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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, and one in Las Cruces also joining the party. Turtle Mountain is celebrating its 19th anniversary with more…
Beer Notes: New brewery updates and political headaches
It has been a while since we busted out some Beer Notes, but the news was piling up in our inbox, so here we go again. New brewery updates By our count, there are 20 forthcoming breweries, plus one that just opened. Alas, there is also another that closed, as we note below. First up,…
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…
Only one New Mexico IPA still alive in National IPA Challenge
The Dandy Dozen was reduced to six at the National IPA Challenge this weekend, with one of the two remaining New Mexico entries advancing to the championship qualifier of its respective bracket. It probably was not the one most people expected. Two-time past champion Scale Tipper from Bosque was ousted in the fifth round, while…
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…
Santa Fe Brewing goes from new packaging in 2017 to new taproom(s) in 2018
By now, we imagine that you have heard the news that Santa Fe Brewing Company is opening a third off-site taproom in downtown Santa Fe. With the announcements on social media and in the newspapers, the word has officially gotten out on the opening of their new little speakeasy. Believe me, the irony is not…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Options abound for St. Patrick’s Day fun
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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. We noted last week that there might be a few possibilities for some…
Steel Bender goes big for its 1st anniversary
The good folks at Steel Bender Brewyard are fond of pointing out the fact that they never technically had a grand opening last year. To make up for it, they are stretching out the one-year anniversary of Los Ranchos’ brewpub over four days this week. Here is the lowdown of what is happening on each…
Palmer Brewery looks to build on busy first full year of operation
After a few missed attempts with other staff members, I finally sat down with head brewer and co-owner Rob Palmer for a very brief interview about the year in review for the first full year of Palmer Brewery. It is easy to see why it was difficult for us to find a time to meet…
National IPA Challenge: Only 2 New Mexico entries remain
The many brackets of the National IPA Challenge are down to just a few remaining hop bombs, with only two New Mexico entries advancing to the fifth round. Bosque’s Scale Tipper, a two-time past champion, and Canteen’s Hop Baller are all that remains from the original list of 42 local beers that started the competition….
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