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…
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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…
La Reforma hires a familiar face as 2022 head brewer shuffle gets underway
After a relatively static period during the height of the pandemic, a new shuffle of head brewers is underway in New Mexico. “There was very little mobility during the pandemic,” said La Reforma co-owner John Gozigian, who has just hired a new head brewer/distiller. “Now that things are getting back to normal, for a long…
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…
New breweries update: Things might be stirring up again at long last
It has been quite a while since we did an update on any forthcoming new breweries or offsite taprooms, mainly due to the simple fact that there have not really been any to report on since the pandemic brought industry growth to a screeching halt in 2020. So have things started to pick up again?…
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…
Casa Vieja Brewery set for an upcoming change in ownership
I recently received an unexpected text from Gary Socha, owner of Casa Vieja Brewery at 4541 Corrales Rd. It said, verbatim, “Well, it’s official. We are under contract to sell Casa. It will take 6 months to get a new small brewers license for the new owner, but we have a buyer.” I was floored,…
Second Street Brewery set to close its original location after 24 years
Unexpected news hit our inbox on Wednesday afternoon as Second Street Brewery informed us that they had made the difficult decision to close their original namesake location on Second Street in Santa Fe. The final day of business will be April 9. The good news is that the Rufina and Railyard locations will remain open,…
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