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 eight 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….
Month: July 2020
Bathtub Row Brewing weathers the pandemic as best it can in Los Alamos
The Brew Crew has been reporting on how the coronavirus pandemic and related regulations have been affecting the breweries around the state. No one expected to have to suddenly close their doors for several months. Even today, in the middle of July, it’s not clear when we’ll return to anything approaching normalcy. To see how…
Beer Notes: One taproom closes after another opens for first time
Well, that sure was an interesting few days over on social media. The reactions to our last couple of stories about the latest change to the governor’s health orders — no more indoor seating at breweries or restaurants starting today (Monday) — brought out a lot of fire and passion and plenty of debates among…
Brewery owners begin to respond to latest setback
The word came down Thursday afternoon that breweries would once again have to close off indoor seating beginning this Monday. We sent out a mass email asking for responses, and the initial responses were full of rage. “If we don’t band together against this tyrannical idiot we are all OVER!!!” one owner wrote. Others just…
Governor puts a halt to indoor crowds at breweries
It was not quite doomsday for New Mexico craft breweries, but it will still be another financial hit in a year full of them after Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham amended the public health orders Thursday afternoon. Breweries and restaurants will no longer be allowed to have indoor dining/drinking beginning this Monday. Patios may remain open…
The Crew reviews Marble’s Heller Bock and finds a perfect way to beat the heat
With the governor’s next press conference looming this afternoon, and most breweries sweating it out already, we decided this morning needed a little levity. After Marble’s Geraldine Lucero generously donated a couple of six-packs of the new Heller Bock on Tuesday afternoon, we gathered on Zoom for the first time in a while for our…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Ex Novo brings back a fan favorite
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 eight 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….
Marble goes to Heller (and) Bock with new canned seasonal
The annual seasonal releases at Marble Brewery have become staples in the craft beer community for many years now, from Reserve Ale and Imperial Stout at the end of the year to other big hits like White Out and Pumpkin Noir. This year, however, a number of new additions to the seasonal menu have taken…
The smallest breweries have faced some of the biggest challenges this year
Since the breweries have begun to reopen to customers in the last month, we have tackled the big ones, the ones with food, and those known for hosting events. Then there are the smallest breweries, the places that did not have canning lines, or kitchens, or a decade or more of history to fall back…
Beer Notes: The we-wish-we-had-better-news-to-share weekend edition
It is rare that we publish stories on Sundays, but these are strange times, and unfortunately the bad news has been piling up since Friday. We wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the following news items, so here we go. Taos Mesa Brewing needs our support At about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, the owners…
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