The days of the only entertainment at breweries just being a single musician in the corner with an acoustic guitar are long gone, as this week proves. There is a little something for everyone down in our events section, with everything from live poetry performances to comedy shows to beer-themed games to a grand opening to a seventh-anniversary party to multiple notable music performances to a pet adoption pop-up and to a crawfish boil. Wait, that last one stands out a bit. Yes, Rio Bravo is bringing back its popular crawfish boil this Sunday starting at 1 p.m. Check the brewery’s social media pages for full details, but if shellfish is your thing, this is one you do not want to miss. Unless you are saving up for Crab & Pilsner at Second Street on June 15. But, heck, why not hit up both?

New Draft:

Bosque tapped Salvage Title, a new hazy IPA. Flock of Moons brought back their summer lager, Mare Nubium. La Cumbre has a fresh batch of Extra Slice of Hefen. Quarter Celtic tapped their recent collaboration with Bossfight, Coin-Op Hoppy Lager. Starr Brothers added Ramshackle, a new amber lager. Turtle Mountain brought back Deutsches Pils. (UPDATES) Bombs Away dropped a double release of SMASH Pilsner and Hazy Chain V.21 DIPA. Bosque added Disco Nap, a mango-and-lime wheat ale. Gravity Bound rolled out Side Street Strawberry Lemonade Gose. Marble tapped Dave’s Not Mild Man, an English-style dark mild.

Up in Santa Fe, Nuckolls tapped Wooden Track Brown. (UPDATE) Second Street tapped Fluxopacity Hazy IPA.

New Package:

Ex Novo melds the darkness (in color) and the light (in ABV) with Wee Numpty ESB, now available in cans and on draft. (UPDATE) Bow & Arrow has a new batch of Check Out Chaco, their Czech-style pale lager, in cans and on draft this Friday.

Notable Events:

Today (Wednesday) — Poetry & Beer returns to Tractor Wells Park at 7 p.m.

Thursday — Comedy Night is back at Brew Lab 101 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday — It’s another edition of Artwalk from 5 to 9 p.m., so check the social media pages for Boese Brothers, Red Door, and Sidetrack to see what they have planned for this monthly downtown event.

The First Fridays Comedy Contest returns to Tractor Wells Park at 7 p.m.

Flock of Moons will host Luna & Poesa Poetry Night at 7 p.m.

Saturday — The Papa Bear Market is moving to Boxing Bear Tramway this year, with vendors offering up lots of gifts for the dads in your life, with beer and food and more from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Brewathlon returns to Brew Lab 101 from 3 to 6 p.m., featuring pong and cornhole tournaments to raise funds for Honor Flight of Northern New Mexico.

Bosque West is celebrating their grand opening from 3 to 8 p.m. As a reminder, this is in the former Lava Rock location off Unser.

Truth or Consequences Brewing celebrates their seventh anniversary with a big old party from 4 to 10 p.m. It starts with a fish fry with donations/proceeds going to Desert Haven Animal Rescue and the Club Youth Center. Live music from Tudy Romero and the Silver Bullet Band starts at 7 p.m.

Downshift Riverside will host Nest Fest from 5 to 9 p.m., featuring live music, live art, and a silent auction to benefit The Nest Shelter.

Royal Monaco will have their album release party on the patio at Flock of Moons from 7 to 10 p.m.

Sunday — The Watermelon Mountain Ranch Adopt-a-thon is head to Marble Heights starting at noon to 3 p.m.

The aforementioned Crawfish Boil starts at 1 p.m. at Rio Bravo. Tickets are $80, but that gives you enough food for two to four people, depending on their collective appetites. Get your tickets in advance here.

Sidetrack is hosting Vinyl Sunday Record Market from 4 to 8 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

Kaktus will be closed this Friday so they can host a wedding.

In case anyone missed the big news, Vision City is headed west to take over the former Boxing Bear Corrales space.

We will have a separate article up soon on the recent North American Beer Awards, where three local breweries brought home six medals.

Boese Brothers’ downtown taproom is closed for renovations until Artwalk on Friday.

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: Drunk Astronaut (7.5% ABV), described as a “super juicy DIPA brewed with Galaxy hops and Cosmic Punch yeast.”

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: Sumo Suit Yourself (5.3% ABV), a light and refreshing Japanese-style rice lager perfect for these scorching days, now available in cans and on draft.

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

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Bonfires of Ganymede (7.1% ABV, 29 IBU), a smoked maibock with just the right amount of charring, balanced out by the sweet malts and hops.

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: Hop Drift Cold IPA (6.7% ABV), now 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 — 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: Go into the Light, a hoppy German-style beer.

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.

Keep supporting local!

— Stoutmeister