Greetings, craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock here this Monday, as I am roughly every Monday, to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around the Duke City. This is going to be a great week for craft beer drinkers who love all our…
Month: October 2012
The 1st Annual Dark Side Food Drive to support Roadrunner Food Bank
Greetings, Hopheads and Malties! With the holiday season quickly approaching, the group was trying to think about a way to give back to our community and what better way to do so than with a canned food drive! The Dark Side Brew Crew has teamed up with the Albuquerque Craft Beer Drinkers Group along with…
Bosque Brewing is open for business
Happy Friday, folks. Stoutmeister here, a couple days after E-Rock and I made a stealth visit to Bosque Brewing. Yes, I know the grand opening is today, but technically they have been doing a “soft” opening all week, so the beers have already been flowing. First, some bad news, as the Old Bosky, a robust…
The Week Ahead in Beer—A new brewery and a new tap room
Editor’s note: E-Rock did write this Monday, but yours truly was flying from Philadelphia to Chicago Midway to Albuquerque, with a wonderful two-hour delay in the Midwest thrown in. Better late than never, right? — Stoutmeister Greetings, Burque beer connoisseurs, my name is E-Rock and I am here this Monday, as I am roughly every…
Saturday Night Sixer: Narwhal Imperial Stout from Sierra Nevada Brewing
Greetings beer fanatics, Brandon has returned for another weekend edition of Saturday Night Sixer! Not sure of what sixer to grab on your way to that fall barbecue?? Staring endlessly at row after row of bombers, contemplating which one is going to please your palate?? Or looking for something out of the ordinary to change…
Eastern Beers: Yo, Stoutmeister is in Jersey
RED BANK, N.J. — Stoutmeister here, checking in from the East Coast of the United States, a strange, humid place, full of gray skies, bad drivers, but thankfully also a few scattered breweries. I am technically here for my cousin’s wedding, but hey, when dealing with this much extended family, to say I need some…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Time for pumpkins and spices
Editor’s note: E-Rock wrote this while we were driving back from GABF in Denver. Yes, he is one crazy, dedicated beer blogger. — Stoutmeister Hello, Albuquerque beer lovers, my name is E-Rock and I am here this fine Monday, as I am roughly every Monday, to keep you up to date on all of the…
GABF 2012: The halls of Valhalla must close eventually
DENVER — Stoutmeister here with our final recap from the final day of the Great American Beer Festival. Yes, VALHALLA has come and gone. We shed a silent tear. Our livers quietly rejoice. And thus, the tale ends. So first, the news of the day involved the awards ceremony, which took place during the day…
GABF 2012: Surviving Valhalla is not as easy as it looks
DENVER — Stoutmeister here from the aftermath of day two (day one for us) of the GABF, a.k.a. VALHALLA. The good news is we are alive. The other good news is that at no point did we get a collective “ooooooh!” from the crowd (which happens to anybody that drops his/her glass inside the convention…
GABF 2012: Things to do in Denver when you’re not at Valhalla
Stoutmeister here, checking in after a long drive, a long night of bad football, and in general being in Denver, within spitting distance of the Great American Beer Festival, but not having tickets for day one of the three-day event. Yeah, in case I failed to mention, we did not get tix for day one,…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 