We start off this week with a little tip o’ the cap to Bow & Arrow, which continues to mine the lyrics of classic songs to come up with some truly wonderful and creative names for its beers. This week, the brewery is releasing a new hazy IPA called Like a Diamond in the Desert, Like a Beacon in the Night. Give credit where it’s due, in a country with thousands of breweries all struggling to name their packaged beers and not run afoul of another brewery’s trademark, Bow & Arrow has found a fun path around those sorts of issues. Now if only we could convince them to use some classic metal lyrics. Who wouldn’t want a helles called “Hell and Fire was Spawned to be Released”?
New Draft:
Brew Lab 101 tapped Sienna Red IPA. Nexus brought back the award-winning Beam Me Up (Higher) Scotty at the original location last weekend, and will tap it at Nexus Blue Smokehouse this weekend. Sidetrack crossed over to the Fifth Dimension with its new IPA. (UPDATES) Canteen tapped Good Boy Rosco Hazy IPA and Social Capital (Cherry Lime Kettle Sour). Kaktus rolled out Italian Pilsner, American Wheat, and Cucumber Blonde. Marble tapped Summer Citrus Wheat.
Up in Santa Fe, Rowley Farmhouse Ales pulled Built to Chill, its new Vienna lager, out of the tanks after a lengthy lagering. Tumbleroot released a tripleheader of Golden Bear IPA, Coco Hops Brown IPA, and Blushing Tart Wit. Down south, Truth or Consequences Brewing felt a might bit patriotic with the release of Independence Lager. (UPDATE) Hidden Mountain will tap South Island Pilsner, made with New Zealand hops, on Friday.
New Package:
Bow & Arrow has rolled out the aforementioned Like a Diamond in the Desert, Like a Beacon in the Night in cans and on draft. Santa Fe Brewing released a new summer seasonal, Slightly Social (Orange/Tangerine Wheat Ale), in cans and on draft. Sidetrack put Crossroads Pilsner and Strawberry Moon in cans. (UPDATES) Bow & Arrow will also release Rancho Light Lager, sans lime, in cans and on draft this Friday. Ex Novo has more Cactus Wins the Lottery in cans and on draft. Gravity Bound went crazy and created Double Take, the DIPA version of their IPA Challenge-winning Quick Take Hazy IPA, and it’s now available in cans and on draft. La Cumbre will release Big 3 IPA in cans and on draft this Friday.
Notable Events:
Today (Wednesday) — Poetry & Beer returns to Tractor Wells Park at 7 p.m.
Friday — ArtWalk is back downtown from 5 to 9 p.m., so check out the events planned at Boese Brothers, Red Door, and Sidetrack.
If downtown is too crowded, head to Boxing Bear West Downtown for the Friday Night Stroll Down from 6 to 10 p.m., with local vendors, music, a food truck and more.
Need a laugh? If you are in Rio Rancho, head to Brew Lab 101 for the Blue Lab Comedy Night at 8 p.m. If you are in Albuquerque, stop by Tractor Wells Park for the First Fridays Comedy Contest at 8 p.m.
Saturday — Nexus’ 12th anniversary party will be held all day at the Blue Smokehouse, with jerk chicken, live music, and more.
Need help keeping your doggo behaving at breweries? Stop by Canteen for the Polite Patio Pup class from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Santa Fe Brewing will host the second annual Desert Party at HQ starting at 4 p.m., with live music, vendors, an art walk and more. Our friend Rozanna Martinez wrote a wonderful preview for the Albuquerque Journal.
Sunday — The Six Pack Series 5K Fundraiser is back at Canteen from 9:30 to noon, benefiting Cross My Paws Animal Rescue.
Quick News Bits:
Bosque recently opened a new location, The Drinkery, in Santa Fe. Located at 4980 Promenade Blvd, just off Cerrillos and Wellness Way, it will not have a kitchen, but neighboring Dion’s will bring food to your table.
Bow & Arrow has hired a new head brewer, Mike Donovan, formerly of Rowley Farmhosue Ales.
The Nuckolls Brewery, which has announced its grand opening will happen July 19 in Santa Fe, has hired head brewer Jennifer Treu, also formerly of Rowley Farmhouse Ales. Fear not, as RFA has a successor lined up and will announce his/her name soon.
