Month: May 2012

The 505 Five debuts as Beer Week rolls on

First off, I want to say the ABQ Beer Geek, or Patrick as we know him, is a gentleman and a scholar and someday people will sing songs about him! At least, that was went through my head when he poured me a pint of the 505 Five at Marble about five minutes before the…

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Kicking off Beer Week with Beer 101

I had the opportunity to begin ABQ Beer Week with Beer 101 at Marble Brewery. We tried 10 beers — two of the beers were brewed by Marble, with the other eight being non-local beers established as prime examples of classic beer styles including a pilsner, witbier, Irish red, IPA, barley wine, doppelbock, rauchbier, and…

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ABQ Beer Week arrives at long last

Today is like Christmas Eve for craft beer lovers. Yes, here on May 16, an otherwise average Wednesday, the community braces itself for the start of ABQ Beer Week on Thursday. The NMDSBC is preparing for the onslaught of flavorful delights that are coming our way over the next 11 days (which, yes, I realize…

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The Week Ahead in Beer—All that is fit to blog

This is E-Rock.  I’ve been threatening to write this column for the past month. I just finished everything I need for my master’s degree, and I am hoping to use my newly found free time to bring news from all of the Albuquerque breweries each week. I may even expand to cover the rest of…

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Beer Weekend—Release the hounds!

Well, it’s that annual event that makes the start of May a crazy time. No, not Cinco de Mayo, the latest foreign holiday that’s been turned into an excuse for Americans to get wacky. It’s my birthday. Yes, old Stoutmeister is, well, older. So what does a 34-year-old beer blogger do to celebrate? Drink beer,…

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