Rio Bravo Brewing hosts their fourth annual Women’s Festival out on the patio this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. It is in many ways a celebration of community, with multiple local organizations and non-profits present to educate women and men on what they are doing around the state. Of course, as the name implies,…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Stout season is probably sadly coming to an end
The temperatures are rising. Like, really, really rising. We know what that means. It’s time to put away our hoodies. It’s time for beers to turn lighter in color. If not for the upcoming NHL playoffs and some metal shows, we would be some extremely sad Crew members. But, as noted, this is basically the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day a wee bit early
Another prime drinking holiday is falling on a weekday this year, which is a bummer, but one we can all overcome if we try hard enough. St. Patrick’s Day is next Tuesday, and we will be sure to run a more in-depth preview of the day’s festivities at Quarter Celtic, Kaktus, La Cumbre, Second Street,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: TorC Brewing overcomes frustrating hiccup
Sometimes breweries that provide frequent updates on their beers go quiet, and we get a little worried these days. It had been a minute since we had heard from anyone down at Truth or Consequences Brewing in regards to new beers. Their social media pages still showed plenty of fun events going on, so we…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Calavida Cantina adds new offsite location
The last time we talked to co-owner/brewer Martin Ulloa at Calavida Cantina, he mentioned that he had some new ideas/projects, including an off-site location. He promised it would be rather unique and not a heavy-lifting operation, which seemed smart since at the time he was still getting his full-sized brewhouse up and running at the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Saying farewell to Echoes with some final shows
It has been a long time since we have written about Echoes, the live music venue/small brewery that moved into the old Burt’s Tiki Lounge space on Gold back in 2022. It was not for a lack of trying, but we never heard back any time we inquired about a story updating how things were…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A mash-up for the ages of V-Day and Mardi Gras
This is one of those weekends where things are kind of odd, because two notable holidays are colliding, and we do not mean Presidents Day for either one (though that happens, also, this Monday). No, we mean Valentine’s Day, which is Saturday, and then Mardi Gras, a.k.a. Fat Tuesday just 72 hours later. Since most…
The Week Ahead in Beer: High and Dry celebrates turning great eight
February marks a rather wonderful return to normal for breweries, with a plethora of events lined up this weekend and going forward. The biggest event of the bunch will be at High and Dry this Saturday from noon to 11 p.m. as the neighborhood pub celebrates eight years of laid-back vibes and good times. There…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Closing out January by doing some good
The quietest month of the beer will (mercifully) come to a close this weekend. There have not been many events beyond WinterBrew (we promise, our favorite beers list will be out this week, it just got pushed back by yesterday’s GABF news), and few new beer releases as the taps have remained fairly unmoved since…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating a decade of delights at two breweries
In the first two months of 2016, five breweries opened across the Albuquerque metro area. It was perhaps the pinnacle moment of the growth of the local scene. Not all five made it to their 10th anniversary, but four did and two of those breweries are celebrating this weekend. Sidetrack will celebrate Saturday from noon…
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