A whole lot of breweries, and the New Mexico Brewers Guild, are getting an early jump on Halloween this week. Bosque’s Trivia for a Cause series will take on the Halloween films at the Nob Hill taproom tonight (Wednesday) starting at 6 p.m. The Glamoween Extravaganza, which benefits the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, takes place at Tumbleroot Agua Fria on Thursday starting at 6 p.m. Saturday will feature the return of the Guild’s Beer Premier event at Rio Bravo from 3 to 7 p.m., and we will have a full preview later this week. Just as that ends, head on over to Tractor Wells Park for the latest edition of Hops & Dreams with the Desert Darlings, as they fire up a Halloween-themed event starting at 8 p.m. The weekend is then capped Sunday when the Mutt Masquerade returns to Marble’s downtown patio from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., benefiting Watermelon Mountain Ranch.
New Draft:
Bosque tapped Peaches Peaches Peaches Peaches Peaches (yes, that’s the name), a peach cobbler ale. Canteen brought back Grundy Thunder Porter. Ex Novo tapped the bonkers Seedy Behavior, a (deep breath) jalapeño watermelon mint cream ale. Flix and Steel Bender will release their collaboration, We Common Peace (California Common), this Thursday to celebrate the special screening of Mars Attacks! at the theater that night. Marble added some silky smooth Vienna Lager. Turtle Mountain tapped Crown of Castile, a Columbus West Coast IPA. (UPDATES) Bombs Away released T50 Vienna Lager. La Cumbre tapped Dunkel Hefe and Azul Oscura, a dark Mexican lager. Ponderosa and Rio Bravo added a collaboration, Euro Blurry Eyed Vision, a double-dry-hopped European pilsner. Sidetrack tapped Matching Stoutfits, an oatmeal stout that wins best beer name of the week.
Up in Santa Fe, Beer Creek will tap Right Foot Milk Stout on Friday. Over in Los Alamos, Bathtub Row will hold a release party today (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m. for their collaboration with the NM chapter of the Pink Boots Society. Pink Haze for Daze is a hazy IPA made with hibiscus, raspberry puree, and the special Yakima Chief Pink Boots hops blend.
New Package:
Bosque brings back Fresh Start Maple Coffee Stout in cans and on draft this Friday. Bow & Arrow goes a different route with Hot in the Shade, a blueberry hibiscus gose, releasing in cans and on draft this Friday. La Cumbre rolls out this year’s edition of Gilded Age Porter in cans and on draft this Friday, plus a new hazy IPA called Tonal Bliss. Second Street released Toast the Dawn, a helles lager, in cans and on draft. (UPDATES) ReSource has bottled a small amount of Our Lady of Immaculate Fermentation, the Ukrainian stout that they had hoped to tap again when the war ended, and Sneaky Peach Coconut Peach Wheat.
Notable Events:
Today (Wednesday) — Bosque Cottonwood will celebrate its first anniversary from 6 to 9 p.m.
Saturday — The Santa Fe Brewing taproom will take part in the all-day eighth-anniversary celebration at Green Jeans.
Brew Lab 101 will host the St. Felix Pantry Toy Drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with $1 from every pint sold going to St. Felix.
Dogtoberfest is back at Boxing Bear Firestone from noon to 6 p.m., and we will have a full preview later this week.
Rumor Brewing hosts its Fall Festival from 1 to 7 p.m.
Bosque will celebrate the 11th anniversary for the entire company at the Nob Hill Public House from 2 to 6 p.m.
The Patio Market is back at Differential from 4 to 8 p.m.
Marble Westside will celebrate its 11th anniversary all day, with Reviva performing from 7 to 10 p.m.
Quick News Bits:
Another random one, but Boogie’s Brewery and Distillery in Deming has closed its tasting room and will now only focus on selling bottles of its spirits to retailers in New Mexico and beyond. We never knew if they actually brewed their own beer, but now it appears they are only distilling.
