Today is like Christmas Eve for craft beer lovers. Yes, here on May 16, an otherwise average Wednesday, the community braces itself for the start of ABQ Beer Week on Thursday. The NMDSBC is preparing for the onslaught of flavorful delights that are coming our way over the next 11 days (which, yes, I realize…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Only 4 days until 505 Five Collaboration Beer!
For the second consecutive week, this is E-Rock, bringing you beer news for the week ahead from all of the breweries in the greater Albuquerque metro area. And once again, I may even expand to cover the rest of New Mexico once I get a little better at this (I’m guessing after Beer Week). Before…
The Week Ahead in Beer—All that is fit to blog
This is E-Rock. I’ve been threatening to write this column for the past month. I just finished everything I need for my master’s degree, and I am hoping to use my newly found free time to bring news from all of the Albuquerque breweries each week. I may even expand to cover the rest of…
Beer Weekend—Release the hounds!
Well, it’s that annual event that makes the start of May a crazy time. No, not Cinco de Mayo, the latest foreign holiday that’s been turned into an excuse for Americans to get wacky. It’s my birthday. Yes, old Stoutmeister is, well, older. So what does a 34-year-old beer blogger do to celebrate? Drink beer,…
Broken Bottle Brewery opens for business
After months of anticipation, Albuquerque’s west side has its very first taphouse — Broken Bottle Brewery. Located off of Coors Blvd. just north of Irving, Broken Bottle sits in the back of a small yet cozy strip mall with neighbors Sushi King and Subway, a rather perfect location for those west-side dwellers that could use…
Tractor passes penultimate hurdle
Tractor Brewing took another big step toward being able to sell growlers again after the Environmental Planning Commission approved an amendment to the Nob Hill zoning plan Thursday afternoon. The EPC voted unanimously in favor of altering the Nob Hill Highland Sector Redevelopment Plan as there was no public opposition during the meeting. The key…
Tractor Brewing’s Pilsner: The taste of summer
Ah, spring time. Warm weather, shorts, sunlight till 8 p.m., hurricane-force winds, and intense sneezing attacks (when in NM … sometimes). After a freak snow storm earlier this week, the weather is warm again with a slight breeze, which means local watering holes now have patios, which also means summer beers are coming on tap….
Beer Weekend and the return of Shilling
Some Crew members have been very busy the past few weeks while some have been MIA. I have been one of those MIA. Between work, tending to a sick girlfriend, and even a death in my extended family, I’ve been keeping to myself mostly while neglecting my duties as a writer for this blog. Well,…
Taos Trek—Eske’s falls behind the rest
Stoutmeister and E-Rock spent the last day of March in the Taos area in Northern New Mexico, which is now home to four breweries with potentially more on the way. Our last stop on the trip was Eske’s Brew Pub and Eatery, the oldest microbrewery in the Taos area. I saved the review for last…
Taos Trek—All is good at the Ale House
Stoutmeister and E-Rock spent the last day of March in the Taos area in Northern New Mexico, which is now home to four breweries with potentially more on the way. After hitting two breweries just outside of Taos, we took the loop from Comanche Creek near Eagle Nest, up through Red River and then back…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 