This week has been just a tad chaotic. At least for the sports writer in this group, who has barely had a chance to breathe while spending hours at the Pit and Santa Ana Star Center. The good news is the weekend is almost upon us, which means the high school basketball tournament is almost…
Month: March 2012
Finding beer throughout New Mexico
The current roster of the Dark Side Brew Crew is based in Albuquerque, but we put that NM before our name to show that while we love our hometown microbreweries, we also enjoy all the fine styles from around the state. With the weather warming up, but the economy still scuffling along, more and more…
Finding beer throughout New Mexico (part two)
Author’s note: This post got a bit big, so I split it in two. For the Northern New Mexico beers, see above; this half covers the breweries that are all located in towns and cities south of the ABQ metro area. Socorro Springs Brewing: Now technically none of the in-house beers here are made in…
Shadow boxers, milk mustaches and more midweek beer joy
It’s been a busy week already, but before I became a semi-permanent resident of both The Pit and the Santa Ana Star Center for the state basketball tournament, I managed to trek out to try a couple new beers here in ABQ. First up was the Shadow Boxer Black IPA at Chama River. It appears…
Brewology—Brewminator 2: Brewing Day
Fellow beer drinkers and beer lovers…I am proud to say that I have officially brewed my first batch of beer! Now keep in mind, I’m using the term brewed; I’m only a portion of the way through the process, and I still have a ways to go before I can enjoy a pint of this…
Beer Mondays and other notes
Clearing out the beer files… In case you haven’t noticed, every Monday members of the Crew gather at various watering holes to kick off the week the right way. Why Mondays? Well, who honestly enjoys that first day back to work after a two days away? (and Stoutmeister’s freelance gig for the local paper doesn’t…
Beer Weekend—Finding time for beer amid the chaos
This is the first of what we hope will become a weekly feature in which all the members of the Crew try to figure out what they are doing for the upcoming weekend, beer-wise. We hope to inspire others to set forth and explore our local breweries, or in some cases those locations outside the…
Turtle Mountain: A reason to visit Rio Rancho
Folks here in Albuquerque like to make fun of Rio Rancho. They tend to use the famous quote “there’s no there there” when describing the sprawling suburb (which, by all accounts, hates to be called a suburb). RR residents probably snipe away at ABQ every chance they get, probably while stuck in traffic on Coors…
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