Back before the pandemic, Albuquerque the Magazine used to roll out an annual brewery passport, a printed little guide to all the local places where you could get a stamp and a discount. Nowadays, though, paper is out, digital is in, and the result is Beers of the City. This new app/website is now available…
Month: July 2025
The Week Ahead in Beer: Earn a pint by helping Canteen help a local school
We’re gonna keep this intro short and sweet this week. Let’s just say that Brandon and I, despite our best efforts to defy the laws of physics, could not get a big couch through a small door this morning. Anyway, both Canteen locations are hosting a school supply drive this Sunday from noon to 9…
Harmon Lane Brewing plans to go out on a high note the next 2 Fridays
It was a perfectly normal Monday afternoon when I came across a video posted on social media by Harmon Lane Brewing co-owner/brewer Danny Harmon. Uh-oh, was the immediate thought, but watching the video would have to wait due to a work meeting. By the time I got around to it, the word was already out,…
Boxing Bear edges Downshift in closest IPA Challenge vote in many years
Back before the final round of the 2025 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge, the Crew got all sentimental because it was going to be held at Canteen, the site of the first NMIPAC that we attended as a Crew back in 2012. Well, lo and behold, it was actually the 2016 NMIPAC that was…
IPA Challenge goes back to the beginning with final round at Canteen
The New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge will wrap up with a three-session final round at Canteen Brewhouse this Saturday. The staggered times will be at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., with tickets still available online for just the first two sessions, which should definitely be your sign to get them in advance as…
Sidetrack owners prepare to hand over reins to trusted friend and colleague
The time has come for a change at Sidetrack Brewing, but fear not, for the brewery will be in good hands going forward. This Friday will feature a going-away party for owners Dan Herr and Anne O’Neill, and a welcoming of sorts for a familiar face to many who will be taking over the business….
The Week Ahead in Beer: Getting crispy amid the heat of summer
The whole Christmas in July trend is fine, we guess. But, if you’re really gonna do it right, follow the lead of La Cumbre. This Friday the brewery is hosting Crispness in July, with four crispy lagers available amid all this heat. The quartet of PLS German Pilsner, Lager Softly, Czech Pils, and Helles Lager…
Icebox Brewing uses home field advantage to take IPA Challenge lead
The second round of the 2025 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge just wrapped up at Icebox Brewing in Las Cruces, with the hosts leaving with the most votes. Icebox added 19 more votes to their first-round total of eight for 27 total. Another southern brewery, Downshift, tallied the second most votes of the round…
Beer Notes: Hiking for brews, hops go south, newcomer in cans, Flix wins
Oh, look at that, just enough stuff has piled up that it was time to empty the old beer notebook again. Let us dive right in, shall we? First up, a little while ago we were sent that book pictured up above. Beer Hiking Southern Rockies is part of a series of regional books that…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Canteen asks us all to run for Ruidoso
Unless you have been avoiding the news (not that we can blame you) for the past few weeks, you have probably seen that once again Ruidoso has been hit by some dramatic, and deadly, flash floods. The burn scars from last year’s big wildfires have left parts of the town especially susceptible to flooding, causing…
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