June is Pride Month across the country, and five local breweries (and counting) are holding special kick-off events this Saturday. Bow & Arrow and Santa Fe Brewing (at Green Jeans) have their events starting at noon. Tractor Wells Park will host Pridezilla starting at 1 p.m. For those who want to wait until closer to dusk, head to Queer Night at Tumbleroot at 6:30 p.m. or Pride on the Skydeck at Marble at 7 p.m. Breaking down some of the highlights, Bow & Arrow will have Adobe Disco spinning up some tunes from 7 to 10 p.m., plus the release of their new collaboration with Omega Yeast, You Must Be My Lucky Star, a tart wheat ale available in cans and on draft. SFBC will have a day full of events at Show Your Colors, ranging from drag bingo to live screen printing and a whole lot more. Tractor will have two stages of live music and performers. Tumbleroot will feature Nocturne Spark as the musical headliner, with a local vendor market, and a suggested donation of $10 to $20 at the door. Marble will have a drag show up top, with all proceeds from the $15 tickets going to Equality New Mexico.

New Draft:

Boese Brothers recently added Steampunk Lager. Steel Bender will tap Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat on Thursday. (UPDATES) Boxing Bear tapped Watermelon Gose. Canteen added Apricot Wheat. La Cumbre will tap House of Mothers Gose on Saturday. Marble added New England Dave, a new hazy IPA, and Raspberry Vanilla Smoothie. Sunday Service Motor Co tapped Mango Unchained, a fruited wheat, and The Good, The Bad, and The Lager, a Mexican dark lager brewed in collaboration with Flix Brewhouse.

New Package:

Bow & Arrow will have the aforementioned You Must Be My Lucky Star in cans and on draft starting this Saturday. Ex Novo brought back Two, if by Sea (Hazy IPA) in cans and on draft. (UPDATE) Ex Novo also released Hood Rattler in cans and on draft. Gravity Bound brought back Quick Take Hazy IPA in cans and on draft.

Notable Events:

Today (Wednesday) — Tractor Beer Week continues with the Brewlastic Book Fair, co-hosted by Books on the Bosque, starting at 6 p.m. at Wells park.

Thursday — More from Tractor Beer Week as Two Boys Donut Hole & Beer Pairing will be held at all three taprooms starting at 5 p.m. Four special donut holes will be paired up with four Tractor beers for just $18. This one will sell out quickly, so do not wait until later in the evening.

Friday — Canteen’s anniversary weekend, which we previewed in full, goes all retro with 90s Game Night starting at 6 p.m. Come enjoy one of many classic board games and more, and it’s all free to play.

Saturday — Multiple breweries are headed up to Pajarito Mountain for the annual SummerFest from 1 to 6 p.m. We will have a full preview with beer lists later this week.

The Canteen 30th Anniversary Party kicks off for mug club members at noon and for the rest of us at 1 p.m. See the above link for details.

Boxing Bear is tickling your sweet tooth with S’mores & Pours at the Firestone taproom at 6 p.m.

See the intro for the five announced Pride events at Bow & Arrow, Green Jeans, Tractor Wells Park, Tumbleroot, and Marble.

Sunday — Canteen will try to shake off that anniversary party hangover with a Hella Fresh 5K Run starting at 9 a.m., plus a full Bloody Mary Bar inside.

Bosque North will host a June Market for local vendors and artisans starting at 2 p.m.

Tumbleroot will host a Garden Party with live music, vendors, and more at 3 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

Bosque Westside, in the old Lava Rock location on Unser, is open as of Friday.

Sobremesa will be closed on Sunday for private events.

Boese Brothers’ downtown taproom is closed for renovations until Friday, June 7.

Anyone scanning the Santa Fe area listings below will notice the overdue additions of Nuckolls Brewing and Travel Bug, plus the absence of Hidden Mountain Brewing. The latter not only changed its name back to Blue Corn Cafe, it also ended all brewing operations and will now only carry guest taps. Another piece of New Mexico brewing history has disappeared. Pour one out in memory of a place that launched many a great brewing career.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery  — Featured seasonal: Zeus Juice (7.5%), the hugely popular spring seasonal, a hazy IPA brewed with Citra hops, is back on tap.

Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: SNAFU Stout (5.2% ABV, 30 IBU), a chewy oatmeal stout.

Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Perpetual Sunset (5.2% ABV, 10 IBU), a strawberry basil blonde ale available in cans and on draft.

Bossfight Brewing (formerly Kilt Check Brewing) — Featured seasonal: Way of the Samurai, a Japanese rice lager that will become a staple at the brewery.

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Terra Helles (4.7% ABV), a tasty lager available in cans and on draft.

Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Chinhook Mountain IPA (6.8% ABV), a hop-forward ale that combines elements of a West Coast and an East Coast hazy, is back in cans and on draft.

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Buzz Lightbeer (3.9% ABV, 10 IBU), a summer-worthy brew.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Irish Red (5.4% ABV, 25 IBU), one of those awesome recurring seasonals that deserves all the love, now available in cans and on draft.

Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Cry of the Blackbirds Imperial Stout (8.6% ABV, 55 IBU), a very metal behemoth of a beer.

Cazuela’s Seafood & Mexican Grill — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Matcha Ginger Blonde (5% ABV, 14 IBU), it’s pretty much exactly as the name describes.

Echoes Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.

Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Farm League (7%), a wonderful West Coast IPA available in cans and on draft that can help you forget about how bad the Isotopes are this season.

Flix Brewhouse  — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery to see what’s currently on tap.

