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Flock of Moons finds their niche as prime patio spot and a whole lot more

The measure of success for a brewery can be found in many different forms. There is the financial component, the awards won at major festivals, or just a general positive word of mouth. One little extra way to see how a brewery is doing is to judge it amongst its peers, namely by seeing how…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Stacked Saturday has something for everyone

April is not going out quietly, that is for certain, at least among our local breweries. This entire week is packed with events and special beer releases, with the biggest activity all going down this Saturday. Santa Fe Brewing is bringing their annual fundraiser, Spring Runoff, down to their taprooms at Green Jeans and Tin…

Bathtub Row Brewing kicks off month worth of 10th anniversary revelry

The Tub turns 10. Yeah, we can hardly believe it either. Bathtub Row Brewing, which remains the only cooperatively owned brewery in New Mexico (and one of just eight in the country), is celebrating 10 years in business starting today (Tuesday) and running through May 24 in Los Alamos. Things are kicking off today since…

Brew Lab 101 roars back just by keeping things consistent on all fronts

Sometimes, all a brewery really needs to do is just stick to a comfortable routine, providing maximum value for customers with good service, quality beers, and a consistent lineup of events throughout the week. It’s not splashy or anything groundbreaking, but it works, particularly for the good folks at Brew Lab 101. I caught up…

Fete de la Funk summons all those beer lovers with a peculiar palate

It’s almost time to pucker up for the next festival from the New Mexico Brewers Guild. Fete de la Funk takes place this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at Flock of Moons Brewing, bringing together a mix of 12 sour and funky brews from 10 different breweries. Tickets are still available, but they are…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Bringing the funk, the metal and a whole lot more

There have been past weeks filled with a wide variety of different types of events and themes, but we gotta admit, this week might take the cake. (Mmm, cake) Anyway, this weekend will feature comedy, belly dancing, weird metal, a yard sale, a funky festival, Easter fun for grown-ups, a certain contest, and traditional metal….

Gravity Bound enjoys some tranquility while that other project rolls along

After spending a few months waiting on that other project, The Brothers Frigon — Chris and Cameron — invited me over to Gravity Bound Brewing last week to at least spend a little time talking about their original brewery. Since it opened in 2020, Gravity Bound has seemingly had some project going on in the…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Kolsch Service is the best kind of service

We have written a bit about some not-so-great trends lately in the industry, but now we are seeing one develop that we can definitely get behind. Kolsch Service, a very German tradition, involves stanges, where you sit at a table and your server keeps bringing you these wonderful, skinny pours of kolsch until you decide…

The retirement rush: A generation of brewery owners nears the exit

A certain surprise Instagram post from the weekend got us thinking about one of those almost-impossible-to-definitively-answer questions. Are all these brewery owner retirement announcements just random, or this is a new trend? The latest was that aforementioned post by Sidetrack owners Dan Herr and Anne O’Neill, who are stepping back and handing the reins to…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Building up all weekend until National Beer Day

A little history lesson for everyone in regards to this coming Monday, April 7: Back in 1933, this was the day that the Cullen-Harrison Act became law, effectively repealing the 18th amendment (Prohibition) and leading to the 21st amendment that went into law December 5 (which became known as Repeal Day) of that same year….