The first national brewing competition of the year is in the books as the Best of Craft Beer Awards were announced Monday in Bend, Oregon. Once again, New Mexico breweries cleaned up, with five splitting up 12 medals between them, including three gold medals. Leading the pack was Ex Novo Brewing with four medals, while…
Month: February 2020
Fifth annual Stout Invitational returns with a sweet twist at Bathtub Row Brewing
Winter is not loosening its grip on New Mexico just yet, so it seems like a perfect time for the annual New Mexico Brewers Guild Stout Invitational at Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos. This fun competition will be held this Saturday, with three judging sessions at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. As of…
Beer Notes: Ongoing offsite taproom boom hits Las Cruces
Enough little news items piled up on our proverbial desk that we figured it was time for another rapid-fire Beer Notes to get you ready for the weekend. Taprooms taprooms taprooms! The rapid growth of offsite taprooms is continuing down south. Truth or Consequences Brewing opened its first taproom this week at 2001 E. Lohman…
Canteen Brewhouse basks in the afterglow of its 25th anniversary year
After a quarter century of making beer, one might think that Canteen Brewhouse would take it easy this year. Taking it easy, however, has never been part of the plan at the oldest brewery in Albuquerque, so why start now? I caught up with Canteen head brewer Zach Guilmette and general manager Jamie Schwebach to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: High and Dry doubles up on anniversary fun
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 seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Bathtub Row Brewing plans to expand up the mountain
For our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, I sat down with Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op’s head brewer, Brandon Venaglia, and the new assistant manager, Rob Hipwood, to find out what happened in 2019 and what will be new for 2020. In terms of facility improvements, Brandon mentioned that they finally purchased two new critically-needed serving vessels….
Stout Challenge IX: An old favorite rises to the top to claim its 2nd title
Oh, thank goodness, a fun Super Bowl, and not just because it was Patriots-free. Congrats to the Chiefs and their long-suffering fans. But, you are not here to listen to us wax rhapsodic on the game, but instead to find out which stout we picked for our ninth edition. Five members of the Dark Side…
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