You know it’s summer when it’s not only insanely hot outside, the beer events calendar is also beginning to overflow with events. Saturday alone is packed, with Kaktus’ Farm House Ale Event in Bernalillo, multiple breweries attending Heights Summerfest, a special music-and-collab-beer-release event at High and Dry, a musical tribute show at Thirsty Eye, and…
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.
Quartet of local breweries pick up 8 medals at North American Beer Awards
The North American Brewers Association announced the winners of the annual NABA on Saturday, and four Albuquerque area breweries earned a combined eight medals. Bow & Arrow, Boxing Bear, Nexus, and Sobremesa added some new hardware, all either bronze or silver medals. Sobremesa earned three medals, claiming a silver for Atrisco Amber in the American-Style…
ABQ Beer Week: Get a good education in all things brewing on Day Ten
Well, first up, apologies for not posting a Day Nine preview on Friday. Between beer flights at Levante Brewing, and … well, that alone explains most of it. If you are ever in the suburbs of Philadelphia, make sure to hit up this place, or add it to your next beer shipment. Anyway, the only…
ABQ Beer Week: Go nuts for donuts and brews paired together on Day Eight
It’s another fairly quiet night on Day Eight. Well, unless you love donuts and beer. Then you may be shouting to the heavens with joy at the news that Tractor and Rebel Donut are teaming up again, this time with pairings at all the taprooms. They did it at one last year, and it sold…
ABQ Beer Week: Breweries keep things quite cozy on a quaint Day Seven
After Tuesday featured just one event, things snap back to normal with multiple events today (Wednesday). A Los Ranchos brewery comes to the Sawmill District, Marble rolls out a new beer in cans and on draft, and Tractor and Brew Lab 101 have some of their regular events in the evening. Featured Event Every day…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Sliding into the scorching summer months
First up, a bit of sad, yet expected news from the north. The Pajarito Summerfest, the annual beer festival on the mountain above Los Alamos that usually runs the first weekend of June, has been canceled due to the fire danger. Hopefully things will be clear for Ullr Fest in the fall, which is one…
ABQ Beer Week: One event to rule them all on an exceptionally light Day Six
Back to work on a Tuesday. Fun. Such fun. But hey, at least it’s Taco Tuesday, and the lone event of ABQ Beer Week today has a taco theme, of course. As to why there is only one event, we guess the breweries just decided that Tuesdays are usually so slow, why bother? Or, something…
ABQ Beer Week: A mellow Monday helps everyone reset on Day Five
Well, here is hoping everyone survived ABQ Blues & Brews, or the Nexus anniversary party, or possibly even both on Sunday. The three-day weekend comes to an end today with a relatively mild slate of events for Day Five. The Santa Fe Brewing/Tin Can Alley fundraiser comes to an end, while Tractor Wells Park and…
ABQ Beer Week: Let the brews chase away the blues on a windy Day Four
Eee, it’s all windy out there. The good news is Sunday’s events are (mostly) indoors, so you can leave the SPF 50 at home and not worry about too much dust and dirt in your pint glasses. If you are not going to make it to the ABQ Blues & Brews festival at Sandia Casino,…
ABQ Beer Week: Live long and prosper at one flavorful 11th anniversary party
Let the weekend begin! Day Three of ABQ Beer Week features one big anniversary party, a unique food-and-beer-pairing, a special fundraiser, a celebration of ciders, a nighttime bike ride, and a bit of bingo. If you can work it all in around the Champions League final at 1 p.m., the Isotopes game at 6:35 p.m.,…
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