For anyone that enjoyed the Brewyard Games at Bear Fest last weekend, or particularly for anyone who wanted to go but missed out, you have a second chance of sorts with the Brewathlon returning to Brew Lab 101 in Rio Rancho this Saturday. The event benefits the Honor Flight of Northern NM, which helps veterans visit monuments to their service free of charge. The event will have teams of two competing in cornhole and pong, and yes, there will be prizes for the winners. Space is limited, and while it is $50 per team, all the proceeds go to Honor Flight. The event runs from 3 to 6 p.m., and you can sign up in advance here. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to Brew Lab 101. Oh, and of course, pack your sunscreen.

As for that other big event this weekend, United in Beer, fear not, we will have a full preview later this week. Keep an eye out later Saturday for many of the collaborations to appear at the taprooms of the participants.

New Draft:

Flock of Moons almost managed to sneak past us that they brought back Mare Nubium, their popular summer lager. Marble tapped Krush SMASH IPA, Cobbler Lager (made with blackberries), and they brought back Ol’ Fuzzy Britches, the Belgian golden ale aged in wine barrels with brettanomyces and peaches. Steel Bender will tap Rice & Easy Lager on Friday. (UPDATE) Bombs Away tapped a new Vienna, N/M38 Lager.

Up in Los Alamos, Bathtub Row brought back Niscotheque Tripel and Red Hammer DIPA (UPDATE) while also adding Gose Down Easy.

New Package:

La Cumbre will release PLS German Pilsner in cans and on draft this Friday. (UPDATE) Canteen will bring back Low ‘n Slow Kolsch in cans and on draft this Friday in advance of Sunday’s event (see below).

Notable Events:

Today (Wednesday) — Trivia for a Cause: Star Wars starts at 6 p.m. at Bosque Heights.

Thursday — The Punk Market is back at Differential from 6 to 9 p.m.

Rio Bravo will host the City Wide Mixer, designed to help young professionals make connections, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday — The LGBTQ+ Mental Health Fundraiser will be held at Rio Bravo from 3 to 7 p.m.

The Desert Darlings are hosting a fundraiser show at Kaktus from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Get spooky at Painted Lady with a new presentation, The Boogeyman is Real, starting at 7 p.m.

Saturday — United in Beer is back at Ex Novo’s The Corral from noon to 5 p.m.

Canteen will host Paint Your Partner from 1 to 3 p.m.

Ghostology is back at Painted Lady at 6 p.m.

Tractor Wells Park will host a special burlesque show, Beelesque, with an environmentally friendly twist starting at 7 p.m.

Sunday — The Pride Sip & Shop Market takes place at Bosque North from 1 to 5 p.m.

Flock of Moons will host I’ll Love You to the Moons and Bark, a pet adoption event, from 2 to 6 p.m.

Low ‘n Slow, a celebration of turtles and tortoises, is back at Canteen from 2 to 7 p.m.

The First Sundays Art Market returns to Tumbleroot Agua Fria at 2 p.m.

Painted Lady will host Hops & Hounds, an adoption event with Watermelon Mountain Ranch, at 3 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

This Friday through Sunday, Canteen is hosting Beers for Bikes, where if you bring in bike parts to donate to charity, you can receive $1 off your pints.

Jubilation has their first beer-tasting event in a long time this Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. For $10 cash, you can join a guided tasting of some new and classic Sierra Nevada beers.

Flix Brewhouse has opened their second location on the east side near Indian School and Tramway. We will hopefully have a more in-depth look at this second theater’s brewery setup in the near future.

Sidetrack will now open at noon on Saturdays and Sundays. Other hours remain unchanged.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Zeus Juice IPA (7.8% ABV), the ever-popular seasonal juicy IPA is back for another run.

Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: Countermine Coffee Stout (5.4% ABV, 50 IBU), it’s pretty much as described, and that is just fine.

Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Sword Logic (7.1 % ABV, 75 IBU), a new West Coast IPA is available on draft, and if anyone is freaked out that Pickle Down Economics disappeared from this last after just a week, fear not, they are brewing more.

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: We Love L.A. (5.5% ABV), a hop-forward New Zealand-style pilsner, now available in cans and on draft.

Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Alan the Cowboy Dark Kolsch (4.7% ABV) is exactly what it sounds like, a kolsch, only darker in appearance, but still with the classic flavors.

