In case anyone has been living under a rock of late, the Great American Beer Festival, that annual homage to craft beer, begins Thursday and runs through Saturday in Denver. In addition to the thousands upon thousands of beer served up at the Denver Convention Center, there will be hundreds of satellite events, special tappings,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: While the brewers are away, the rest of us will play
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. A good number of our top…
Good beer for a good cause: Atalaya Search & Rescue
Good beer and good causes go hand in hand. It’s one of our favorite things as beer bloggers to write about, and one of our favorite ways for us, as beer drinkers, to help our fellow men, women, or puppies. Who doesn’t love drinking great beer, knowing that we’re supporting a real, local organization, and…
Sidetrack Brewing sets steady course for late fall opening
Downtown continues to become more of a destination for something besides just late-night chicanery. There are more condos rising up every day. A grocery store will soon join those living spaces. In that sense, it is becoming more of a neighborhood unto itself than ever before. The addition of neighborhood pubs, rather than hipster clubs,…
Former Albuquerque Brewing brewer speaks out about his firing
A little while back a friend of the Crew told us that Albuquerque Brewing Co. had fired their founding brewer, Mike Marsh, after just five months of being open. We emailed Mike to confirm or deny this, and he said it was true. He also said that he would be willing to talk about what…
Nob Hill Bar & Grill’s next special beer tapping is for an important cause
Came across this news on Friday, but elected to hold off on running it while we were all dealing with that crazy weekend. Now that things have settled down again, here is another reason (besides the beer itself) to be at Nob Hill Bar & Grill on Wednesday night. From bar manager Thomas DeCaro: Hey…
Tubs with taps: The Czech beer spa experience
M: “My thumbs are sweating.” J: “Can eyeballs sweat? ‘Cause mine are.” This was the conversation between my husband and I as we laid trapped, rolled up — torturously — in electric blankets with the heat turned all the way up in a subterranean room in the center of Prague. M: “I’m such a moist…
Matanza hopes to “kill it” in Nob Hill
A matanza translates to a killing or slaughter and comes from the Spanish action verb matar, meaning “to kill.” As a native New Mexican, I have attended a few matanzas (pig roasts) in my day, but none of these fiestas ever included 100 local craft brews on tap. In fact, the available beer was usually…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A wild and woolly weekend awaits us all
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. Lost amid all the festivals this…
Brewing and judging better beer at State Fair Pro-Am and beyond
The annual State Fair Pro-Am has come and gone for the year, and no doubt you’ve seen the RESULTS, but from competitions like these we get to see some great brewers, both pro and amateur, show off their talents as part of our New Mexico brewing scene. I spoke with John Rowley, very near-future head…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 