It’s never too early to get into Spooky Season, right? At least that won’t be the case at three local breweries this weekend, which ties in nicely with Friday being the 13th and all. Leading things off, naturally, is Painted Lady Bed and Brew with a special book signing/reading of Haunted Albuquerque, featuring author Cody Polston. That runs this Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and tickets are available online. There is a triple-header of spooky on Friday, so good luck choosing just one. Painted Lady will be holding a scary movie night featuring the original Friday the 13th from 7 to 9. Ex Novo will also have a scary movie night (film TBA) at the Corrales taproom starting at 8 p.m., tied in with a special beer release (see below). The Goth Night & Dark Market returns to Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m., with a theme of, well, you can guess based on the date. You don’t have to dress up in full costume yet, but this opening salvo of spooky should get you revved up and ready to go when things really take off in October.

New Draft:

Bosque gets into the season with their Oktoberfest lager. Canteen tapped Peach Wheat. High and Dry added Gose Lighter. Marble brings back Thunder from Dortmunder. Nexus tapped the latest version of their cold IPA, Frio Seco. Sidetrack will release Fresh Hop IPA on Friday. The Tatted Bee brewed up a small batch of a brown ale that they dubbed Beat the Browns. Tractor will bring back fan favorite Scotcholate on Friday. Turtle Mountain did a double tapping of old favorite Arsenal Porter and a special wet-hop Burqueño edition of Sierra Nativo Pale Ale. (UPDATES) Bombs Away dropped their Oktoberfest lager. Canteen will tap Wet Hop Mountain IPA on Friday. Flock of Moons tapped Flocktoberfest. La Reforma added, you probably guessed, their Oktoberfest lager. Quarter Celtic released their Oktoberfest lager, too. Thirsty Eye tapped, what else but their Oktoberfest märzen lager.

New Package:

Bosque now has Spacelion IPA in cans and on draft at all locations. Bow & Arrow will release Hola Hazy IPA again in cans and on draft this Friday. Ex Novo has already brought back Penguin Tuxedo Stout in cans and on draft, and Friday will mark the return of Spirits of the Dead Hazy IPA in cans and on draft. La Cumbre will release the Earth Edition of Project Dank IPA in cans and on draft this Friday. (UPDATES) Bosque will also release Prickly Playmaker, a prickly pear wheat ale made in collaboration with New Mexico United, in cans and on draft this Friday. Boxing Bear will bring back Glass Jaw DIPA in cans and on draft this Friday. Second Street released Sloppy Sloth Talus Hazy IPA in cans and on draft. Downshift released B-Side Blonde in cans and on draft.

Notable Events:

Thursday — The aforementioned Haunted Albuquerque book signing is at Painted Lady from 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday — The other three aforementioned spooky events are the Scary Movie Night at Painted Lady from 7 to 9 p.m., a Scary Movie Night at Ex Novo Corrales starting at 8 p.m., and the Goth Night & Dark Market at Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m.

The Rio Rancho Oktoberfest, featuring beers from Brew Lab 101 and Turtle Mountain, will begin this day and stretch into Saturday. We will have more information on all the upcoming Oktoberfest events statewide in a separate feature later this week.

Saturday — The Belles on Bridges pinball tournament kicks off at noon at Boxing Bear on Tramway.

Sierra Blanca will host their Oktoberfest from 2 to 7 p.m., and we’ll have more details on this one in that upcoming separate feature.

A special 5K Fun Run is set to benefit Global Health Partnerships at Canteen at 4 p.m.

The Desert Darlings return to Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m. with Hops & Dreams: Selena Edition.

Quick News Bits:

Steel Bender is teaming up with a local radio station, The Peak, for Monday Night Football games all season. There will be drink and food specials, and one of the hosts of the station will be there every game from 6 p.m. until halftime. Check their social media for more details.

Sad news, as Ex Novo’s Lagerhosen has been postponed until 2025. There just wasn’t enough time to prepare the downtown taproom for an event of such magnitude by this Saturday.

Nuckolls Brewing has announced that it has 15 more taps (!) now online, so there will be even more beer (and wine) flowing at the Santa Fe Railyard.

