The Week Ahead in Beer: So many big, beautiful brews, so little time

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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. It is rare that I say…

Bosque aiming high in the coming year after a wild 2015

The most obvious evidence of Bosque Brewing’s big 2015 came in the form of the successful opening of the Nob Hill Public House. Or, perhaps it was in all of those bottle releases. Then again, maybe it was their victories in the National IPA Challenge and New Mexico IPA Challenge, plus a gold medal at…

La Cumbre has no plans to slow down in 2016 after a busy 2015

Wow, where has this year gone? Is it really time to start our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series? Why, yes it is, and once again we kick things off with La Cumbre. For those new readers, this series is meant to give brewers and/or brewery owners a chance to recap the year that was and…

Picking out the newsy tidbits from Bosque Insider event

The other night three of us in the Crew — myself, Adam, and AmyO — got a chance to be a part of the first Bosque Insider event. This invite-only experience happened inside the brewery, where we got to try out some of Bosque’s new food items paired with specific new beers. More on that…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Get in the holiday beer spirit

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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. It is finally December, so I…

The Crew’s brewery merchandise guide for 2015

As we did last year, the Crew (and I do mean almost all of us) has put together a brewery merchandise guide for all of you just in time for your holiday shopping. Hey, it might be nice to just buy people beer, but sometimes they need more in life, like cool shirts, hoodies, growlers,…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Brace yourselves for Black Beer Friday

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 a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. If you are feeling especially terrified…

The future of NM brewing: Gaining an insider’s perspective

The Crew met Angelo Orona back when he was working in the sales department for Marble Brewery. We could tell from the beginning that it was not just a job for Angelo, but a passion for good craft beer. Even after Marble’s early 2014 upheaval left the entire sales staff heading off to new jobs,…

The second annual Santa Fe Open brewing competition was another success

The Santa Fe Open brewing competition has once again come and gone, and this year the event was bigger and better than the first. Envisioned by the Sangre De Cristo Craft Brewers (the local Santa Fe homebrew club) in 2014, this event has been held in early to mid-November for home brewers and professional brewers…