The crime problem in Albuquerque has hit breweries in the past, and this week it struck again. Calavida Cantina, previously known as Vision City, was hit by a thief who disabled their alarm system, crawled in through a skylight, and proceeded to rob the taproom of just about anything and everything he could take. As of publication, the thief has not been apprehended. The incident happened in the former Boxing Bear space at Alameda and Corrales, with the thief striking around 3 a.m. The brewery was able to reopen Tuesday, but thousands of dollars in damage had been done. There is video at this link from KRQE. The two best ways to help will be if anyone can identify the thief to please report on it to Albuquerque police, and then the other, simpler way is to head over to Calavida Cantina and enjoy a beer, a cocktail, some food, etc. The more support we can provide financially, the faster the brewery can recover.

New Draft:

Bombs Away will release their Oktoberfest lager on Friday. Bosque tapped Secondhand Wings, a dry-hopped amber ale. Casa Vieja will release their Festbier on Monday. Dripline released Knottier Spiced Amber. Gravity Bound added their fresh-hop IPA, Live Edge Jenga. Kaktus tapped Red Titan Strong Ale. La Cumbre added Autumn Breeze, a brown ale, and Trust but Verify, a West Coast pilsner. Quarter Celtic brought back an old favorite stout in Mocha Hipster Bomb. Starr Brothers will bring back Therewolf, an Oktoberfest lager, this Saturday. Steel Bender will tap Lloyd’s Picnic Kolsch, with watermelon added, this Thursday. Thirsty Eye has a double tapping on Friday with Oktoberfest and a new Odin’s Monocle. (UPDATE) Sidetrack tapped Fresh Hop IPA.

Up in Santa Fe, Tumbleroot gets into the season with their Festbier. Over in Los Alamos, Bathtub Row brought back Sir Bramling’s Golden Ale and Ctrl-Alt-Repeat, an altbier. Down south, Truth or Consequences will tap Lemon Wheat on Thursday.

New Package:

Bosque will bring back Spacelion IPA this Saturday in cans and on draft at all locations. Boxing Bear brought back Albu-Murky Hazy IPA in cans and on draft. La Cumbre will release Dynamic Glow, a hazy IPA, in cans and on draft this Friday. (UPDATE) Ex Novo released the new Altered Beast, a German-style altbier, in cans and on draft.

Notable Events:

Thursday — The Pour & Explore Lecture Series returns to Bow & Arrow from 6 to 7 p.m.

Bocce Night is back at Dripline at 6 p.m.

The Crypt Keeper’s Comedy Hour will be inside the casita at Painted Lady at 7 p.m.

Friday — Blue Heron, Amped Owl Drive and Crash Bandits are playing a free show at Rio Bravo from 6 to 10 p.m.

Goth Night & Dark Market returns to Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m.

Jordan Jonas returns to Painted Lady for A Night of Haunting Magick at 8 p.m.

Saturday — Marblefest is back, now celebrated at all three taprooms starting at noon and running until close. Tickets are $10 at the door. There will be live music, food trucks, and special contests. We still await word on how the beer situation is shaping up.

Rio Bravo is cooking up more of their State Fair food, including smoked turkey legs, loaded ribbon fries, corn dog bites, donut burgers, and more all day this Saturday.

The Ponderosa Market is back from noon to 5 p.m.

Bosque will hold their annual Spacelion Fest at the Telshor taproom in Las Cruces at 1 p.m.

The Desert Darlings return to Tractor Wells Park for another edition of Belly Nouveau at 8 p.m.

Sunday — Painted Lady hosts a wild new celebration called the Feral Fall Faire, starting at 11 a.m. and featuring multiple entertainers, vendors, and more.

Monday — Metal returns to Tumbleroot Agua Fria at 7:30 p.m. as local heavyweights Dysphotic close out their tour with support from Mesa Ritual, Distorted Evil, and Marrow Monger.

Quick News Bits:

In case anyone missed it, Bosque will move production of their core, canned beers to Marble. Head to our story on the big move for more details.

Cazuela’s has officially closed, ending a nearly 12-year run in Rio Rancho.

Missed our guide to all the Oktoberfest celebrations across New Mexico? Click that link for the details.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Drunk Astronaut (8% ABV), the annual summer seasonal DIPA is loaded with Galaxy hops. Get it?

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: Hot Commodity (6.6% ABV), the spicy pickle gose is back for a limited time.

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Czech Out Mesa Verde (5.5% ABV), a malty amber lager 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: Labtoberfest is back for the season.

Calavida Cantina — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery formerly known as Vision City for an updated list of seasonals.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest (5.4% ABV, 24 IBU), an exceptionally good batch this year is available in cans and on draft.

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.

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: German Overalls (5.8% ABV), the mighty märzen is back on draft and in cans.

Flix Brewhouse  — Featured seasonal: Flix Brühaus, their version of an Oktoberfest lager, is back for the season.

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Citrinitas (6.7% ABV, 29 IBU), a classic saison brewed in collaboration with the students of the CNM Brewing Program.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Maizey Train, a Mexican lager that actually seems to be able to stay on tap somewhat consistently because you all drink up the IPAs way too fast. Which is a good thing.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Jiminy Krispness, a tasty kolsch to help you get through the end of summer.

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: Oktoberfest (5.9% ABV), one of our favorite annual releases from the brewery, 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: Thunder from Dortmunder (5.8% ABV), more than just one of the all-time great beer names, it’s also an award-winning German lager.

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Festbier (6.3% ABV, 21 IBU), tis the season for this classic German-style lager, which goes great with all the delicious food, or even by itself (but who just has a beer at Nexus?).

Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: Cats and Dogs Living Together, a mango wheat ale named after one of the many great lines in the original Ghostbusters.

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: Shinobi Rice Lager (5.6% ABV, 18 IBU), a nice, end-of-summer crusher that’s perfect for warm days or cool evenings.

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Prince of Dankness (7.4% ABV), we don’t know if this hazy IPA is a tribute to Ozzy or not, but knowing brewer Rob Whitlock’s love of metal, it might be.

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.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Happy Lil Accidents, a hefty altbier that goes well with Bayern Munich matches (yes, the local fan club New Mexico Roten meets here on game days).

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

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Father O’Malley’s Holy Water (4.2% ABV, 33 IBU), a very flavorful Irish dry stout for late nights on the patio.

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

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Traktoberfest (6.2% ABV, 15 IBU), the classic märzen has returned.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Oktürtlefest (5.38% ABV, 25 IBU) is back and it’s glorious.

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: Belgian Table Beer (4.3% ABV), a simple, no-frills golden ale with some tangy Belgian yeast flavor.

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: Oktoberfest is back in bottles and on tap for the season.

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest (5.9% ABV), the popular seasonal is back, and this time it warranted a full 15-barrel batch.

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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