There is always something fun about trying to tie a numbered anniversary to an event or beer at a brewery. Do a triple IPA for a third anniversary. Toss seven hops in an IPA for a seventh. Things of that nature. Boxing Bear Brewing, though, decided to just go all-out and schedule 10 days worth…
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For the Love of Lagers celebrates the style once again at Canteen Brewhouse
Attention, all you lovers of lagers, Canteen Brewhouse has just the festival for you this Saturday. For the Love of Lagers returns for a second time, with 16 other breweries joining the hosts for this fun festival on the patio. Tickets are available online now and there should be a few left at the door,…
The mostly complete guide to July 4 hours at New Mexico craft breweries
As a public service that we do for most significant holidays, we attempt to compile all the brewery hours of operation for whatever is up next. In this case, it is the Fourth of July, which produces a whole mix of places keeping normal hours, some closing early, and others taking the day off to…
Trio of New Mexico breweries combine for 6 medals at western beer competition
It was a bountiful day for three local breweries at the North American Beer Awards last weekend. Yeah, we probably should have written about this a lot sooner, but with age comes forgetfulness. Anyway, thanks to those who sent reminders and were patient. Without further ado, here are the six medals, two apiece, won by…
Canteen gets totally radical for their most excellent 30th anniversary shindig
Cue the 90s pop culture references. How many? All of them. Canteen Brewhouse is turning 30 years old and throwing it back to the decade that they started as Il Vicino Brewing with some epic events this Thursday through Sunday, with the big party set for Saturday. It was way back in 1994 that Rick…
Quarter Celtic preps for golden summer after adding to hefty medal haul
We were already a bit late on catching up with Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Meadery after they won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup last month, and then they went ahead and picked up three more medals at the Australian International Beer Awards, including a trophy for the best overall European lager. Yeah,…
Ex Novo kicks off busy summer with United in Beer and a lot more
By now, the odds are good that just about every Ex Novo fan has heard the news about the downtown taproom. We certainly did, so our apologies that it has taken this long to get to it, but life gets in the way sometimes. First, however, there is something more immediate to lead off this…
Tractor Brewing decides to have their own beer week worth of events
Just a few hours after we published our story saying good-bye to ABQ Beer Week last Thursday, an email popped up from Tractor Brewing’s events and marketing director, Jeremy Kinter. While the main ABW is done, Tractor is bringing back some of its most popular events of years past and holding their own beer week….
Painted Lady rolls out their own beers and plans new membership program
A little while back, we got word that Painted Lady was finally starting to brew their own beers. A little bit after that, we got to try a couple of those beers. And finally, Painted Lady announced on social media that the beers were available. It’s hard to keep a “secret” these days, but it…
Boxing Bear’s faithful fans pay tribute to the Corrales taproom before it closes
When we wrote our story about Boxing Bear closing their Corrales taproom, we made the request for people to share their thoughts and favorite memories. If we got enough responses, we wrote, we would put them together in a story and share them with everyone. Well, you all came through, and here are your views…
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