Remember a while back on social media when we joked about the arrival of Oktoberfest beers coming earlier and earlier every year? Someone responded that just wait, the pumpkin beers were next. Well, apparently Marble was listening, because today (Wednesday) marks the return of fall favorite Pumpkin Noir in cans and on draft. This popular pumpkin porter is usually a September or October release, but lo and behold, it is also showing up while it’s still technically summer. You know what? That is OK with us. Anything that might help speed us toward the change in seasons is just fine and dandy. We are done with the summer heat. Bring on the autumn temps, the Halloween decorations, hockey training camps, the return of our black hoodies, and more. Come on, Pumpkin Noir, will it to happen. We’re all counting on you!
New Draft:
For a full list of all the entries in the recent New Mexico IPA Challenge, click here.
Bow & Arrow is likewise done with summer, having released Mo Money Mo Poblanos, an adjunct-heavy imperial stout. Flock of Moons tapped Endor, its West Coast IPA. High and Dry is Feeling Pekkish with its new pale ale, brewed with kolsch yeast. Marble tapped Ol’ Fuzzy Britches, a wine-barrel-aged ale with peaches and brettanomyces. Ponderosa added its Oktoberfest lager. Sidetrack tapped AlbuCrazy Hazy IPA. Steel Bender brings back Nigel Scottish Ale on Thursday. Thirsty Eye tapped its Oktoberfest lager, and will have a new edition of Odin’s Monocle on Friday. Turtle Mountain brought back Herr Fest, a festbier. (UPDATES) Bombs Away lightens up with Initiator Light Lager. Bosque tapped Oktoberfest. Differential added Plum Basil Rice Lager. Tractor tapped a batch of Kolsch.
Up in Santa Fe, Hidden Mountain tapped POGlodyte Wheat.
New Package:
Bow & Arrow is off to the races with Speed So Fast, a kolsch, in cans and on draft this Friday. Ex Novo rolled out Bury Me in Smoke, a new hazy DIPA, in cans and on draft, and it will also release the official beer of the New Mexico State Fair, Dusty Spur, an American pilsner, in cans and on draft this Monday. La Cumbre brings back its amazing Oktoberfest in cans and on draft this Friday. (UPDATE) Boxing Bear and Gallo Negro Tattoo are rolling out the third edition of their annual collab, Dr. Ink Me: Claw vs. Paw, a hazy IPA in cans and on draft.
Notable Events:
Friday — Betty Benedeadly brings her unique style of music to High and Dry from 6 to 8 p.m.
Goth Night & Dark Market returns to Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m.
Saturday — Canteen will host Thirst for the Outdoors from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., bringing together outdoor enthusiasts, educators, and special groups to celebrate spending time in the wilderness.
Lizard Tail Heights will be celebrating its ninth anniversary from noon to close with live musical, local vendors, food trucks, and more.
Love Beer, Hate Cancer, an annual fundraiser for Camp Enchantment, returns to Marble downtown from 3 to 10 p.m.
Boxing Bear’s Ignite 3.0 Party will be held at 2505 Quincy St. NE from 6 to 10 p.m.
Gravity Bound hosts a Summer Party, benefiting the Downtown Growers’ Market, from 6 to 10 p.m.
High and Dry hosts a Songwriter Contest, round two, at 6 p.m.
The Desert Darlings return to Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m. for Hops & Dreams: Freak Show Edition.
Sunday — Beer Bikes & Brunch is back at Rio Bravo from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Differential brings back The Night Market from 6 to 10 p.m.
Quick News Bits:
JUNO provided us with a quick update on the forthcoming Edgewood taproom. Interior construction is mostly finished, and the patio is being built now. They are aiming for a soft opening in the early fall.
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, but is almost out 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: Low & Slow Pale Ale (5.5% ABV, 35 IBU), this tasty beer is available in cans and on draft, benefiting the Turtle Survival Alliance.
Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Tripel Threat, a hefty Belgian-style brew.
Cazuela’s Seafood & Mexican Grill
Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Guava Wheat Ale (4.2% ABV, 21 IBU), the name says it all for this perfect summer brew.
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: Speed Juice (6.6% ABV), a red IPA.
Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Tropical Guru (6.2% ABV, 45 IBU), the first new beer since the opening trio at this new brewery is a delicious, balanced tropical stout.
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: ALT + 127880 (5.3% ABV, 30 IBU), an altbier with quite the name.
Hops Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.
JUNO Brewery — Featured seasonal: Vienna Lager, a smooth amber lager with a touch of sweetness.
Kaktus Brewing — Featured seasonal: Sovereign Shores IPA, which has one of those names that make us curious as to its origin/meaning.
Kilt Check Brewing — There are rumors that the brewery will be staying open, but we await the official word.
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.
Lava Rock Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.
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.
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: Fifth Dimension IPA (6.7% ABV, 90 IBU), the brewery’s entry in the 2023 NMIPAC.
Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Dominator, a German-style doppelbock.
Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Don’t Fear the RIPA (7.4% ABV, 90 IBU), a big and flavorful red IPA.
Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Big E DIPA (8.4% ABV, 80 IBU), a hop beast made with Citra, Columbus, Mosaic, and Nelson Sauvin hops.
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: La Llagerona (4.5% ABV, 23 IBU), a light and crisp Mexican-style lager.
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: Sierra Nativo (5.05% ABV, 19 IBU), a new “Burqueno” pale ale made with Zappa (Neomexicanus) and Cascade hops.
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: Icarus Double Hazy IPA, the brewery’s entry in the IPA Challenge.
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.
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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— Stoutmeister
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