You know a brewery’s anniversary is a big deal when they send out a full press release. That was the case this week as Nexus Brewery announced that its (slightly delayed) 10th anniversary celebration has arrived, with food, fun, and new beers on tap. The party will be held this Saturday and Sunday at the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Slowly getting back into the events groove
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
New Mexico Brewers Guild unveils 2021 events calendar
Thanks to an out-of-nowhere stomach bug, yours truly has been on the injured list over the last 24-hours-plus. While that has kept me from venturing out to talk to any brewery folks, it does not mean that the beer news has stopped. The New Mexico Brewers Guild included the events calendar for 2021 in its…
High and Dry slings some wieners while other breweries alter their hours for Fourth of July
A quick glance at the calendar on your phone (or your wall, if you are old fashioned) shows that this Sunday is the Fourth of July, that annual holiday where grilling is a must and making things go boom tends to happen, even amidst a terrible drought (be extra careful this year, please). As with…
The great reopening: Most breweries ready for full occupancy
Unless you have been in a complete boycott of all things news and social media, by now you are aware that today, on this first of July, the state of New Mexico is lifting all pandemic restrictions and allowing businesses to fully reopen. That, of course, includes our 80-plus craft breweries throughout the state, so…
Marble and Meow Wolf team up for unique new collaboration beer
The days of collaboration beers just being between two (or more) breweries have been over for a while now. As if to hammer that point home, one of the biggest breweries in the state is teaming up with one of the most unique art collectives on the planet this week. Marble Brewery and Meow Wolf…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Run, do not walk, to load up on brews
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
JUNO picks up where Dialogue left off and then looks to go beyond
It is not exactly a theme, but for the second time this year, a brewery lost to the pandemic has come back to life, with new owners and a new name. JUNO is the new brewery that has taken the place of Dialogue Brewing at 1501 First Street NW, following in the footsteps of Lizard…
Second Street’s passion for the game goes Beyond the Pitch
Today (Friday), Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe is releasing Beyond the Pitch, a canned beer collaboration with The Curse, one of the official supporters groups of New Mexico United. With the can release date bearing down on the goal like a forward with a good lead-in, I rushed in to catch up with head…
Beer Notes: Updates on all the new places still in progress
With the recent openings (re-openings?) of two closed-turned-new-breweries — Lizard Tail Industrial (neé Cantero) and Juno (ex-Dialogue) — we figured it might be a good time to catch up on what is still in the forthcoming brewery/taproom pipeline. Also, our planned story for today fell through, so here we are, going to Plan B. Got an…
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