Flock of Moons Brewing will hold its grand opening this Friday at noon. Check out our recent preview before you go.
Milton’s Brewing in Carlsbad announced Thursday that are temporarily closed due to an unspecified issue with keeping the beer cold amid the rising temperatures. We reached out for more info, and found out it has to do with the glycol chiller. They should be back up and running sooner than later. (UPDATE) Try much sooner, as they are open again as of Friday afternoon. Rejoice, Carlsbad, rejoice!
Baca House Brewery in Socorro is celebrating a grand opening Saturday with live music from Voodoo Tattoo from 6 to 9 p.m.
Albuquerque metro area breweries
Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Zeus Juice (6.5% ABV), a white IPA with big citrus flavors.
Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: The R.E.D. Ale (5.5% ABV, 20 IBU), an Irish-style red served on nitro.
Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Moon Cannon Double Hazy IPA (8.5% ABV, 100 IBU), now available in cans and on draft.
Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Rad Vista (5% ABV), a single-hop (Hallertau Blanc) pilsner available in cans and on draft.
Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Polly’s Run Pale Ale (4.3% ABV, 20 IBU), a refreshing pale available in cans and on draft, benefiting The Race to Cure Pancreatic Cancer.
Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Ice Lab Lager (5.5% ABV, 17 IBU), there is still some of this light American lager, brewed with Icebox of Las Cruces, left on tap.
Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Enthrall IPA (7.4% ABV, 65 IBU), with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Thrall family, is down to just cans at both locations, so grab a sixer ASAP.
Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Tripel Threat, a hefty Belgian-style brew.
Cazuela’s Seafood & Mexican Grill
Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Cinnamon Apple Wheat (5.1% ABV, 26 IBU) is basically that one breakfast cereal transformed into a beer.
Downshift Brewing at Outpost 1706 — Featured seasonal: Gratitude Session IPA (4.2% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities, right now $1 from every pint sold goes to the Shelter Fund of the Community Foundation of Lincoln County.
Echoes Brewery — Featured seasonal: Echoes IPA has now been joined by the one of the other core beers, a coconut coffee stout. A pilsner and an American pale ale are on deck.
Enchanted Circle Brewing Taproom
Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: But it’s a Dry Heat, a Mexican lager with lime and salt, available in cans and on draft for a limited time.
Flix Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery/movie theater for their current seasonal lineup.
Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Garden Spot (4.8% ABV), the cucumber-basil gose is back for another run, and as we wrote above, it’s finally been canned.
Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: O’Danny Boy Irish Red (6.5% ABV) is still available on draft and in cans.
High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Kittens from Japan (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU) is a pale ale made with Japanese Sorachi Ace hops.
Hops Brewery — Featured seasonal: Killer Bee Pale Ale (6.3% ABV, 23 IBU), this beer is made with actual honey from killer bee hives in Southern New Mexico.
JUNO Brewery — Featured seasonal: Vienna Lager, a smooth amber lager with a touch of sweetness.
Kaktus Brewing — Featured seasonal: Check out the three new seasonals above.
La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: Azulito Blue Corn Lager (4.8% ABV, 16 IBU), a perfect sessionable lager to help kick off the warmer months.
La Reforma Brewery — Featured seasonal: Bomba de Malta (8.3% ABV), another big old malt bomb of a Scotch ale.
Late Shift Lager House at The Craftroom — Featured seasonal: Hop Villain (6.8% ABV, 102 IBU), a beastly IPA that is a change of sorts from the lager-dominated lineup.
Lizard Tail Brewing — Featured seasonal: Desert Dunes Pilsner (5.5% ABV, 35 IBU), a perfect beer to beat the heat.
Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: Citrus Sunshine (6.8% ABV), the new release in the Alpha Acid Trip series, now available in cans and on draft.
Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Oralé Mexican Lager (5.3% ABV, 18 IBU), a crisp summer beer with a touch of lemon/lime, it will be back on tap this Friday.
Palmer Brewery and Cider House — Featured seasonal: Cockness Monster (13% ABV), a monstrous Scotch ale aged in whiskey barrels.
Ponderosa Brewing Co. — Featured seasonal: Italian Pilsner, the winner of back-to-back gold medals at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival and the 2022 World Beer Cup, is available on draft and in cans.
