The Week Ahead in Beer—Brewed on the 4th of July

This is E-Rock, back for my weekly preview of new beers in and around the Duke City. As you know, summer is here, and it is ridiculously hot in the city. The good news is there is plenty of locally brewed beer to quench your thirst including new cans of La Cumbre’s Elevated IPA. Plus,…

The Week Ahead in Beer—Cold beer to cure a dry heat

This is E-Rock, here as I am every Monday, relaying what’s new in the Albuquerque metro-area craft beer scene. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s ridiculously hot right now. Luckily your local breweries are cranking out refreshing summer beers to make long summer days bearable.  Chama River Brewing Company has three new summer beers on…

The Week Ahead in Beer—A good time to catch up

This is E-Rock, here to bring you up to speed on what’s going on in the exciting world of Burque-area breweries. It turns out that many breweries are either brewing new beers or waiting for taps to open up to serve beers that are ready for the tap. In the tap rooms, there’s not a lot…

The Week Ahead in Beer—Give the joy of beer for Father’s Day

This is E-Rock, back to bring you the news on what’s new in Albuquerque-area craft breweries. As you may have already known and/or forgot, Father’s Day is on Sunday. So what do you get for the dad who has everything? Beer of course! Heck, get him beer even if he doesn’t have everything. Lucky for…

The Week Ahead in Beer—Summer Beers are Here Again!

This is E-Rock, your friendly neighborhood beer reviewer, here to bring you tidings of summer and, more importantly, the summer beers that are gracing the Albuquerque-area craft beer scene. We are starting to see the unveiling of new ales, bocks, and creams all over the city. Chama River has a slew of new summer beers…

The Week Ahead in Beer—Back to business as usual

This is E-Rock, here for a special Tuesday installment of the Week Ahead in Beer. I took yesterday off to observe Memorial Day, recover from Blues and Brews, and relax with fellow beer drinkers and music lovers at Marble. But now it’s time to get back to business. A lot of beer was consumed in…

The Week Ahead in Beer—Beer Week is upon us and brewers keep on brewin’

This is E-Rock, back for another weekly installment of the Week Ahead in Beer. As most Albuquerque-area beer aficionados have noticed, we are smack dab in the middle of Beer Week, with tastings occurring all over town at establishments such as Imbibe, O’Neill’s, and Two Fools.  What you might not know is that Albuquerque-area breweries…

The Week Ahead in Beer—All that is fit to blog

This is E-Rock.  I’ve been threatening to write this column for the past month. I just finished everything I need for my master’s degree, and I am hoping to use my newly found free time to bring news from all of the Albuquerque breweries each week. I may even expand to cover the rest of…