The Great White North has come south

Howdy, all, hope you’re staying nice and dry amid this freakish weather. This is Stoutmeister with a little review of the beers I tried Wednesday. Yeah, I know, a bit late, and before anyone asks about the Beer Roundup, it’s on life support at this point. No one else in the Crew has time to…

Kaktus Brewing brings good craft beer back to Bernalillo

Just up the road from Albuquerque along I-25 sits the small, sleepy town of Bernalillo. Back in the day it had the Milagro Brewery, but that place did not last. Amid the post-2010 brewery boom in New Mexico, Bernalillo had been left behind until now. Kaktus Brewing is now undergoing a “soft opening” before a…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Now statewide!

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this 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 tap rooms in New Mexico. The time has finally come for…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Better late than never, right?

NOTE: The listing for Nexus is from last week (they must be packed with customers since no one is answering the phone). Once we get this week’s info we will update their section. Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is Stoutmeister filling in on this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Don’t labor for your pints this weekend

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock back to bring you another Tuesday 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 tap rooms in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and…

Fighting that post-major-beer-event-malaise

Happy Friday, beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with one of those posts where I write about a bunch of stuff that we hope to write in the future. Yeah, it’s kind of lazy, but it’s what we’ve got right now. There is always that period of post-event exhaustion. Now, the IPA Challenge did not wear us…

Meet me at the Fair for another beer competition

Before the actual NM State Fair kicks off — and come on, you know it’s coming soon since friend of the Crew Lauren Poole is playing Lynette in the commercials again — they hold a Pro-Am competition where a bunch of judges figure out some of the best beers in the land. Our friends at…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Back to school

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock back to bring you another Tuesday 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 tap rooms in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and…

IPA Challenge: And the winner is …

For the first time in the 12-year history of the IPA Challenge, a brewery outside of the Albuquerque metro area will take the trophy home. Blue Corn’s Resurgence captured the title with a resounding victory after the fourth and final round at Marble’s downtown pub on Saturday afternoon. “It’s pretty good,” said Blue Corn brewer…

IPA Challenge: Blue Corn takes command after Round 3

Stoutmeister here with the recap of round three of the IPA Challenge on Friday night, with E-Rock sending the info down from Santa Fe Brewing. The big news is that Blue Corn’s Resurgence has seized control of the competition with Saturday’s big final round at Marble’s downtown pub looming. The good news is 100 voters,…