The Fourth of July falls on a Thursday this year, potentially giving lots of folks an extended weekend to enjoy things blowing up in the sky and cold beers in their hands. We are working on compiling the holiday-standard list of brewery opening hours, closings, and any other schedule alterations, but so far those have…
2024 edition of New Mexico IPA Challenge ready to get underway
Attention hopheads, your favorite time of the year is almost upon us. The 2024 New Mexico IPA Challenge kicks off this weekend with the elimination round, which the public does not attend, but the Crew will be there as proverbial flies on the wall to detail how it all turns out. We caught up with…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Get your Zozobra pint glasses ASAP
If you follow just about any brewery on social media, you have probably seen a post or two about the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s annual Pint Glass Day. The Guild has collaborated with New Mexico artists to create a special glass, and this year’s edition features a celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of Zozobra,…
Great New Mexico Beer Festival returns with 22 breweries in attendance
While some of us are on vacation, those still in Albuquerque and parts beyond can converge upon Balloon Fiesta Park for the Great New Mexico Beer Festival this Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. This outdoor fest was previously held in 2022. This time around there will be 22 breweries in attendance, most notably including…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating the summer solstice in style
First up, before we get into the usual accounting of new beers and events, we wanted to pass along our thoughts and hopes that everything turns out as well as possible for our friends at Downshift Brewing and Lost Hiker Brewing as the Small Fork and Salt Fires tear through the Ruidoso area. If there…
A bit of serendipity brings together duo behind new Tatted Bee Brewhouse
It was years ago when local businessman Scott Jeter got into the business of bees. He was mostly involved with safely removing large numbers of bees from public and private properties, but he ended up keeping some of those bee hives on his property. When he had too much honey on hand, Jeter had an…
Second Street Brewery to host 4th Annual Crab and Pilsner Festival this Father’s Day weekend
When I think about the reasons why I love living here in Santa Fe, its vibrant seafood scene is not exactly first on my list. But, when June rolls around, seafood, more to the point, crab, makes me feel a bit less salty about the Cerrillos traffic, and a little bit sweeter about the weird…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Kick it up a notch with annual event in Bernalillo
The biggest event of the summer in Bernalillo returns this Saturday and Sunday, all organized and sponsored by Kaktus Brewing. The Farmhouse Ale Country & Blues Festival is not necessarily a celebration of saisons, but of the season, bringing together music, games, and other activities for folks of all ages at Loretto Park both days…
Dripline Brewery nears completion after lengthy build-out in Wells Park
Long ago, in the before times, we heard rumors of another brewery moving into the Wells Park brewing district. It was before COVID, before so many other things, and it was not long until we thought it was just another project lost to time. Then we noticed the area was cleared out at the corner…
Trio of New Mexico breweries combine for 6 medals at western beer competition
It was a bountiful day for three local breweries at the North American Beer Awards last weekend. Yeah, we probably should have written about this a lot sooner, but with age comes forgetfulness. Anyway, thanks to those who sent reminders and were patient. Without further ado, here are the six medals, two apiece, won by…
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