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…

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….

The mostly complete guide to Labor Day hours at New Mexico craft breweries

Well, hello there, holiday that ends summer (even though it’s still hot) and starts fall (even though Oktoberfest beers have been out for weeks now). You kinda sneaked up on us, so we’re dropping our standard guide to hours of holiday operation a little later than usual. Then again, breweries are still slowly posting that…