Fest season continues this weekend with a couple of big ones. We will have Ullr Fest previewed in a separate article, so first we wanted to highlight the Rio Rancho Oktoberfest set for this Saturday from 2 to 10 p.m. It will be located, once again, in the parking lot of the Country Club Plaza off Southern, which is home to Brew Lab 101, among other businesses. As the de facto host brewery, they will be pouring, along with neighboring Turtle Mountain, and to cap the all-Sandoval County theme, Kaktus will be bringing their brews up from Bernalillo. There will be a slew of vendors, a big tent to keep the sun from frying anyone, plenty of food trucks, and live music. Pröst!
New Draft:
Boese Brothers tapped Gold Member, a new hazy DIPA. Bosque added Supreme Tangerine. Boxing Bear brought back Metal Head Stout, our kind of beer. Brew Lab 101 tapped Labtoberfest in advance of the aforementioned event. Flix and Sobremesa released their collab, Nuntucky Common. Kaktus tapped its Oktoberfest. Marble added its version of Native Land, the Mexican lager recipe created by Bow & Arrow. Nexus switched it up ever so slightly with Slightly Soured Trampled by Tangerines. Starr Brothers tapped Dystopian Mist, a new hazy IPA. Steel Bender will bring back Sparkfitter Amber on Thursday. (UPDATES) Flix tapped its aptly named Oktoberfest lager, Flix Brühaus. Tractor added Chocolate Milk Stout.
Up in Santa Fe, Beer Creek will release Märzen Law on Friday. Over in Los Alamos, Bathtub Row tapped White Crow Green Hop, a fresh-hop ale. Down south, Truth or Consequences Brewing will release Oktoberfest on Thursday.
New Package:
Bosque will release Spacelion IPA in cans and on draft this Saturday. La Cumbre will roll out Oktober Wiesen in cans and on draft this Friday. (UPDATES) Bow and Arrow will release Like a Tumbleweed I’m Gone with the Wind, a new hazy IPA, in cans and on draft this Friday. Ex Novo released No Swears or Vulgarity, a juicy IPA, in cans and on draft. Harmon Lane rolled out Wobble On … A Crimson Ale in cans and on draft just in time for the football rivalry game. Marble takes flight a little early with Up, Alt & Away, a German altbier, in cans and on draft.
Notable Events:
Today (Wednesay) — Drink and Draw will be back at Tractor Wells Park at 6 p.m.
Brew Lab 101 will host a Women’s Networking Event at 6 p.m.
Thursday — It’s metal night at Tumbleroot starting at 7:30 p.m. with Dead Register, Distances, and Coma Recovery.
Friday — Gin & Jazz: Brazilian Jazz Edition takes over Tractor Wells Park at 5 p.m.
Blue Lab Comedy Night will return to Brew Lab 101 at 8 p.m.
Bow & Arrow’s Rambler Taproom will celebrate its second anniversary both Friday and Saturday with live music, food trucks, and special beer releases.
Saturday — Marble will host another MavsterClass, where participants can help brew a batch of Cerveza, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Ullr Fest is back at Pajarito Mountain above Los Alamos with a beer garden open from noon to 5 p.m. We will have a full preview later this week.
The annual Spacelion Fest is back at Bosque Telshor in Las Cruces from 3 to 7 p.m.
The Night Market returns to Differential from 5 to 9 p.m.
Magic & Comedy Night is back at Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m.
Sunday — The Six Pack Running Series Fundraiser 5K is back at Canteen at 10 a.m.
Quick News Bits:
Ex Novo is looking to hire a new head brewer. Head to their website (link is below) for more information.
Just in case you missed it, Brew Lab 101 is taking over the ReSource Brewing taproom in November. Here is the full story.
Starr Brothers has opened its first offsite taproom inside Pars & Rec, a golf and social shop located in the Hoffmantown Shopping Center at Menaul and Wyoming. The brewery will provide beers, cocktails, and wood-fired pizzas in the on-site cafe.
Last week marked the six-month mark since High Desert Brewing suffered a devastating kitchen fire, and it felt like it had nearly been that long since we heard any news from Las Cruces. A quick check online found a story from an El Paso TV station, KVIA, posted back in July. The news is not good as the brewery has struggled to find a contractor to rebuild the kitchen, and then has been hit by the double whammy of repeated robberies. We can only hope that things have gotten better and the brewery hits its projected reopening date of October.
Albuquerque metro area breweries
Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Imperial Porter (7.2% ABV), this big boy has been on tap for a while, so help drink it up so a new beer can appear.
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: Oktoberfest (5.9% ABV, 30 IBU), 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: OktoBEARfest (5.3% ABV), available in cans and on draft.
Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Lauter to Prevail (5% ABV, 17 IBU), a new helles lager to help beat the lingering heat.
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 Pale Ale (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities, right now $1 from every pint sold goes to Gratitud(ENMU), the local college in the Ruidoso area.
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: Dusty Spur (5.1% ABV), an American pilsner brewed as the official beer of the NM State Fair, available in cans and on draft.
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 get through the rest of summer, available in cans and on draft.
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: Marblefest (5% ABV), a delicious German-inspired lager, now available in cans and on draft.
Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Festbier! (5.8% ABV, 21 IBU), is described by the brewery as “in the style of German tradition, this bier is toasty, slightly sweet with bread dough and cereal notes. The medium malt body takes the forefront and will leave your stein in need of a refill.”
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: Mild Davis (5.2% ABV, 20 IBU), a beer as cool as its name implies, perfect for slow-sipping on the patio at night.
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: Traktoberfest (6.6% ABV, 23 IBU), described by the brewery as “a German Oktoberfest-style lager, the Märzen was historically brewed in March (hence the name) and lagered in cold caves throughout the summer. German malts and Noble hops are brewed to produce this copper colored, medium bodied beverage with hints of toasted malt.”
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: The Maize Never Stopped (5.5% ABV, 25 IBU), a corn lager inspired by The Grateful Dead. No, really, that’s what the description says. It’s only available now in cans, so get it fast before those run out.
Santa Fe Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Freewheeler Hazy IPA is the summer seasonal available on tap and in cans.
Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Skimboard Sour (6.3% ABV), a tropical 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: Hefeweizen (5.2% ABV), described by the brewery as “a classic southern German style wheat beer. Hazy golden, soft and bready with hints of banana, black pepper and clove from the unique yeast strain. Light and refreshing.”
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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