Beer Creek Brewing Company has been tested before. The men (and ladies) of Beer Creek have had to prove their toughness and steadfastness many times before out in the middle of what one might consider nowhere, and especially in a location whose history had seen nothing but failure in the past. But, nothing had tested…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Digging out from the can avalanche
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….
Brewery Patio Bracket Round Two: The struggle in the North rages on as well as in the Burbs
Welcome back to the second round of our brewery patio bracket-style tournament. After revisiting the southern breweries on Monday, followed by the offsite taprooms on Tuesday, we have three more polls today to narrow down these regional fields. The breweries in the northern reaches of New Mexico really fired up their supporters, with a record…
Santa Fe breweries face their own unique challenges as they reopen to the public
This past couple weeks, the Dark Side Brew Crew has been running stories about the challenges our breweries are facing as they slowly reopen, what they’ve had to do to maintain the safety of their customers, and the general public response from the breweries’ perspective. Continuing with our reopening the breweries series, I sent out…
Beer Creek brews up a little New Mexico history
Last week, I was summoned out to Beer Creek Brewing Company because the guys said they had some news for me. They had done something historic, owner and founder had Rich Headley told me. I was intrigued, so I took the bait. After a few minutes down Highway 14, I pulled into the empty parking…
COVID-19 and how it has affected the Santa Fe brewing industry so far
Now that we’re several weeks into the global pandemic, it’s pretty evident that life has changed drastically for small businesses everywhere. For our local craft brewing scene here in New Mexico, they’re feeling the effects just as much as in the larger cities. You’ve no doubt read my editor’s updates on what’s been going on…
Beer Creek Brewing flows into 2020 with fully armed and operational brewhouse
Our last visit to Beer Creek Brewing found its brewing operation underway at last. Things are still humming along at 3810 Highway 14, south of Santa Fe, as I found out when I made the drive out for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. The biggest change from October to now is offsite keg distribution, which…
The Crew selects our favorite brews of 2019
Over the course of our winter mini-break, several of us in the Crew started discussing what were our favorite local craft beers of 2019. Normally, we tend to not express our opinions publicly, so as always, please take these merely as our individual likes, and humble suggestions for those beers still available. It is up…
Beer Creek Brewing got itself a brewhouse at last and boy that baby purrs
Beer Creek Brewing Company, the Santa Fe area’s newest brewery and pizza destination, just got their brand-new brewhouse, and they’ve already put it to work. You’ve probably heard of Beer Creek by now, and in the last year you might have taken that short drive down beautiful Highway 14, stopping halfway between Santa Fe and…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Marble steps up for volunteer first responders once again
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 seven 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….
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