Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is Stoutmeister, filling in again for E-Rock, with another Tuesday installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is now hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos. So…
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The Week Ahead in Beer — This column is harder than it looks
Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is Stoutmeister, filling in for E-Rock, with another Tuesday installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is now hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos. So E-Rock…
Taos Trek II: The Wrath of the $20 Cover
This heat sucks. It’s probably the most repeated line everyone in the ABQ metro area has heard since early last week. Shilling and I, Stoutmeister, had heard quite enough of it so we decided to do something about it. Specifically we decided to head up to the (slightly) cooler climes of Taos and do our…
2012: A Brew Crew Year in Review
Happy New Year’s, friends. 2012 was a big year for us. It was the start of the Brew Crew, we got to meet many of our local brewers and brewery owners, we got to check out many of our local beer festivals as well as the Great American Beer Festival, and we got to watch…
Beer Notes: Septemberfest kicks off the weekend
Stoutmeister here, trying to clear out the mental notebook of beer (sure, I could write stuff down, but instead I prefer using my hands to lift pints) before trekking down to Marble’s Septemberfest on Saturday. Speaking of Septemberfest, this year’s edition kicks off at noon, features the added bonus of Red Light Cameras on stage,…
IPA Challenge: Il Vicino makes it a 4-peat
The IPA Challenge came to a close with a resounding finish on Saturday afternoon. Resounding for host Il Vicino, at least. With the annual blind taste-test competition heading into its final round, the three-time defending champion unleashed its Exodus IPA for the home crowd and came away with an overwhelming victory. The final-round results (number…
IPA Challenge: Il Vicino overtakes Marble
Round three of the 2012 IPA Challenge is in the books, with Il Vicino claiming first place with one round remaining. Thursday’s competition at Blue Corn in Santa Fe saw the defending champions collect the most votes to leap ahead of Marble. The two breweries were tied after the first round at Nexus, with Marble…
IPA Challenge: Marble takes lead after two rounds
The second round of the IPA Challenge was held at 3 Rivers Brewery in Farmington on Tuesday night, with results coming out this morning from the New Mexico Brewers Guild. After tying Il Vicino with 28 votes apiece in Sunday’s opening round at Nexus, Marble moved into sole possession of first place, picking up a…
IPA Challenge all tied up after round one
None of the Crew could make it over to Nexus for round one of the 2012 IPA Challenge on Sunday (I know, I know, bad beer bloggers putting work/life ahead of beer). But thankfully the good folks at the New Mexico Brewers Guild posted the results on Facebook when all the votes were tallied. A…
Beer Week: Colorado and Oregon invade, we approve
E-Rock and Franz Solo each made trips out for Thursday’s ABQ Beer Week events in Nob Hill. They offer up their thoughts on all the great beers that were available. Once again, I found myself at beer tastings on Nob Hill. I started the day’s tastings at Two Fools where I ran into the ABQ…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 