Breweries have been great about tapping into local charities and nonprofits for years now. The variety of good causes supported has been extensive, and this is one of those weekends where it almost feels like every possible cause is being represented. Love to support the doggos? Head to Bosque Nob Hill on Saturday. Love to…
Open Space Brewing fuses love of the great outdoors with love of great beer
One of the best parts of traveling around New Mexico to visit various breweries is to see how each of them fit into their respective places. Some embrace small-town charm, others open into the great vastness of the outdoors. Open Space Brewing, as the name might imply, does a lot of the latter, and a…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Boxing Bear throws a party for Pink Boots Society
Boxing Bear has been hard at work for a while now building out a kitchen at their Firestone Taproom and Brewery. Well, that hard work has paid off with the food now ready to go, and at a rather opportune time. The brewery will be hosting a release party for this year’s Pink Boots Society…
Fête de la Funk: NM Brewers Guild’s first sour and funky beer fest set for Santa Fe
Do you love sour beers? No, really. It’s OK. You can admit it here. It’s a safe space. You’re amongst friends. So let me ask again, do you love sour and funk-forward beers and wish we showed them just a little more respect here in New Mexico? If you, like many others, find yourself often…
Public House 28 Brewery more than worth the long drive south
The road beckoned this past Friday, with a pair of breweries in Southern New Mexico the targets for a quick trip to both cross them off a personal goal to visit every place in the state, and to introduce them to the beer drinkers who follow our site. First up was Public House 28 Brewery,…
Taking a trek to pair of newer breweries in Southern New Mexico
It has been a little while since any of us in the Crew had the opportunity to travel to breweries in New Mexico outside the Albuquerque and Santa Fe metro areas, so long before the windy forecast popped up, I made the decision to head south for an overdue visit. Wish me luck with the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: La Cumbre lends a hoppy hand with charitable IPA
As the pollen blows and swirls around us 24-7 this time of year, a proper hop-forward beer can offer a semblance of at least momentary relief, with its strong aroma and biting flavor restoring senses dulled by juniper and elm. While we joke about IPAs as allergy relief, La Cumbre believes that a proper beer…
Fate of the Fests: Mapping out a future for craft beer events
Over the weekend, several of us in the Crew were able to enjoy the annual Cask Festival at Sidetrack Brewing. During the course of our day, we discussed more than just the tasty beers at hand, but also in how this was a model small-scale festival. That brought us back to a story that we…
Cask Festival returns to Sidetrack with varied lineup from 13 breweries
Well, first, the good news is that the annual Cask Festival is back at Sidetrack Brewing this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. The bad news is that it has sold out, so if you were not lucky enough to snag a ticket, continuing to read this could just make you sad and a bit…
Catching up with old friends and new at the old house we call Casa Vieja
In a rare event where two Crew members could get together, Stoutmeister and AmyO met up at Casa Vieja at 4541 Corrales Road in Corrales for the annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series interview. Lucky for us, we were able to meet with brewer Michael Sharpe, assistant brewer Will Robertson, and the previous owner Gary Socha…
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