Ever since our visit to what was then a construction site back in March, the Crew has been looking forward to seeing the finished product at Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery over on the West Side. Well, after hearing that a small friends-and-family gathering took place over the weekend, I popped into the now-fully-open brewpub at…
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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.
The Week Ahead in Beer: Tractor teams up with local musicians to support charity
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Nexus offers patrons unique opportunity to invest in expansion of Blue Smokehouse
The announcement that Nexus Brewery was seeking investors in expanding its Blue Smokehouse location seemed to catch some folks by surprise in the craft beer community. There were quite a few who told us that they were afraid it was a last-ditch effort to keep the company afloat. Last week, I sat down with owner…
Brewery Patio Bracket Finale: Red River reigns as best brewery patio in all of New Mexico
It was a little over a month ago, August 11 to be precise, that the Crew launched our first bracket-style online polling tournament to determine the best brewery patio in New Mexico. We could have never imagined at the time how popular this little just-for-fun competition would become. More than 6,000 votes were cast in…
Brewery Patio Bracket Championship Round: The 4 finalists for the ultimate bragging rights are named
Based on the first three rounds of our brewery patio bracket-style tournament, it seemed there was a good chance the winners of the Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast regions would end up as the final four of our 92-patio competition. Well, the votes have been tallied from our first championship round, which took all 12…
Red Door Brewing rolls out new beers for its scaled-back 6th anniversary
As other breweries have experienced this year, it is now Red Door Brewing’s turn to throw a smaller anniversary party. That does not mean, however, that there will not be any fun to be had this Saturday. To learn a little more about what is happening this weekend, including sampling the two new beers being…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Multiple can releases and a unique way to get your chile fix
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Brewery Patio Bracket Championship Round: The dandy dozen regional winners collide
The end is nigh for our brewery patio bracket-style tournament. After splitting up the state into a dozen regions based upon geography and location status (primary brewery or offsite taproom), we now have a dozen bracket winners who can claim the title of the best in their area. Oh, but it is not over yet….
Brewery Patio Bracket Regional Finals: The time has come to settle on the best of Burque
The last of the regional finals are upon us in our brewery patio bracket-style tournament. We finish as we did in the first two rounds with the breweries of Albuquerque, divided into four regions by the two interstate highways. It was a second round that was both predictable and not, depending on the region. The…
Brewery Patio Bracket Regional Finals: The last battle in the North and Burbs begins
To say there has been a bit of enthusiasm for our brewery patio bracket-style tournament in Northern New Mexico would be a colossal understatement. There were 1,043 votes cast in the Northwest Region in the second round, and 773 in the Northeast. Those were by far the largest voting totals of any geographic region. Heck,…
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