It’s been a week now, and the dust has finally settled on another successful WinterBrew. New Mexico beer enthusiasts have been back, hard at work, with memories (hopefully) of many great beers, plenty of new friends on their Facebook rosters, and a slew of crazy pictures on their cellphones. From the beer, to the food,…
Month: January 2015
The time has come for Stout Challenge IV: The Overload
Greetings, everyone, on this snowy Friday. Do be careful out there tonight when in pursuit of beer. Stuff is melting but not evaporating, so that means sheets of ice. And New Mexico drivers are bad enough without ice under their tires, so go slow if you desperately need some nocturnal pints. By Sunday, though, all…
Rio Bravo Brewing counting on experience as they barrel toward a May opening
One of the best parts of WinterBrew is that it can be a great event for networking, not just beer sampling. As an example, representatives from the forthcoming Rio Bravo Brewing were on hand and one of them passed along a business card to our Santa Fe writer, Luke. He in turn gave that card…
The Los Alamos Beer Co-op’s hard work in 2014 set to pay off in 2015
Greetings, New Mexico beer fans! As part of the series of posts reflecting on 2014 and looking forward to 2015, we’re going to give you the latest scoop on the Los Alamos Beer Co-op (LABC). As many of you already know, the LABC is an organization dedicated to opening up a brewery and taproom in…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Santa Fe Brewing takes over Sister Bar
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…
Lizard Tail looks forward to their first full year in 2015
Greetings everyone, Adam from the Bullpen here with the 17th post in our Look Back/Look Ahead series for 2014-15. Click on the category link above in the byline and you will find everything we’ve written so far in this series. We hope to get the remaining entries published by the end of January. It was…
Chama River intends to focus on the beer in 2015 as a good brewery should
Greetings everyone, Stoutmeister here with the 16th post in our Look Back/Look Ahead series for 2014-15. Normally I would list the previous entries, but that’s starting to chew up space, so just go ahead and click on the category link above in the byline and you will find everything we’ve written so far in this…
Duel Brewing parries a slight setback in 2014 and thrusts boldly into 2015
Every year the Crew sits down with our local breweries, giving them a chance to take a look back at the year they’ve had and recap for you, beer fans, their wins, their loses, and the challenges they may have faced along the way. We also give them the opportunity to tell us what we…
Turtle Mountain came out of their shell in 2014 and now look to polish off 2015 as well
Greetings everyone, Stoutmeister here with the 15th post in our Look Back/Look Ahead series for 2014-15. Normally I would list the previous entries, but that’s starting to chew up space, so just go ahead and click on the category link above in the byline and you will find everything we’ve written so far in this…
WinterBrew set to kick off 2015 festival season in style
The first beer festival of 2015 is upon us. WinterBrew is set for Friday at the Santa Fe Farmers Market from 4 to 9 p.m. The event, run by the New Mexico Brewers Guild, has already sold out all 750 of its tickets. So for those 750 lucky people, this preview is for you. For…
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