It is not all doom and gloom out there in the craft brewing industry. Stop by Tractor Brewing and you cannot help but feel the sense of optimism and excitement, even after 25 years in business. Winning a first major gold medal certainly helped, but that was only part of the story of how 2024…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Prepping ahead for turkey time
Poor Thanksgiving, it’s the middle child of late-fall/early-winter holidays, wedged in between its more popular little brother Halloween and its all-attention-consuming big brother Christmas. As we barrel towards the turkey-flavored holiday next week, a few breweries are getting in a little fun. Rio Bravo will host their annual Friendsgiving event this Thursday at 7 p.m….
Beer Notes: Turtle Mountain makes progress, Worthogs gather and more
The news is a little slow at the moment (not that we’re trying to jinx things into ramping up around here) but we had a couple things to share, so Beer Notes shall make a triumphant return. First up, while enjoying lunch at the original Turtle Mountain Brewing last week, I bumped into owner Nico…
Kaktus Brewing keeps kicking it up a notch with unique new ideas
The Ides of November seemed like a perfectly good day to launch the 2024-25 Look Back/Look Ahead Series. For those new to following us, towards the end of every year we sit down with the folks running our breweries to review the year gone by and preview the year to come. This time around, admittedly,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Settling into the slower season
After a particularly rambunctious week on the events calendar, things are slowing down now as we barrel toward to the holiday season. Things are getting a bit quieter at the breweries, but that tends to be fine with us. We just like going out and enjoying a good conversation with friends and a couple pints…
Dripline Brewery shines in lead-up to their grand opening
Amid all of the recent doom and gloom surrounding the local craft brewing scene, this past weekend saw a new bright light shine a little hope down in the Wells Park neighborhood. After many years in planning, Dripline Brewery hosted an invite-only soft opening Saturday, welcoming a mix of friends, family, and industry colleagues to…
The tale of Lizard Tail comes to an abrupt end after a decade in business
Lizard Tail Brewing is officially no more, having shut down all of their locations this past weekend, and now confirmed by owner/brewer Dan Berry. We have mentioned in the past how hard it can be to find out the reasons why a brewery has closed, but Berry was gracious enough to sit down and chat…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Double grand openings highlight start of winter
No, it is not technically winter as defined by the world’s meteorologists, but darn, it sure feels like it outside. It’s like that bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where they just skip a season (fall, in our case). Anyway, not to lean into the doom too much, but at least we still…
Beer Notes: The uncertain fate of Lizard Tail and more to kick off cloudy week
We received the first inquiry late last week, asking if we had heard anything about Lizard Tail Brewing closing shop. At that point, we had not, but as the weekend went along, a few cryptic social media posts and a lot of word of mouth certainly indicated that the brewery and its two offsite taprooms…
Rowley Farmhouse Ales opens ¡Salud! craft bar in downtown Santa Fe
Last Friday after work, I stopped by for the soft opening of ¡Salud! by Rowley Farmhouse Ales. As someone who’s permitted many beer events at the City of Santa Fe offices, I am no stranger to the Marcy Street area, and had no issues finding parking. There’s plenty. Relax. Stepping into the clean and serene…
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