Beer Creek is celebrating National Homebrew Day this Saturday with their first Big Brew event. Now in its 25th year running, the annual event created by the National Homebrew Association in the past has brought together homebrew enthusiasts, as well as the homebrew curious at shops, backyards, and breweries across the nation to brew beer…
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New Mexico breweries aim high as the World Beer Cup competition returns
The World Beer Cup, a prestigious biennial competition of breweries across the globe, has been kind and cruel to New Mexico breweries in the past. In 2016, seven breweries brought home seven medals, including gold for Boxing Bear, La Cumbre, and Nexus. In 2018, only Quarter Celtic brought home a medal. There was much anticipation…
Sobremesa takes point among all the breweries celebrating Cinco de Mayo
Ah, May, when the wind still whips around, the pollen fills the air, breweries gear up for the summer crush, and a wee little holiday takes over half of Albuquerque and beyond. Well, the day after May the Fourth Be With You also happens to be Cinco de Mayo, and that has become another important…
Canteen becomes the latest brewery to step up to help people in Ukraine
Our local breweries continue to do their part to help the victims of the terrible war in Ukraine, with Canteen the latest to offer its support in what it hopes will become an annual tradition of helping worthy causes the best way a brewery can — by selling beer. Day Drinking for a Cause is…
Brewers and Distillers Cup brings together a love of craft and soccer
Ron Patel knows a thing or two about soccer. He is also a fan of local craft beer and spirits, and back before he rejoined the front-office staff at New Mexico United, Patel came up with an idea of how to bring all that he loves together in one event. The Brewers & Distillers Cup…
Marble Brewery goes all out once again for its 14th anniversary celebration
After two years without celebrating, Marble Brewery is revving up for its 14th anniversary this week, with events and specials at all three locations. I caught up with Geraldine Lucero, director of marketing and philanthropy, and new events coordinator Amy Levine to discuss all seven days worth of events that begins today (Monday). “Monday, we…
Sidetrack gathers a few of its finest friends for a classy Cask Festival
Cask beer is dead. Long live cask beer. If you still believe in the latter rather than the former, then we sure hope you snagged a ticket to this Saturday’s Alley Cask Festival at Sidetrack Brewing. As I sat down with co-owner Anne O’Neill and head brewer David Kimbell to talk all things cask, a…
Bathtub Row hosts beer release event in support of Pink Boots Society
To celebrate the contributions of women in the brewing industry, Los Alamos’s Bathtub Row Brewing is having a special beer release event today (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. The beer is Pretty in Pink Pale (made with hibiscus and raspberry), a special recipe devised by the female employees of Bathtub Row. In addition to celebrating Women’s…
Embrace the shenanigans as breweries celebrate all that is St. Patrick’s Day
Two years ago, I sat in a mostly empty Quarter Celtic Brewpub, where the bar stools were gone, the tables were spaced widely apart, and there was minimal chatter from the staff and the scattered patrons. It was the saddest St. Patrick’s Day that I could ever recall as the pandemic was about to come…
Steel Bender goes all out with 5 special releases and more for 5th anniversary
Back in the days of yore, brewery anniversary parties were often a very big deal, with special events, multiple beer releases, and more. The pandemic muted all of that in 2020 and 2021, but now things are ramping up again, with Steel Bender Brewyard out in front with a five-day celebration to mark its fifth…
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