The Santa Fe Open brewing competition has once again come and gone, and this year the event was bigger and better than the first. Envisioned by the Sangre De Cristo Craft Brewers (the local Santa Fe homebrew club) in 2014, this event has been held in early to mid-November for home brewers and professional brewers…
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Festival overload is hurting the NM craft brewing scene
As the snow falls outside, it currently feels about as far removed from festival season as can be in New Mexico. The period that begins with ABQ Beer Week in May and ends with NM Brew Fest in October saw more festivals than ever this year. That is not a good thing. Back on Friday…
Bosque ups the ante for awesomeness
A Thursday that began with all the computers going down at the day job just turned into something far, far better. The good folks at Bosque Brewing dropped some welcome news in our laps, and we just had to make sure to share it with all of you. Next Friday, Nov. 20, from 4 to…
Bathtub Row Brewing hosts their first beer dinner
Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos is continuing to bring more events and activities to the community. The latest is their first “beer dinner,” featuring local chef Laura Hamilton of Rosebud Cafe in nearby White Rock. Six delicious-looking plates will be paired with an appropriate (and also delicious) BRB brew. A maximum of 60 people…
ABQ Brew Pub about to go out of this world with name change
Rich and Suzanne Weber started Sierra Blanca Brewing in Carrizozo back in 1996. They purchased Rio Grande Brewing in 2007 and partnered with Adam Krafft to open ABQ Brew Pub in Uptown Albuquerque in March 2010. The major brewery operation moved to Moriarty, where they now also brew for Monks’ Ale and the Isotopes. In…
The challenge to Blue Corn’s future (Part 2)
A couple months ago, I posted an article about the Challenge to Blue Corn’s Future. I wrote about a great craft beer-centric manager leaving the restaurant/brewery, and the huge void that would remain, unless his replacement was up to the task of keeping craft beer a priority. In the restaurant and brewery business, sometimes food…
La Cumbre looks to add another key staff member
A quiet Tuesday afternoon was interrupted by multiple online posts regarding a job opening at La Cumbre Brewing. The ad was for a head brewer, which left a lot of folks concerned that Daniel Jaramillo was parting ways with the company. Fear not, Daniel is not going anywhere, it is simply a re-purposing of responsibilities…
Santa Fe Brewing’s Oktoberfiesta 2015 in pictures
Santa Fe Brewing Company’s Oktoberfiesta was this last weekend, and as always, it was one big, crazy, fundraiser event! This is my third year in attendance, but it was my first year as event coordinator for Santa Fe Brewing. This was my baby, and along with the help and hard work of so many, this…
Palate Fatigue: All the hop bombs you can safely fit into one place
A while back we wrote up a full preview on Palate Fatigue, the special event being held this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at Sister Bar downtown. The only thing we did not have back then was the final list of beers that would be poured. Well, now we have them, or at least…
New breweries update: Separating rumors from fact about the coming surge
A while back we had a story where I quoted a reliable source who said there are 31 applications for either breweries or taprooms in Albuquerque alone. Needless to say, this got some people fairly stirred up. Taking away the four pending taprooms we know about (Duel in downtown, Kaktus in Nob Hill, Marble in…
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