Throughout all of 2020 since the pandemic began, breweries locally and nationally have kept going in their work to help charities throughout New Mexico. On the heels of the annual One for 5 campaign to help The Storehouse New Mexico, another charity drive to keep people fed this holiday season has begun. Bell’s Brewery and…
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Embrace the darkness statewide on International Stout Day
We are not the ones responsible for International Stout Day, but we are definitely among the beer lovers who will celebrate this annual “holiday” devoted to the darkest of beers. As a public service, we decided it was a good idea to list every stout that we know is available at our breweries, though we…
Boxing Bear shakes up the collaboration game with a new artist-inspired series
Plenty of breweries have collaborated on beers over the years here in Albuquerque and parts beyond. Now it may be time for a new sort of collaboration, and not just something involving beer writers like us. Boxing Bear Brewing and local glass-blowing artist Rashan Jones of High Desert Flameworks have teamed up for a collaboration…
Nexus Brewery boldly goes to the next frontier — canning its beers
The news that Nexus Brewery was preparing to can its own beers had slowly trickled out over the last few months, but there was still nothing 100-percent official as to when those cans would arrive at both locations. Well, the cans have landed, and are officially on sale now, with a big release party on…
Aluminum can shortage begins to hit NM breweries where it hurts
The buzz about a nationwide aluminum can shortage has been getting louder in the last couple of months. We have been waiting and wondering when it was truly going to hit our craft breweries in New Mexico, and starting late last week we started asking around via email. It is not something that will hit…
Nexus offers patrons unique opportunity to invest in expansion of Blue Smokehouse
The announcement that Nexus Brewery was seeking investors in expanding its Blue Smokehouse location seemed to catch some folks by surprise in the craft beer community. There were quite a few who told us that they were afraid it was a last-ditch effort to keep the company afloat. Last week, I sat down with owner…
Red Door Brewing rolls out new beers for its scaled-back 6th anniversary
As other breweries have experienced this year, it is now Red Door Brewing’s turn to throw a smaller anniversary party. That does not mean, however, that there will not be any fun to be had this Saturday. To learn a little more about what is happening this weekend, including sampling the two new beers being…
New cans and collaborations are coming soon to Steel Bender Brewyard
Other than the occasional pickup of a takeout order of food and/or beer, it had been a while since any of the Crew had set foot inside (well, on the patio) at Steel Bender. I rectified that Wednesday with a quick trip over for lunch, photos, and interviews with head brewer Bob Haggerty and co-owner…
Ex Novo takes Whole Foods on a ride to Hoptown
Every now and again, we get a heads up that a new beer is coming, only to then get a second notice that it will be held back a bit. Oftentimes, that just makes us more excited for the brew in question. In the case of Ex Novo, they teased us with Lords of Hoptown,…
Marble goes to Heller (and) Bock with new canned seasonal
The annual seasonal releases at Marble Brewery have become staples in the craft beer community for many years now, from Reserve Ale and Imperial Stout at the end of the year to other big hits like White Out and Pumpkin Noir. This year, however, a number of new additions to the seasonal menu have taken…
