Canteen Brewhouse is throwing a fitting farewell party to head brewer Zach Guilmette today (Friday) from 3 to 6 p.m. All of us in the Crew raise our glasses, but the more we thought about it, our words and well wishes only mean so much. So, we went out and asked a whole lot of…
Month: August 2025
The Week Ahead in Beer: Farewell to one of the great local brewers
Keeping it short and sweet this week, because someone forgot he has to work a day shift and instead of doing this the night before watched Alien Earth instead. Friday will mark the farewell party for longtime Canteen head brewer Zach Guilmette. The brewery is inviting all of his friends, fans, and colleagues to come…
Bosque moves production of core beers from out-of-state to Marble
Recently, in other parts of the country, a trend has emerged where two or more breweries will team up to share a production space. Rather than pay for separate facilities, the breweries team up to lower costs so long as they can make a shared space work. It’s already happening here, on a smaller scale,…
Ex Novo doubles down on official beers for New Mexico State Fair
One of the two largest events of the fall in Albuquerque has come to truly embrace the local craft brewing scene, and in turn, one of the larger breweries in the state has come to embrace that event. For the third year in a row, Ex Novo Brewing is rolling out the official beer of…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Flock of Moons teams up with CNM on new collab
For some time now, Central New Mexico Community College has been training future brewers in their program. Sometimes you will see the students at breweries, going on the best kinds of field trips to study how things are done outside the classroom. Well, on a recent field trip, the students worked together with Flock of…
The updated list of every active brewery in the state of New Mexico
Back when we reported that Harmon Lane Brewing was closing, one comment on Facebook caught us by surprise. The writer stated that he had never heard of the brewery inside Southwest Grape & Grain. At the time we read it, we just went “huh” and moved along. But, over time, that has kind of gnawed…
Lagerpalooza draws in lovers of the style from southern New Mexico and beyond
After leading off the current edition of The Week Ahead in Beer with a quickie preview of this Saturday’s Lagerpalooza at Truth or Consequences Brewing, we wanted to go a little more in-depth about this new celebration of the style. Luckily for us, TCB co-owner/chief beer officer John Masterson was more than willing to answer…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Southern NM lagers get their moment to shine
We do love the ongoing trend of lager festivals. They help get us through these scorching summers, after all. Now it’s southern New Mexico’s turn with Lagerpalooza, this Saturday at Truth or Consequences Brewing from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $19 in advance and available online. Otherwise, it will be $22 at the door….
Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival offers up wide variety of tasty brews
We mentioned in The Week Ahead in Beer that this Saturday and Sunday is the Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Now, as we tend to do any time there is a festival, we went ahead and got as many of the beer lists as we could for the…
Discover the joy of beer and hiking with local author Kevin Holsapple
Since you’re reading this, we already know you’re a fan of good beer. And, with all of New Mexico’s enchanting mountains and terrain, there’s a heck of a lot of hiking fans here, too. If you’ve been to Colorado, you know that they’re at least as serious about both topics. Why do I bring this…
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