The Week Ahead in Beer: So many big IPAs, so little time to drink them all

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…

Following up on the brewery bills at the legislature

Greetings, all, hope you had fun on this past sunny weekend. It was a fun time, wasn’t it? I mean, aside from that whole rain of 3-point death by Wisconsin against my Arizona Wildcats (curse you, cheeseheads!), I think just about everyone I know had a pretty good couple of days. Of course good days…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Another new brewery joins the fold

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…

Blue Corn properly celebrates their brewer’s one-year anniversary

Last Thursday, Blue Corn celebrated James Warren’s anniversary at a special Thursday at the Brewer’s Table. It’s been one year since young James has taken the reins at Blue Corn Brewery. When a friend commented that he had pretty big shoes to fill, but filled them well, James joked, “Yeah, but they feel like clown…

A little Sisterly love for barrel-aged sours set for April

Sour beers are the final frontier of the industry for a lot of folks. For some people, they are a unique and cherished style, never to be missed when available. For others, they are a style to be avoided, so different from the rest of the beer universe. And for a third group, they remain…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Fighting the post St. Patrick’s hangover

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…

A quick guide to St. Patrick’s Day at your favorite breweries

As New Mexico basks in the glory of some truly amazing weather outside and Bosque Brewing’s Scale Tipper winning the Brewing News National IPA Challenge on Monday night, truly spring has sprung when everyone wears green and pretends to be Irish for a day. Ah, yes, St. Patrick’s Day, one of the major drinking holidays…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Everyone can celebrate this anniversary

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Sours, imperials, and ski festivals are upon us

Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with the reunified edition of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s four breweries and one newcomer down in Socorro also joining the party. We tried hard to keep the state edition going, but without…