blend of marionberry and boysenberry packed into a powerful brew that is available in cans and on draft.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Double Black IPA (8.5% ABV), a perfect winter ale.

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: RIGor Mortis, an imperial coffee stout collaboration with Rust is Gold Coffee.

The 377 Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Turkey Drool (8.4% ABV), which is our favorite annual seasonal release from the brewery, and yes, we will declare that publicly.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Old Oku Barleywine (9.2% ABV, 25 IBU), part of the 25 Years of Beers throwback line, this is an old recipe re-imagined.

Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.

Vision City Brewstillery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.

Santa Fe breweries

Beer Creek Brewing — Featured seasonal: El Nuevo IPA (7.2% ABV), a classic West Coast IPA now on draft.

Chile Line Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.

Hidden Mountain Brewing — Featured seasonal: De Péche Mood, a peach wheat ale with a tremendous name.

Rowley Farmhouse Ales — Featured seasonal: Thibadeux (5% ABV, 50 IBU), a collaboration kvass with Beer Creek.

Santa Fe Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Starter Fluid (9.5% ABV), a hazy DIPA with a kick, now available in cans and on draft.

Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Brown Ale (5.9% ABV, 38 IBU), an award-winning classic, now available in cans and on draft.

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery — Featured seasonal: Molé Stout (9.2% ABV), the seasonal beer with a lovely kick of spice is back on draft and in bottles. Oh, they put some on nitro now, too.

Other breweries you need to visit

Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Mild & Lazy (4% ABV), a lovely English mild ale, perfect for slow sipping on the patio.

Downshift Brewing — Featured seasonal: Gratitude Pale Ale (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities, right now $1 from every pint sold goes to Food4Kids.

Little Toad Creek Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Red River Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Cacao Fuego Chocolate Green Chile Stout. (6.5% ABV, 30 IBU), described by the brewery thusly, “Our oatmeal stout with a kick! Made with Hatch green chile and organic cacao nibs, it has an earthy start and a chocolate finish, It’s sure to warm you up on these cool evenings.”

Sierra Blanca Brewing  — Featured seasonal: Whiskey Stout is back for another seasonal run in bottles and on draft.

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Soakinator Doppelbock (9.4% ABV), described by the brewery as “a rich, malty, strong German lager. Sweet malt flavors dominate, including toast, dark fruit, & luscious caramel/honey. Stored cold (“lagered”) for more than a month, this coppery-brown elixir was known by the monks of the 17th century as “liquid bread”, as its nourishing qualities helped them through the long cold days of fasting during Lent.”

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That’s all for this week! If you have any questions or comments, leave them below or contact us on our Facebook page.

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— Stoutmeister