It can be tough being a fan of European soccer and living in the Mountain Time Zone. The games are on ridiculously early, at least for those of us more nocturnal types. Every now and again, though, you just have to make the extra effort to wake up early and head to the nearest television….
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: All hail IPA Day! For it may be our last
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. Wow, that sucked that the rain…
Bathtub Row beers are more than worth the trek north
Bathtub Row Brewing celebrated their “Full House Party” this past weekend, with live music, food specials, and more. It was their way of saying, “Hey, all eight of our taps are now filled with our very own beer.” The good news is the people of Los Alamos turned out in droves, with a number of…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Take the train to start a brewery tour or two
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. Make fun of the New Mexico…
Nexus’ McKnight seeks a balance between being a trail blazer and a top-notch brewer
Many, many moons ago when we were in the midst of our NM Women in Brewing Series, I was asked by one of the Brew Crew writers when I was going to do a story on Nexus’ Kaylynn McKnight, the only current woman to hold the title of head brewer anywhere in the state. “I’m…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Pulling no punches or twists at the tender age of one
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. Man, time flies. No, we are…
Sierra Blanca set to make Moriarty a destination for craft beer fans
Moriarty is not known as much of a tourist attraction for people in Albuquerque and beyond. The last time any group probably flocked there were when baseball scouts showed up to watch Matt Moore pitch for the local high school (he is now in the Tampa Bay Rays rotation, for you non-seamheads out there). Of…
2015 IPA Challenge: And the winner is …
We said it would be a battle to decide the best IPA of 2015. Some scoffed. Some were bewildered. Some guffawed, whatever that means. In the end, though, we were right. This was really, really hard to pick the best out of 15 samples. On a warm, crowded (but not too crowded) day at Boxing…
IPA Challenge: All the details on the final round
The decisive final round of the 2015 NM IPA Challenge is set to kick off this Saturday at noon at Boxing Bear. The first two rounds of the NMIPAC have seen strong showings by current leader Blue Corn (48 votes), second-place and defending champion Bosque (42 votes), and local heavyweight Marble (41 votes). Can anyone…
IPA Challenge: Blue Corn moves into first after two rounds
The second round of the NM IPA Challenge went down at Pecan Grill and Brewery on Wednesday night in Las Cruces and it featured a few surprises. First-round leader Marble scored just three votes after racking up 38 in Santa Fe last Saturday and now drops to third place. Everyone that was shocked at La…
