Just in case you have been living under a rock or something, you might have missed that the world’s biggest sporting event is about to kick off this Thursday. The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins with Mexico vs. South Africa at 1 p.m., setting the stage for this 48-nation soccer/futbol extravaganza. So are the breweries…
Beer Notes: Boxing Bear and Canteen bring home some hardware
The North American Brewers Association held their annual competition last week and a pair of New Mexico breweries picked up medals. Boxing Bear earned a bronze in the Helles Lager category for their Golden Gloves Premium Lager. Canteen also snagged a bronze, in the India Pale Lager or Cold IPA category, for their High Voltage…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Golfing for the Guild returns for another round
June and July are big months for the New Mexico Brewers Guild. The latter will have the IPA Challenge (dates and locations TBA, and no, we’re not just holding back, we really don’t know yet) and later this month is Pint Glass Day. First up among the Guild fundraisers is the Annual Golf Tournament, which…
Bandolero Brewery apparently closes one year after being put up for sale
It has been a minute since my last visit to Clovis, which was mainly to join some East Coast relatives back in 2023 to see my cousin whose Air Force husband is stationed out there. As we always have in the past, there was a visit to Bandolero Brewery on that trip. The downtown Clovis…
Brewers Association annual report shows dip in production across New Mexico
Back in April, the Brewers Association published their annual list of the 50 largest craft breweries in America, as measured by barrels produced. No New Mexico brewery cracked that list, nor has one ever come close to doing so, but it still led us to ask the BA if they could send us a list…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Rock the block (party) with Canteen and La Cumbre
The events are coming fast and furious now as summer season is fully underway at our local breweries. To that end, La Cumbre and Canteen are teaming up with their neighbors in the old Brewery District, which has now been renamed the Makers District. The two breweries have helped organize a neighborhood block party that…
Beer Prom brings together 8 brewery collaborations with retro dance party
Get your dancing shoes on, it’s beer time. Well, it’s Beer Prom time this Saturday at Ex Novo Corrales, a reinvention of the United in Beer collaboration festival. “Well, the origin of change, truly, we were wanting to be a better direct connect with the (New Mexico) Brewers Guild,” said Stevo Jeter, Ex Novo’s director…
Catching up on a quick Colorado road trip filled with brewery goodness
Sometimes you just gotta get out of town for a weekend. It just helps if where you go also has some darned good craft beer. So three of us in the Crew — Stoutmeister, Andrew, Luke — headed north to Colorado, taking a new route for all of us (at least in several years, or…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Welcome to the long hot summer season
Ah, Memorial Day, a moving tribute to those who sacrificed all in defense of this country. And, of course, it’s the holiday that tells the majority of the American population that it’s now summertime (well, don’t tell the meteorologists, they’re all hung up on that equinox thing). The holiday weekend falls what feels like slightly…
Brew Lab 101 heads south for unique offsite location on the water
That headline might leave one confused, since New Mexico is not a state that is replete with bodies of water. However, if you ask a longtime resident or two, they might just answer the question for you. Elephant Butte is arguably one of the most famous man-made lakes in the state, and starting the first…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 