After a slew of slow news days regarding the local brewing scene, the intrepid Stephanie Guzman of Albuquerque Business First posted a story today about Rio Bravo Brewing applying for a $5 million county industrial revenue bond. A surprising move? Maybe to some, not to others. Rio Bravo has been talking big since before they…
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.
Enjoy a little beer with your Bacon Fest
The Southwest Bacon Fest is back Saturday at Balloon Fiesta Park for a third edition. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature a slew of eateries and food trucks providing bacon-centric dishes, plus of course there will be beer. You can buy a ticket for as little as $7, or…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Embrace your inner darkness for Stout Day returns!
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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. Here is hoping you all survived…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Hoppy Halloween everyone!
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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. Halloween on a Saturday … man,…
Beer Notes: Your weekend just got busier
We already highlighted a bunch of weekend events in The Week Ahead in Beer, but brace yourselves, there are even more. Is there too much of a good thing? Or will it just force us all to plan things out as carefully as possible? Either way, this might be a good weekend to cash in…
The Week Ahead in Beer: More good deeds abound at our breweries
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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. Many times we have led off…
La Cumbre looks to add another key staff member
A quiet Tuesday afternoon was interrupted by multiple online posts regarding a job opening at La Cumbre Brewing. The ad was for a head brewer, which left a lot of folks concerned that Daniel Jaramillo was parting ways with the company. Fear not, Daniel is not going anywhere, it is simply a re-purposing of responsibilities…
Palate Fatigue: All the hop bombs you can safely fit into one place
A while back we wrote up a full preview on Palate Fatigue, the special event being held this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Sister Bar downtown. The only thing we did not have back then was the final list of beers that would be poured. Well, now we have them, or at least…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Kick it up a notch with Oktoberfiesta at SFBC
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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. We all know how much the…
New breweries update: Separating rumors from fact about the coming surge
A while back we had a story where I quoted a reliable source who said there are 31 applications for either breweries or taprooms in Albuquerque alone. Needless to say, this got some people fairly stirred up. Taking away the four pending taprooms we know about (Duel in downtown, Kaktus in Nob Hill, Marble in…
