Canteen Brewhouse loves to keep people moving, with all sorts of fun runs and walks, bike rides, and more that start and end at the main brewery. Many of these events also have a charity tie-in, and this week Canteen has two such events. Friday night will feature Hops & Healthcare, a 5K run/walk that kicks off with registration at 6 p.m. and the run at 7 p.m. There is a suggested $20 donation that will go to Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless. You also get a pint of your choice at the end. Also starting Friday will be another run of Beers for Bikes, which will run through Sunday. Bring in any spare bicycle parts, or even an entire bicycle you’re no longer riding, and get discounts on beers or the brewery will buy you a beer for the full donation. All of it goes to the Esperanza Community Bike Shop, in partnership with Albuquerque Parks and Recreation. Drop by for a beer at Canteen this weekend and do some good for others in the community!

New Draft:

Canteen tapped Cabana Negra Mexican Amber Lager. Marble added Pilsner Italiano. Tractor will tap Last Light Blonde Ale on Friday. Turtle Mountain added Oh Mai!, a maibock if you could not guess (and you totally heard the name in George Takei’s voice).

Up in Santa Fe, Beer Creek tapped their first New England-style hazy IPA, The Pit Boss. Over in Los Alamos, Bathtub Row turned over most of their taps, adding Baltic Porter, Red Hammer DIPA, Mild & Lazy, Baird’s Maris Otter SMaSH, and Jemez Hazy IPA. Down south, Truth or Consequences Brewing will release True Moon, a wheat ale flavored with orange peel, this Thursday. Open Space Brewing in Santa Clara has tapped Faywood Mirage, a pilsner, and Southwest Breakfast, a flavor-packed porter.

New Package:

Bow & Arrow managed to sneak in a variant of their Dusty Hefeweizen, made with strawberries, in cans and on draft late last week. Ex Novo will bring back Sumo Suit Yourself, a Japanese-style rice lager, in cans and on draft this week. Steel Bender will bring back Cherry Dynamite in cans and on draft this Friday.

Notable Events:

Today (Wednesday) — Comedy and Magic is back at Tractor Wells Park at 7 p.m.

Thursday — The Pour & Explore Lecture Series: Dinosaurs of New Mexico will be held at Bow & Arrow from 6 to 7 p.m.

Painted Lady brings back The Crypt Keeper’s Comedy Hour at 7 p.m.

Friday — Canteen hosts the aforementioned Hops & Healthcare 5K Run/Walk at 6 p.m.

Fright Night Open Mic: Real Ghost Stories Told Live will once again be at Painted Lady at 7 p.m.

The Desert Darlings’ final free Cactus Cabaret will be at Kaktus from 7 to 8:30 p.m. They will then be on a break for a little while before coming back with some new events later in the year.

Saturday — Canteen hosts Drag Bingo from 1 to 3 p.m.

Get ready, Gen Xers and older Millennials, for Tractor Wells Park hosts Flannel & Feedback: 90s Grunge Tribute Night at 7 p.m.

Sunday — Supernatural Sundays with Jordan Jonas is back at Painted Lady at 5 p.m., followed by Nerd Crafts Night: Build Your Own Lego Snow Globes at 6 p.m.

Tuesday — Astronomy on Tap returns to Bow & Arrow at 6 p.m.

Quick News Bits:

Calavida Cantina, in the old Boxing Bear location off Alameda, had to close their kitchen temporarily to make some needed repairs and upgrades. The bar and patio are still open, and you are welcome to bring in outside food until renovations are complete.

Second Street announced summer hours for both of their locations. Rufina will be open 3 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 10 on Saturday, and noon to 9 on Sunday. Railyard will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 9 on Sunday.

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: Zeus Juice White IPA (8.3% ABV), loaded with Citra and Centennial hops, it is a big and flavorful seasonal IPA.

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: Benny Bear Porter (5% ABV), a flavor-packed dark ale for the masses, is still 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: A reader tipped us off that this brewery in a travel bookstore has started rotating beers now, and currently on tap are Suelo Red Ale, Flaxon Ale, and Pale Ale.

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: Baltic Porter (7.9% ABV), a big beast of a beer that keeps thoughts of glorious winter alive.

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