The wonderful symbiotic relationship between local craft breweries and local music continues this Saturday at High and Dry Brewing. For a second time, the brewery has teamed up with the heavy desert rock band Red Mesa to create a special IPA, and this time it will be released with a full, live music performance. Last…
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Save the wee turtles at Canteen! And the less than wee! And the friggin’ huge!
It is not often that you get to write a story about an event at a brewery and get to utilize a little Simpsons and Saturday Night Live (90s era) in the headline, but here we are in advance of “Drink Beer. Save Turtles.” at Canteen Brewhouse this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. This…
Craft beer fans will have opportunity to participate in NMBG Conference in June
The New Mexico Brewers Guild had big plans back in 2020 for its own version of the annual Craft Brewers Conference, a combined educational event and trade show for members of the industry within the state. COVID, of course, wiped out both the New Mexico version and the national version that year, but after CBC…
JUNO teams up with Las Vegas distillery to raise money for NM fire victims
Brian McGill and his family, who have raised alpacas in Northern New Mexico for more than a decade, decided a few years back to open a brewery/distillery in Las Vegas, filling the void for such a place in the town along Interstate 25. While Wanted Brewing & Distillery is not fully open to the public…
LagerHosen brings 25 breweries together to celebrate the style
We love lagers among all of us in the Crew, so you could imagine our excitement when we were tipped off early about the LagerHosen Festival at Ex Novo Brewing in Corrales. After biting our tongues for a couple weeks, the brewery announced it, and shortly thereafter, tickets went on sale online. They lasted a…
Beer Creek hosts Big Brew event for annual National Homebrew Day
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…
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…
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