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: Tropi Kolsch (5.6% ABV, 20 IBU), a kolsch with lots of tropical-flavored hops.

Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Resto Hazy Pale (5.8% ABV, 40 IBU), now available in cans and on draft at all taprooms, including its namesake, Restoration Pizza.

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

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Sunup, Sunburn, Sundown, Repeat (5% ABV), a fruited gose-style sour made with pomegranate, raspberries, and Cara Cara oranges, now available in cans and on draft.

Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: OktoBEARfest (5.3% ABV), the annual favorite is back in cans and on draft at both taprooms.

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Labtoberfest is now available for all to enjoy.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Citranova (6% ABV, 26 IBU), the popular tangerine oat lager is available in cans and on draft.

Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Festbier (5.8%, 19 IBU), a proper German lager to enjoy on the patio as the nights turn cooler.

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

Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Lemon Black Tea Cream Ale (4.2% ABV), which is 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: The entire Decem Series of beers, now available in cans and on draft, all of which are collaboration beers, including a pale ale, Italian pilsner, and cold IPA.

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: Your Place or Stein, the delectable Oktoberfest lager is back for a limited time.

Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: Wobble On Crimson Ale, a nifty little red inspired by the brewer, who used to play football for New Mexico State.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest Pt. 7 None in the Chamber (5.3% ABV, 20 IBU), an amber ale with German lager qualities that is rather delightful.

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

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

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: Five Times Hoppier IPA, the runner-up at the NM IPA Challenge.

Late Shift Lager House at The Craftroom — Featured seasonal: Goldmember (7% ABV), a golden strong ale.

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

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

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Festbier (5.8% ABV, 21 IBU), my personal runner-up among the beers at Marblefest, this is a lighter but flavorful German-style lager.

Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: Danny’s Not Here Right Now, Mrs. Torrance, a watermelon wheat inspired by The Shining.

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 — All brewing in Albuquerque has ceased, with limited non-distribution brewing only in Clovis. As such, we will no longer be listing Red Door after this week.

Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Kitchen Sink DIPA (8.5% ABV, 60 IBU), a chewy hop bomb to enjoy in moderation.

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

Sidetrack Brewing — Featured seasonal: Das Lager (5.5% ABV, 25 IBU), a German-inspired lighter lager, available in cans and on draft.

Sobremesa — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest, a festbier-style lager that pairs great with their bone-in pork schnitzel that’s also available for a limited time.

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: St. Robby’s Girl (5.3% ABV, 26 IBU), a Dortmunder-style lager brewed in collaboration with Palmer Brewery.

Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfiesta (6.8% ABV, 25 IBU), the annual treat is back in cans and on draft.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Cosmic Wave IPA (6.2% ABV, 67 IBU), a West Coast-style hop bomb with some fruity hops up front and a clean, bitter-free finish.

The Tatted Bee Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Game On, an old-school pale ale that is one of the first house beers now on tap.

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: Pistachio Cream Ale (6.0% ABV, 20 IBU), a near-perfect melding of New Mexico’s popular nut and a classic cream ale.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Sierra Nativo (5.5% ABV, 37 IBU), as this is a wet-hop pale ale, its availability will be limited, so get it while it’s fresh.

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

Vision City Brewstillery — Featured seasonal: Battleship Fresh Hop IPA (7% ABV), which will be available for a very limited time.

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 list of seasonals.

Nuckolls Brewing — Featured seasonal: Hoppy Wife, Hoppy Life, a hazy pale ale and a possible contender for Beer Name of the Year.

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: Tipsy Parrot (6.4% ABV), a piña colada-inspired beer now available in cans and on draft.

Travel Bug — Featured seasonal: This bookstore/cafe 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: Oz’s Oatmeal Stout (5% ABV), because if you are up in the mountains, it’s cooler, and stouts are appropriate.

Downshift Brewing — Featured seasonal: Gratitude Pale Ale (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities, and right now $1 from every pint sold goes to helping in the recovery efforts from the South Fork and Salt fires.

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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— Stoutmeister