Quarter Celtic Brewpub— Featured seasonal: Birra Al Gusto Di Birra, a collaboration Italian pilsner made with Palmer Brewery, it recently won gold at the North American Brewers Association’s International Beer Awards.
Red Door Brewing — Featured seasonal: Wagoner’s Porter (7.2% ABV, 36 IBU), a tasty American-style porter that recently joined the draft lineup.
ReSource Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to find out what’s on tap, as it changes frequently.
Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Black Sparrow (13% ABV, 60 IBU), a rum-barrel-aged imperial stout.
Rumor Brewing (formerly Ale Republic) — Featured seasonal: Desert Monk (6.8% ABV, 21 IBU), a Belgian-style dubbel.
Sidetrack Brewing — Featured seasonal: The Udder Stout (5.1% ABV, 15 IBU), a proper cream stout.
Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Dominator, a German-style doppelbock.
Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: War Face (9.6% ABV, 100 IBU), a behemoth DIPA.
Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Hefe Lifting (5.5% ABV, 10 IBU), a hefeweizen now available in cans and on draft.
Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: HWY 47 Double Honey Blonde (5.9% ABV, 24 IBU), a collaboration with Steel Bender.
Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Father O’Malley’s Holy Water (4.2% ABV, 33 IBU), which is described by the brewery as “an Irish-style dry stout served on nitro for a smooth, creamy head, and deep roasted malt that’s still light bodied enough to leave room for seconds.”
Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Munich Helles 9 (5.1% ABV, 29 IBU), is described by the brewery as being “named for the 9 bags of Pilsner Malt and 9 pounds of hops used in the recipe, (it) is a smooth and refreshing lager brewed strictly with German malt for a crisp, clean taste. With its golden color and subtle sweetness, this beer is the perfect accompaniment to any occasion. Prost!”
Turquoise Trail Brewing — The brewery is closed at its original location, and is aiming to reopen out in Moriarty. We will have more on this move when they’re closer to opening.
Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Cosmic Campground (6.25% ABV, 66 IBU), a decadent black IPA brewed in honor of the International Dark Sky Sanctuary of North America, which is located in the Gila Wilderness of southwest New Mexico.
Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: Tatooine Spring (7.8% ABV, 80 IBU), an imperial amber with a great name.
Vision City Brewstillery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.
Santa Fe breweries
Beer Creek Brewing — Featured seasonal: Pajarito Pils (5.1% ABV, 32 IBU), the perfect beer for afternoons on the epic BCBC patio.
Chile Line Brewing — Featured seasonal: A Huevo (5% ABV, 20 IBU) is a Yerba Matte-inspired beer.
Hidden Mountain Brewing — Featured seasonal: Snow White and the Seven Brewers, a Scotch ale brewed in collaboration with Beer Creek and Madrid Brewing.
Rowley Farmhouse Ales — Featured seasonal: Season of Night (4.8% ABV, 20 IBU), a dark saison that our own Luke Macias helped brew.
Santa Fe Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Freewheeler Hazy IPA is the summer seasonal available on tap and in cans.
Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Dragon’s Blood Sour (5.6%), a blood orange sour available in cans and on draft.
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery — Featured seasonal: Hoppy Pils, a beer for which the name says it all.
Other breweries you need to visit
Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Rub a Dub Dub, United in a Tub (5% ABV) is a raspberry porter brewed in collaboration with Ex Novo for the United in Beer festival.
Little Toad Creek Brewing and Distilling
Red River Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Steam Coffee Porter (6.5% ABV, 30 IBU), from the brewery: “Smooth and malty with a solid creamy head. Roasted grains are well balanced with base malts and just enough hops to offset any residual sweetness. Add in some coffee from Steam and it’s winter in a glass.”
Sierra Blanca Brewing — Featured seasonal: Cherry Wheat, a three-time GABF medal winner that is perfect for summer nights in the beer garden.
Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Fiesta Gold (5.3% ABV, 22 IBU), which the brewery described as “inspired by thirst-quenching Mexican lagers like Modelo & Bohemia, this crisp International Pale Lager has a straw-gold color with just a touch of herbal spiciness from German hops.”
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That’s all for this week! If you have any questions or comments, leave them below or contact us on our Facebook page.
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— Stoutmeister
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 