Blue Corn’s new brewer has some big shoes to fill

Every new brewer will always face a challenge when taking over an established brewery. Some, though, arrive in the shadow of a predecessor who just went out and put that brewery on the map. That is the challenge facing James Warren, the new brewer at Blue Corn, who succeeds John Bullard at the well-established Santa…

Beer Notes: More medals, more interviews, more brews

This edition of Beer Notes might count as the most random grab-bag of stuff ever. The news has started to pile up on our doorstep again, now it’s just a matter of finding that precious thing — time — in which to go more in-depth. Until then, well, here’s a summary of all the fun…

La Cumbre’s Project Dank ranked No. 1 IPA in all the land

The good folks over at Brewing News have been holding their own version of March Madness for the last seven years, pitting the best IPAs across the country against each other in a tournament that started with around 30 entrants and now has 128. As our headline states, the 2014 champion is La Cumbre’s wildly…

Beer Notes: Irish Red challenge, brewer shuffle, and more

Dear lord have I had my fill of high school basketball. It’s not over until Saturday, but I’m ready to be done. The good news is I’ve made money for beer! (and other expenses, but hey, priorities) Anyway, didn’t mean to neglect the site or the current wealth of news, but a man only has…

Beer Notes: Local brewers play musical chairs

It has been a slow news week on the beer front, as you all have no doubt noticed from our lack of fresh content on the site. Now, part of this is due to the fact that there are a lot of rumors about brewers moving about that we have either not confirmed or we…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Winter is almost over

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. Winter is finally loosening its grip…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Febrewary fun continues

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. New Mexico craft beer junkies, it’s…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Brewing up some Valentine’s love

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. It’s that time of year to…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Fair weather beers

Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. It might be winter in the…

Bosque bolsters its brewing staff with a big-name hire

Back toward the end of WinterBrew I, Stoutmeister, was talking to the guys at Bosque when founding brewer/co-owner Gabe Jensen dropped some surprising news. I had to hang onto that news for a bit, but then the story broke late last week that Blue Corn brewer John Bullard, who has made quite a name for…