The unofficial kickoff to festival season is upon us once again as Blazin’ Brewfest returns to downtown Las Cruces on Saturday. This annual event, put on by the NM Brewers Guild, is definitely the biggest and most important festival for craft beer lovers in Southern New Mexico and surrounding areas. The festival runs from 5…
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.
Beer Notes: Another brewer is on the move
Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! Enjoy yourselves today, but as always, be careful out there on drinking holidays, especially if you have to be on the road for any reason. The slow news days continue, though a whole lot of events are on the horizon. From Blazin’ Brewfest in Las Cruces on Saturday, to the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Broken Trail doubles up on unique events
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. The folks over at Broken Trail Spirits + Brew have…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Tractor steps up for a good cause
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. We all have lots of opinions on the beer at…
The really early guide to surviving ABQ Beer Week
One month and one day from now, the annual exercise in brew-insanity otherwise known as ABQ Beer Week will kick off with multiple events across the metro area. From May 26 to June 5, there will be 84 events (with more likely to be announced), ranging from tastings to special tappings to beer dinners and…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Behold the bevy of beer releases
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. Do you love special beer release events? Then prepare for…
Beer Notes: On name changes, another new brewery, and more
There was some beer news that popped up last week while yours truly was out of town. Throw in the fact that I am greatly limited by Isotopes coverage this week, and well, this is our news article for the week. We will follow up on some of these articles as warranted in the weeks…
Seeking out hidden gems in Denver’s crowded beer scene
In case you do not follow us on social media, you might have missed the photos that Franz Solo and I took from our visit to Denver. Our main purpose for this trip was to see Iron Maiden (they were awesome, of course), but we naturally took some time to indulge in the area’s vast…
Toad Fest lands impressive array of NM beers
Toad Fest, the street festival hosted by Little Toad Creek in Silver City, will not only feature live music and other fun this Saturday, but it will have 12 other New Mexico breweries serving up 20 different, unique beers. The list, as provided to us by the NM Brewers Guild. Abbey: Monks’ Tripel Blue Corn:…
Mastering the art of brewing across the pond
Albuquerque native Will Brennand is just a few months shy of his masters degree. This is not a typical masters degree, or else why would we be writing about it? Will is majoring in brewing in a project at the University of Nottingham. Yes, as in Nottingham, England, U.K. A former assistant brewer at Red…
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