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 seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party. Dialogue Brewing won’t turn…
ABQ Beer Week: Day Seven unleashes a Rebel (Donut) yell
As we move into the second half of Beer Week, variety is the spice of life. Today’s events include the original beer-and-donut pairing, a special sampling/tasting, a tap takeover, a beer dinner, some beer trivia, and a special educational lecture. Add it all up and there should be something for everyone. Featured Event Every day…
Blue Grasshopper quietly opens new taproom in Wells Park
Over the weekend, the Crew was made aware that Blue Grasshopper had opened its third location down in the Wells Park neighborhood. This will eventually be home to their brewing operation, replacing the small space at the original taproom in Rio Rancho. Located at Summer and Second Street (specifically 1401 Second NW), we took a…
ABQ Beer Week: Canteen gets a little scholarly with happy hour
Editor’s note: AmyO actually wrote this story, but she was unable to set up a post with her byline on it, so we did it this way. Just want to give credit where it’s due! — Stoutmeister Each year when the ABQ Beer Week event list comes out, I immediately start scanning to look for events…
ABQ Beer Week: Day Six wants us all to say cheese with our brews
It’s a relatively quiet day by Beer Week standards, but that’s just fine, since for far too many of us it was back to the grind of work after the three-day weekend. There’s a special beer release, a sampling of a new brewery’s packaged offerings, a different sort of beer-and-cheese pairing, a full beer dinner,…
ABQ Beer Week: Day Five calls for feasting, music and more
After running ourselves ragged over the last four days, we all need a day to kick back a little. This is that day. Whether you’re feasting, dancing, singing, or whatever else you feel like doing from the list below, have a great time out there. Featured Event Every day we will pick what we consider…
ABQ Beer Week: Day Four channels your inner Lebowski
Since today is the day of the big festival, it is also the quietest day for Beer Week events. In fact, there are only two others besides Blues & Brews, and we flipped a coin to figure out which of those two to feature. In the end, if you are not going to the festival,…
ABQ Beer Week: Day Three offers up plenty of tasty treats
Every day of Beer Week seems to have a different underlying theme that covers most of that day’s events. If there is one to be found today (Saturday), it is food. Yes, today is the day of beer and food pairings galore. There’s a brunch with beer, two separate donuts-and-beer pairings, more beer-and-cheese pairings, and…
ABQ Beer Week: Food trucks prepare for battle at Red Door
As Beer Week approaches its opening weekend, calendars fill up, and schedules start to get hectic. It’s nice to take a step back and consider the important questions — specifically, who is going to win this year’s Red Door Food Truck Battle? The battle goes down from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at Red…
ABQ Beer Week: Blues & Brews beer lists are now available
Sunday will mark the return of the annual ABQ Blues & Brews Festival at Sandia Casino, and as per usual, we have done our best to track down the beer lists for the local breweries in attendance. For those who have not been before to Blues & Brews, it is a sizable festival located indoors…
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