We got the news a little while back, but forgot to share that 550 Brewing in Aztec has been sold to new owners. It will be closed for a while until they get all the licensing in place. The 550 Pizzeria was sold separately and is now open, though we do not know if they will carry the brewery’s beers in the future.
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.
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: Cloud Strike (6.7% ABV, 60 IBU), this fresh-hop hazy IPA was made with Chinook from White Crow hop farm.
Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Proper Pumpkin Beer (10.5% ABV), a decadent imperial stout brewed with actual pumpkin and pumpkin spices, now 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: Labtoberfest (5.8% ABV, 20 IBU), a tasty märzen available on draft.
Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Pink Warrior Wheat (4.6% ABV, 15 IBU), a portion of the proceeds of this fruited wheat will go to Pink Warrior House.
Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.
Cazuela’s Seafood & Mexican Grill
Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Papaya Blonde Ale, which was brewed to hang onto summer just a bit longer.
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: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.
Enchanted Circle Brewing Taproom
Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Hawaii 505 (5.8%), a coconut porter available only on draft now, with a portion of the proceeds going to Maui fire relief.
Flix Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Autumn Leaves (5.7% ABV), a flavorful festbier.
Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Lunar Autumn Saison (6% ABV, 20 IBU), a flavorful fall beer.
Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Pistola (7.4% ABV), a dank and delectable fresh-hop IPA.
Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: Stennes Blonde Stout, a collaboration with Quarter Celtic.
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: Playhouse Wet-Hop IPA (6.8% ABV, 85 IBU), made with a whole lot of fresh Chinook hops, 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: Oktoberfest (5.8% ABV, 20 IBU), a proper German lager.
Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: #ENDALZ (5.8% ABV), a cranberry-infused pale lager, a portion of the proceeds will go to the Alzheimer’s Association now through Friday.
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.” It is only available at the Blue Smokehouse now.
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: Capri-derhosen (5.3% ABV, 23 IBU), a past gold medal winner at the World Beer Cup, this tasty German-style red lager is back on tap.
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: Fresh Hop IPA (7.2% ABV) is what everyone needs to drink up, lest those hops no longer be fresh.
Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Dominator, a German-style doppelbock.
Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: There Wolf (5.8% ABV, 21 IBU), a flavor-packed Oktoberfest lager.
Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Nigel (5.9% ABV, 19 IBU), a lighter Scottish ale that still packs a malty punch.
Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Have Your Cake and Eat it Too, a German chocolate cake-inspired stout.
Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest, described by the brewery as “a Märzen-style lager that’s slightly sweet, with bread and straw-like maltiness balanced with floral and spicy German noble hops.”
Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Chocolate Milk Stout (6.9% ABV, 25 IBU), a delightful dessert beer on tap for a limited time.
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: Diablo Bock (7.7% ABV, 25 IBU), a hybrid of a dunkel bock and a doppelbock, it’s devilishly delicious.
Chile Line Brewing — Featured seasonal: A Huevo (5% ABV, 20 IBU) is a Yerba Matte-inspired beer.
Hidden Mountain Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfiesta (6% ABV, 30 IBU), the annual German-style seasonal is back.
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 back on draft in addition to being in cans.
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 only in cans now, so get it quickly before it runs out.
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery — Featured seasonal: Coco Hops Brown IPA (6.7% ABV), just one of a strong eight-beer lineup for the fall.
Other breweries you need to visit
Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: ULLR Fest Sahti (8.5% ABV), described by the brewery as a “Nordic brew from ancient Finland with juniper and rye, fermented with spicy yeast. Very malty, strong but well-concealed alcohol, intriguing woodsy/citrusy notes from the juniper.”
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: Oktoberfest (5.4% ABV, 18 IBU) is back in bottles and on tap at the brewery. Consider it your preview of all the good that is to come with the Oktoberfest party at SBB on October 14.
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 
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