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 p.m. The drive will benefit Apache Elementary School, which is located off Tramway and Copper (near the Canteen Taproom). Bring any supplies and get $1 off a pint. Bring a backpack and they will buy you a pint. It helps out a good school that needs some help. Hey, in a coincidence, my mom used to work there as a speech language pathologist. So she definitely says this is a good cause to support. Mom approved, people!
New Draft:
Boxing Bear recently tapped Pennies from Heaven, described as an amber hybrid ale. Ex Novo has Darryl’s Strawberries back on tap. Flock of Moons brought back Selenografie, their delicious Czech dark lager. Marble tapped Rubi Marron, a Mexican dark lager, Güera, a blonde ale, 638 Pilsner, La Luz IPA, and Piño IPA. Sidetrack added Rational Haze. Sunday Service Motor Co tapped Happy Lil Accidents, an altbier.
New Package:
Ex Novo released Smoked Show, a lightly smoked helles lager, in cans and on draft. La Cumbre will release I Lüv Ümläüts, a hoppy lager, in cans and on draft this Friday. Sidetrack released Bitter Sweet Goodbye, an English bitter in honor of departing owners Dan Herr and Anne O’Neill, in cans and on draft. Steel Bender will bring back Oktoberfiesta in cans and on draft this Friday. (UPDATE) Ex Novo also released their Oktoberfest lager, German Overalls, in cans and on draft.
Notable Events:
Today (Wednesday) — Bosque Heights hosts Trivia for a Cause: New Girl at 6 p.m.
Thursday — Punk Market is back at Differential starting at 7 p.m.
Friday — La Cumbre hosts Dogs Days of Summer, grilling up hot dogs and helping real dogs get adopted, at the brewery at 5 p.m.
Ghost Lore with Cody Polston is back at Painted Lady at 7 p.m.
Rapid Fire, an 80s metal tribute, kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at Tumbleroot Agua Fria.
The First Fridays Comedy Contest is back at Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m.
Country On-Tap is back at Rio Bravo at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday — Tractor Nob Hill hosts the Ciderday Night Fever all day, with multiple new styles of cider being poured.
Tractor Wells Park hosts the Ales & Echo music festival, featuring multiple local bands, from 2 to 11 p.m.
Jordan Jonas is back at Painted Lady for A Night of Haunting Magick at 8 p.m.
Quick News Bits:
Flock of Moons is looking for more books to add to their little free library.
Boxing Bear has a special on four-packs of El Sombearo and Featherweight Session IPA, with those going for $9.99.
Albuquerque metro area breweries
Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Amber Ale (5.8% ABV), a smooth little malt-forward brew perfect for cool summer nights.
Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: Power Source Porter (6.7% ABV, 40 IBU), a delicious take on a Baltic porter, and one of the few dark beers still on tap this summer for those who like to defy the heat.
Bosque Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Scotia Light (5.6% ABV), a lower alcohol version of the popular Scotia.
Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Desert Standard – German Pils (4.7% ABV), is the latest entry in the rotating lager series, available in cans and on draft.
Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: OktoBEARfest (5.3% ABV), the traditional German lager is back for another run in cans and on draft.
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.
Calavida Cantina — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery formerly known as Vision City for an updated list of seasonals.
Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Tuttle Hazy IPA (7% ABV), now available in cans in addition to being on draft like it is most summers.
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: Corraleño (5% ABV), a lighter American lager 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: The taps are being drained too fast by all you thirsty GB fans!
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.
High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: They just got started brewing again under new brewer Cami O’Brien, so they will be starting out with three revamped versions of Rye Orbison, Ghost of a Moon, and Special Shapes IPA. We recommend the Orbison, though all are worth trying.
Hops Brewery — Featured seasonal: Hoptoberfest is back early this year to help prep you for the upcoming fall season.
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: PLS German Style Pilsner (4.8% ABV), a wonderfully crushable beer perfect for outdoor summer fun, now available in cans 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: Burque Bock (4.9%), a tribute to a certain famous Texas beer.
Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Project Genesis Pale Ale, one of two beers brewed for the 14th anniversary party, this one is highlighted by the sweet fruit flavor from the Idaho 7 hops.
Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, a West Coast IPA inspired by the original Psycho.
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: Capri-derhosen (5.3% ABV), the award-winning German red lager is back on draft.
Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Love Gravy (9.5% ABV), a hefty barrel-aged stout that defies summer.
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: Nine Mile Pilsner (4.9% ABV, 35 IBU), a perfect patio beer for the dog days of summer.
Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Cologne-ial Kolsch (4.2% ABV, 30 IBU), another perfect beer for the dog days of summer.
Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Teddy Roe’s Policy IPA (7.8% ABV, 48 IBU), a new juicy version of the popular ale is available in cans and on draft, and for the month of July all proceeds will go to support Mandy’s Farm, a local nonprofit. Hurry and get some!
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% ABV), 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.
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.”
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: Oktoberfest (6% ABV), oh yes, it’s back in July, and we care not about the date because it’s still a tasty German lager 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: Canyon Rim Rye (5.8% ABV), a beer that goes perfectly with cooler mountain summer nights.
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.
Keep supporting local!
— Stoutmeister
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 
Brew Crew, where are the NMIPAC complete results? The Guild has not printed the samples that we rated. I’ve reached out to them, but no response. I would like to see who’s who.
So you’re asking which beer was which number on the tray? They shared it on Instagram. From that:
1. Downshift, 2. Second Street, 3. Canteen, 4. Ponderosa, 5. Marble, 6. Ex Novo, 7. Bow & Arrow, 8. Tumbleroot, 9. Gravity Bound, 10. Icebox, 11. Sidetrack, 12. La Cumbre, 13. Thirsty Eye, 14. Boxing Bear, 15. Santa Fe, 16. Bathtub Row.
If you’re looking for the names of the beers, we only know that Juice Boxer was the winner. For the rest, you would probably have to reach out to the individual breweries.
this is all helpful. I was looking on Facebook but didn’t check Instagram. As suggested, I will reach out to the breweries for the names of the beers, which is what I’m curious about. Thank you!!