A while back I believe that I mentioned we would be re-starting our NM Women in Brewing Series now that ABQ Beer Week is in the rear view mirror. During the first round of interviews, one little bit of info that I picked up at Tractor caught my attention. While the Crew had been working…
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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.
Ponderosa plucks their new brewer from just down the road at Marble
A while back we reported on the pending departure of founding brewer Matt Kollaja from Ponderosa Brewing. At the time we did not know why Matt was leaving the nascent brewery, nor who his replacement would be. While serving as the proverbial fly-on-the-wall for the creation of the 505 Collaboration beer, Matt told me that…
Pork & Brew is back with an emphasis on the latter
The 12th annual Pork & Brew is one of those events that happens every July 3-5 out in Rio Rancho with only a passing interest from us here in the Crew. I mean, we would love to trek way out to the Santa Ana Star Center, but that little bit of extra incentive just was…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Things are just peachy around here
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…
Our picks for the best brews of ABQ Beer Week 2015 that you can still drink
So once upon a time I asked all of our writers, new and old, if they could please send me their picks for the best beers they had during ABQ Beer Week that were still available for purchase either on tap or in bottles/cans/bombers around the metro area. After waiting a long time for people…
NM breweries clean up at North American Beer Awards
It seems only fitting that on Champions League Saturday, a number of New Mexico breweries could claim some championships of their own. In this case, the North American Beer Awards handed out the hardware and six breweries from our state each won one or more medals. Leading the way in total medals was Blue Corn…
Sister taps into Boulder and aims for bigger things in the future
Editor’s note: We just received one more story from our last Beer Week correspondent, Julie, who has been on the road and could not get this to us any sooner. (She is currently in Flagstaff learning good things about Mother Road.) But since it contains info beyond just the event itself, it seemed prudent to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Slowing down before revving up again
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…
ABQ Beer Week 2015: That’s a wrap in photos
Greetings, everyone. Hope you are all well-rested now. If not, get on that. ABQ Beer Week was bigger and better than ever, but after 11 days of beer events, we all have to admit we are pretty darn tired. It was an exhausting affair. At least it was fun. So much fun. So much fun…
ABQ Beer Week 2015: All’s well that ends well on Day Eleven
And so it ends. ABQ Beer Week will wrap up with a handful of events on this lovely Sunday. While not all of us in the Crew have been able to be everywhere, we felt we hit the best events, and fear not, we will work on a giant compilation of all our favorite beers…
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