May 2014 – Page 3 – DARK SIDE BREW CREW

Bosque’s new brewhouse is up and running

It has been well over 24 hours since Bosque Brewing’s new system went online for the first time. Heck, it’s even been 24 hours since I stopped by to check things out, and finally I’m getting around to the story. High school baseball is time-consuming, people. Anyway, as I said, I had the chance to…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Santa Fe Bike & Brew Fest

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. This weekend the Outside Magazine Bike…

And La Cumbre’s getting larger

Pardon the bad paraphrasing of a quote from “Airplane!” in the headline, but I could not resist. After having spent nearly two weeks doing nothing but writing about sports (Saturday’s six-hour high school track and field meet was the brutal finale), I have finally gotten back to the local beer scene. After Sunday stops at…

Hercules Double IPA: A beer worthy of the gods!

My wife recently traveled up north to Denver and happened to bring us back a couple of beers from Great Divide brewing. I had never tried any of their beers but had heard from several sources (a.k.a. Stoutmeister and E-Rock) that this was a brewery worth checking out. So on a lovely evening I cracked…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Cask Fest returns!

Father Nelson: Destroyer of Worlds

Editor’s note: We have been informed that La Cumbre and area liquor stores are running very low on bombers of Father Nelson, so hurry up and get yours before it’s all gone. — Stoutmeister My first taste of this wonderful ode to the glories of hops came on the day of its release, and I…