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. After hitting two breweries just outside of Taos, we took the loop from Comanche Creek near Eagle Nest, up through Red River and then back…
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Taos Trek—Crossing over Comanche Creek
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. Half the battle in finding a new brewery is often just that, finding it. Located off Highway 38 a mile or so north of Eagle…
Taos Trek—A brighter shade of Blue
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. The first stop on our Taos Beer Trek was Blue Heron Brewing Co., which is located along Highway 68 in the unincorporated community of Rinconada….
Quick review: La Cumbre gets its Irish on
La Cumbre is at it again. Just when beer lovers thought the hops were in full command of the brewery, Jeff Erway and company flipped the script and concocted an Irish red ale and an oatmeal stout, perfect for March. With Shilling and the Professor Emeritus of Beer in tow, I dropped on by LC…
Arizona Adventure: Back in the Old Pueblo
Stoutmeister here. My last major stop during the Arizona spring break getaway was my old college haunt of Tucson. I attended the University of Arizona from 1996 to 2000, celebrating a national basketball championship and spending far too much time drinking instead of going to class. Remarkably they gave me a degree, and even more…
Arizona Adventure: Baseball and Beer
While E-Rock has returned to ABQ, Stoutmeister kept busy visiting spring training ballparks and stopped by some of the remaining breweries in the Phoenix metro area. Ballparks are not exactly bastions of the craft-brewing movement. They tend to stick to the same, dull macro-brews found at convenience stores and supermarkets across America. With E-Rock in…
Arizona Adventure Part II: Dave’s Electric Brew Pub
We, Stoutmeister and I (E-Rock), decided to head to Dave’s Electric Brew Pub on the first night of our stay in the Phoenix metro area. By the time this was possible, we had already driven for over seven hours, sampled seven beers and had a large lunch at Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff, and met…
Arizona Adventure Part I: Beaver Street Brewery
The Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff, Ariz., is a family-friendly restaurant reminiscent of Chama River and Turtle Mountain. The staff at Beaver Street was very nice and the food was delicious. I had the grilled chicken oven-cooked pizza while Stoutmeister had a giant hamburger. (Editor’s note: Half-pound of beef with bacon and cheese. It shortened…
E-Rock and Stoutmeister’s Excellent (Beer) Adventure
As some may have read in our Beer Weekend post, E-Rock and I (Stoutmeister), have set off on a road trip of epic epicness to our neighboring state of Arizona. While E-Rock, brilliant in music and math but slow in typing, works on a review of Flagstaff’s landmark Beaver Street Brewery (it was his first…
Shadow boxers, milk mustaches and more midweek beer joy
It’s been a busy week already, but before I became a semi-permanent resident of both The Pit and the Santa Ana Star Center for the state basketball tournament, I managed to trek out to try a couple new beers here in ABQ. First up was the Shadow Boxer Black IPA at Chama River. It appears…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 