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….
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.
Brew Lab 101 still experimenting to satisfy the demands of its customers
As we wind down to the end of our Look Back/Look Ahead Series for 2019-20, many of the remaining breweries are on the far outskirts of the metro area. I set out for the wilds of Rio Rancho last week to catch up with Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Co. owner/brewer Scott Salvas, who…
The number of brewery/distillery combinations continues to grow across New Mexico
While perusing the pending small brewer licenses with the State of New Mexico, a new entry appeared that caught my eye this past week. Albuquerque Distilling, which is located at 5001 Central on the east end of Nob Hill, is getting into the brewing game as well, or so it appears. This is just the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Boxing Bear gets an early jump on St. Patrick’s Day
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 seven 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….
Blue Grasshopper begins the difficult process of scaling back
A surprising post on Facebook changed our plans on Saturday, when we read that Blue Grasshopper Brewery was holding a “grand closing” of its location at Second Street and Summer in Wells Park. Taking a chance, I drove down and found co-owner Peter Apers was still around and willing to chat about everything that is…
Kaktus Brewery maxes out its space for the benefit of its customers
If there was ever a brewery that fit the definition of cozy, Kaktus Brewery would be at the forefront of all the candidates from New Mexico. That will not be changing anytime soon for this hometown pub for all the residents of Bernalillo, as we found out in our latest Look Back/Look Ahead Series interview….
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating Mardi Gras in New Mexico
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 seven 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….
Flix Brewhouse sneaks past Rio Bravo to claim 2020 Stout Invitational
Flix Brewhouse’s very good February continued on Saturday afternoon. The brewery/cinema followed up three medals at the Best of Craft Beer Awards by taking first place in the fifth annual New Mexico Brewers Guild Stout Invitational, once again held at Bathtub Row Brewing. Mama’s Kitchen, a milk chocolate stout with cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, coconut, and…
Bow & Arrow Brewing aims to continue its evolution into a regional powerhouse
Bow & Arrow Brewing will celebrate its fourth anniversary this weekend, which made this a natural time to sit down with co-owner Shyla Sheppard and head brewer Ted O’Hanlan for our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series. They have accrued some seriously good press for the brewery on Sixth Street, which is quickly emerging as a…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Marble unveils a double dose of barrel-aged goodness
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 seven 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….
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