If you know any of the Brew Crew personally, you’ll know that we are massive football/soccer fans. With tailgates and stadium brews, beer is clearly a big part of the soccer world, but seldom does that relationship go the other direction. Thankfully, New Mexico breweries are beginning to partner with our source of local pride,…
The Lager Ledger: Highlighting the most quenchable beers in New Mexico
Welcome to our new miniseries of articles to highlight the season’s best local offerings. We will be doing spot reviews on recent releases in the lager family of beers from around the state. **DISCLAIMER** Please be advised that these reviews do not indicate current availability, double check our Week Ahead in Beer posts for weekly…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Marble keeps one charitable effort alive in a new (tasty) way
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….
Gonzales keeps everyone on their feet at all Boxing Bear locations
Felicia “Fee” Gonzales is on the move these days. Oh, she is not leaving Boxing Bear Brewing, but as the director of people operations for the brewery, she is putting some miles on her car these days thanks to the expansion into three new locations over the last few years. “One of the most challenging…
Bell’s, Premier and The Storehouse team up once again to fight hunger in New Mexico
The pandemic and its associated restrictions might be winding down these days, but many of the same issues that predated it are still present in New Mexico, hunger being chief among those. So once again, Bell’s Brewery and Premier Distributing are working with local food pantries — The Storehouse in Albuquerque, The Food Depot in…
Award-winning brewer switches gears at Hollow Spirits Distillery
The last time any of us talked to Mick Hahn, he had just taken over the position of head brewer at Tractor Wells Park, having just left Turtle Mountain a few months after winning the first Great American Beer Festival gold medal in the venerable brewpub’s long history. Then, poof! Covid-19 came along, and soon…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Pick a patio, any patio for holiday weekend
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….
Boese Brothers takes advantage of slower times to add something new to its menu
Back when we sent out requests for interview times for our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series, a few breweries turned us down this year, mainly due to the simple exhaustion of talking about the pandemic and its wide-ranging effects over and over again. A few other breweries just asked us to wait a while until…
Boxing Bear hops to it with latest artist collaboration series release
A few months back, when the pandemic was still dragging along, Boxing Bear released a different take on a collaboration beer. Rather than loop in another brewery to make something tasty, the brewery staff instead joined forces with local artist Rashan Jones of High Desert Flameworks to create Just Jonesin’ Peach Cobbler Ale. That was…
Bandolero Brewery brings a fresh vibe and tasty brews and food to Clovis
In all the time that I have lived in New Mexico (1986-96, 2008-present), no members of my mother’s side of the family have ever made any part of this state my home. That changed recently when my cousin’s husband was assigned to Cannon Air Force Base, which gave me a perfectly good excuse to trek…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 