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The Week Ahead in Beer: November kicks off with bevy of events

Keeping this intro short and sweet due to having to pick up a midweek day shift at work. Hey, at least it frees me up to go see Revocation at Launchpad. As for the big events of the week, it’s quite the mix. There are charity events at Canteen (x2) and Painted Lady, ArtWalk is…

Beer Notes: Good on Beer Creek and Rumor, Halloween tidbits and more

A quiet beer news week in terms of full-on features does not mean there was nothing worth sharing. Read on as we clear out a light beer notebook. Beer Creek and Rumor step up to help It was probably impossible to miss the news this week that federal SNAP benefits will end on Saturday due…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Dia de los Muertos takes center stage

Spooky Season comes to its wonderful conclusion this week with plenty of breweries celebrating Halloween on Friday and/or Dia de los Muertos on Saturday. For anyone new to the region, the Day of the Dead is a pretty big deal around these parts. It’s a way of celebrating, rather than mourning, those we knew who…

Tractor and NM Brewers Guild team up to create Zombie Carnival

Murphy’s Law was an uninvited guest to last year’s pre-Halloween festivities at Tractor Wells Park, as some may recall. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong, it seemed. Undaunted by that experience, Tractor events and marketing director Jeremy Kinter will bring back the Zombie Carnival this Saturday night from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. “This…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Spooky season reaches its apex at breweries

Though Halloween falls on a Friday this year, it sure feels like most places around town have decided to leave that date to house parties and focus on this weekend as the prime celebratory stretch for Spooky Season. We will have a full preview later this week for the Zombie Carnival at Tractor Wells Park,…

Things are looking up at Calavida Cantina with new brewing system and more

It has not been an easy time in the local craft beer industry, as we have reported so often of late, and for Calavida Cantina things seemed to go from bad to worse with a recent robbery that grabbed the local headlines. Well, we are happy to report that the brewery is not only recovering…

First-time head brewer takes the reins at the new Flix Brewhouse location

There were some good things that came out of the COVID pandemic. No, really, there were. Well, one thing, at least, as the new head brewer at the new Flix Brewhouse location told us recently. “It was a COVID hobby, beer drinking, (since) patios were the only things open,” said Holly Garand as we sat…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Ending fest season with a double bang

It was bound to happen eventually, but it appears we are at the end of Oktoberfest season. Oh, some of those delicious lagers will still be available for a while, but the last two events we had on our radar are this Saturday. One is in Albuquerque, the other in Santa Fe, and both have…

Breaking down the meaning of the Bosque Brewing bankruptcy filing

The news started to break Sunday night that Bosque Brewing had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. By Monday afternoon, the Crew was able to confirm that the brewery had indeed filed. So what does it mean? Well, first and foremost, Bosque is not closing, not as a company nor any individual locations. A Chapter 11…

Second Street is the lone NM brewery to bring home a medal from GABF

On the one hand, congratulations to Second Street. On the other hand, oof, what a tough year for New Mexico breweries at the Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony. Second Street earned a bronze for one of their house beers, Rod’s Best Bitter, in the Extra Special Bitter category. RBB beat out another 58 beers…