New Mexico is back in the winners bracket at the Great British Beer Festival. After back-to-back years without a medal, two Albuquerque breweries shared bronze in the Michael Jackson Awards for best American cask beer. Both are new winners at the GBBF. Canteen and Rio Bravo wound up in the third place tie with two…
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Amore and 5 Star Burgers continue to embrace local craft beer amid A.R.T. chaos
The area west of downtown along Central Avenue suffered a black eye earlier this year when the owners of Draft Station announced it was closing. The prime spot for craft beer in the area was gone, snuffed out by a disastrous sewer spill caused by the construction of the Albuquerque Rapid Transit system. All these…
Marble officially unveils State Fair Pale Ale
Marble Brewery has been subtly promoting the special release of a new canned beer over the last few weeks. That all built up to a Monday afternoon press conference on the rooftop deck at the brewery, where State Fair Pale Ale made its official debut. Brewed for the 2017 edition of the New Mexico State…
Bosque steams ahead with three big projects and more fun beers
After being stuck in a holding pattern for a while, everything is suddenly coming together for Bosque Brewing. In summation, everything is a go at Bernalillo, the Nob Hill taproom is growing bigger, Las Cruces is proving whatever is old is new again, and the wet hops are coming. Got all that? Here is the…
Dialogue and Immastar Productions team up to bring creatives together
One of the great things our breweries have done over the last several years is embracing other local businesses and a long list of musicians, artists and other vendors. Usually, there is one creative element per night, but the folks at Dialogue Brewing and Immastar Productions decided that it would be even more advantageous to…
Bow & Arrow targets brett lovers with new beer series and barrel-aging program
Fans of the distinctive, funky flavor characterized by brett beers will not have to venture far from home or wait for seasonal releases to get their fill. And, it seems that this often-experimental style may have found a perfect home base at Bow & Arrow Brewing. Cosmic Arrow, a saison and the first in their…
Time to take notice of The 377 Brewery
When I last wrote about The 377 Brewery back in November, it was literally in its infancy, having just recently opened the month prior. I’m more than happy to report that time, as well as experience, have definitely had positive impacts on The 377. Upon entering, head brewer Lyna Waggoner was all smiles as she…
Three Rivers preps for its amazing and spectacular 20th anniversary
During a road trip through Southwest Colorado at the end of June, I was fortunate enough to stop in and say hello to our friends at Three Rivers Brewery in Farmington. It had been about five months since I had previously visited as part of our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. This time, I spent the…
Brewery collectibles show coming to Drafty Kilt
The Roadrunner Chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America is holding its 14th annual Brewery Collectibles Show this Saturday at Drafty Kilt. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and admission is free. Roadrunner president Dan Scoglietti emailed the Crew to let us know that this has become a tradition to team…
Brewery hours will vary for the 4th of July
As a public service, we wanted to save everyone the time of searching 30-plus brewery Facebook/Twitter/Instagram pages and just list any and all schedule changes for Tuesday right here. You are welcome in advance. As more breweries post their times, we will keep updating this post. Albuquerque metro area breweries (and one beer store) Ale…
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