How did you do in Thursday’s opening events? Did you pace yourselves properly? Or was it all too much? We hope it was a good, efficient day and night, with plenty of fun involved without going overboard. After all, it’s important to be well-rested and ready to go again, since Friday’s docket features 19 (!)…
BearFest roars back to life this weekend at Boxing Bear
If last year proved anything, it is that Albuquerque has reached the point where it can support two beer festivals at the same time. There was much rejoicing about this, as the two events — BearFest at Boxing Bear and Blues & Brews at Sandia Casino — ended up attracting different crowds, thus not truly…
ABQ Beer Week 2016: Rounding up all the fun on Day One
It’s go time, people! ABQ Beer Week 2016 swings into action today (Thursday) with 14 events, from downtown to Nob Hill to the Northeast Heights, and all points in between. There will be special tappings, beer and food pairings, live music, and a whole lot more. To help you out today and every day throughout…
Tractor plows into their fifth ABQ Beer Week
Continuing our run of ABQ Beer Week site previews, I hit up Tractor Wells Park on Tuesday afternoon. One could sense the staff knew it was the calm before the storm, the last moments of tranquility before chaos. Or maybe that was just the exhausted look on the face of Tractor public relations guru Jeremy…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Don’t forget the breweries amid the madness
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 four breweries and one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. In case you missed it, but we are guessing you…
Marble brings their A-game to ABQ Beer Week
If there is such a thing as a collective of ABQ Beer Week veterans, it has to be the staff over at Marble Brewery. They have always been one of the most involved and entertaining participants in the 11-day extravaganza. This year will bring more fun and more beer, so to sort out all the…
Rock & Brews rolls into their first ABQ Beer Week
Annnnnnnnnnnnd we’re back. We’re back with another roundup of the upcoming events of ABQ Beer Week 2016. For those of you who have taken part in the festivities in previous years, you know well enough that there are almost too many events to cover. And, for those of you who choose to debate that sentiment…
Santa Fe Brewing enters the madness of ABQ Beer Week
One of the only downsides to having an ABQ Beer Week has been a lack of participation from the breweries outside the city limits. Other than Blues & Brews, Santa Fe Brewing largely sat out the festivities in years past. This year, what with their swanky taproom at Green Jeans Farmery and all, the good…
Two Fools Tavern taps into ABQ Beer Week once again
Editor’s note: Welcome to the first of our three (!) ABQ Beer Week preview stories for Tuesday. This year we are endeavoring to provide information not just on a daily basis, but also for the places that will be hosting multiple events. Later today look for our previews of the events at Rock & Brews…
New owners feeling at home for their first ABQ Beer Week
Italian restaurant Torino’s @ Home, located on Jefferson near Journal Center, gained local fame for being featured on the Food Network show, “Diners, Dive-Ins, and Dives.” I previously thought of this establishment as a place to grab a nice dinner and glass of wine (and, it still is), but the new owners want to appeal…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 