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Turtle Mountain goes all out for 18th anniversary

Sometimes it can be hard to squeeze all the important details about upcoming events into The Week Ahead in Beer, thus forcing some separate, but short stories. This is one of those, as we felt you all needed more details on the upcoming 18th anniversary events at Turtle Mountain. The Rio Rancho institution is celebrating…

The Week Ahead in Beer: An all-Americano send-off to stout season

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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Just based on our name, you can probably guess that…

Dukes of Ale seeks entries and judges for Enchanted Brewing Challenge

Hello, all, pardon the lack of a Monday post. We had a bit too much fun over the weekend with St. Patrick’s Day, the Allegaeon/Cattle Decapitation show, and the Crew’s turn at Tractor to brew for the Battle of the Beer Geeks IV. Anyway, going back through the email archives, I found a message from…

The Week Ahead in Beer: St. Patrick’s on a Friday could be epic

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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday this year, which…

Beer Notes: Dank you very much as New Mexico four-peats at NIPAC

We realize that not all of you who follow us do so on social media, so of late, there were some newsy tidbits on good old Facebook that some of you might have missed. Think of this as a little social media news roundup while we get the jam-packed Week Ahead in Beer and a…

Steel Bender Brewyard nearly ready to open its doors

This past Friday featured one of the better perks that comes with writing about beer, namely getting to experience a brewery before it opens to the general public. Steel Bender Brewyard welcomed four members of the Crew and representatives from multiple local breweries in for a special soft opening, giving all of us an advance…

NM breweries avoid any possible increase in excise taxes

Glorious news from Santa Fe, as House Bill 398, the last remaining piece of legislation aimed at increasing the excise tax on local breweries, wineries, cideries and distilleries, has been tabled in committee. HB398 was squashed by a 5-2 vote in the House Health & Human Services Committee this morning. The bill seemed to stand…

Hub City almost ready to start brewing its own beers

Before she left on an overdue vacation, AmyO and her boyfriend Dave were already down in Valencia County last weekend when they decided to stop by Hub City Brewing in Belen. The new brewery had opened in December, but none of the Crew had been able to trek down to check it out down at…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Freestylin’ with the Fumar and the Flanders

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 six breweries, one in Socorro, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. The average high in Albuquerque this time of year should…

Flix quickly becoming main attraction on West Side

Before I disappeared down the rabbit hole of covering the high school basketball state tournament, I went back over to Flix Brewhouse to chat with head brewer Will Moorman and assistant brewer Marisa Bernal for their entry in our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. Flix has only been open since November, but it has already made…