As many of you probably saw in the Albuquerque Journal last week, Marble has finally broken ground on their long-awaited brewery expansion downtown. The Crew was not able to attend that ceremony, but Marble was kind enough to invite us over for a sit-down with co-owner/brewmaster/mastermind Ted Rice on Wednesday afternoon to go over the…
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.
The Week Ahead in Beer: Santa Fe is having (almost) all the fun 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 four breweries and a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. Remember how last week there were…
One of the top local brewers is on the move to his own place
While I was on vacation I heard a rumor that one of our best local brewers would soon be leaving. It was terrifying being far from home with a rumor I could not get confirmed. Over the weekend at the VIPA Challenge, the rumor was repeated, this time with more detail and it ultimately sounded…
The VIPA Challenge shows it is going to be a battle for 2015 bragging rights
Well, that was fun! The Brew Crew was part of the 90-plus judges who took part in the inaugural VIPA Challenge on Sunday afternoon at the Sandia Casino. This preliminary round of the annual New Mexico IPA Challenge was designed to narrow what has become a crowded field of 25 IPAs down to the 14…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A jam-packed holiday weekend looms
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…
Bosque bottles up the Scale Tipper goodness for the benefit of us all
In case you have missed it, but judging by the social response you have not, Bosque Brewing is putting their award-winning Scale Tipper IPA into bombers and releasing it with a big old party at the Nob Hill Public House on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. So what does this release party entail? Well,…
Meet our new Brew Crew Bullpen members
If you were reading our site during ABQ Beer Week you probably saw some new names pop up amongst the usual suspects. These correspondents have all agreed to accept an invitation to join our Brew Crew Bullpen. As we stated when we created the Bullpen last year, they are designed to provide relief to the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Dear summer, let us drink our beers in peace
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…
New breweries update: Checking in on the progress of the many
One thing I had hoped to do in June, before life got in the way, was to go around and see where all the forthcoming breweries are in their progress toward opening. It is something that is easier to think about writing than actually writing. After all, these folks are busy somewhere in the process,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: It’s Monsoon (IPA) season at Bosque
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…
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