This is E-Rock, back to bring you the news on what’s new in Albuquerque-area craft breweries. As you may have already known and/or forgot, Father’s Day is on Sunday. So what do you get for the dad who has everything? Beer of course! Heck, get him beer even if he doesn’t have everything. Lucky for…
Clearing out the beer notebook
Beer Week is in the rearview mirror, but the Crew has stayed busy visiting breweries, drinking beer, and then procrastinating any writing about those beers. Yeah, sometimes we’re just really lazy. Or really busy, like this past weekend (yours truly, Stoutmeister, spent about 10 hours or so covering the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic;…
Tractor passes through City Council gauntlet
Take a deep breath, loyal patrons. Only one more hurdle remains before Tractor can start selling growlers again. Yes, one more hurdle. Welcome to the fun of city government. In this case, however, it is hard to slam the City of Albuquerque, which has done good by Nob Hill’s favorite tap room. Tractor went before…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Summer Beers are Here Again!
This is E-Rock, your friendly neighborhood beer reviewer, here to bring you tidings of summer and, more importantly, the summer beers that are gracing the Albuquerque-area craft beer scene. We are starting to see the unveiling of new ales, bocks, and creams all over the city. Chama River has a slew of new summer beers…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Back to business as usual
This is E-Rock, here for a special Tuesday installment of the Week Ahead in Beer. I took yesterday off to observe Memorial Day, recover from Blues and Brews, and relax with fellow beer drinkers and music lovers at Marble. But now it’s time to get back to business. A lot of beer was consumed in…
Beer Week: And so it ends
Well, that’s all she wrote, the fat lady has sung, the sun has set, and 8000 other cliches. ABQ Beer Week 2012 has come to a close with Blues & Brews as the mega-sized finish to all the fun. Thank goodness, because E-Rock needs a nap. With others working or ailing, he put the Crew…
Beer Week: Finishing with a flourish
First off, happy birthday to Franz Solo, who turns the big 3-0 today (Saturday), though the celebration began last night as he and E-Rock took in some more ABQ Beer Week events before I caught up to them to close the night out at Marble and Tractor. E-Rock recaps things below, since after all, we…
Beer Week: Colorado and Oregon invade, we approve
E-Rock and Franz Solo each made trips out for Thursday’s ABQ Beer Week events in Nob Hill. They offer up their thoughts on all the great beers that were available. Once again, I found myself at beer tastings on Nob Hill. I started the day’s tastings at Two Fools where I ran into the ABQ…
Beer Week: The reality of real ales
E-Rock reports on his ABQ Beer Week experience from Wednesday: After spending most of Tuesday at several different establishments doing beer tastings, I decided to take it easy and enjoy Marble’s Real Ale night. Marble had three cask beers to choose from, including their Maibock (7.0% ABV), Doppel Bock (7.0%), and the collaboration beer 505…
Beer Week: E-Rock tackles taste-a-palooza
Many breweries had tastings on Tuesday night. I made it to four different establishments to see what was new for Beer Week. I started the evening at Two Fools where Sierra Nevada released Hoptimum (100 IBU, 7.8% ABV). This dry and hoppy double IPA was what Stoutmeister would refer to as a kung-fu kick to…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 