It has been a little while since the first Bosque Brewing Insider event back on December 2. Fear not, it shall not be the last of those events, as they have just announced a new Insider event for Thursday, March 10. Bosque general manager Jessica Myers invited me over to chat about it. The cool…
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R.I.P. Chama Microbar, our tiny trail blazer of a taproom
A little piece of Albuquerque’s craft beer history died on Monday. The Chama River Microbar, the tiniest little taproom attached to the back (west) side of the Sunshine Theater, abruptly closed its doors for good. There was just the sad sign pictured above, plus a few messages from the staff letting longtime patrons know that…
Bathtub Row set to host the first Stout Invitational
Greetings, beer lovers! Things are afoot at Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos. First and foremost, the ‘Tub is hosting a Stout Invitational event on February 20. Sure, it’s starting to feel a bit spring-ish out there, but it is still technically winter, and it’s a fine time to be enjoying some black beers. Here’s…
New director spells out his vision for the NM Brewers Guild
John Gozigian is not some newcomer to the craft beer scene. The new executive director of the New Mexico Brewers Guild was there when the organization came into formation in 2011-12. As a former co-owner at Marble Brewery, John saw the initial explosion of our current craft beer scene. Now, two years after accepting a…
Brewers Guild gives official word on why they changed directors
Earlier today (Friday) we posted a link to the Albuquerque Business First story about a change at the top of the New Mexico Brewers Guild. Chris Goblet is out and John Gozigian is in as executive director of the Guild. Goblet had been running things since the Guild formed in 2012, but the board of…
A kaiju could fit inside the massive Marble expansion
Ever look at a building and think hey, that’s pretty big, only to then go inside and realize just how enormous it is? Yeah, that happened to the Crew on Tuesday afternoon as we visited the massive expansion building at Marble downtown. Bharley Quinn and I, plus our intrepid staff photographer Mario Caldwell, got a…
Duel Brewing set for soft opening of ABQ taproom this week
Before the ugly, grueling Steelers-Broncos game kicked off Sunday, some of us in the Crew — myself, E-Rock, AmyO — headed downtown to check out the new Duel Brewing taproom. Much to our surprise, we were told the taproom would have a soft opening this Tuesday at 5 p.m. Before anyone heads over, here is…
Fear not Santa Fe for you get your own Victory at Sea Day
Distance is the enemy of the beer lover. Often times great beer is tapped too far from where you live, forcing you to stay at home and bitterly wonder what might have been. Many in Santa Fe probably found themselves in this situation when they saw Victory at Sea Day will be happening down here…
Avast, Victory at Sea day sails toward us later this month
Earlier today (Friday), we teased the upcoming Victory at Sea Day, a collaborative effort between the Brew Crew and Ballast Point to bring you some awesome variants of this massively wonderful beer. Well, as you can see from the above poster, there will be some epic versions on tap Saturday, Jan. 30, starting at 4…
A new brewery partnership emerges by Happenstance
A while back we heard rumors of a brewing operation moving into the Los Ranchos area. The rumor was never confirmed, we heard nothing more, and went back to work. It turns out that a combined brewery/distillery operation nearly did happen in the North Valley community. While that project fizzled out for reasons outlined below,…
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