Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. During the winter, seasonal beer releases…
Month: January 2016
Bathtub Row Brewing aims to build upon their great start
Bathtub Row Brewing (BRB) in Los Alamos had a phenomenal first year and said they hope to keep the ball rolling in 2016. As part of our Look Back/Look Ahead Series for 2015-16, I sat down with general manager Jason Fitzpatrick and brewers Hector Santana Jr. and Jason Kirkman to get their take on the new…
And the winner of the best beer name of 2015 is …
Baby Got Bock! Yes, Red Door’s homage to a “classic” song was the winner of our first poll. Since we did not add a timing element to the poll itself, we just decided all votes after 10 p.m. MST would not count. Thus, Baby Got Bock proved to be the winner. (We should add it…
Sidetrack swings open their doors at last
Quiet weekends can be nice sometimes. Other times, they get downright boring. Luckily for craft beer drinkers in Albuquerque, this weekend saw the surprise opening of Sidetrack Brewing downtown. I originally visited Sidetrack back in September and they looked to be a month or so from opening, but things went a bit quiet after that….
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 