The notion that Friday the 13th is bad luck, and not just a cheesy American horror film series, is one that we’ve never really bought into, and we’re overly superstitious hockey fans. Anyway, this is one of those Fridays that falls on the 13th day of the month, and a few of the breweries have some fun events, plus a few new releases. See? Feeling luckier already. Unhinged will be hosting a flash tattoo pop-up starting at 3 p.m., while the Dead, Bath & Beyond Spooky Goods Market returns to Painted Lady at 5 p.m. You can then cap your Friday with the monthly Goth Night & Dark Market at Tractor Wells Park at 8 p.m. As for those beer releases, see below, but trust us, they’re some pretty good ones.
Oh, and pardon the delay in publishing this week. Had to take a family member to urgent care yesterday and ended up spending way too long there.
New Draft:
Bombs Away tapped C4 IPA for their anniversary. High and Dry recently tapped … I Said Banana, a German-style wheat ale. Marble brought back Rosa Amarilla IPA. Sidetrack recently added Pumpkin Spice Lager. Tractor will tap our fall favorite, Turkey Drool, this Friday.
New Package:
Ex Novo brought back their Mexican dark lager, Milagro Oscuro, in cans and on draft. Ex Novo also released Oh Noir, a wild ale fermented in wine barrels, in bottles and on draft. La Cumbre will release Dortmunder Lager in cans and on draft this Friday. Steel Bender will bring back Brickie American Stout, both regular and barrel-aged, in cans and on draft this Friday. Second Street brought back Pompadour, a fruited kettle sour, in cans and on draft.
Notable Events:
Today (Thursday) — The Crypt Keeper’s Comedy Hour returns to Painted Lady at 7 p.m.
Friday — See our intro for all three events this day and night.
Saturday — The Lager Liftoff is back at Canteen starting at 9 a.m. The competition benefits Locker 505.
The Canteen Taproom hosts The Art of the Board, a charcuterie-making course, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Painted Lady hosts New Mexico’s Haunted Route 66 book launch at 6 p.m.
Legions in Exile headlines a metal show at JUNO from 8 to 11:30 p.m.
Sunday — La Cumbre hosts a second Taps & Tags Vintage Pop-Up & Market from noon to 4 p.m.
Quick News Bits:
Since we learned that Marble Brewery was closing the Heights Taproom in December, some asked us what would become of the property. Well, as it turns out, the original Marble owners are going to sell it for $4.5 million, per a report in Albuquerque Business First. Could it eventually lead to Marble going back there? Eh, probably not, since at that asking price it’s doubtful any buyer would lower the rent cost enough to make it work. We will keep an eye on things going forward.
And yes, as you can tell by how devoid our site has been lately of new stories, it’s pretty darned quiet out there. We guess it’s time to fire up the Look Back/Look Ahead Series sooner than later, plus we’re taking a quick out-of-town trip to Box Canyon Brewing in Socorro this week to try their imperial stout and check out some of the other big moves they have been making.
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: Keep It Simple Stout (4.1% ABV, 32 IBU), a perfectly sessionable dark beer.
Bow & Arrow Brewing — Featured seasonal: Proper Pumpkin Beer (10% ABV), an imperial stout made with a whole lot of pumpkin, now available in cans and on draft.
Boxing Bear Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Black Mesa Dunkel (5.2% ABV), a recent bronze medal winner at GABF, now available in cans and on draft.
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: Tiny Legs, Big Hearts (7.5% ABV, 61 IBU) is a West Coast IPA is on draft at both locations, but cans are only available at the taproom on Tramway.
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: Oktoberfest, tis the season and all for this collaboration made with Painted Lady.
Ex Novo Brewing — Featured seasonal: Eternal Fest (5.7% ABV), the traditional festbier 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: The Bookhouse Boys (10.1% ABV, 39 IBU), that beautiful beast of an imperial pastry stout is back for a limited time.
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 (7.2% ABV), 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: Woolly Slammoth IPA (7.3% ABV, 80 IBU), a quaffable English-style hoppy ale.
La Cumbre Brewing — Featured seasonal: Spectator Sport (7.2% ABV), a West Coast IPA made in collaboration with Colorado’s Cannonball Creek, available in cans and on draft.
Lasso Brewing — Featured seasonal: Kolsch, which has recently been released for the second 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: Wake the Dead, an Oktoberfest-style lager brewed in collaboration with Dripline.
Ponderosa Brewing Co. — Featured seasonal: The Last Dance (4.2% ABV, 19 IBU), a black Mexican lager brewed in collaboration with Thirsty Eye.
Quarter Celtic Brewpub— Featured seasonal: Step Drunkle, the recent silver medal winner in the German dunkel category at GABF.
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: Ale Witch (8.7% ABV, 15 IBU), the fan favorite pumpkin ale is back in standard and barrel-aged versions, with the former on draft and in cans, and the latter in cans only.
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: Heller Bock (4.7% ABV), the ultra-smooth recent release.
Turtle Mountain Brewing Company — Featured seasonal: Nazgold (7.5% ABV, 75 IBU), an IPA made with New Zealand hops and pineapple.
Unhinged Brewing — Featured seasonal: Oktoberfest, which they need your help to drink up as the season ends.
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.”
Keeping Together — Featured seasonal: No Concept of Concept, a strawberry mild brown ale.
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: Brown Ale, which just won its second medal at the Great American Beer Festival, this time a bronze.
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), a classic ode to the darkness.
Downshift Brewing — Featured seasonal: Gratitude Pale Ale (5.4% ABV, 40 IBU), brewed to support local charities.
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: Mining District Märzen (6.3% ABV), an excellent Oktoberfest for the season.
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.
Keep supporting local!
— Stoutmeister
