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Durango beer trip: Winding down at Carver

Stoutmeister and E-Rock continue their trek through the breweries of the Four Corners area with a stop at Carver Brewing Co. in Durango. By the time E-Rock and I got back to Carver (we had a beerless breakfast there early in the day) to finally sample their beers, we were a couple of tired bloggers…

Durango beer trip: Embracing the darkness at DBC

Stoutmeister and E-Rock continue their quick trek through the breweries of the Four Corners area with a stop at Durango Brewing Co. After an hour or so break following our time at Ska on Wednesday afternoon, E-Rock and I headed up Main Ave. to the north end of Durango, where at the intersection of 30th…

Durango beer trip: Rockin’ out 90s style at Ska

Stoutmeister and E-Rock continue their quick trek through the breweries of the Four Corners Area with a stop at the most famous of the bunch, Ska Brewing. After the general disappointment of Steamworks on Tuesday night, our bar dropped pretty low for Durango-area breweries. Not surprisingly, Ska said “to hell with that” and reminded us…

Durango beer trip: Steamworks falls just short

Stoutmeister here. E-Rock and I arrived late in Durango on Tuesday night, cursed by traffic, construction, a long Isotopes game, etc. So by the time we got into our hotel room and took a moment to unwind from the drive, it was after 9 p.m. and there was not much left to beckon us. The…

Beer road trip No. 2 beckons

Stoutmeister here, checking in from a lovely Isotopes day game in ABQ. I say lovely because I am in the air-conditioned press box, with pulled-pork sandwiches and cake for dessert. But enough about spoiled sports writers, it is time to talk beer. Just not beer from here. E-Rock and I are hitting the road (again),…

Belated recap of the beer-filled weekend that was

Stoutmeister here, finally getting around to recapping the beer awesomeness that was this past weekend. If I had a good excuse for waiting this long to write about things, I would use it, but in the end it was just the usual stuff (Topes, watching Euro 2012) and some unusual stuff (moving furniture around, a…

Beer Weekend: Festivals and other fun stuff

It’s been a long time since there has been reason to write up a Beer Weekend post. Things have been fluctuating between busy, crazy busy, and FUBAR busy for the Crew for a while now, so it will be nice to take a step back and enjoy some good beer again. I, Stoutmeister, have been…

Clearing out the beer notebook

Beer Week is in the rearview mirror, but the Crew has stayed busy visiting breweries, drinking beer, and then procrastinating any writing about those beers. Yeah, sometimes we’re just really lazy. Or really busy, like this past weekend (yours truly, Stoutmeister, spent about 10 hours or so covering the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic;…

Tractor passes through City Council gauntlet

Take a deep breath, loyal patrons. Only one more hurdle remains before Tractor can start selling growlers again. Yes, one more hurdle. Welcome to the fun of city government. In this case, however, it is hard to slam the City of Albuquerque, which has done good by Nob Hill’s favorite tap room. Tractor went before…

Beer Week: And so it ends

Well, that’s all she wrote, the fat lady has sung, the sun has set, and 8000 other cliches. ABQ Beer Week 2012 has come to a close with Blues & Brews as the mega-sized finish to all the fun. Thank goodness, because E-Rock needs a nap. With others working or ailing, he put the Crew…