Outside Magazine’s Bike & Brew has cycled into town for the second year running, and rain or shine, Santa Fe is going to have a great time. With food trucks, beer, and free concerts on the Railyard, this will be a true celebration of the great outdoors and the things we like to do in…
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The Dark Side Brew Crew’s guide to Bike & Brew’s beer dinners
Right smack dab in the middle of American Craft Beer Week, Outside Magazine’s giant celebration of all things craft beer and cycling kicks off with a barrage of beer dinners, pairing culinary creations from some of Santa Fe’s finest chefs, with beers from New Mexico, California, and Colorado craft breweries. As the Crew now has…
Homebrewers meet up to brew and talk beer for Big Brew 2015
In many towns and cities across the country at the beginning of May, the AHA (American Homebrewers Association) celebrated National Homebrew Day with an event called Big Brew. During this event, homebrewers came out for some sunshine and warm weather to drink beer, talk beer, and make the stuff, too. This article is not a…
When Santa Fe’s Mondragon wears her pink boots, no off-flavors are safe.
The Dark Side Brew Crew’s NM Women in Brewing series has introduced you to some of the hardest working women in the industry — women managers, women brewers, women behind the bar. I’m sad to say this is my fifth and final story of the series, but I wanted to end with as much momentum as I began. For…
Thursday at the Brewer’s Table: Duel and Blue Corn join forces
You never quite know what to expect from a Thursday at the Brewer’s Table at Blue Corn Brewery, except that there will always be good beer, good food, and good company. For April’s TATBT, it was a special collaboration between Duel Brewing and Blue Corn, two of Santa Fe’s breweries known for pushing the envelope…
Santa Fe Draft Station ups their game (space)
Just when you thought there was no place for 20-somethings/Millennials to play in Santa Fe, Draft Station has expanded, adding a large gaming space to their quite lucrative taproom. This new hall includes such games as ping pong, darts, foosball, air hockey, a giant Connect Four, and the possibility of more to come. I stopped…
Siegel keeps the Drafts flowing at the Station
It’s indisputable that women are important to the craft beer scene. I think the NM Dark Side Brew Crew has made a nice case for that with our NM Women in Craft Brewing series. As we’ve shown, women work in every aspect from brewing to managing, serving, and bartending. You name it, women do it,…
SB238 has major implications for Second Street and Turtle Mountain
As many of you know, the legislative session closed several weeks ago, and we ran a rather popular article about it because, despite the session being called a rather “dead session,” our craft beer industry had quite a lively time at the wake. Since then, the Crew has taken to hunting down more information on…
Surprise, the second annual Marchfest was a huge hit
Last Saturday was the second annual Marchfest put on by Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino. Previously, this was an event that many of the Crew had written off due, mostly in part to little to no advertising, except through commercials on the mainstream radio stations (I’d be pretty surprised if the Crew listened to the…
With 20 years in the business, SF Cider Works’ Dralle has brewed it all
For my third article in the NM Women in Brewing Series, I sat down and had a beer with experienced craft brewer, Jordana “Jordy” Dralle. This woman is a veteran of the industry. With one impressive brewing resume, she is an excellent example of strong women with even stronger passions for their craft, making a…
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