After receiving a tip in the morning, the Crew has confirmed that the Desert Valley Brewing taproom located at Wyoming and Comanche has now closed. The popular Westside location is still open and is doing just fine, we have been assured. Per a direct message from Desert Valley on Facebook, the Heights taproom was subleased…
Author: Stoutmeister
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.
The mad scientists of the MavLab reach new milestones in Northeast Heights
Back during the time I was interviewing the key members of the Marble Brewery staff for their entry in our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, brewmaster Josh Trujillo and I ended up missing our chance to talk before that article was published. In a way, though, the work that Josh and brewer Greg Dupy are doing…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Always bet on Vanta Black this Friday
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Examining the mysterious mysteries of some forthcoming breweries
Greetings, all, Stoutmeister here with a random bit of randomness on a rainy, rather metal Friday afternoon. I have recently gotten some inquiries on some of the breweries now listed as having active small brewer licenses with the State of New Mexico, but are not yet open to the public. Here is everything we know…
Marble Brewery rolls through a year of distribution growth and expanded events
Even a year without any major projects can prove to be a busy one, at least as far as Marble Brewery is concerned. The brewery that started the current boom back in 2008 continued to see a steady increase in sales, with more events at its three locations, all of which should continue into 2020,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Red Door readies its Roswell taproom for opening
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Lauter Haus embraces arcade nostalgia along with its tasty brews in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The northwestern part of New Mexico was long a one-brewery region, home to Three Rivers Brewery since 1997. Finally, in 2019, a second major brewery has opened down the road, one that embraces modern and traditional beer styles, while providing a fun place to play games for folks of all ages, but particularly…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Variety is the spice of life this weekend
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
La Cumbre finds that louder is not better in another banner year
To stick with tradition, we begin our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series with La Cumbre Brewing for 2019-20. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive review of each brewery’s 2019, while also previewing 2020, all from the viewpoint of the brewers, owners, and other key staff members. On a blustery afternoon, I sat down with…
In Memoriam: Santa Fe Brewing founder left an impact far beyond brewing world
The founding father of the modern New Mexico craft brewing scene, Mike Levis, died two weeks ago in Amarillo, Texas. He started the Santa Fe Brewing Company out of a barn on his horse ranch in Galisteo in 1988, ending a stretch of 49 years without any commercial brewing in New Mexico. Levis, 80, is…
