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…

Shenanigans reigned on 505 Collaboration brew day

One of the perks of this job, if you can really call it a job, is to go behind the scenes at the breweries and hang out with the many characters who brew for a living. Well, imagine taking many of your favorite people from breweries all over town and then jamming them into a…

Psst … It’s open! BRB quietly opens their doors in Los Alamos

Bathtub Row Brewing in Los Alamos has opened their doors at last! Wednesday’s opening was of the “soft” variety, meaning that the the actual grand opening will be in May. In addition, until the brewing equipment is fully up and running, they will be serving a variety of New Mexico beers from esteemed establishments such…

Marble’s Gonzalez keeps the taprooms humming amid the chaos

After a little lull, otherwise known as “I had to cover the Isotopes’ opening homestand,” the Crew is restarting our series on NM Women in Brewing. At long last, we are delving into the (many) women working in key positions down at Marble Brewery. Being a tad busy right now with their Anniversary Week, rather…