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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. One of the truly great holiday traditions in New Mexico,…
Month: December 2016
Blue Corn sets its sights on more new brews for 2017
The last time I interviewed Paul Mallory, head brewer at Blue Corn, it was about his entrance into the New Mexico brewing scene. For this entry in the Look Back/Look Ahead series, Paul and I sat down to discuss some of his new creations and chat about how his first year (six months to be…
Beer Notes: Brewers Association releases year in review stats
Oh, it’s that time of year, when just about everyone is doing some sort of year in review, like, um, us. But, in lieu of that today, we instead present some piping-hot beer notes for you all! Brewers Association issues annual report The good folks at the Brewers Association sent us a ton of stats…
Marble mellows out after a manic 2016
There is something oddly tranquil about Marble these days. There are no major construction projects, no hard hats, no architects wandering about. As far as Marble president Ted Rice is concerned, that is a good thing. From January through August, there was just one major project after another. It all added up to a rather…
The Week Ahead in Beer: La Cumbre gets its kicks by turning six
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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. One of our most awarded breweries, La Cumbre, is celebrating…
Palmer pops onto the scene in 2016
The concept of a combined brewing/distilling operation was not limited to one location in Albuquerque, as Palmer Brewery opened alongside Left Turn Distilling this year. Unlike Broken Trail, a few blocks to the west, technically Palmer and Left Turn are separate businesses, they just share the same taproom/tasting room. Brewer Rob Palmer and distiller Brian…
Kaktus aims for another big year in 2017
Editor’s note: Another new Bullpen member makes her debut with the Look Back/Look Ahead Series entry on Bernalillo’s only brewery. Let her know how she did in the comments. — S It was a big year for Kaktus Brewery, as 2016 started with the grand opening of their taproom in Nob Hill, and they don’t…
Finding a new path at Broken Trail
From Broken Trail’s Website: Broken Trail — A path or trail that has been cut, through snow or deep brush or other obstructions. To break trail is to venture where no one has before. It is to find your own path, hike your own hike, and to Find Your Spirit. This past year brought two major…
Boom times at Bosque will keep rolling right into 2017
It was another banner year over at Bosque Brewing, as everyone might have noticed. There were additional medals and awards, the arrival of six-pack cans, taproom renovations, and more. Do not expect things to slow down anytime soon, either. I had the chance to meet with head brewer John Bullard, owners Gabe Jensen and Jotham…
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