Babes and beer makes life peachy

Greetings friends! Forgive me for the rather late post. Got to love summer school, but a late post is better than no post. Back at the beginning of the month, Stoutmeister and I made time for a very quick trip up to the state capital to visit our state’s oldest brewery to get a sample…

Beer Notes: The Crew shall rise again

Hello, friends. I know, I know, we’ve kinda sucked since ABQ Beer Week ended. We went from churning out tons of content to being a bunch of lazy bastards. Well, lazy as far as the blog goes. We’ve been a collection of busy people for various reasons. Franz Solo went to Barcelona (the beer was…

ABQ Beer Week: Climbing the Tower of Sour at Back Alley

Greetings beer aficionados, Brandon here with a recap of some of the events from ABQ Beer Week! It has been a while for yours truly, since a hectic schedule of work and school has occupied all of my time recently, but thankfully my schedule lightened up just in time for this week of festivities. When…

Arizona Breweries, Take 2: Scaling the North Mountain

Stoutmeister wraps up his short trip through Arizona with a visit to the just-opened North Mountain Brewing in Phoenix and a quick stop by SanTan Brewing in Chandler. Despite all the beer and baseball, he should come home to ABQ soon. The only unfortunate thing about where my friend Chuck lives in the north end…

Arizona Breweries, Take 2: Facing off with Dragoon

Stoutmeister went back to Arizona for a little post-state high school basketball tournament vacation. He earned it. The possibility of a third-round NCAA Tournament game between New Mexico and Arizona does not excite some of us. OK, probably just me, since that pits my hometown team versus my alma mater, meaning I have to choose…

Drinking your way to the heartland of America

Editor’s note: Franz Solo does not have much time to write these days between working full-time, being married, owning a house, and all that grown-up stuff, but he was able to find all the info he needed (and the pics to go with it) to finally recap his late-2012 trips to locales beyond ABQ. Sometimes…

Saturday Night Sixer: Stone’s new IPA should be enjoyed right away

Greetings beer aficionados, Brandon here with another edition of the Saturday Night Sixer! As always this installment brings you a weekly offering that you can find in your local fine packaged liquor store, or possibly even on tap at your local watering hole. Looking for a new style or not sure what the craft brewing…

Saturday Night Sixer: Stone’s finale to the Vertical Epic series

Greetings fellow craft brew fanatics, Brandon here with an early edition of the Saturday Night Sixer! Well, the end of the world is rapidly approaching (ha-ha), and if you’re not sure what brew would accompany the end of times, let this be your guide! As always, all of our beers in the Sixer can be…

Eastern Brews: Seeking a good pint in Florida

Editor’s note: Stoutmeister here, typing up a long-awaited review by Derek of his trip to Florida (it’s the first writing assignment for him; but he did design the current NMDSBC logo, so we’re not complaining). He was visiting the Sunshine State for other reasons, but found the time to hit up some breweries in a…