Another week, another collaboration beer is due to be released. Damn, we live in great times. Back in the old days, collabs were a fairly rare thing. These days it feels like they are a becoming a constant. That’s a good thing. When breweries join forces, good things happen. This week the release is Dangerous…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Steel Bender goes all in at annual lavender festival
The 20th annual Lavender in the Village Festival will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday at Balloon Fiesta Park, and the (brewing) price of the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque will be there in full support. Steel Bender will have a booth on site (No. 111) and will be offering up…
Carlsbad brewery plans to move into familiar location in Clovis
A little while ago, we noted that while there has been zero moves by any Albuquerque area brewery in terms of adding a taproom, Open Space Brewing in Santa Clara was adding a taproom in nearby Silver City. Well, this week, Carlsbad’s Guadalupe Mountain Brewing decided to join in on the fun, announcing that they…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Happy brewery anniversary times 3
Some weeks, it can be hard to pick out a single theme or one particular event to feature here at the start of this column. Other weeks, it pretty much drops right on your head. This week will feature not one but three anniversary parties as a trio of breweries go into full celebratory mode….
Thirsty Eye looks to the future as founding brewer prepares to say farewell
Every now and again, you can still learn something surprising covering the local brewery scene. For instance, Thirsty Eye Brewing has never thrown an anniversary party since it opened in 2019. That will change this Friday, and in a way, this party will also mark a joyous farewell of sorts for founding brewer John Kofonow….
The mostly complete guide to July 4 hours at New Mexico breweries
As a public service that we do for most significant holidays, we attempt to compile all the brewery hours of operation for whatever is up next. In this case, it is the Fourth of July, which produces a whole mix of places keeping normal hours, some closing early, and others taking the day off to…
The last Red Door closes in Albuquerque to put an end to an era
It was 12 years ago that a brewery opened over on Candelaria just west of I-25. It will be this weekend or early next week when the last local piece of that brewery closes up for good. The good old social media algorithm didn’t drop the news in our laps when it first appeared, but…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Behind the brews is a whole lot of science
Who doesn’t love a little science with their beer? After all, brewing would not exist like it does today without science. This is all a long-winded way of saying that the Science of Beer night is back at Explora this Friday from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are available online. As part of the Adult…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Pilsners and crabs and so much more
John Oliver always opens his show on HBO with the line “it’s been a busy week,” but that’s past tense, so we’ll just go ahead and say that “it will be a busy weekend” because that’s oh so true for what’s on deck. There are World Cup watch parties for the USA-Australia match on Friday…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Breweries buckle up for World Cup madness
Just in case you have been living under a rock or something, you might have missed that the world’s biggest sporting event is about to kick off this Thursday. The 2026 FIFA World Cup begins with Mexico vs. South Africa at 1 p.m., setting the stage for this 48-nation soccer/futbol extravaganza. So are the breweries…
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