It had been a minute since Boxing Bear had heard their name called during the Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony. Well, more than a minute, as it was 2017 when Featherweight Session IPA won a bronze. Leave it to old reliable to end that drought, as Chocolate Milk Stout brought home a silver medal…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Mixing a little spooky with last of Oktoberfest events
It’s a busy little weekend ahead, with the last of the scheduled Oktoberfest events scattered in there alongside a couple more spooky season happenings. Boxing Bear will host their annual DogtoBEARfest on Saturday at 11 a.m., which we’ll preview in depth later this week since we’re talking to them about their recent Great American Beer…
Trio of New Mexico breweries snag medals at GABF awards ceremony
Three breweries from Albuquerque claimed medals at the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday morning. Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Meadery won their first gold medal, topping the Vienna Lager category with their Vienna Festbier. It beat out 122 entries for the top spot. Quarter Celtic had previously won two silvers in 2020 and a bronze…
Statewide Oktoberfest Guide: Every event celebrating the best season
There are a baker’s dozen Oktoberfest celebrations still to go this season in New Mexico, so we decided to round ’em all up to help you best plan out your weekends for the rest of this month and much of October. From Red River to Ruidoso, from Carlsbad to Bernalillo, from Rio Rancho to Moriarty,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Dr. Ink Me sets an appointment for another round
We promise, the proverbial dam is about to break on some stories that we have been working on for a while now, so stay patient and this site will not be quite so barren in the very near future. Anyway, we’re kicking off the weekly roundup of all things local beer with the return of…
Boxing Bear hits the ring with 10 days of events for their 10th anniversary
There is always something fun about trying to tie a numbered anniversary to an event or beer at a brewery. Do a triple IPA for a third anniversary. Toss seven hops in an IPA for a seventh. Things of that nature. Boxing Bear Brewing, though, decided to just go all-out and schedule 10 days worth…
The Week Ahead in Beer: So many anniversary parties, so little time
After last week’s onslaught of new beers (most of which had to be added over and over to this after the original posting), we had hoped that this would be a nice, relaxing week. Who were we kidding? No, it’s a big weekend for anniversaries. We already shared some details on Flock of Moons’ first…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating the summer solstice in style
First up, before we get into the usual accounting of new beers and events, we wanted to pass along our thoughts and hopes that everything turns out as well as possible for our friends at Downshift Brewing and Lost Hiker Brewing as the Small Fork and Salt Fires tear through the Ruidoso area. If there…
Vision City prepares to make a big move into a familiar Westside space
Back when I was attending the United in Beer festival at Ex Novo, a brewery staff member asked if I knew who was moving into a certain location west of the Rio Grande. Then, when I was talking to the Quarter Celtic staff, they also mentioned that someone was moving into that space. While speculative…
The season begins just in time for SummerFest in Los Alamos
Summer took its time getting going this year, but now that the heat has arrived, it feels like the right time to head to the mountains to cool off. The timing is perfect, because Pajarito Mountain in Los Alamos is hosting its annual SummerFest this Saturday, with the beer festival from 1 to 6 p.m….
