The good folks over at Brewing News have been holding their own version of March Madness for the last seven years, pitting the best IPAs across the country against each other in a tournament that started with around 30 entrants and now has 128. As our headline states, the 2014 champion is La Cumbre’s wildly…
Irish Red Challenge: The champion still reigns
The Crew, well half of us, gathered last year a week after St. Patrick’s Day to select the best Irish Red Ale that was being poured in the ABQ metro area. There were three of us choosing among just four reds, so it worked as basically a scaled-down version of our annual Super Bowl Stout…
Jubilation comes through again with Stone’s finest offerings
On a fine spring afternoon, Stoutmeister, Mrs. Solo, and I, Franz Solo, went to Jubilation for a tasting event featuring a strong selection of beers from Stone Brewing Co. The offerings included the brand new Go to IPA, Stochasticity Project: Grapefruit Slam IPA, Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale, Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean, Matt’s Burning Rosids, and…
Beer Notes: Irish Red challenge, brewer shuffle, and more
Dear lord have I had my fill of high school basketball. It’s not over until Saturday, but I’m ready to be done. The good news is I’ve made money for beer! (and other expenses, but hey, priorities) Anyway, didn’t mean to neglect the site or the current wealth of news, but a man only has…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The Red Dawn rolls on
Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. Red Ales continue to flow in…
A Farm(house) in the desert sings of spring
Franz Solo’s slew of beer reviews continues. This is good, because one of us — well, me — is gonna be buried in high school basketball coverage this week with the state tournament starting up Tuesday. Say a prayer for me. Or buy me a beer if you see my exhausted remnants at a brewery…
By Mjolnir, this is an ale!
Franz Solo has been a busy little beer drinker of late, so we asked him to share more of his favorites with all of you. Thus, a rare Saturday story from the Crew. Enjoy! — Stoutmeister While spring cleaning my beer fridge (drinking all the bombers, bottles, etc., left over from my winter stash), I…
Spring into beer at Taos Ski Valley
The good folks up at the Taos Ski Valley know there is more to life than just skiing and snowboarding. There is beer, and it is good, and it brings people to the valley even after the snow melts. To celebrate the change of seasons, the Taos Ski Valley is playing host to the Spring…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The Red Ales are coming!
Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. The first red ales of the…
Beer Notes: Local brewers play musical chairs
It has been a slow news week on the beer front, as you all have no doubt noticed from our lack of fresh content on the site. Now, part of this is due to the fact that there are a lot of rumors about brewers moving about that we have either not confirmed or we…
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