Yeah, we know, it’s been slow on the news front again. Throw in my constantly changing schedule at the paying job, and we’ve neglected this site a bit. We’ll try to pick things up a bit soon. In the meantime, one beer we’ve been waiting for a while now is finally arriving on tap, and not just at one brewery. One of the coolest collaborations we’ve seen in a while drops this week at Dripline, Flock of Moons, Painted Lady, Ponderosa, Sidetrack, and Thirsty Eye. They collectively brewed a fresh-hop IPA and if it tastes as good as its name, it’s gonna go awfully quick. The name? Wet Hop Burqueño Summer. Yeah, that just might be the beer name of the year. Go get some at any or all of the participating breweries (not on the same day, please) and raise a glass to a final farewell to summer and to the spirit of collaboration that still runs strong at our favorite places!
New Draft:
Flock of Moons tapped Wytchwater, a hefty Belgian tripel. Gravity Bound added Pretty Bird, a pineapple/mango/coconut cream/vanilla bean sour. La Cumbre will tap a new Coffee Brown Ale this Sunday, brewed in collaboration with Cutbow Coffee. Marble tapped Cascade Pale Ale, Cherry Chingon, and Yumba Pilsner. Painted Lady will officially release Wake the Dead Marzen, their collaboration with Dripline, at Friday’s Scary Movie Bingo (see below). Steel Bender will get in the autumn mood with Cutbow Coffee Porter on nitro starting this coming Tuesday. Thirsty Eye tapped their Oktoberfest lager.
Up in Santa Fe, Tumbleroot tapped Kettle Sour Red. Down south in Santa Clara, Open Space added 11th Essential, a blonde ale, and Garden Day: Prickly Pear, a saison.
New Package:
La Cumbre will release Dynamic Glow, a hazy IPA, in cans and on draft this Friday, plus last weekend they managed to sneak in a collaboration West Coast IPA made with Colorado’s Cannonball Creek Brewing called Spectator Sport, also available in cans and on draft. Steel Bender brings back Blackberry Dynamite in cans and on draft this Friday.
Notable Events:
Thursday — Painted Lady hosts Tarot on Tap at 6 p.m.
Friday — Gin & Jazz is back at Tractor Wells Park at 5 p.m.
Canteen hosts a Harvest Dinner at the brewery at 6 p.m.
Painted Lady has a pair of events. First up, Scary Movie Bingo will feature The Addams Family at 7 p.m. Next up, the Albucreepy Haunted Trolley Tour starts at the brewery at 8 p.m.
Saturday — Love getting out into nature? Then head to Canteen for Thirst for the Outdoors from noon to 3 p.m.
Marble’s onsite food truck, the SRB Sangwich Shop, celebrates their first year in business with a BBQ Bash at noon.
If you are up for a road trip, head down to Ruidoso at 2 p.m. for Downshift’s Oktoberfest celebration at the Riverside taproom. It’s one of the biggest in the state, and you might just see a Brew Crew member or two in the crowd. Grab your tickets before they sell out.
Flocktoberfest takes over the patio at Flock of Moons at 3 p.m., with live music, feats of strength, multiple German beers on tap, food specials, other games, and more.
Labtoberfest highlights the day in Rio Rancho as Brew Lab 101 hosts their own German-style celebration starting at 4 p.m.
Sunday — La Cumbre will host their forst Brewers Brunch from noon to 2 p.m., with food from Los Toasties and the debut of a new brew.
Quick News Bits:
Kaktus is closed today (Wednesday) due rain and flooding.
Kaktus has new fall hours — Monday closed, Tuesday and Wednesday 2 to 9 p.m., Thursday and Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Starr Brothers will be open every Monday evening during NFL season to show Monday Night Football.
High and Dry has new hours for the fall — Monday through Thursday 2 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Putts N Pints is now open and has set their hours — Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight, Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Albuquerque metro area breweries
Boese Brothers Brewery — Featured seasonal: Drunk Astronaut (8.1% ABV), a double IPA with a hefty amount of Galaxy hops (get it?).
Bombs Away Beer Company — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest (5.9% ABV, 20 IBU), the traditional märzen that you have been waiting for this fall.
Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: I Like Big Buttes (8% ABV) not only has arguably the best beer name of the year so far, it’s also an outstanding classic DIPA available in cans and on draft.
Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Old Grizzled Bear (5% ABV), an English-style pale ale, made for fans of the old school hop-forward brews.
