How are your putting skills? No, Putts and Pints isn’t ready to open yet, but this Saturday will feature a rather unique event that combines mini-golf with a good old-fashioned pub crawl. The ABQ Live Mini Golf Open starts at Hollow Spirits at 10 a.m., and will then cycle through five breweries in Wells Park. This 21-and-over event is for four-person teams (get your tickets here), with prizes for best team costumes and best decorated putter. For those who do not own a putter, you can rent one at Hollow Spirits. There are nine holes over the six locations, which will include Dripline, Gravity Bound, JUNO, Marble, and Rio Bravo. Enjoy some beers, putt away, and don’t forget the sunscreen!

New Draft:

Boxing Bear tapped Lager Shot First. Flock of Moons brought back Spring Clean for the May Queen, an ESB, and added the new Maramataka New Zealand Pilsner. Marble tapped Hups Pale Ale and Paaka Ridge Pilsner. Starr Brothers added Super Starr Hazy IPA. Turtle Mountain tapped a new hard seltzer, Turtle Claw.

Up in Jemez Springs, Jemez Mountain tapped Might as Well IPA.

New Package:

La Cumbre will release PLS Italian Pilsner in cans and on draft this Friday. Steel Bender will release the latest batch of DebaucherMead, a cherry lime version, in bottles this Friday.

Notable Events:

Today (Wednesday) — Poetry & Beer is back at Tractor Wells Park at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday — The Mama Bear Bloom Bar is back at Boxing Bear Firestone from 5 to 8 p.m.

Painted Lady again hosts Pints for Pink, benefiting Pink Warrior House, at 5 p.m.

Friday — Run Club: Parent Edition returns to Canteen at 6 p.m.

Artwalk is back downtown, and Adobe Disco will host their monthly party at Sidetrack from 6 to 11 p.m.

Canteen will also host the Throwback Patio Dance Party from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The Albucreepy Haunted Trolley Tour will again launch from Painted Lady at 8 p.m.

The Goth Night & Dark Market is back at Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m.

Tumbleroot Agua Fria hosts Rapid Fire: A Tribute to 80’s Heavy Metal at 8 p.m.

Saturday — The Desert Darlings return for a final edition of Belly Nouveau at Tractor Wells Park at 7 p.m. Don’t worry, though, as they have a new event coming in the future.

Sunday — Supernatural Sundays with Jordan Jonas is back at Painted Lady at 5 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

Painted Lady will be closed for a private event again this Saturday.

Wildwood Florals will be at Dripline this Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 3 p.m. until they are sold out.

Sunday Service Motor Company once again extended their temporary closure for renovations through this Sunday. Normal service will resume next week, we (and they) hope.

Albuquerque metro area breweries

Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Irish Red Ale, because we should probably finish this seasonal, 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: Black Mesa Dunkel (5.2% ABV) will cover your dark lager needs, in cans or 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: Smokey the Bearrel (9.5% ABV), that barrel-aged imperial rauchbier that we mentioned in the intro.

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: Farm League (7% ABV), a classic West Coast IPA brewed in honor of baseball season, available in cans and on draft.

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

Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Femme de la Lune (5.6% ABV), a collaboration with Ponderosa brewed to help raise funds for the Pink Boots Society.

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: Sünner or Later (4.7% ABV), a tasty kolsch that’s perfect for some patio time.

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: Helles (4.8% ABV), a truly crushable German-style lager available in cans and on draft.

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

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

Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: The Parting Glass (4.7% ABV), an Irish dry stout that was one of the stars of the recent Cask Festival at Sidetrack. No really, it’s damn good.

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: Albucreepy (5% ABV), a proper Czech dark lager brewed in collaboration with Sidetrack (which has cans in addition to draft).

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: Glass Dragon (6.7% ABV), a fruited sour brewed in collaboration with old friends Justin Hamilton (ex-Boxing Bear) and Rashan Jones (High Desert Flameworks).

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: Still closed for renovations.

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

Thirsty Eye Brewing — Featured seasonal: Huning Highlander Scotch Ale, the big old brew is back for another run.

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

Tractor Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Old Wizard Fingers Doppelbock (7.2% ABV), a delectable dark lager.

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: Señor Lager, which as you may have guessed from the name is a Mexican-style lager.

Open Space Brewing — Featured seasonal: Goathead Doppelbock (10.2% ABV), the kind of delicious, hefty beer you should only drink after hiking. Welcome to the listings, friends! Open Space is located at 11990 U.S. Highway 180 in Santa Clara, just east of Silver City.

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