The temperatures are rising. Like, really, really rising. We know what that means. It’s time to put away our hoodies. It’s time for beers to turn lighter in color. If not for the upcoming NHL playoffs and some metal shows, we would be some extremely sad Crew members. But, as noted, this is basically the end of stout season, with a few final seasonal releases appearing before the darkness retreats from the summer sun. So we will be enjoying the remaining one-offs, this heatwave be damned, all week until the supply runs out. The newest stouts are listed below at Flock of Moons, Marble, Turtle Mountain, and Bathtub Row. Go get some before we show up. Kegs of dark beers tend to end up floating whenever we get there.

New Draft:

Canteen tapped What a Good Boy Am I!, a fruited wheat ale. Flock of Moons brought back Brighid’s Mantle, an Irish dry stout, on nitro. Marble added The Parting Glass, their Irish dry stout on nitro. Thirsty Eye tapped &#!%, an “accidental” pale ale that happened when a certain head brewer put the hops for the IPA into the red ale. Turtle Mountain rolled out Snakedriver (Irish dry stout), Sunshine (tropical coffee stout), The Troubles (Irish red ale), and on Sunday the 27th Anniversary Ale will debut, a golden ale brewed with toasted coconut, mango, and pineapple.

Up in Santa Fe, Santa Fe Brewing recently tapped Nitro Milk Stout. Over in Los Alamos, Bathtub Row added Black Pearl, a dark lager, and Irish Goodbye Stout. Down south, Truth or Consequences Brewing tapped Summer Daze, a hazy IPA.

New Package:

The Pink Boots Society’s annual collaboration beer is due out this Friday at multiple breweries, including La Cumbre, where it was brewed. Called The Fementress, it’s a session IPA that will be available in cans and on draft, and we will have more on this one in a separate feature later this week.

Notable Events:

Thursday — Pints with Purpose, benefiting Barrett House, returns to Painted Lady at 6 p.m.

Friday — Run Club: Parent Edition takes off from Canteen at 11 a.m. Check their social media pages for more details on this unique new event.

The Desert Darlings are back at Kaktus for another edition of Cactus Cabaret from 7 to 9 p.m.

Nuckolls hosts the Spring Equinox Dance Party from 7 to 11 p.m.

Saturday — The annual Cask Festival is back at Sidetrack from noon to 4 p.m. We will have a separate preview later this week.

Paint Your Partner, which is sold out, is at Canteen Taproom from 1 to 3 p.m.

Books & Brews with Bookworks is set for the Boxing Bear Tramway Taproom from 3 to 6 p.m.

Punk Rock Matinee is back at High and Dry at 3 p.m., featuring Fit to Burn, Subtle Knife, and 20 Year Gap.

Sunday — Painted Lady hosts Scary Movie Night, featuring the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, at 6 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

Sunday Service Motor Company once again extended their temporary closure for renovations through this Sunday. Normal service will resume next week.

Turtle Mountain South is open again on Mondays, so swing on by to satisfy your cravings for all their delicious beer and food.

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.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Irish Red Ale, because tis the season, right?

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: OktoBEARfest (5.3% ABV), the crushable märzen lager is available again 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.

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 the downtown taproom only now (so hurry, before it’s gone until next fall).

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 Baltic porter available only in bottles for a limited time.

Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Lil Feller, a West Coast-style pilsner available in cans and on draft for a limited time.

High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Unbalanced Breakfast (4.7% ABV), 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: Odds ‘n’ Ends (5.8% ABV, 47 IBU), an English mild ale perfect for relaxing just about anywhere on the property, from the bar to the patio to the outdoor beer garden.

La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: Märzen Lager (5.8% ABV), a lovely brew for warming patio nights, available 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: Bellamah Detour (6.7% ABV, 30 IBU), an imperial brown ale named for the recent road construction in the Sawmill District.

Quarter Celtic Brewpub— Featured seasonal: Irish Handcuffs, the barrel-aged imperial stout is back and as burly as ever.

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: Provoking Lions (7.8% ABV, 43 IBU), a hefty stout available on draft and in cans for a limited time.

Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Foggy Monocle (6.1% ABV, 17 IBU), the classic oatmeal stout is back on draft.

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: NM Dark Lager (6.2% ABV), a tasty brew that goes well after coffee and Bayern Munich victories.

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: Dry Irish Stout, a perfect brew for the season.

Other breweries you need to visit

Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Smudged Glass Sage ESB (5.9% ABV), which is pretty much as described, an English ale with the addition of fresh sage.

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

Sierra Blanca Brewing  — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for what seasonals are currently on tap.

Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: Summer Daze (6.6% ABV), a hazy IPA and a portent of what is to come.

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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