With the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s 2012 IPA Challenge in the books, we feel that it is time for a challenge of our own. The original idea of the IPA Challenge was to see which brewer had the best regular IPA on tap. Over the years, the Challenge has featured some of the state’s hoppy…
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The IPA Challenge: More than a regular beer fest
The IPA Challenge is one of the biggest events (after ABQ Beer Week) in the New Mexico craft beer scene. Four rounds of tastings are spread out between three towns that showcase each brewery’s best India Pale Ale. This year’s IPAC starts July 22 at Nexus, followed by rounds at Three Rivers in Farmington on…
One of our own guest writes for Tractor
Our very own Stoutmeister wrote up a guest post for the Tractor Brewery blog, Livin La Vida Tractor, this week. Since our blog has grown was inspired name-wise by a Tractor beer (read the post to find out how) and has grown in readership while reporting on the Tractor growler issue, it seemed only natural…
Beer Notebook: Local stores are getting Elevated
Stoutmeister here. Shilling has kept track of some local beer news of note while E-Rock and I were in Durango. Speaking of Durango, we will have our next post (Ska Brewing) up shortly. We hit three breweries on Wednesday alone and were not in shape to do much in the way of write-ups that day….
Broken Bottle Brewery opens for business
After months of anticipation, Albuquerque’s west side has its very first taphouse — Broken Bottle Brewery. Located off of Coors Blvd. just north of Irving, Broken Bottle sits in the back of a small yet cozy strip mall with neighbors Sushi King and Subway, a rather perfect location for those west-side dwellers that could use…
Tractor Brewing’s Pilsner: The taste of summer
Ah, spring time. Warm weather, shorts, sunlight till 8 p.m., hurricane-force winds, and intense sneezing attacks (when in NM … sometimes). After a freak snow storm earlier this week, the weather is warm again with a slight breeze, which means local watering holes now have patios, which also means summer beers are coming on tap….
Beer Weekend and the return of Shilling
Some Crew members have been very busy the past few weeks while some have been MIA. I have been one of those MIA. Between work, tending to a sick girlfriend, and even a death in my extended family, I’ve been keeping to myself mostly while neglecting my duties as a writer for this blog. Well,…
Auto-correct fail of the week
The Brew Crew uses GroupMe to keep in touch since e-mail and texting can be too impractical. Since we are all on touch screen phones (equally divided between Android and iPhone), the auto-correct sometimes gets the better of us! This has been a post… — Shilling (Editor’s note: Shilling is very lucky I have a…
Beer Mondays and other notes
Clearing out the beer files… In case you haven’t noticed, every Monday members of the Crew gather at various watering holes to kick off the week the right way. Why Mondays? Well, who honestly enjoys that first day back to work after a two days away? (and Stoutmeister’s freelance gig for the local paper doesn’t…
Albuquerque Beer Week
Well folks, it’s almost time for Beer Week. The fourth annual ABQ Beer Week has been extended for few more days to give you tasting, drink specials at local watering holes, beer dinners, pong tournaments, Blues and Brews, plus so much more. This year’s events kick off on May 17 and will run through May…
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