It was a quiet end to a Saturday night after a metal show at Moonlight Lounge, with just the surprised voices on TV of the football announcers calling the Lobos’ upset of Fresno State, when a friend in the industry sent us a screenshot of interest. Brain Gang Trivia, which hosts events at breweries all…
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Muertos Fiesta brings on-site festival season to a close at Marble Brewery
The end is nigh, so to speak. This Saturday’s Muertos Fiesta is the grand finale of big events at Marble Brewery for 2023, a fitting conclusion to a long, fun year. I caught up with events coordinator Amy Levine to go into detail about this year’s edition of the popular post-Dia de los Muertos event…
Halloween happenings and early closings at local breweries
Normally when Halloween falls in the middle of the week, it is treated as a holiday just for the kids. After all, the grown-ups got all their partying out of the way this past weekend. Right? Well, not necessarily, as some breweries do have some small events and specials tonight. Others are closing early (or…
Red River Brewing expands production with new distillery location
A little while back, we heard that there was some big news coming out of Red River. It arrived in our inbox a couple weeks ago, we sent some follow-up questions that were soon answered, and now, at last we had a day where we could run this story. It certainly counts as big news….
Balloons and Brews at Steel Bender leads list of Fiesta-related brewery events
We have all been here before. The day before the Balloon Fiesta kicks off, the day before the chaos, the day before all the poor doggos bark their little heads off, the traffic backs up, and the tourists arrive in droves. Thank goodness there is local craft beer. Our breweries are our refuge from all…
Flix Brewhouse brings home another GABF medal and plans 2nd location
Things are afoot at Flix Brewhouse. Well, technically not at the brewery/movie theater. The first bit of big news actually happened up in Denver, as for the second year in a row, Flix brought home a medal from the Great American Beer Festival. The second bit of big news was the announcement that Flix is…
Atalaya RescueFest 2023 is this weekend and you should find yourself there
This Saturday RescueFest returns to Second Street Rufina for Atalaya Search and Rescue’s annual fundraiser event, and it’s going to be a fun time for a good cause that you should definitely check out. On Wednesday evening, I met up with volunteer rescuers Ryan LaMonica and Matthew Smith to reacquaint myself with this great local…
Canteen and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad glycol chiller
The hottest summer in recorded history was far from kind to breweries throughout the state. Many faced issues keeping their equipment humming, particularly any and all cooling devices. From Milton’s in Carlsbad to the CNM brewing school in Albuquerque, chillers big and small were strained to the limit. No one, though, had a worse run…
Brew Lab 101 set to take over ReSource Brewing space in November
The news came via social media, as it typically does these days, late Monday afternoon that there was a shake-up coming to the craft beer scene in the Northeast Heights. ReSource Brewing owners Shawn and Stephanie Wright were selling their business to Brew Lab 101, which finally found its taproom east of the Rio Grande….
Painted Lady Bed & Brew adds new tours with its own beers coming soon
A couple years after our first story on Painted Lady Bed & Brew, we felt it was definitely time to head back over and check in with owner Jesse Herron to see how things are coming along. Back when Erin wrote that story, we were still in the final stages of the pandemic lockdown, and…
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