After a few false starts, summer is finally here, and the temperatures are soaring. We wish the best of luck to all of our beer friends in Southeast New Mexico, in particular, where the temps could reach 110 degrees this weekend. Yikes, that’s Arizona weather. Our best advice? Stay inside with a nice, cold pint…
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.
A dash of Durango to wrap up the Crew’s recent beercation
As far as out-of-state beer towns go, Durango is probably the one that New Mexico beer geeks visit the most often. Well, unless you are me, and then you find yourself there for the first time in 11 years and have to rely upon the other Crew members to guide you around the small town…
Ascending to Telluride and the breweries along the Million Dollar Highway
Last week, three of us in the Crew headed to Northwest New Mexico and Southwest Colorado for a quick vacation, which of course included quite a few brewery stops. We already covered the breweries in Aztec and Farmington, so now we move on to day two of our trip, which took us up to Telluride,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Epic collabs and the return of 2 big fests are the highlights
Brace yourselves, it’s going to be another one of those weekends, where you will have to make some tough choices. Just plan ahead and you can get to most of the events and beer releases of note. Big ones include a new collaboration between Ex Novo, La Cumbre, and Marble, another collaboration between Steel Bender…
Northwest trio of 550 Brewing, 3 Rivers and Lauter Haus are all shining bright
A while back, three of us in the Crew agreed to share a quick vacation together, aiming for the breweries in Northwest New Mexico and Southwest Colorado. We did not go so far as to set up any interviews — we really treated it like a vacation — but of course we took some mental…
Lost Hiker continues to thrive despite some unexpected new challenges
There are quite a few one-brewery small towns in New Mexico, in all different parts of the state, ranging from places with populations in the triple digits to those in the five-digit category. It can be interesting, then, to see what happens when a second brewery moves in down the street. There is often the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Lizard Tail revs up an anniversary celebration
While checking the beer events this week, we had to pause for a second when we saw that Lizard Tail was celebrating its second anniversary. But wait, we thought, hasn’t it been around a lot longer than that? Well, yes, but in this case, the anniversary party being thrown this Saturday from noon to close…
Flock of Moons Brewing almost ready to rise over the Bricklight District
Back in 2021, when the New Mexico Brewers Guild held its first social since the pandemic lockdown, there was an unfamiliar couple hanging out amongst all the brewery owners and brewers at Boxing Bear Firestone. I was eventually introduced to Jeff Tomlinson and Stefanie Luna, who were preparing to make the leap into the brewing…
Quartet of New Mexico breweries bring home medals from NABA competition
The North American Brewers Association announced the medalists for the International Beer and Cider Awards on Friday, with four Albuquerque breweries combining to win four medals. Quarter Celtic picked up its fourth medal in the last three competitions by earning a gold in the Collaboration Beers category for Birra al gusto di Birra, the Italian…
Blazin’ Brewfest returns to Las Cruces after a 4-year hiatus
The last four executive directors of the New Mexico Brewers Guild have been kind enough to allow the Crew to remain on the email lists for their informative newsletters, which means that from time to time, we are privy to advance knowledge of some cool upcoming events. One that we were surprised to see earlier…
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