For the many fans of Gravity Bound Brewing, this week has been an exercise in patience, waiting for the completion of a few interior renovations before reopening. Can you all wait one more day? We caught up with co-owners/brothers Chris and Cameron Frigon earlier today (Friday) to check in and see what they have been…
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Nexus stays optimistic even in the face of lengthy I-25 renovation work
Anyone driving up and down Interstate 25 at night north of the Big I has seen the first stages of a major construction project getting underway from the Comanche exit to the Jefferson exit. It is expected to begin in earnest in August and last through the spring of 2027. Of all the breweries in…
Quarter Celtic preps for golden summer after adding to hefty medal haul
We were already a bit late on catching up with Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Meadery after they won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup last month, and then they went ahead and picked up three more medals at the Australian International Beer Awards, including a trophy for the best overall European lager. Yeah,…
Field to Brew: New Mexico now has its own malting facility up and running
Back in February of last year, when I sat down with the Beer Creek brew crew for their Look Back/Look Ahead Series article, I was under the impression that we were going to talk about the usual burning questions on people’s minds — a patio opening date, when Black Wedding Black IPA was coming back,…
Kilt Check begins process of transforming into Bossfight Brewing
When brewer/owner Mike Campbell passed away last year, the future of Kilt Check Brewing was left up in the air. Would the brewery close down? Would it be sold to new owners? Or would some members of the Campbell family choose to keep it going? The latter now appears to be the fate of the…
Lava Rock head brewer delves into all the reasons for moving to Moriarty
After our last post on Lava Rock Brewing generated a whole ton of conversation on Facebook, we knew it would only be proper to continue to follow up on the surprise decision to shut down the Westside location and move the brewery to Moriarty. Head brewer Dan Cavin was able to meet up at his…
Brew Lab 101 set to take over ReSource Brewing space in November
The news came via social media, as it typically does these days, late Monday afternoon that there was a shake-up coming to the craft beer scene in the Northeast Heights. ReSource Brewing owners Shawn and Stephanie Wright were selling their business to Brew Lab 101, which finally found its taproom east of the Rio Grande….
Painted Lady Bed & Brew adds new tours with its own beers coming soon
A couple years after our first story on Painted Lady Bed & Brew, we felt it was definitely time to head back over and check in with owner Jesse Herron to see how things are coming along. Back when Erin wrote that story, we were still in the final stages of the pandemic lockdown, and…
A sight to behold: CNM brewing facility ready to educate the next generation
A few years back, the good folks at Central New Mexico Community College told us all about their grand plans for a proper brewing school program. We had high hopes, but there was no way they could pull off everything they discussed with us, right? Well, this past Friday, I met up with lead instructor…
12 questions with Nuckolls new head brewer Jen Treu
As promised, just one week after the grand opening, I returned to Nuckolls Brewing Co. to speak with Jen Treu, the new head brewer, to get some hard details about the brewhouse, the beer lineup, and what her goals are for getting beer flowing from the many taps of Santa Fe’s newest brewery. I figured…
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