Brekki Brekki/Cantina Craftworks — Featured seasonal: The beers made at Brekki Brekki are for the entire restaurant collective under the Cantina Hospitality Group banner. Contact each location for what’s on tap.
Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Company — Featured seasonal: Labtoberfest is back for the season.
Calavida Cantina — Featured seasonal: Celtic Hermano (6.1% ABV, 42 IBU), this stout (not this batch) was the first one they brewed on the system in the old Boxing Bear space.
Canteen Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Allora Italian Pilsner (5.2% ABV, 25 IBU), a lager option that isn’t a märzen or festbier, available in cans and on draft.
Casa Vieja Brewery — Featured seasonal: Duke’s Red Irish Ale (5% ABV), a brewery original back on tap for a limited time.
Differential Brewing — Featured seasonal: Matcha Ginger Blonde (5% ABV) is the current seasonal on tap.
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: German Overalls (5.8% ABV), the traditional märzen is back in cans and on draft.
Flix Brewhouse — Featured seasonal: Flix Brühaus, their Oktoberfest lager, is back for the season.
Flock of Moons Brewing — Featured seasonal: Neumond (4.7% ABV, 26 IBU), an absolutely brilliant interpretation of the German schwarzbier (dark lager) style.
FMV Brewing — Featured seasonal: Stage 10 American Amber, the first house beer is now on draft at this brewery located at 2500 Yale Blvd SE near the Sunport.
Gravity Bound Brewing — Featured seasonal: Pistola, the classic West Coast IPA is back on draft and in cans for a limited time.
High and Dry Brewing — Featured seasonal: Unbalanced Breakfast (4.8% ABV), an oatmeal stout with a low ABV that still boasts a lot of flavor.
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: Lion Hearted IPA (5.9% ABV, 60 IBU), a quaffable English-style hoppy ale.
La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest (5.9% ABV, 32 IBU), basically the local gold standard for a märzen, available in cans and on draft.
Lasso Brewing — Featured seasonal: Kolsch, which has recently been released for the first time in cans and on draft.
Marble Brewery — Featured seasonal: Marblefest (6.5% ABV), back for the season in cans and on draft.
Nexus Brewery — Featured seasonal: Festbier (6.3% ABV, 20 IBU), described by the brewery as “Prost to the season! Festbier Oktoberfest is moderately malty, toasty, and dangerously easy to drink. Blink once and your stein will be empty!”
Painted Lady Bed and Brew — Featured seasonal: Boogedy Boogedy Boo!, a robust porter that’s excellent for spooky nights, now with Indonesian vanilla added for a limited time.
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: Vienna Lager, the most awarded one-off that keeps coming back because, well, it brings all the medals to the brewery.
Rio Bravo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Somos Brewnidos (5.2% ABV, 18 IBU), a New Mexican lager perfect for patio days or United games, with a portion of the proceeds from draft and can sales going to the Somos Unidos Foundation.
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: Oktoberfest (6% ABV), a delectable märzen available in cans and on draft.
Starr Brothers Brewing — Featured seasonal: Therewolf (6.5% ABV, 22 IBU), the annual Oktoberfest release is back on draft.
Steel Bender Brewyard — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfiesta (7% ABV), because autumn is a state of mind, and this beer will get you there early in cans and on draft.
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: Shut the Front Dort, a good lager with one of our favorite beer names of all time.
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: Turtle Claw Hard Seltzer (7% ABV), and yeah, they requested we highlight the seltzer, so that’s what we’re doing because we’re nice. It’s not our thing, but it might be yours.
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), the classic German-style lager is back in cans and on draft.
Second Street Brewery — Featured seasonal: Butterfly IPA, a true session IPA with an ABV under 4 percent, 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: Festbier (6.6% ABV), a traditional German lager that was just tapped earlier this week.
Other breweries you need to visit
Bathtub Row Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oz’s Oatmeal Stout (5.4% ABV), one of a whole slew of new(ish) beers on tap.
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: Hidalgo (5.5% ABV), a classic hefeweizen to tide you over while waiting on certain other German-style beers to arrive on tap.
Red River Brewing and Distilling — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.
Sierra Blanca Brewing — Featured seasonal: Contact the brewery for an updated list of seasonals.
Truth or Consequences Brewing — Featured seasonal: La Bete (15% ABV), a monstrous yet beautiful imperial brut saison.
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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.
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— Stoutmeister
