Halloween weekend is truly back to normal in Albuquerque, and for proof, all one has to do is to return to Tractor Wells Park on Saturday night for the Stranger Things Arcade Carnival & Bazaar. After returning last year in a scaled-back format, it will reclaim the title of biggest event of the year at…
Month: October 2022
The Week Ahead in Beer: An onslaught of Halloween events are upon us
This is one of those weeks where the number of events go through the roof, while the number of new beer releases is rather small. Hey, it happens, especially when it happens to be essentially Halloween weekend. The holiday won’t fall until Monday, and let’s face it, that will be for the children (as an…
Box Canyon Brewing prepares to join booming Socorro craft beer scene
Despite being just 70 miles from Albuquerque and sporting a college of its own, Socorro has previously struggled to establish its own craft brewing culture. We say previously because all of a sudden, things are taking off in this grand little town. Box Canyon Brewing will become the second brewery in town, located within walking…
GABF 2022: Quarter Celtic keeps their even-year streak going with new medal
Hails once again, Franz Solo here, to bring you Quarter Celtic’s reaction to winning bronze at the Great American Beer Festival for their beloved house beer, Kill or be Kilt. With GABF medals in 2018, 2020, and 2022, Quarter Celtic are now 3-for-3 in even-year entries. Stoutmeister and I sat down with owners/brothers Brady and…
GABF 2022: Ex Novo Brewing rounds out the list of local medal winners
Life has, more than once, gotten in the way of all of us in the Crew in terms of getting stories done in a timely manner. As we all tried to find the time to catch up with the recent medal winners from the Great American Beer Festival, we almost left out Ex Novo Brewing,…
A visionary mixes cocktails and brews with soccer at Vision City Brewstillery
Martin Ulloa, co-owner of Vision City Brewstillery, has a vision. A couple of months ago, Martin and his business partner Nico Muñiz took over the former PK’s Pizza space at the International Indoor Soccer Arena located at 1311 Cuesta Arriba Ct NE in Albuquerque. The former small kitchen space is now housing a 1-barrel brewing…
GABF 2022: Flix Brewhouse earns its first medal for a year-round lager
Greetings all, Franz Solo here, back from hiatus to write again on a somewhat limited basis. I was up in Pagosa Springs for the GABF medal ceremony enjoying the gorgeous aspen, the clear crisp air, and most importantly, the hot springs! But, that’s not what today’s write-up concerns. Will Moorman of Flix Brewing is one…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A milestone anniversary calls for celebration
One of the first under-construction breweries that the Crew visited in our first year of existence was the Bosque Brewing on San Mateo back in the fall of 2012. Well, since we turned 10 in January, it’s Bosque’s turn to reach the decade club, so naturally they will be throwing an anniversary party. Bosque North…
Turquoise Trail Brewing hits the road in search of a better location
Over the past decade, we have seen plenty of breweries make big moves, whether expanding their main locations, or adding taprooms, or moving into large-scale packaging/distribution. Moving the entire brewing operation from one building to another, however, is a much rarer occurrence. Boxing Bear did it the most recently, and Bosque and Tractor did the…
GABF 2022: Rowley Farmhouse Ales brings home another gold from Denver
As any brewery will tell you, the difficulty level of winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival is already a mile high. Bringing home a fifth medal, and a second gold, at that, after only being in the business for six years, is a pretty phenomenal achievement for a small brewpub. At…
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