After a close vote in the first round in Santa Fe two weeks, there was a landslide of votes in Albuquerque for Gravity Bound Brewing at the 2024 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge final round. It was a second win three years for Gravity Bound, which racked up a total of 106 votes between…
Hop bombs will be on target for final round of IPA Challenge at Bow & Arrow
The New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge will wrap up with a three-session final round at Bow & Arrow Brewing this Saturday. The staggered times will be at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., with tickets available online (we recommend buying in advance, as there is no guarantee any will be left at the door)….
Nexus stays optimistic even in the face of lengthy I-25 renovation work
Anyone driving up and down Interstate 25 at night north of the Big I has seen the first stages of a major construction project getting underway from the Comanche exit to the Jefferson exit. It is expected to begin in earnest in August and last through the spring of 2027. Of all the breweries in…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Downshift determined to revive Ruidoso
The good folks at Downshift Brewing, and everyone else down in Ruidoso, have been through the summer of hell, to put it mildly. No sooner had they started to recover from the South Fork Fire and Salt Fire, which combined to destroy 1,500 structures in town, but then came the monsoon rains and flash floods…
Boxing Bear hits the ring with 10 days of events for their 10th anniversary
There is always something fun about trying to tie a numbered anniversary to an event or beer at a brewery. Do a triple IPA for a third anniversary. Toss seven hops in an IPA for a seventh. Things of that nature. Boxing Bear Brewing, though, decided to just go all-out and schedule 10 days worth…
The Week Ahead in Beer: So many anniversary parties, so little time
After last week’s onslaught of new beers (most of which had to be added over and over to this after the original posting), we had hoped that this would be a nice, relaxing week. Who were we kidding? No, it’s a big weekend for anniversaries. We already shared some details on Flock of Moons’ first…
Flock of Moons prepares to celebrate after a whirlwind of a first year
It seems like only yesterday that I sat down at Flock of Moons and did a running account of the first hour of business at the new brewery at 111 Harvard Dr SE. Except that it was not yesterday, it was a whole year ago. My oh my, how time flies. Of course, that means…
Gravity Bound takes the lead after first round of 2024 NMIPAC in Santa Fe
In case anyone missed the news that we shared on Facebook (and if you’re not on that app, you’re probably a happier human) on Saturday, the first round of the 2024 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge posted the voting totals with Gravity Bound out in front. The 2022 champions racked up 19 votes out…
Full steam ahead: Nuckolls Brewing Co. gets rolling in its first year
Last time we sat down with Nuckolls Brewing Co., they had just opened their doors to the public. Their brewer had just completed her second week working full-time at the brewery. The kitchen was open, but the menu was still in planning. There was one Nuckolls brew on tap. The downstairs bar was being used…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Enjoy a little bit of anything and everything
This is shaping up to be one of those scattered weeks, without a singular theme, but still with a lot to do and quite a few new beers to enjoy. There’s some comedy, a couple monthly events (one with a decidedly fun 80s theme), a little metal, a vendor market, and of course the first…
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