Normally, when one of us gets a text from a brewer, it pertains to a beer release, or perhaps a question about something related to his/her brewery. On Thursday afternoon, it was a text from eagle-eyed Ponderosa head brewer Antonio Fernandez that let us know about a surprising Facebook post from another brewery here in…
La Cumbre Brewing does what it does best and crafts an IPA for a good cause
One special beer release from La Cumbre Brewing caught our eye this week, so we reached out to owner/master brewer Jeff Erway over email to learn a little more about their new IPA that was brewed for a good cause. Juntos IPA will be released Friday in cans at both taprooms only. The proceeds are…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Gravity Bound celebrates another milestone marker
Gravity Bound Brewing is one of the best small brewery success stories we have seen in recent years. It opened in the middle of the shutdown portion of the pandemic with little hype, but quickly built a huge word-of-mouth following and positive reputation for its innovative beers and laid-back atmosphere. The co-owning brotherly duo of…
Great New Mexico Beer Fest takes flight at Balloon Fiesta Park this Saturday
In the pre-COVID times, there was always a bit of an unusual gap in the middle of the New Mexico summer between major events. From ABQ Blues & Brews on Memorial Day weekend until the start of the NM IPA Challenge in July, there were no large-scale events in the Albuquerque metro area. Enter Dean…
High and Dry teams up with Red Mesa once again for collab IPA and concert
The wonderful symbiotic relationship between local craft breweries and local music continues this Saturday at High and Dry Brewing. For a second time, the brewery has teamed up with the heavy desert rock band Red Mesa to create a special IPA, and this time it will be released with a full, live music performance. Last…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Events galore as summer kicks into high gear
You know it’s summer when it’s not only insanely hot outside, the beer events calendar is also beginning to overflow with events. Saturday alone is packed, with Kaktus’ Farm House Ale Event in Bernalillo, multiple breweries attending Heights Summerfest, a special music-and-collab-beer-release event at High and Dry, a musical tribute show at Thirsty Eye, and…
Quartet of local breweries pick up 8 medals at North American Beer Awards
The North American Brewers Association announced the winners of the annual NABA on Saturday, and four Albuquerque area breweries earned a combined eight medals. Bow & Arrow, Boxing Bear, Nexus, and Sobremesa added some new hardware, all either bronze or silver medals. Sobremesa earned three medals, claiming a silver for Atrisco Amber in the American-Style…
ABQ Beer Week: Get a good education in all things brewing on Day Ten
Well, first up, apologies for not posting a Day Nine preview on Friday. Between beer flights at Levante Brewing, and … well, that alone explains most of it. If you are ever in the suburbs of Philadelphia, make sure to hit up this place, or add it to your next beer shipment. Anyway, the only…
ABQ Beer Week: Go nuts for donuts and brews paired together on Day Eight
It’s another fairly quiet night on Day Eight. Well, unless you love donuts and beer. Then you may be shouting to the heavens with joy at the news that Tractor and Rebel Donut are teaming up again, this time with pairings at all the taprooms. They did it at one last year, and it sold…
ABQ Beer Week: Breweries keep things quite cozy on a quaint Day Seven
After Tuesday featured just one event, things snap back to normal with multiple events today (Wednesday). A Los Ranchos brewery comes to the Sawmill District, Marble rolls out a new beer in cans and on draft, and Tractor and Brew Lab 101 have some of their regular events in the evening. Featured Event Every day…
