It seems only fitting that on Champions League Saturday, a number of New Mexico breweries could claim some championships of their own. In this case, the North American Beer Awards handed out the hardware and six breweries from our state each won one or more medals. Leading the way in total medals was Blue Corn…
Winter could be over … head to the mountains for beer!
It looks like winter broke just in time for Summerfest! The annual Pararito Mountain beer festival is being held Saturday at the ski area near Los Alamos. As always, this is not just a “come and drink beer until you’re silly” event. The ski hill provides a great location for outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain…
Sister taps into Boulder and aims for bigger things in the future
Editor’s note: We just received one more story from our last Beer Week correspondent, Julie, who has been on the road and could not get this to us any sooner. (She is currently in Flagstaff learning good things about Mother Road.) But since it contains info beyond just the event itself, it seemed prudent to…
NM Brewery Spotlight: Blue Heron Brewing Co.
While Stoutmeister and the Crew were working feverishly to bring you daily news on ABQ Beer Week, I was up north, enjoying the quiet, the fresh air, and a few Walden’s Pond moments, as well as allowing my liver a brief respite. As it turns out, it’s taken me a couple weeks to get over all the fun we had during Santa…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Slowing down before revving up again
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…
ABQ Beer Week 2015: That’s a wrap in photos
Greetings, everyone. Hope you are all well-rested now. If not, get on that. ABQ Beer Week was bigger and better than ever, but after 11 days of beer events, we all have to admit we are pretty darn tired. It was an exhausting affair. At least it was fun. So much fun. So much fun…
ABQ Beer Week 2015: All’s well that ends well on Day Eleven
And so it ends. ABQ Beer Week will wrap up with a handful of events on this lovely Sunday. While not all of us in the Crew have been able to be everywhere, we felt we hit the best events, and fear not, we will work on a giant compilation of all our favorite beers…
ABQ Beer Week 2015: Feeling zen with a little collaboration on Day Ten
Teamwork is always a good thing, but when is it at its best? Simple, when two breweries get together and collaborate on a beer. That is happening more than once here on Saturday as Canteen and Bosque team up for Hoppiness Envy IPA, while La Cumbre and Odell have Paridisal Pale Ale down at Sister…
Bathtub Row Brewing: Meet the staff and plan for the grand opening
Greetings, gang! As you all should know by now, Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos had a “soft” opening several weeks ago. The place has been a very welcome addition to the local beer scene (which basically consisted of a good beer pub and a surprisingly nice beer bar within our mega-grocery store). BRB is planning…
ABQ Beer Week 2015: Reviewing the second Marble Beer, Cheese, & More
Editor’s note: Our correspondent Laura lives not too far away from Marble Westside, so she was more than willing to tackle the second Beer, Cheese, & More on Wednesday night. Just as much as Kristin loved the first event downtown, we would say Laura enjoyed this one, too. — Stoutmeister Upon arriving at this event,…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 