Fate of the Fests: Brewery staff members discuss future of off-site events

The times, they are a changing, particularly when it comes to off-site beer festivals. We picked up on it pretty easily just by attending events around Albuquerque this year. The 2022 enthusiasm for the return of festivals was pretty obviously tilted towards the beer drinkers, and not the beer producers. It was an aberration, right?…

Ska Brewing doubles down on classic IPA with delectable DIPA version

A little while back, the Crew was a bit surprised to receive an out-of-the-blue inquiry from Emily Hutto of Ska Brewing. She wondered if we would like to sample the classic Modus Hoperandi IPA alongside its new counterpart, Double Modus. Everyone can probably guess that our answer was yes. After working out our usual “when…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Slow sippin’ for a cause all November long

Anyone else exhausted? Halloween was a lot this year, stretched over a weekend-plus (or pretty much the entire month, right, Launchpad staff?) for regular folks and all the brewery employees out there. It’s times like this where it will be nice to just kick back with a relaxing pint and do good just by sipping…