Upslope set to make their ABQ debut at Nob Hill Bar & Grill

Adam from the Bullpen had a great interview last week with Nob Hill Bar & Grill bar manager/craft beer aficionado Thomas DeCaro about all the upcoming fun he has planned. Well, one of those plans has come to light rather quickly. Upslope Brewing Co. of Boulder, Colo., will debut their beers on tap at NHBG…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Enjoy these last days of quiet

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…

Marble’s marvelous duo of Rice and Kornke keep the brewery rolling

Before the Isotopes returned to Albuquerque to suck up all of my available free time last week, I trekked over to Marble Brewery to interview Amberley Rice and Anna Kornke, two women with very different but equally important jobs, for our ongoing NM Women in Brewing series. Amberley is Marble’s director of marketing, and as…

Blaze a trail to Las Cruces to kick off festival season

The third annual Blazin’ Brewfest will hit Las Cruces this Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m., officially kicking off festival season in New Mexico. The event will be held again on Main Street, with plenty of food trucks and live music to go with the offerings from 15 different breweries, including the event’s four host…

One last ride at the Steer

Editor’s note: None of the rest of us in the Crew could make it to the Steer before it closed, but AmyO from the Bullpen was able to file one last story from the west side establishment. It will close for good at the end of business today (Friday). If anyone else has anything you…

Thursday at the Brewer’s Table: Duel and Blue Corn join forces

You never quite know what to expect from a Thursday at the Brewer’s Table at Blue Corn Brewery, except that there will always be good beer, good food, and good company. For April’s TATBT, it was a special collaboration between Duel Brewing and Blue Corn, two of Santa Fe’s breweries known for pushing the envelope…

Santa Fe Draft Station ups their game (space)

Just when you thought there was no place for 20-somethings/Millennials to play in Santa Fe, Draft Station has expanded, adding a large gaming space to their quite lucrative taproom. This new hall includes such games as ping pong, darts, foosball, air hockey, a giant Connect Four, and the possibility of more to come. I stopped…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Farewell to the Stumbling Steer

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…

La Cumbre assistant brewer achieves rare level of certification

The word Cicerone gets thrown around a lot these days at local breweries. It is one of those terms that people have likely heard, but not necessarily understood. Even those of us in the Crew only had a somewhat vague idea of what it meant. To learn a lot more about this type of special…