Stoutmeister here. To paraphrase Monty Python, “We’re not dead yet!” It’s been a while since any of the rest of us posted, save for E-Rock’s Week Ahead in Beer, so by golly, this is an overdue post. Think of it as a massive download of all the beer goodness I have sampled in the last…
Category: Brewery Reviews
The Crew goes behind the scenes at Turtle Mountain
Stoutmeister here, finally starting up a mondo-sized recap of the NMDSBC’s trip out to Turtle Mountain last week. With E-Rock piloting and Shilling navigating, we trekked west on a rainy afternoon to go drink some beer and hopefully meet up with a member of the Turtle staff. We ended up being greeted by the main…
Broken Bottle unveils a summer treat
Stoutmeister here. With Shilling, our new member, Derek, and another friend in tow, the Crew took up Broken Bottle on its recent invite to stop by and sample their new seasonal before it was released to the general public. So yeah, we were invited to drink beer. How in the world could we say no?…
Durango beer trip: Winding down at Carver
Stoutmeister and E-Rock continue their trek through the breweries of the Four Corners area with a stop at Carver Brewing Co. in Durango. By the time E-Rock and I got back to Carver (we had a beerless breakfast there early in the day) to finally sample their beers, we were a couple of tired bloggers…
Durango beer trip: Embracing the darkness at DBC
Stoutmeister and E-Rock continue their quick trek through the breweries of the Four Corners area with a stop at Durango Brewing Co. After an hour or so break following our time at Ska on Wednesday afternoon, E-Rock and I headed up Main Ave. to the north end of Durango, where at the intersection of 30th…
Belated recap of the beer-filled weekend that was
Stoutmeister here, finally getting around to recapping the beer awesomeness that was this past weekend. If I had a good excuse for waiting this long to write about things, I would use it, but in the end it was just the usual stuff (Topes, watching Euro 2012) and some unusual stuff (moving furniture around, a…
Clearing out the beer notebook
Beer Week is in the rearview mirror, but the Crew has stayed busy visiting breweries, drinking beer, and then procrastinating any writing about those beers. Yeah, sometimes we’re just really lazy. Or really busy, like this past weekend (yours truly, Stoutmeister, spent about 10 hours or so covering the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic;…
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….
Taos Trek—Eske’s falls behind the rest
Stoutmeister and E-Rock spent the last day of March in the Taos area in Northern New Mexico, which is now home to four breweries with potentially more on the way. Our last stop on the trip was Eske’s Brew Pub and Eatery, the oldest microbrewery in the Taos area. I saved the review for last…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 