Stoutmeister here with our official preview of WinterBrew, set for Friday at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. This is the one beer festival none of us managed to get to last year, so this time around I will head up alone and make sure to cross it off the old beer-bucket list of life. I…
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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.
Beer Notes: The future’s so bright, I gotta drink more pints
Happy MLK Day, Burquenos! Stoutmeister here with another clearing out of the old beer notebook. This past weekend has been a busy one for beer and this coming week figures to be just as busy, if not more. First, a programming note, E-Rock’s The Week Ahead in Beer will be appearing on Tuesday. While he…
Star of the Season: Finding the best seasonal beer for this month
Hello, Burquenos, Stoutmeister here with an overdue post. Sometimes the Crew brainstorms up some cool-sounding ideas in between our debates over music, hockey, football, soccer, and of course beer. Brandon came up with an interesting one recently, so I’m making it official today. For January, and every month beyond, each member of the Crew will…
Happy holiday beers to all and to all a hoppy night
Beer is the gift that keeps on giving, and with this being the pre-Christmas weekend of frantic, final shopping, the Crew is here to assist you in providing for that thirsty family member/friend who is in need. Putting our heads together, we have each come up with a beer that we feel fits perfectly in…
Bosque Brewing forges ahead after positive start
Bosque Brewing opened in October to become the Albuquerque metro area’s 12th microbrewery. The Dark Side Brew Crew stopped by before they opened for a preview, where we were impressed by their business savvy, but a bit worried in regards to their lack of large-scale brewing experience. Thankfully, for us and other beer lovers, Bosque’s…
The Crew marvels at Marble’s inner sanctum
Hey, everybody, happy 12-12-12 to one and all. Stoutmeister here, finally getting around to recapping our recent visit behind the scenes at Marble. Yeah, I know, us Crew guys are always bragging about our insider access, but in this case, we (E-Rock was along for the ride, as per usual) were not alone this past…
New beers lure the Crew back to Sandia Chile Grill
Enough with the darned leftovers, already, it’s time for some new beer! At least that is what E-Rock and I, the venerable Stoutmeister, decided after a week of reheated turkey. In between E-Rock’s various band rehearsals and my, um, doing absolutely nothing important, we trekked back to Sandia Chile Grill to try some new beers…
Beer Notes: How to properly handle Black Friday
IL VICINO BREWERY CANTEEN — Howdy, folks, Stoutmeister here, trying out a dateline for whenever we actually write something from the confines of one of our local breweries. It’s Black Friday, a day that sucks for far too many people; luckily there is beer and that makes things better. Specifically, there is the Cherry Chocolate…
Brewology—Tis the season for homemade pumpkin ale
Editor’s note: Stoutmeister here again with another entry from Derek. Yes, we’re working on getting him his own sign-in for the site, but we wanted to get this post up before fall morphs into bitter winter. Derek is the most experienced home brewer among the six of us, so you’re darned right we wanted to…
Kicking back in The Maple’s Shade with Goat Head Brewing
One of the best parts of being a beer blogger is whenever we get the chance to sit down and talk about beer with brewery owners or the brewers themselves. E-Rock and I, Stoutmeister, had another opportunity to hang out with one of our local brewers and discuss the past, present, and future of his…
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