The annual tradition of the One for 5 charity beer, spearheaded by Steel Bender Brewyard, Second Street Brewery, and Sierra Blanca Brewing, is back for another go-around starting this Wednesday. A hazy pale ale this time around, One for 5 will be available at all three breweries, as well as at Albertsons Market locations statewide….
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Even more fresh-hop beers are on the horizon for New Mexico breweries
As we noted the other day in our first story about fresh-hop beers coming from New Mexico breweries, only a handful of places had responded before I hit publish on ye ole WordPress. Since then, three more breweries (two in collaboration, technically) shared what they have coming up, another hinted a beer might be coming,…
More fresh-hop beers are on the horizon for New Mexico breweries
The arrival of Freshly Hopped Mass Ascension IPA in cans and on draft at Ex Novo on Monday marked the beginning of fresh-hop beer season in New Mexico. Rather than wait patiently to see which brewery would be the next to drop their offering, we reached out to just about everyone to find out in…
Ale Republic re-brands itself to become Rumor Brewing
That which was rumored is now fact. After operating as Ale Republic since its inception, the only brewery in the East Mountains/Cedar Crest area is now Rumor Brewing. We caught up with owner Patrick Johnson over lunch to discuss this move, which he had hinted to us was in the works in a series of…
New Bathtub Row head brewer brings experience and energy all the way from St. Louis
Earlier this year, Bathtub Row Brewing (“the Tub”) lost its head brewer, Brandon Venaglia, who decided it was time to head back to Albuquerque. Venaglia is now running the show at Toltec Brewing, so all of us in Los Alamos say thanks for all of the great beers, Brandon, and good luck! (Toltec is one…
La Reforma bucks the trend by thriving in an era where most breweries are merely surviving
Sometimes, when searching for new story ideas, all of us in the Crew will go back through the archives and simply try to find which breweries have not written about for the longest stretch of time. I did that a few weeks ago and realized that we never did a Look Back/Look Ahead Series entry…
Lizard Tail whips up some ambitious plans beyond its new Industrial brewery
After making a quick stop at the new Lizard Tail Industrial space last week to snap a couple photos and get a general sense of the revamped former Cantero Brewing, I was contacted by owner Dan Berry about setting up a time to sit down and talk about all that has happened and what else…
A match made in New Mexico
If you know any of the Brew Crew personally, you’ll know that we are massive football/soccer fans. With tailgates and stadium brews, beer is clearly a big part of the soccer world, but seldom does that relationship go the other direction. Thankfully, New Mexico breweries are beginning to partner with our source of local pride,…
Award-winning brewer switches gears at Hollow Spirits Distillery
The last time any of us talked to Mick Hahn, he had just taken over the position of head brewer at Tractor Wells Park, having just left Turtle Mountain a few months after winning the first Great American Beer Festival gold medal in the venerable brewpub’s long history. Then, poof! Covid-19 came along, and soon…
Boese Brothers takes advantage of slower times to add something new to its menu
Back when we sent out requests for interview times for our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series, a few breweries turned us down this year, mainly due to the simple exhaustion of talking about the pandemic and its wide-ranging effects over and over again. A few other breweries just asked us to wait a while until…
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