As we continue our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, we checked in with Boese Brew Co. to see how their past year has gone and what interesting plans they have in store for us in 2023. Boese Brew Co. has expanded their operations (quite impressively) in the past few years, and they’ve done a fabulous job…
Gravity Bound enjoys its first normal year and now aims for ambitious 2023
Gravity Bound Brewing discovered something new in 2022 — normalcy. The brewery that opened in the middle of the pandemic lockdown finally found out what a regular year of business looks like, as brothers and co-owners Chris (general manager) and Cameron Frigon (head brewer) told me last week when we sat down for their Look…
Ex Novo aims to help further downtown revitalization with huge new taproom
Unless you have boycotted social media entirely, and we would understand why, it was probably impossible to miss the big announcement Thursday that Ex Novo Brewing will be opening a new taproom downtown. This new spot will take over the former Firestone garage on the northwest corner of the intersection of Central and Seventh Street,…
WinterBrew returns to original home at the Railyard for its 11th annual edition
We have far too few festivals in Santa Fe, fewer after that recent Marvel-sized blip in history (as far as events go), and fewer still that are specifically designed around the celebration of Independent Craft Beverages. But, WinterBrew (oh, how we love you!), every year, does the trick, hits that spot, fulfills that need to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Well, someone has to enjoy the dark days of winter
As most of you probably know by now, our name does not derive from some Star Wars reference, but instead from our love of the darkest beers and blackest metal. So while many tend to fret and hide from the onset of a serious burst of winter weather, we are rather pleased with the gray…
Kaktus Brewing keeps clicking with an eye on a more educational approach
A Saturday drive up I-25 to Bernalillo went a little quicker than anticipated, so I arrived a bit early at Kaktus Brewing for a rare weekend interview for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. While owner Dana Koller was busy getting things set up for the eventual on-rush of customers coming to see the jazz band…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The world is terrible so hide in a brewery or two
The ashes of your fantasy team have been cast into the winter winds. Your favorite football team didn’t make the playoffs. We are months away from filling out brackets and ignoring work more than usual. New Mexico can’t figure out what season is supposed to be happening now. These are dark days. Our advice? Take…
La Reforma enjoys a year of relative normalcy after past ups and downs
It’s business as usual over at La Reforma, which is interesting in that business as usual has never really existed since it opened in mid-2019. I sat down with co-owner John Gozigian for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series to go over what amounted to 12 months of normalcy, and what the plans are for another…
The Year in Beer: The Crew picks our favorites from the last 12 months
Back before the holidays, I sent an email out to the rest of the Crew to start making their picks for some best of the year elements in the world of craft beer. I did not follow that up with a text, so then I had to email them again, because that is what happens…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Get creative to show some extra support in January
With the advent of Dry January and all those New Year’s resolutions in general, January tends to be one of the toughest months of the year for breweries in terms of keeping those sales numbers up. Now, we don’t want anyone to overdo it in terms of drinking to show more support to your favorite…
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