It has been a long time since we have written about Echoes, the live music venue/small brewery that moved into the old Burt’s Tiki Lounge space on Gold back in 2022. It was not for a lack of trying, but we never heard back any time we inquired about a story updating how things were going. One time, we were greeted warmly when our friends’ band, No Manners, performed there, but otherwise it was not among our regular stops for beer or music. It’s certainly not their fault, between Ren’s Den and the Central joints (Launchpad/Sister/El Rey/Sunshine) we have more than enough places to see metal bands, but we were still left wondering how they were doing. Well, sadly, the final weekend of Echoes is coming up February 27-28. They will have some final shows that Friday and Saturday and then another business along that stretch of Gold between 3rd and 4th streets will close up shop. Echoes will pass into history alongside Burt’s, Atomic Cantina, and Wing It Up (which at least survives as a food truck, parked at Brew Lab 101, La Cumbre, and Flock of Moons throughout the week). Perhaps we will have time to stop on by and lament what could have been, raising a final pint. Hopefully this will be the only closure for a while, but you never know these days. So as we always close out by saying, please keep supporting your favorite local breweries before it’s too late.

New Draft:

Boxing Bear brought back Who Ate All the Pies?, a delightful Irish dry stout, only this time it’s on nitro, and Red Knuckle Irish Red also returns in advance of that certain March holiday. Flock of Moons tapped the new Minotaur Blood, a roggenbier. Marble added Tropic Ale and Doc Long DIPA. Tractor will release Abuelita After Dark, a Mexican chocolate stout, this Friday.

Up in Santa Fe, Tumbleroot brought back their Dortmunder lager.

New Package:

La Cumbre is scheduled to release Märzen Lager in cans and on draft this Friday. Marble has redone the recipe for Cerveza and are now re-releasing it with a new design and in 15-packs. Sidetrack has cans of a Tribe Called Kolsch back in stock.

Notable Events:

Today (Wednesday) — Calling all Lego and craft beer fans to Corrales, Ex Novo is hosting Bricks & Brews Build Night from 7 to 9 p.m. It’s $35 for an individual and $65 for couples, and yes, you get to keep your creations.

The second Adult Coloring Night (see our article for details) will be at Steel Bender from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Click that link for more details.

Thursday — Painted Lady Bed & Brew hosts Pints with Purpose, benefiting Barrett House at 6 p.m.

Friday — JUNO holds their annual Brazilian Carnival celebration for $5 per person starting at 8 p.m.

Saturday — Drag Queen Bingo returns to Canteen at 1 p.m.

Celebrate National Love Your Pet Day at Tractor Wells Park from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday — The Sin Limites New Works Festival, featuring short plays from local writers, will be held at Canteen at 7 p.m.

Tuesday — The February Pages & Pints Book Club will meet at Canteen at 6 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

Canteen will host the Feminine Hygiene for the Homeless Drive from Friday through March 5. Head to their social media pages for the list of items that they are accepting for donations.

In case anyone missed the big brewing news from outside New Mexico, follow this link to learn why the Great American Beer Festival is moving outdoors for the first time this year.

Rio Bravo has Candy Flights available again this year for February. The pairings are Dunk-a-chito and Snickers, Honey Ginger Blonde and Starburst, Love on Tap and Hershey’s, and Watermelon Tajin Gose and Watermelon Tajin Lollipops.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Double Dead Red, a seasonal favorite, is back on tap.

Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: Stockpile Stout (5.2% ABV, 52 IBU), an American stout that tastes bigger than its ABV.

Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Midnight with a Chance of Coyotes (9% ABV), the flavor bomb of an imperial stout is back in cans and on draft.

Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Bounty of Jumis (8.5% ABV), a beast of a Baltic porter, now available in cans and on draft.

Brekki Brekki/Cantina Craftworks — Featured seasonal: As a reader pointed out to us, the beers produced at Brekki Brekki are sold at all the restaurants under the Cantina Hospitality Group umbrella, so we should note that here. Contact the various locations to see what they have on tap.

