If you follow just about any brewery on social media, you have probably seen a post or two about the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s annual Pint Glass Day. The Guild has collaborated with New Mexico artists to create a special glass, and this year’s edition features a celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of Zozobra,…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating the summer solstice in style
First up, before we get into the usual accounting of new beers and events, we wanted to pass along our thoughts and hopes that everything turns out as well as possible for our friends at Downshift Brewing and Lost Hiker Brewing as the Small Fork and Salt Fires tear through the Ruidoso area. If there…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Kick it up a notch with annual event in Bernalillo
The biggest event of the summer in Bernalillo returns this Saturday and Sunday, all organized and sponsored by Kaktus Brewing. The Farmhouse Ale Country & Blues Festival is not necessarily a celebration of saisons, but of the season, bringing together music, games, and other activities for folks of all ages at Loretto Park both days…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A little art, music, comedy, crawfish and more
The days of the only entertainment at breweries just being a single musician in the corner with an acoustic guitar are long gone, as this week proves. There is a little something for everyone down in our events section, with everything from live poetry performances to comedy shows to beer-themed games to a grand opening…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Breweries kick off Pride Month in style
June is Pride Month across the country, and five local breweries (and counting) are holding special kick-off events this Saturday. Bow & Arrow and Santa Fe Brewing (at Green Jeans) have their events starting at noon. Tractor Wells Park will host Pridezilla starting at 1 p.m. For those who want to wait until closer to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Kicking off busy season with a red-hot weekend
While any meteorologist will tell you that we are still a few weeks from it officially being summer, in the eyes of most people, Memorial Day weekend marks the official start of the season. Back in the day, that meant gathering around to watch the Indy 500 or going to a baseball game or just…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A final calm before the summer storm arrives
There are a few big events this weekend, but for the most part this counts as perhaps the last quiet stretch before everything really ramps up for the start of the summer beer season. The busiest time of year for breweries is nearly here, much to the delight of all of our palates. Until all…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Moms love brews but buy her a present, too
Years ago, I was scrambling to figure out something to buy my mom for Mother’s Day. I sat down at Canteen to think of something over a pint, and it hit me that her favorite beer, Irish Red, was on tap. So I had them fill a growler (remember those days?) and brought it home….
The Week Ahead in Beer: May the cerveza be with you, always
This is one of those big party weekends, where we get the back-to-back double whammy of my birthday and then my hangover. Wait, no, that’s not it, at least not for the rest of you. It’s May the 4th Be With You and Cinco de Mayo, the back-to-back days of wildly different-yet-fun merriment. Of course…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Bow & Arrow celebrates Gathering of Nations
The Gathering of Nations begins this weekend at Tingley Coliseum, and the annual celebratory and educational event will extend to Bow & Arrow. The brewery will host a special webinar today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. Thursday will feature the Just Vote (Hazy DIPA) release at 5 p.m., along with Protect the Sacred Fireside Chat with…