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The Week Ahead in Beer: It’s getting crowded in here, again

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 and one down in Socorro and one in Los Alamos also joining the party. Remember at the start of the year when all those new…

Finish line finally in sight for Drafty Kilt Brewing

Plenty of breweries have stories about how difficult it was just to get their doors open. Mike Campbell might just take the unfortunate prize for top story in that regard. The former brewer at Cazuela’s and Tractor has been trying to open Drafty Kilt Brewing since April 2015. The end of the process is finally…

New breweries update: Four approved and four pending

We have been doing our best to keep track of all the forthcoming breweries around town. Recently, we have been lucky to get first-hand updates on the progress of Steel Bender Brewyard and Colfax Ale Cellar in Raton. In addition, Ale Republic has opened in Cedar Crest and Rowley Farmhouse Ales is now open in…

The Week Ahead in Beer: The fun will be in Santa Fe 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 six breweries and one down in Socorro and one in Los Alamos also joining the party. A lot of the time this weekly feature ends up being…

Steel Bender Brewyard aims to bring quality craft beer to Los Ranchos

Scan a Google map of Albuquerque and search for breweries. Take note of the areas of the metro area that are empty. One of those beer-less places is the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque in the North Valley. Come early 2017, that will change. The Chant brothers (Greg, Bryce, Chris, and Ethan) and brewer…

Labor Day Weekend features a double dose of festivals

Sometimes life can leave you with tough choices. This weekend features not one, but two beer festivals. The good news is they are both two-day-long festivals, so you can visit one Saturday and the other Sunday. In the case of the Mountain West Brew Fest in Bernalillo, the lineups will not change from day to…

Kellys gets a long overdue overhaul thanks to new owners

Kellys Brew Pub has sometimes been referred to as the great missed opportunity of Albuquerque breweries. Despite the history, the great location, the huge patio, and more, it had fallen far behind the more modern breweries around the city and state. Even so, it still drew plenty of followers, though the beer geeks had long…

The Week Ahead in Beer: There’s a Pokemon in your pint

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 five breweries and one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. We love you all, you know that, right? I mean,…

Eighteen NM breweries will pour their finest at Hopfest

Ah, late August, when the hints of cooler weather arrive, the kids go back to school, football (both American and international) revs up, and Hopfest takes over Isleta Casino. Hey, at nine years old, we can pretty much declare Hopfest an annual tradition. The largest beer festival in New Mexico returns this Saturday from 2…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Get your festival tickets early thanks to Marble

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 four breweries and one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. Remember when we presented our guide to all of the…