Imagine if a local brewery were to team up with a local distillery and turn a popular craft beer into a craft whiskey. Only now that is not some far-fetched idea, but reality, as Marble and Safehouse Distilling have joined forces to create Double White Lighting Whiskey. There will be a bottle release party today…
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Desert Valley taproom in Northeast Heights is now closed
After receiving a tip in the morning, the Crew has confirmed that the Desert Valley Brewing taproom located at Wyoming and Comanche has now closed. The popular Westside location is still open and is doing just fine, we have been assured. Per a direct message from Desert Valley on Facebook, the Heights taproom was subleased…
What’s in the box?! Rowley Farmhouse Ales has big news
Recently I was sitting at Rowley Farmhouse Ales, talking about barrel-aged goodies with the bartender as I sipped on their latest edition of Agent Scully IPA. Chef and co-owner Jeffrey Kaplan then sauntered down the steps, as he often does at the end of the day to greet his customers and check on the business…
Steel Bender gears up for another year of Balloons & Brews
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a big, wild event, and that can often include the task of getting in and out of the park, finding food to eat, something to drink, and so on. Two years ago, Steel Bender Brewyard provided a bit of an alternative, inviting everyone over early in the morning to…
Second Street heads into the Oktoberforest for a good cause
Second Street Brewery is celebrating Oktoberfest with a special event at the Railyard location today (Tuesday) from 5 to 8 p.m. It is not, however, just about the beer. The name of this special brew, which will be on tap and for sale in six-pack cans, is Oktoberforest, and is part of a wider campaign…
Tractor Brewing adds spirits and cocktails to its Westside Taproom
Back when we wrote about Tractor Brewing’s forthcoming Los Lunas Taproom, it was noted that it will be the first off-site location that will have its Troubled Minds spirits in addition to beer and cider. Well, it will actually be the second taproom, as Tractor announced this week that cocktails are coming to the Westside…
Rio Bravo set to launch official beer of Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
If the New Mexico State Fair can have its own official beer, surely the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta can have one, too. For its 48th edition that begins on October 5, the Fiesta will feature Splash & Dash American Pale Ale from Rio Bravo Brewing as its first official beer. Rio Bravo co-owner Randy Baker…
Broken Trail shakes things up with new brewer
My running joke with Matt Simonds, owner of Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, is that at least once a year he has to totally change up some part of the operation. Recently, Matt needed more space at the original location on Stanford for his increased production — especially for contract production of a nationally distributed, canned Moscow…
Boese Brothers’ Los Alamos taproom quietly opens its doors
Los Alamos is a pretty small town, so most people here are probably already aware that Boese Brothers’ latest taproom opened two weeks ago. I was out of town and missed the grand opening, and I finally made it over last Wednesday. It’s about what you’d expect: a cool vibe, a few big screen TVs,…
Rio Rancho breweries team up to celebrate the (almost) end of road construction
Anyone traveling out to Rio Rancho in the last year or so has probably encountered the mass of construction-related chaos along Southern Boulevard, one of those projects that had to be done, but no one really wanted to endure. Well, the original plan was for that construction to be complete around now, so the City…
