Not all of the crew is lucky enough to go drinking exotic beers in exotic lands. I’m sneaking in an article during the site’s hiatus to remind everyone that Kevin Holsapple, local author and beer/hiking aficionado, is hosting a book-signing and hike with Bathtub Row Brewing this Saturday in Los Alamos. (See our earlier article…
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Discover the joy of beer and hiking with local author Kevin Holsapple
Since you’re reading this, we already know you’re a fan of good beer. And, with all of New Mexico’s enchanting mountains and terrain, there’s a heck of a lot of hiking fans here, too. If you’ve been to Colorado, you know that they’re at least as serious about both topics. Why do I bring this…
Bathtub Row Brewing finds both success and stability
After several years of turmoil and change, from COVID to a rebuild of the entire brewhouse to turnover at the head brewer position, 2024 was a relatively quiet period for Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos. I sat down with assistant general manager Rob Hipwood and head brewer Adam Auden (separately, and in that order)…
The season begins just in time for SummerFest in Los Alamos
Summer took its time getting going this year, but now that the heat has arrived, it feels like the right time to head to the mountains to cool off. The timing is perfect, because Pajarito Mountain in Los Alamos is hosting its annual SummerFest this Saturday, with the beer festival from 1 to 6 p.m….
Travel Bug: Another beer option in Santa Fe (really!)
Santa Fe has nowhere near the number of breweries that Albuquerque has, but there’s one more than you probably realized. Travel Bug, a charming store specializing in all sorts of travel-related merchandise and books, recently began brewing their own beer. They had been serving coffee drinks, pastries, and sandwiches, but owner Greg Ohlsen decided that…
Bathtub Row Brewing finishes new brewhouse with new brewer at helm
Having moved to Santa Fe from Los Alamos a few years ago, I don’t get back to Bathtub Row Brewing (AKA “the Tub”) nearly as often as I would like. We recently decided to kill a few birds, so to speak, and meet friends there and conduct our Look Back/Look Ahead interview. It was a lovely Saturday…
Ullr Fest this weekend marks the end of summer (finally!)
It felt like it was regularly 150 degrees right up until this week, so you may have been caught off guard by the first beer festival of the fall season. Now it’s cool and rainy, and heck, there may even be prospects for snow someday. Ullr Fest at the Pajarito Mountain lodge above Los Alamos…
Beer festivals appear around the state this weekend including in 2 mountain towns
Beer festival season continues apace this weekend with at three festivals to choose from, two of which I will highlight here. One is in the north (Los Alamos) and one in the south (Cloudcroft), so they likely won’t compete for customers. In an odd twist, I, the “Los Alamos correspondent” for this blog, am actually…
Hidden Mountain continues Blue Corn’s brewing traditions in Santa Fe
In what is probably one of the last of the Look Back/Look Ahead entries for the season (I’ve really dragged out my articles due to unending winter illnesses), I sat down with head brewer Andy Lane and assistant brewer Luke Macias of Hidden Mountain Brewing Company in Santa Fe. You may recognize Andy’s name, since…
Bathtub Row flourishes in 2022 and expands production in 2023
Bathtub Row Brewing (BRB or “The Tub”) in Los Alamos bounced back from the COVID downturn and had an excellent 2022 from a sales perspective. To keep things moving ahead, they have big plans for 2023 that are already underway. In order to get the scoop on past and future events for our Look Back/Look…
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