Here is hoping most of you out there have done a lot more training than I have, because the ABQ Brew Dash is this Saturday. The 5K kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with the mile run right afterward. The course organizers recommend you should get there at least 45 minutes before the race begins. You…
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.
Upslope set to make their ABQ debut at Nob Hill Bar & Grill
Adam from the Bullpen had a great interview last week with Nob Hill Bar & Grill bar manager/craft beer aficionado Thomas DeCaro about all the upcoming fun he has planned. Well, one of those plans has come to light rather quickly. Upslope Brewing Co. of Boulder, Colo., will debut their beers on tap at NHBG…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Enjoy these last days of quiet
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…
Marble’s marvelous duo of Rice and Kornke keep the brewery rolling
Before the Isotopes returned to Albuquerque to suck up all of my available free time last week, I trekked over to Marble Brewery to interview Amberley Rice and Anna Kornke, two women with very different but equally important jobs, for our ongoing NM Women in Brewing series. Amberley is Marble’s director of marketing, and as…
Blaze a trail to Las Cruces to kick off festival season
The third annual Blazin’ Brewfest will hit Las Cruces this Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m., officially kicking off festival season in New Mexico. The event will be held again on Main Street, with plenty of food trucks and live music to go with the offerings from 15 different breweries, including the event’s four host…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Farewell to the Stumbling Steer
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…
La Cumbre assistant brewer achieves rare level of certification
The word Cicerone gets thrown around a lot these days at local breweries. It is one of those terms that people have likely heard, but not necessarily understood. Even those of us in the Crew only had a somewhat vague idea of what it meant. To learn a lot more about this type of special…
Shenanigans reigned on 505 Collaboration brew day
One of the perks of this job, if you can really call it a job, is to go behind the scenes at the breweries and hang out with the many characters who brew for a living. Well, imagine taking many of your favorite people from breweries all over town and then jamming them into a…
Marble’s Gonzalez keeps the taprooms humming amid the chaos
After a little lull, otherwise known as “I had to cover the Isotopes’ opening homestand,” the Crew is restarting our series on NM Women in Brewing. At long last, we are delving into the (many) women working in key positions down at Marble Brewery. Being a tad busy right now with their Anniversary Week, rather…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Blue Corn and Duel join forces for the benefit of all
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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