A fifth anniversary is a big one in the craft brewing world, and now its High and Dry Brewing’s turn to celebrate the milestone. Wait, High and Dry is five years old? It seems like just yesterday that the neighborhood pub opened its doors on Adams, just south of Lomas. Well, five it is, and…
Month: January 2023
At Flix Brewhouse it’s all about the naming conventions and having fun
After a bit of a hiatus due to Covid-related shutdowns and so forth. Flix triumphantly reopened their Albuquerque location in 2022. They also won gold at the Great American Beer Festival for Lucha Libre, their Mexican-style lager. I (Franz Solo) was fortunate to get to hang out with brewers Will Moorman and Brandon Venaglia to…
Late Shift Lager House all set to move into its new home in 2023
First up, nobody panic, especially all those Liverpool fans out there (you can just panic over the direction of your season) — The Craftroom is not going anywhere. The production facility in the back of The Craftroom, where Sandia Hard Cider and Late Shift Lager House are located, is moving down the road a ways…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The stouts will keep you warm during this cold spell
The warm glow of a successful WinterBrew now fading behind us, we enter into another little quiet stretch before Super Bowl Sunday and, for the Crew, the return of our Stout Challenge to the big day. Amid the windy days and chilly temperatures outside, those wonderful dark beers truly keep us going at this time…
Boese Brew Co. providing throwback beers and exciting events in 2023
As we continue our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, we checked in with Boese Brew Co. to see how their past year has gone and what interesting plans they have in store for us in 2023. Boese Brew Co. has expanded their operations (quite impressively) in the past few years, and they’ve done a fabulous job…
Gravity Bound enjoys its first normal year and now aims for ambitious 2023
Gravity Bound Brewing discovered something new in 2022 — normalcy. The brewery that opened in the middle of the pandemic lockdown finally found out what a regular year of business looks like, as brothers and co-owners Chris (general manager) and Cameron Frigon (head brewer) told me last week when we sat down for their Look…
Ex Novo aims to help further downtown revitalization with huge new taproom
Unless you have boycotted social media entirely, and we would understand why, it was probably impossible to miss the big announcement Thursday that Ex Novo Brewing will be opening a new taproom downtown. This new spot will take over the former Firestone garage on the northwest corner of the intersection of Central and Seventh Street,…
WinterBrew returns to original home at the Railyard for its 11th annual edition
We have far too few festivals in Santa Fe, fewer after that recent Marvel-sized blip in history (as far as events go), and fewer still that are specifically designed around the celebration of Independent Craft Beverages. But, WinterBrew (oh, how we love you!), every year, does the trick, hits that spot, fulfills that need to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Well, someone has to enjoy the dark days of winter
As most of you probably know by now, our name does not derive from some Star Wars reference, but instead from our love of the darkest beers and blackest metal. So while many tend to fret and hide from the onset of a serious burst of winter weather, we are rather pleased with the gray…
Kaktus Brewing keeps clicking with an eye on a more educational approach
A Saturday drive up I-25 to Bernalillo went a little quicker than anticipated, so I arrived a bit early at Kaktus Brewing for a rare weekend interview for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. While owner Dana Koller was busy getting things set up for the eventual on-rush of customers coming to see the jazz band…
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