Spring hath sprung! Pink and white flowers abound in trees everywhere, the skies are at war between wind, rain, snow, and sun. Catch some awesome hops for a marvelous cause this Thursday, and then indulge in all things coffee and chocolate and beyond, this weekend at Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest. Hop Heroine Pale Ale,…
Bathtub Row hosts beer release event in support of Pink Boots Society
To celebrate the contributions of women in the brewing industry, Los Alamos’s Bathtub Row Brewing is having a special beer release event today (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. The beer is Pretty in Pink Pale (made with hibiscus and raspberry), a special recipe devised by the female employees of Bathtub Row. In addition to celebrating Women’s…
Second Street Brewery set to close its original location after 24 years
Unexpected news hit our inbox on Wednesday afternoon as Second Street Brewery informed us that they had made the difficult decision to close their original namesake location on Second Street in Santa Fe. The final day of business will be April 9. The good news is that the Rufina and Railyard locations will remain open,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Bow & Arrow anniversary bash features 4 new brews
We often joke about how a person can experience all four seasons in one week in New Mexico, but this is getting kind of ridiculous. Anyway, it should be back to springtime temps this week, and there’s plenty going on at the breweries to pull us all off the couches. Bow & Arrow is celebrating…
Steel Bender and NMDSBC team up to create Spring of Deception Maibock
After six years, the Dark Side Brew Crew and Steel Bender have finally collaborated on a seasonal beer. We woke up way too early (for me, anyway) Tuesday morning on a proper German weather day and trekked over to Los Ranchos to team up with director of brewing operations Bob Haggerty on creating the lightest…
Rumor Brewing aims for greater consistency as summer draws near
It was the late summer the last time I drove out to Cedar Crest to talk to Rumor Brewing owner/brewer Patrick Johnson about the name change from Ale Republic. He felt it was even more recent than that, as time is flying again for everyone in the East Mountains. “I think things seem to be…
Embrace the shenanigans as breweries celebrate all that is St. Patrick’s Day
Two years ago, I sat in a mostly empty Quarter Celtic Brewpub, where the bar stools were gone, the tables were spaced widely apart, and there was minimal chatter from the staff and the scattered patrons. It was the saddest St. Patrick’s Day that I could ever recall as the pandemic was about to come…
The Week Ahead In Beer: Irish I had a little bit more stout!
The Ides of Smarch (it may be a made up month from The Simpsons, but we denizens of Burque all know the fickle and ever changing nature of this particular month) are upon us! Stouts, Irish Red Ales, meats, potatoes, cabbage, green beer, and stout cakes mean that spring has nearly sprung! This one hits…
Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery adapts to life on the Westside
Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery has never really known what normal life is like. It was one of three breweries, along with Gravity Bound and ReSource, to open in 2020 while the pandemic and its many restrictions were still raging. Now, with most of that (knock on wood) in the past, the staff at Sobremesa is…
Steel Bender goes all out with 5 special releases and more for 5th anniversary
Back in the days of yore, brewery anniversary parties were often a very big deal, with special events, multiple beer releases, and more. The pandemic muted all of that in 2020 and 2021, but now things are ramping up again, with Steel Bender Brewyard out in front with a five-day celebration to mark its fifth…
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