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Singularity (10% ABV, 55 IBU), a barrel-aged stout perfect for whenever winter comes back.

Calavida Cantina — Featured seasonal: Dia de los Dunkel (5% ABV), a dark lager that can raise the dead, or so some folks claim.

Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Industrial District Porter (6.6% ABV, 33 IBU), a devilish robust beast of a porter.

Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Coyote Brown Ale (6.9% ABV), one of two seasonals currently on tap.

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: Nevermore (12.1% ABV), a beautiful barrel-aged black barleywine, available for a limited time in bottles and on draft at both locations.

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

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Velé (8.6% ABV, 35 IBU), a special barrel-aged version of the Laume Baltic Porter available only in bottles for a limited time.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Night Hike, a Czech-style dark lager.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Unbalanced Breakfast, an oatmeal chocolate stout that’s quite the dessert beer.

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: Through the Veil Pale Ale is one of several specialty beers available, though the others don’t rhyme as nicely.

La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: Siberian Silk (10.1% ABV), a burly Baltic porter that packs a smooth punch in cans and on draft.

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

Lasso Brewing — Featured seasonal: Schwarzbier, the first beer brewed beyond the original four at Gravity Bound’s sister brewery/lager house.

Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: White Out (9% ABV), the big brother to Double White is back for a limited time in cans and on draft.

Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Noche Negra (5.2% ABV, 25 IBU), a Mexican dark lager described by the brewery as “smooth and crisp with subtle toasted malt and caramel. Easy-drinking and well-balanced, it’s the kind of dark beer that shows up flavorful, behaves itself, and never over-complicates.”

Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: A Naked American Man Stole My Balloons is not just a line from An American Werewolf in London, it’s also the name of their stout.

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: Mocha Hipster Bomb, one of the finest beers of the past year according to one of our Crew members.

Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Psychedelic Decade (5.5% ABV), a mushroom brown ale brewed for their 10-year anniversary.

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: Midnight Zephyr (5.4% ABV, 23 IBU), a tasty schwarzbier that is even available in proper mugs.

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Brown Chicken Brown Cow (6.8% ABV, 25 IBU), one of their original rotating specialties, this double brown ale is a chewy delight on colder nights.

Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Brickie American Stout (8.5% ABV, 80 IBU), back for the season and better than ever in cans and on draft. There are also cans only of the barrel-aged variant.

Sunday Service Motor Company — Featured seasonal: Gingerbread Stout (8,1% ABV), the latest dessert you can drink.

The Tatted Bee Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Biscochito Liquido (5% ABV, 13 IBU), the seasonal favorite is back on tap and also available on nitro.

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

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Turkey Drool (7.9% ABV, 20 IBU), the Crew’s seasonal favorite is still on tap.

Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Thunderbolt (9.3% ABV, 39 IBU), a powerful Belgian-style tripel.

Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: A Ton of Fruit, a prickly pear wheat ale.

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: Coal Car (5.5% ABV), an oatmeal stout that’s just one of 11 house beers now available.

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), which continues to linger on tap and in cans until we drink it all up. Well, not just us, the rest of you have to help, too.

Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Superior Porter, a robust dark brew perfect for the start of winter, now available in cans and on draft.

Travel Bug — Featured seasonal: This bookstore/cafe only has two of its own beers on tap, Sweetheart Ale (7% ABV) and English Bitter II (6% ABV), but if any seasonals ever pop up, we will list them here.

Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.

Other breweries you need to visit

Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Mango Krush Hazy IPA (7.3% ABV), as popular a seasonal if there ever was one up in Los Alamos.

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.

Jemez Mountain Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Red Rocks IPA, one of those beers perfectly named for the area in which the brewery inhabits.

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: Contact the brewery for what seasonals are currently on tap.

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Honey Winter Ale (9.5% ABV), described by the brewery as “a strong, sweet, deep amber beer, with rich flavors of caramel, toast, & dates. Fresh Rio Grande Valley honey adds a delicate floral sweetness to the beer’s malty foundation.”

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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