A little while back, the Crew was a bit surprised to receive an out-of-the-blue inquiry from Emily Hutto of Ska Brewing. She wondered if we would like to sample the classic Modus Hoperandi IPA alongside its new counterpart, Double Modus. Everyone can probably guess that our answer was yes. After working out our usual “when…
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Oskar Blues embraces the classic IPA style with Western Mutant series
A few weeks back, we were a little surprised to receive an email from Oskar Blues Brewing of Colorado about their new Western Mutant IPA series, which is basically their version of La Cumbre’s Project Dank, a rotating series of West Coast-style ales. The surprising part of the email was that it included the opportunity…
The Lager Ledger: Highlighting the most quenchable beers in New Mexico
Welcome to our new miniseries of articles to highlight the season’s best local offerings. We will be doing spot reviews on recent releases in the lager family of beers from around the state. **DISCLAIMER** Please be advised that these reviews do not indicate current availability, double check our Week Ahead in Beer posts for weekly…
The Crew reviews a new hop that tops one tasty IPA
Apparently, we are beer influencers now. Yeah, we are pretty surprised, too, but that was the reasoning behind the good folks at Yakima Chief Hops offering to send us a four-pack of Early Winters IPA, a collaboration of theirs with Old Schoolhouse Brewery of Winthrop, Washington. The reason for this IPA being special is that…
That time we discovered the Truth (Serum) is out there and really darn tasty
A short while ago, the incredibly generous people at Truth or Consequences Brewing offered to send us a three-year vertical of Truth Serum Barleywine. There would be three 22-ounce bottles of the regular versions produced for 2018, 2019 and 2020, plus three each of their barrel-aged versions. This was not something we would ever say…
The Crew reviews Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ Black is Beautiful and learns a brewer is on the move
Normally when the Crew gathers virtually to review a beer with the brewer who made said beer, we usually talk about the product, the process, and go over everything else happening at the brewery these days. This time around, as we sat down with Rowley Farmhouse Ales head brewer Wes Burbank to discuss their version…
The Crew reviews Marble’s Heller Bock and finds a perfect way to beat the heat
With the governor’s next press conference looming this afternoon, and most breweries sweating it out already, we decided this morning needed a little levity. After Marble’s Geraldine Lucero generously donated a couple of six-packs of the new Heller Bock on Tuesday afternoon, we gathered on Zoom for the first time in a while for our…
The Crew reviews 2 Boxing Bear beers with brewer Justin Hamilton
Well, hopefully this story doesn’t create nearly the comment storm of bickering beer lovers like Thursday’s article. Instead, it is all about the love … of two recent canned specialty beers at Boxing Bear. Four of us — myself, Franz Solo, Brandon, and Erin — were joined by Boxing Bear head brewer/co-owner Justin Hamilton (from…
The Crew reviews our new huckleberry Bock Holliday from Ex Novo Brewing
Sometimes the best laid plans just do not pan out, even virtually. We had planned an epic five-person review of Bock Holliday, one of the newest canned seasonal offerings from Ex Novo Brewing. Alas, personal matters caused Brandon to have to drop out, while all those many, many hours of brewing beers caused Ex Novo…
The Crew reviews Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ Thrace Hazy IPA with head brewer Wes Burbank
And, we’re back with another Zoom video beer review, briefly interrupting our ongoing series of brewery updates (one will still run later today). This time around, we are joined by both our Santa Fe writer, Luke, and Rowley Farmhouse Ales head brewer Wes Burbank. The latter brought down a case (!) of Thrace Hazy IPA…
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