It was not quite doomsday for New Mexico craft breweries, but it will still be another financial hit in a year full of them after Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham amended the public health orders Thursday afternoon. Breweries and restaurants will no longer be allowed to have indoor dining/drinking beginning this Monday. Patios may remain open…
The Crew reviews Marble’s Heller Bock and finds a perfect way to beat the heat
With the governor’s next press conference looming this afternoon, and most breweries sweating it out already, we decided this morning needed a little levity. After Marble’s Geraldine Lucero generously donated a couple of six-packs of the new Heller Bock on Tuesday afternoon, we gathered on Zoom for the first time in a while for our…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Ex Novo brings back a fan favorite
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Marble goes to Heller (and) Bock with new canned seasonal
The annual seasonal releases at Marble Brewery have become staples in the craft beer community for many years now, from Reserve Ale and Imperial Stout at the end of the year to other big hits like White Out and Pumpkin Noir. This year, however, a number of new additions to the seasonal menu have taken…
The smallest breweries have faced some of the biggest challenges this year
Since the breweries have begun to reopen to customers in the last month, we have tackled the big ones, the ones with food, and those known for hosting events. Then there are the smallest breweries, the places that did not have canning lines, or kitchens, or a decade or more of history to fall back…
Beer Notes: The we-wish-we-had-better-news-to-share weekend edition
It is rare that we publish stories on Sundays, but these are strange times, and unfortunately the bad news has been piling up since Friday. We wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the following news items, so here we go. Taos Mesa Brewing needs our support At about 2:30 a.m. Thursday, the owners…
A quick guide to brewery hours on the Fourth of July
Just in case you are in a state where all days blur together, you might have missed that Saturday is the Fourth of July. We kinda forgot to ask for any changes in hours among the breweries for The Week Ahead in Beer, so out went a new request for info Thursday morning. So far,…
For Casa Vieja it’s all about location, location, location
Unlike some breweries, Casa Vieja in Corrales elected not to wait until the Governor’s initial shutdown order in mid-March. They shut down about a week before she actually “pulled the plug,” as owner Gary Socha told me. This is but one example of how protective Gary is over his customer base. As it turns out,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Finding all the positive news out there amid the gloom
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
We can all agree this has been a “Mother” of a time for Broken Trail
I recently had the (long overdue on my part) opportunity to catch up with Matt Simonds, owner of Broken Trail Spirits & Brew. I asked him to take me through a timeline of what has happened since the dark day New Mexico first shut down in March. Matt said it is all, unfortunately, very vivid…
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