Brew Lab 101 is not just a Rio Rancho brewery anymore. Heck, it’s not just a New Mexico brewery anymore. To explain what that means, I caught up with owner/brewmaster Scott Salvas for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. Rather than trek across town, we met up at the Northeast Heights taproom that Brew Lab took…
Month: February 2024
Stout Challenge: The end has arrived
There will not be a Stout Challenge in 2024. No, no, not the Brewers Guild event, that is the Stout Invitational, and it is still being held at Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos on March 2. Tickets will be on sale soon, and we will share the link. We are referring to our Stout…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A confluence of holidays and one big game
This almost midpoint of February feels a bit jammed, doesn’t it? There is the Super Bowl on Sunday, Mardi Gras on Tuesday, and Valentine’s Day next Wednesday. It certainly gives the breweries plenty of fodder for the weekend, with events themed around one or all of the three holidays (let’s face it, at this point,…
Kilt Check begins process of transforming into Bossfight Brewing
When brewer/owner Mike Campbell passed away last year, the future of Kilt Check Brewing was left up in the air. Would the brewery close down? Would it be sold to new owners? Or would some members of the Campbell family choose to keep it going? The latter now appears to be the fate of the…
Marble adapts and innovates amid the changing times in the industry
The tough times are still out there in the craft brewing industry, as we have written about plenty of times over the last few months. Even the biggest breweries in our state are not immune, but nor are they backing down in the face of those new challenges. Marble Brewery is holding fast against the…
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