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Quickening Moon (7.6% ABV, 24 IBU), a lovely Scottish wee heavy, and luckily for you, there need not be only one.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Little Farm on the Berry (4.7% ABV), a collaboration with Farm and Table, this sour features blackberries, lemon, and crushed sumac.

Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: Honey Do IPA, the perfect beer after getting that yard work done.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Dawn Patrol Coffee Stout (4.5% ABV, 10 IBU), a light-in-ABV but not in flavor or mouthfeel dark brew, this is a collaboration with the coffee shop located next to the Nob Hill Stage music venue on Copper and Carlisle.

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: Sweet Darkness Milk Stout, a nice treat for dessert after your pizza.

La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: Helles Lager (5.1% ABV), the perfect spring sipper which is finally available in cans in addition to being 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 — The brewery is relocating to Moriarty.

Lizard Tail Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: Que Onda IPA (6.8% ABV), part of the Alpha Acid Trip Series, now available in cans and on draft.

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Beam Me Up (Higher) Scotty (9.5% ABV, 29 IBU), which just won its second silver medal in three years at the World Beer Cup, is back on tap for a limited time.

Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: You’ve Got Red on You (5.8% ABV, 65 IBU), a delightful hop-forward red ale, named for one of our favorite movies, Shaun of the Dead.

Palmer Brewery and Cider House — Featured seasonal: Cockness Monster (14% ABV), a monstrous Scotch ale aged in whiskey barrels for two years.

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: Super Stoop Malt Liquor (6.5% ABV, 18 IBU), which does not have to be consumed on a stoop or in a paper bag.

Red Door Brewing — Featured seasonal: Wagoner’s Porter (7.2% ABV, 36 IBU), a tasty American-style porter that recently joined the draft lineup.

Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Welcome to the Show (6.7% ABV, 34 IBU), a no-frills American stout that packs a tasty punch.

Rumor Brewing — Featured seasonal: Desert Monk (6.8% ABV, 21 IBU), a Belgian-style dubbel.

Sidetrack Brewing — Featured seasonal: MX Azul (5.1% ABV, 18 IBU), a perfectly crushable blue corn lager, available in cans and on draft.

Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Face the Day Breakfast Stout (7.65% ABV, 40 IBU), a coffee-infused stout to wake you up after the long drive to the Westside (we kid, we kid).

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Foggy Monocle (6.1% ABV, 17 IBU), an excellent oatmeal stout that has twice won the Crew’s Stout Challenge.

Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Golden Goat SMASH (5.2% ABV, 45 IBU), a collaboration with Painted Lady, this is a simple and refreshing pale ale made with Cascade hops from Billy Goat Hop Farm in Colorado.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: RIGor Mortis, an imperial coffee stout collaboration with Rust is Gold Coffee.

The 377 Brewery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Turkey Drool (8.4% ABV), which is our favorite annual seasonal release from the brewery, and yes, we will declare that publicly.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: El Cob-ron Rojo (5.7% ABV, 21 IBU), a red corn lager made with Neomexicanus hops.

Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: Madcap Mosaic Hazy IPA, a brew of which the entire staff is quite proud of, as relayed to us by many people, who also sang its praises as an above-average hazy.

Vision City Brewstillery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.

Santa Fe breweries

Beer Creek Brewing — Featured seasonal: Temporada (6.1% ABV), a Belgian saison brewed with 100-percent New Mexico-grown pilsner malt and Neomexicanus hops. Described by the brewery as “crisp and dry with hints of bubblegum. Not a Brett beer.”

Chile Line Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated seasonal list.

Nuckolls Brewing — Featured seasonal: Spice Car, a farmhouse saison brewed with Thai chili peppers, guava, mango puree, and lime juice.

Rowley Farmhouse Ales — Featured seasonal: Thibadeux (5% ABV, 50 IBU), a collaboration kvass with Beer Creek.

Santa Fe Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Starter Fluid (9.5% ABV), a hazy DIPA with a kick, now available in cans and on draft.

Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Brown Ale (5.9% ABV, 38 IBU), an award-winning classic, now available in cans and on draft.

Travel Bug — Featured seasonal: This bookstore/cafe that we featured a while back only has two beers on tap, Rough Draft Ale (4.5% ABV) and Second Draft English Bitter (6% ABV), but if any seasonals ever pop up, we will list them here.

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery — Featured seasonal: Molé Stout (9.2% ABV), the seasonal beer with a lovely kick of spice is back on draft and in bottles. Oh, they put some on nitro now, too.

Other breweries you need to visit

Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Mild & Lazy (4% ABV), a lovely English mild ale, perfect for slow sipping on the patio.

Downshift Brewing — Featured seasonal: Gratitude Pale Ale (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities, right now $1 from every pint sold goes to The Big Ben Sanchez Youth Foundation.

Little Toad Creek Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Red River Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Cacao Fuego Chocolate Green Chile Stout. (6.5% ABV, 30 IBU), described by the brewery thusly, “Our oatmeal stout with a kick! Made with Hatch green chile and organic cacao nibs, it has an earthy start and a chocolate finish, It’s sure to warm you up on these cool evenings.”

Sierra Blanca Brewing  — Featured seasonal: Pecan Brown Ale, a classic offering from the brewery.

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Robledo Rye (5.9% ABV, 46 IBU), described by the brewery as “a crisp golden ale with substantial hop bitterness and flavor. Malted rye adds a spicy, earthy quality, moderated by the subtle honey sweetness of Vienna malt. Warrior hops contribute smooth bitterness and flavors of pine, grapefruit, and pineapple.”

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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