In many towns and cities across the country at the beginning of May, the AHA (American Homebrewers Association) celebrated National Homebrew Day with an event called Big Brew. During this event, homebrewers came out for some sunshine and warm weather to drink beer, talk beer, and make the stuff, too. This article is not a…
Month: May 2015
The Crew ran a 5K for beer and no one died
We are alive. That was pretty much the best summation of the Dark Side Brew Crew’s experience at the first ABQ Brew Dash on Saturday. A bunch of mostly out-of-shape beer writers ran 5 kilometers. Why? Hey, why not? As Franz Solo once said, “Fit, drunk, and stupid is the way to go through life,…
Time to hit the ground running at the ABQ Brew Dash
Here is hoping most of you out there have done a lot more training than I have, because the ABQ Brew Dash is this Saturday. The 5K kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with the mile run right afterward. The course organizers recommend you should get there at least 45 minutes before the race begins. You…
When Santa Fe’s Mondragon wears her pink boots, no off-flavors are safe.
The Dark Side Brew Crew’s NM Women in Brewing series has introduced you to some of the hardest working women in the industry — women managers, women brewers, women behind the bar. I’m sad to say this is my fifth and final story of the series, but I wanted to end with as much momentum as I began. For…
Upslope set to make their ABQ debut at Nob Hill Bar & Grill
Adam from the Bullpen had a great interview last week with Nob Hill Bar & Grill bar manager/craft beer aficionado Thomas DeCaro about all the upcoming fun he has planned. Well, one of those plans has come to light rather quickly. Upslope Brewing Co. of Boulder, Colo., will debut their beers on tap at NHBG…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Enjoy these last days of quiet
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…
Marble’s marvelous duo of Rice and Kornke keep the brewery rolling
Before the Isotopes returned to Albuquerque to suck up all of my available free time last week, I trekked over to Marble Brewery to interview Amberley Rice and Anna Kornke, two women with very different but equally important jobs, for our ongoing NM Women in Brewing series. Amberley is Marble’s director of marketing, and as…
Nob Hill Bar & Grill’s Decaro talks about their dedication to craft beer
Big things have been happening in Nob Hill in the last six months. Sitting between Kelly’s and Bistronomy B2B on the beer map of Albuquerque, Nob Hill Bar & Grill has been around since 2008 offering upscale, but casual, American dining and cocktail bar experience. Just before Halloween last year it was brought under new…
Blaze a trail to Las Cruces to kick off festival season
The third annual Blazin’ Brewfest will hit Las Cruces this Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m., officially kicking off festival season in New Mexico. The event will be held again on Main Street, with plenty of food trucks and live music to go with the offerings from 15 different breweries, including the event’s four host…
One last ride at the Steer
Editor’s note: None of the rest of us in the Crew could make it to the Steer before it closed, but AmyO from the Bullpen was able to file one last story from the west side establishment. It will close for good at the end of business today (Friday). If anyone else has anything you…
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