Brekki Brekki — Featured seasonal: Cherry Stout (5% ABV), on draft for a limited time.

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Guatemalan Express, a coffee-infused Mexican-style amber lager.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Vienna Lager (5.3% ABV, 28 IBU), a lovely amber lager, now available only in cans.

Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Hop the Casbah (6.2% ABV), a hazy IPA that doesn’t mean to get that song stuck in your head but kind of does.

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

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

Dripline Brewery — Featured seasonal: Super Bloom APA (5.4% ABV), a sweet, floral pale ale that goes quite well with the new lineup of tasty smash burgers from the kitchen.

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

Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Easy Come, Easy Go (4.8% ABV), a Bohemian pilsner available on draft and in cans.

Flix Brewhouse  — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery/movie theater for an updated list of seasonals.

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Amalthea Dawn (6.8% ABV, 30 IBU), a classic maibock that’s just right for the spring.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Subtitles On, the classic Munich dunkel is back for a limited time, just like every other beer tends to be at GB.

Harmon Lane Brewing at Southwest Grape and Grain — Featured seasonal: Wind Blows IPA, one of the all-time great beer names for our state, available on draft and in cans.

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: Lion’s Brew Dunkel is one of several rotating taps.

La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: La Negra (14.1% ABV), the beautiful beast of a Russian imperial stout is back in bottles and on draft.

La Reforma Brewery — Featured seasonal: They currently do not have any seasonal brews on tap, but among the house beers, the newest recipe is Oye Como Va, a West Coast IPA.

Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: The Parting Glass (5% ABV), an Irish dry stout served on nitro.

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Holodeck Helles, a delightful lager brewed for a good cause, with $1 from every pint sold going to the MS Society.

Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: Wolfman’s Got Nards, an amber ale with a bite and one awesome name.

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: Schwarzbier (5.4% ABV), a tasty dark lager as we transition from the cold to the warm/hot season.

Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Very Demure (6.7% ABV, 19 IBU), an apricot wheat with a clever name.

Rumor Brewing — Featured seasonal: La Madera Mild (5.5% ABV, 22 IBU), a chewy little biscuit of an English-style brew that is perfect before or after a day on the hiking trails around Cedar Crest.

Sidetrack Brewing — Featured seasonal: Matching Stoutfits (6.6% ABV, 30 IBU), it’s back on nitro only for a limited time.

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Hazebangers Ball (6.5% ABV), a hazy IPA with a most-excellent name for all of us Gen Xers who grew up watching a certain show on MTV when it still played music videos.

Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Hummingbird Pils (5.2% ABV), the wonderful spring lager is back for another run in cans and on draft.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Dry Irish Stout (5% ABV), a much more robust version of this style than many other breweries offer.

The Tatted Bee Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Tatted Stout, a nice and chewy dark ale of decadence.

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Aldo’s Last Stand (6.5% ABV, 60 IBU), a chocolate-and-roast beast of an American stout.

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

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Pistachio Cream Ale is back for another run as your favorite summer seasonal on draft.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Scarlet Letter (12.5%), the brewery’s first seltzer is an imperial one, made with cranberry and sage.

Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: Tatooine Spring (7.8% ABV), the imperial amber is back for another run.

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

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 — Though we never received official confirmation, with the expiration of their small brewer license, we no longer consider Chile Line to be an active brewery, and they will be removed from this list after this week.

Nuckolls Brewing — Featured seasonal: Laying New Tracks IPA, part of a whole series of railroad-themed names and we’re just gonna guess it’s because they’re at the Santa Fe Railyard.

Rowley Farmhouse Ales — Featured seasonal: Second-String Loser (9.6% ABV, 26 IBU), a Belgian golden strong ale.

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: Vienna Lager (5.5% ABV) and Brown Ale (5.9% ABV), both were gold medal winners at the World Beer Cup, and both are available in cans and on draft for a limited time.

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: Apricot Sour, one of several new brews for the summer menu.

Other breweries you need to visit

Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Witrock (4.6% ABV), one of the brewery’s classic offerings is back on tap.

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: Russian Imperial Stout (10% ABV, 30 IBU), which proves you just have to head north into the colder regions of New Mexico to find the big stouts.

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

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Organica IPA (6.9 % ABV, 31 IBU), described by the brewery as “an Organic IPA deep gold in color, with tropical fruit & pine aromas, & a delicate bitterness to balance the sweet malts.”

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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