Last year, the Crew was heading back from our tour of the southeast breweries when we made the rather crazy decision to suddenly head over to Silver City to catch Toad Fest at Little Toad Creek. This small-but-fun festival, run by the NM Brewers Guild, is a fun way for folks in the southwest corner…
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New brewer seeks to unlock the potential of Red Door
A few months ago, the Crew was surprised to see an advertisement for a head brewer position at Red Door Brewing. We were less surprised by the identity of the person who eventually earned the right to succeed founding brewer Wayne Martinez. Matt Meier, formerly of La Cumbre and Marble, has taken the reins at…
Marble turns 10: A most Marbelous staff reflects on decade gone by
Marble brewmaster Josh Trujillo was having a normal day at the Heights taproom when I dropped by last week to ask him one question. What does 10 years of Marble mean to you? “Man, I think that’s the toughest question you’ve ever asked me,” he replied, which is saying something, considering that I have been…
Marble turns 10: Packing the week with one fun event after another
In case anyone has somehow missed it, Marble Brewery is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. The first in a wave of modern craft breweries in New Mexico, Marble has set so many standards for the industry that we felt it would only be appropriate if we went out and put together a week’s worth…
Tart at Heart returns for a 4th go-around at Sister
Sour lovers can rejoice for the fourth time as Tart at Heart is set to return to Sister on April 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. To get the scoop, I sat down with organizer Angelo Orona of Craft King Consulting over beers this week. “It’s going to be a similar approach as the (three)…
The NMDSBC presents the 2nd annual Cask Festival at Blue Corn
This Friday, Blue Corn is hosting their second annual Cask Festival at the southside location, bringing together at least half of the operational breweries north of La Bajada hill. OK, Burqueños, that’s that big hill between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Blue Corn organized this special event with seven excellent breweries on the roster, including one…
Clear vs. Haze: Debating the future of the IPA style
An interesting article about craft beer trends was shared to the New Mexico Lets Talk Craft Beer page on Facebook this morning. It asked if a brewery could be considered a sellout if it goes all-in too heavily on hazy IPAs, putting profit ahead of variety and quality. Well, leaving out the fact that the…
Rock & Brews offers up multi-brewery beer dinner
Beer dinners are plentiful in this day and age, but they are almost always limited to a single brewery’s offerings. Well, the folks at Rock & Brews decided that it was time to pair up some of their excellent food with beers from more than one brewery. The dinner will take place Tuesday night at…
There will be no 5-peat for New Mexico at National IPA Challenge
The National IPA Challenge hit the fast forward button and released the final results of the competition today (Monday). Sadly, the last New Mexico entry, Canteen’s Hop Baller, did not make it to the medal stand, ending a four-year run of local IPAs claiming the title. Trickster’s Brewing’s JuiceBox IPA beat Hop Baller in the…
Skiesta kicks off spring beer festival season
This Saturday, the Los Alamos Ski Club is hosting its 70th (!) annual Skiesta festival at Pajarito Mountain, just outside of Los Alamos. Given the extremely dry winter that’s wrapping up, the notion of a festival celebrating skiing may elicit a sigh or a yawn, but rest assured the show will go on! There will…
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