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….

The Week Ahead in Beer: Getting crispy amid the heat of summer

The whole Christmas in July trend is fine, we guess. But, if you’re really gonna do it right, follow the lead of La Cumbre. This Friday the brewery is hosting Crispness in July, with four crispy lagers available amid all this heat. The quartet of PLS German Pilsner, Lager Softly, Czech Pils, and Helles Lager…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Canteen asks us all to run for Ruidoso

Unless you have been avoiding the news (not that we can blame you) for the past few weeks, you have probably seen that once again Ruidoso has been hit by some dramatic, and deadly, flash floods. The burn scars from last year’s big wildfires have left parts of the town especially susceptible to flooding, causing…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Multiple breweries step up to help doggos

Love dogs? We sure do. We love them just about everywhere, but it’s a little extra fun seeing them enjoying brewery patios alongside their humans. This Sunday will feature a new event called Adopt the Block, where four breweries and two distilleries along First and Second streets will all have dog adoption setups from Animal…