Spooky Season comes to its wonderful conclusion this week with plenty of breweries celebrating Halloween on Friday and/or Dia de los Muertos on Saturday. For anyone new to the region, the Day of the Dead is a pretty big deal around these parts. It’s a way of celebrating, rather than mourning, those we knew who…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Spooky season reaches its apex at breweries
Though Halloween falls on a Friday this year, it sure feels like most places around town have decided to leave that date to house parties and focus on this weekend as the prime celebratory stretch for Spooky Season. We will have a full preview later this week for the Zombie Carnival at Tractor Wells Park,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Ending fest season with a double bang
It was bound to happen eventually, but it appears we are at the end of Oktoberfest season. Oh, some of those delicious lagers will still be available for a while, but the last two events we had on our radar are this Saturday. One is in Albuquerque, the other in Santa Fe, and both have…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The Beast arrives for special occasion down south
And, we’re back! An epic two-week vacation has concluded, all Crew members have returned safely, and I did not buy everything at the Bayern Munich store (it was tempting, however). Now, I could sit here and regale everyone with the tales of our trek through Europe, but that would be silly. If anyone out there…
The Week Ahead in Beer: So many celebrations so little time
Man, did we pick the wrong stretch to go on vacation. Well, not really, but more on that Thursday. For those who will be in New Mexico over the next three weeks, there is a heck of a lot to do. Pace yourselves, please, one and all. You will notice the events section is three…
The Week Ahead in Beer: One brewery could use an extra boost in sales
The crime problem in Albuquerque has hit breweries in the past, and this week it struck again. Calavida Cantina, previously known as Vision City, was hit by a thief who disabled their alarm system, crawled in through a skylight, and proceeded to rob the taproom of just about anything and everything he could take. As…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Rejoice for the brews are back at Turtle Mountain
A little while back we received the good news that Turtle Mountain had received final approval to fire up their relocated brewhouse next to the North taproom. The two locations had gone far too long without any house beers. This week, we got the even better news that the beers are flowing again, with three…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Farewell to one of the great local brewers
Keeping it short and sweet this week, because someone forgot he has to work a day shift and instead of doing this the night before watched Alien Earth instead. Friday will mark the farewell party for longtime Canteen head brewer Zach Guilmette. The brewery is inviting all of his friends, fans, and colleagues to come…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Flock of Moons teams up with CNM on new collab
For some time now, Central New Mexico Community College has been training future brewers in their program. Sometimes you will see the students at breweries, going on the best kinds of field trips to study how things are done outside the classroom. Well, on a recent field trip, the students worked together with Flock of…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Southern NM lagers get their moment to shine
We do love the ongoing trend of lager festivals. They help get us through these scorching summers, after all. Now it’s southern New Mexico’s turn with Lagerpalooza, this Saturday at Truth or Consequences Brewing from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $19 in advance and available online. Otherwise, it will be $22 at the door….
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