Santa Fe Brewing just tapped their famous Irish Red Ale for the season. They threw a big party in celebration, and believe me, if you’ve ever spent any time, at all, with the Irish, you’d know to tell them that the “craic” was good, indeed! Last Saturday, fun-seeking folks and families braved the cold for…
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Blue Corn releases their big Barleywine at another Thursday at the Brewer’s Table
Blue Corn Brewery has been doing a few things very well recently. As a ‘beer journalist,’ it makes me glad to see a smaller brewery work so hard at all aspects of their business, whether it’s their food, service, beer, or planned events to further their brand. At every turn, it seems these guys are…
Blue Corn Brewery’s Chef D talks about the beauty of beer and food pairings
Back in January, I attended Defrost Fest at Blue Corn Brewery. It was another excellent event put on by the Southside brewpub, which turned out to be a gathering of locals and even a “who’s whom” of the Santa Fe beer industry. It was an event in grand form, featuring a lot of amazing food…
19th annual Taos Brew Master’s Festival hits the slopes
This past Saturday, I made the trip up to Taos Ski Valley for their 19th annual Brew Master’s Festival, and I gotta tell you it was one smooth, powder-filled ride down beer mountain, and one of my favorite brewfests in recent memory. From the moment the doors opened and the lines got moving, brewfesters were…
Time to trek to Taos for annual Brew Master’s Festival
Ah, yes, it’s that time of year when I have to cover a football game and not go to the Taos Brew Master’s Festival. Of course, the rest of you don’t have to write about the New Mexico Bowl to pay for future beers, so you might as well hit the road Saturday afternoon and…
Blue Corn took their holiday party to the next level
In true Holiday party fashion, Blue Corn Brewery’s Thursday’s at the Brewer’s Table last week was filled with many moments to remember, outfits to forget, and plenty of embarrassing hookups. I’m kidding about that third one, unless I missed something. But the first two were certainly true. The big difference between this party and maybe…
Time to get festive with the 12 Beers of Christmas for 2014
T’was 12 days before Christmas, when all through the brewhouse. Beer fans were stirring over some nicely brewed stouts. The kegs were filled by the brewers with care, In hopes that there’d be enough carbonation there… Every year around the holidays, Santa Fe Brewing Company gets into the giving and sharing spirit with a festive…
Reflections on the first Santa Fe Open Brewing Competition
This past weekend, the inaugural Santa Fe Open Brewing Competition took place in, you’ve guessed it, Santa Fe. From Friday morning to the awards ceremony on Sunday afternoon, the Sangre De Cristo Craft Brewers homebrew club (and friends and family) came together in a huge concerted effort to put on an event that proved an…
Something wicked (fun) this way comes: Oktoberfiesta is back
As I was driving home from Red River’s Oktoberfest last Sunday, I had a couple questions on my mind. How much Oktoberfest is too much Oktoberfest? And can anyone really have too much Oktoberfest in their lives? The answers that I came up with were thus: “too much” is too broad of a statement, and…
Release the hounds as Tractor celebrates its 15th anniversary
There is something almost eerie about a brewery taproom being so quiet before it’s open. Such was the case when I stopped by Tractor Wells Park on Wednesday morning. It won’t be the case the next time I’m there Saturday night. That’s because Saturday is Tractor’s Quincenera, a 15th anniversary party for the ages. There…
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