Ballast Point has certainly found a nice, comfortable niche in New Mexico. If you look around, you’ll notice plenty of taps flowing with those San Diego suds. It’s certainly been exciting to see what new beers would find their ways to the shelves of places such as Jubilation in Albuquerque and Susan’s Fine Wine &…
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Rock & Brews celebrated Christmas in July and Kaktus made a … pickle beer?
Greetings, gang. This is one of those recap kind of stories, so it’s about some things you already missed. Sorry! I, your Los Alamos correspondent, actually got down to Albuquerque on a Thursday night. We were going down anyway, so we checked out a couple of interesting-sounding beer events. The first was Rock & Brews…
Second Street finds room to grow with huge new location
A while back in our Look Back/Look Ahead Series story on Second Street Brewery, we learned that they already had plans in the works for quite a large expansion. More recently, Second Street made it official in a Santa Fe New Mexican article, and the cat was officially out of the bag. We in the…
Firestone Walker strolls into New Mexico
We’ve been waiting. Yes, that is directed at you Firestone Walker. It’s been about four years, four months and counting since I moved to the Land of Enchantment. Four years and four months of stuffing my checked bags with Union Jack and Wookey Jack whenever I traveled out of state. But hey, all seems to…
Nob Hill becomes beer epicenter of this weekend and beyond
Oh, Nob Hill. You wonderful little place, except for your lack of parking. Home to three taprooms, several beer bars, and that place with the nice patio. This Saturday, it will also be home to one small-but-awesome event, and one very large event. Then comes Tuesday, with another small-but-awesome. First up, Ballast Point will be…
Firkin Brewhouse up and running despite an uncertain future
Divorce is never a pretty thing. Even in the craft beer business. A few months ago, Firkin Brewhouse went from being just another new brewery looking to make their mark to a vortex of controversy and in-fighting, the likes of which had not been seen in Albuquerque in a long time. Things have settled down,…
Marble continues upward trajectory with rooftop deck
It can be hard to beat the view at Marble Brewery. No, not like that, we are referring to the new downtown rooftop deck, which opens to the public today (Friday) at 4 p.m. The staff was putting the finishing touches on the space Thursday afternoon before Brew Club members could hang out. The deck…
Alien Brew Pub expands their (beer) universe
This week, I had the pleasure of briefly speaking with Ben Couger and John Gonzales at Alien Brew Pub to get an update on their small batch program. I am really glad I stopped by, because there is exciting news. John tells me that ABP will be starting a Firkin Friday (hopefully beginning next week,…
La Cumbre and Ska join forces to create an outstanding summer beer
There is always something a little extra special about a collaboration beer. The notion of two great breweries coming together to combine their powers for the goodness of all just warms the heart. In these extra warm days, when that collaboration beer fits perfectly into summer, it can be all the better. La Cumbre and…
Quarter Celtic brews up their version of the Biggest Small Beer Ever
Quarter Celtic started teasing everyone a while back that they had something in the works that was rather unique. The Crew got tipped off to what it was, but we were nice and stayed quiet. (There is no truth to the rumor we were bribed with free BOWL OF MEAT or anything like that.) Finally,…
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