Holy hell, the events section below is stacked. It feels like every brewery has something going on before we get to a semi-break with Christmas falling on a Thursday next week. There’s some trivia, a video game event, craft nights, charity supporting events, informative lectures, bellydancers, pet adoptions, holiday markets, Christmas carolers, drag queen bingo,…
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Former sports writer in Tucson, LA, and Burque. Now I write about craft beer, which is a totally reasonable way to support my hobby of spending afternoons and evenings indulging in the finest stouts, lagers, and more.
Bosque Brewing closes 2 more locations with no end in sight
We are not the betting types, and you will not find us at a casino more than once in a blue moon. But, if we had placed bets on the next two Bosque Brewing taprooms to close, we would have just won something. Bosque announced today (Tuesday) on social media that they have closed, effective…
Bosque Brewing heads deeper into the great unknown
For those without social media, or perhaps those who do not pay attention to traditional media, the news that Bosque Brewing has closed both of their Santa Fe locations may have slipped past Tuesday. The Drinkery, on Santa Fe’s south side, and the Restoration Pizza at the Railyard are no more, both shutting down immediately….
The Week Ahead in Beer: La Cumbre taps so many anniversary brews
How the heck has it already been 15 years for La Cumbre? It still feels like yesterday when we first walked in, sat around those barrels-as-tables, and had our first pints of Elevated IPA and Malpais Stout. But, time has passed, and now the brewery is celebrating another milestone with a week’s worth of events….
Turtle Mountain turns biggest challenge into major accomplishment
We figured there would be some interesting answers to our three questions for the current edition of the Look Back/Look Ahead Series. We did not figure that the first two questions about a brewery’s biggest challenge and biggest accomplishment would produce the same answer. Leave it to Turtle Mountain Brewing owner Nico Ortiz to pull…
Sunday Service Motor Co. expands brewing operations during busy year
At this point, it is probably not a well-kept secret that I, Stoutmeister, am huge a Bayern Munich fan. My family lived in Bavaria (Southern Germany) in the early 1980s, so when it came time to pick a European soccer team to root for, well, that choice was easy. I recently got to attend my…
The Week Ahead in Beer: TMBC strikes with Thunderbolt
A little while back, myself and Franz Solo went over to Turtle Mountain North on a brew day for a Belgian-style tripel. He had helped in the recipe construction along with members of the Worthogs homebrew club. The TMBC brew team handled the hard work, and it all went smoothly. Well, now they are releasing…
Boese Brothers Brewing celebrates a decade in the business of craft beer
As we noted in the first entry in our current Look Back/Look Ahead Series for Boxing Bear, we shortened the stories to being based around three questions. Time is short these days for everyone and all. We also gave brewery owners the option of just answering over email if they did not have time to…
Lasso Brewing joins list of top laid-back pubs in town
Just in case anyone missed it during the holiday week, Lasso Brewing is now open and serving coffee and lagers at Gold and Sixth Street downtown. We got a super-quick tour of the shared brewing area in the back and will be sure to do more in the future, but co-owner Chris Frigon was an…
The mostly complete guide to Thanksgiving hours at NM breweries
As a public service that we do for most significant holidays, we attempt to compile all the brewery hours of operation for whatever is up next. In this case, it is Thanksgiving, a.k.a. the great day of gluttony, watching football even though your fantasy team is a lost cause by now, and arguing with family….
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