Happy New Year fellow craft beer aficionados, this is E-Rock here this fine Monday to bring you the first edition of the Week Ahead in Beer covering 2013. As always, this column is designed to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around the…
Month: December 2012
2012: A Brew Crew Year in Review
Happy New Year’s, friends. 2012 was a big year for us. It was the start of the Brew Crew, we got to meet many of our local brewers and brewery owners, we got to check out many of our local beer festivals as well as the Great American Beer Festival, and we got to watch…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Holiday beer!
Happy holidays fellow lovers of beer, this is E-Rock here this fine Monday to bring you another edition of the Week Ahead in Beer. As always, this column is designed to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around the Albuquerque metro area. Most…
Happy holiday beers to all and to all a hoppy night
Beer is the gift that keeps on giving, and with this being the pre-Christmas weekend of frantic, final shopping, the Crew is here to assist you in providing for that thirsty family member/friend who is in need. Putting our heads together, we have each come up with a beer that we feel fits perfectly in…
Saturday Night Sixer: Stone’s finale to the Vertical Epic series
Greetings fellow craft brew fanatics, Brandon here with an early edition of the Saturday Night Sixer! Well, the end of the world is rapidly approaching (ha-ha), and if you’re not sure what brew would accompany the end of times, let this be your guide! As always, all of our beers in the Sixer can be…
Bosque Brewing forges ahead after positive start
Bosque Brewing opened in October to become the Albuquerque metro area’s 12th microbrewery. The Dark Side Brew Crew stopped by before they opened for a preview, where we were impressed by their business savvy, but a bit worried in regards to their lack of large-scale brewing experience. Thankfully, for us and other beer lovers, Bosque’s…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Something sweet for the holidays
Greetings fellow craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock here this fine Monday to bring you another edition of the Week Ahead in Beer. As always, this column is designed to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around the Albuquerque metro area. Duke City…
The Crew marvels at Marble’s inner sanctum
Hey, everybody, happy 12-12-12 to one and all. Stoutmeister here, finally getting around to recapping our recent visit behind the scenes at Marble. Yeah, I know, us Crew guys are always bragging about our insider access, but in this case, we (E-Rock was along for the ride, as per usual) were not alone this past…
The Week Ahead in Beer—La Cumbre celebrates 2nd anniversary with more beer!
Greetings Albuquerque-area beer lovers, this is E-Rock here this Monday, as I am just about 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. The big news this week is La Cumbre’s second anniversary celebration. In addition to having…
La Cumbre keeps moving forward with its uncompromising approach
The story of La Cumbre Brewing Company is one of those feel-good tales that is almost made for the movies, a testament to what can happen when you pursue the things you love and chase your dreams. What is even better, especially for us beer lovers, is that the story of Jeff Erway and La…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 