It was only about two years ago when I visited the newly christened Capitol Bar and Brewery in Socorro. Their first two beers had just been tapped, and they were in a celebratory mood bringing locally brewed craft back to their town. Fast forward to last week, and the Cap, as locals call it, is…
Month: June 2023
Canteen and 15 other breweries express their love for lagers with new event
In the heat of summer, sometimes nothing is better than enjoying a nice, crisp lager in the shade of a brewery patio. The problem, though, is figuring out which brewery and which lager, as there are oh-so-many across the metro area. Well, problem solved, to some degree, as the new For the Love of Lagers…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating anniversaries and a love of lagers
Since July 4 falls on a Tuesday this year, this weekend marks the de facto holiday stretch to kick off the month. A couple of breweries are kicking it off in style, as Nexus moved its anniversary party from Memorial Day weekend to this weekend at the original location. Our advice is to go right…
Box Canyon carves its own niche in the newly thriving Socorro craft beer scene
Last Friday, with nothing much going on around here, I contemplated a day trip to check out the three breweries down in Socorro. Yes, there are three now, so it seemed like a worthy trip, even on a hot, windy day. The final deciding point in favor of the mini road trip was when Box…
Northeast New Mexico brewery seeks a new owner to keep its momentum rolling
A little while ago, a couple of Crew members heard rumors that a northern brewery was for sale in New Mexico. The rumors proved to be true, as we found out via ProBrewer, where the breweries for sale list now includes Blü Dragonfly Brewing. Blü Dragonfly opened in the summer of 2018 in Cimarron, with…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The long, hot summer begins and we mean it this time
After a few false starts, summer is finally here, and the temperatures are soaring. We wish the best of luck to all of our beer friends in Southeast New Mexico, in particular, where the temps could reach 110 degrees this weekend. Yikes, that’s Arizona weather. Our best advice? Stay inside with a nice, cold pint…
A dash of Durango to wrap up the Crew’s recent beercation
As far as out-of-state beer towns go, Durango is probably the one that New Mexico beer geeks visit the most often. Well, unless you are me, and then you find yourself there for the first time in 11 years and have to rely upon the other Crew members to guide you around the small town…
Ascending to Telluride and the breweries along the Million Dollar Highway
Last week, three of us in the Crew headed to Northwest New Mexico and Southwest Colorado for a quick vacation, which of course included quite a few brewery stops. We already covered the breweries in Aztec and Farmington, so now we move on to day two of our trip, which took us up to Telluride,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Epic collabs and the return of 2 big fests are the highlights
Brace yourselves, it’s going to be another one of those weekends, where you will have to make some tough choices. Just plan ahead and you can get to most of the events and beer releases of note. Big ones include a new collaboration between Ex Novo, La Cumbre, and Marble, another collaboration between Steel Bender…
Northwest trio of 550 Brewing, 3 Rivers and Lauter Haus are all shining bright
A while back, three of us in the Crew agreed to share a quick vacation together, aiming for the breweries in Northwest New Mexico and Southwest Colorado. We did not go so far as to set up any interviews — we really treated it like a vacation — but of course we took some mental…
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