Amid all of the recent doom and gloom surrounding the local craft brewing scene, this past weekend saw a new bright light shine a little hope down in the Wells Park neighborhood. After many years in planning, Dripline Brewery hosted an invite-only soft opening Saturday, welcoming a mix of friends, family, and industry colleagues to…
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The tale of Lizard Tail comes to an abrupt end after a decade in business
Lizard Tail Brewing is officially no more, having shut down all of their locations this past weekend, and now confirmed by owner/brewer Dan Berry. We have mentioned in the past how hard it can be to find out the reasons why a brewery has closed, but Berry was gracious enough to sit down and chat…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Double grand openings highlight start of winter
No, it is not technically winter as defined by the world’s meteorologists, but darn, it sure feels like it outside. It’s like that bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where they just skip a season (fall, in our case). Anyway, not to lean into the doom too much, but at least we still…
Beer Notes: The uncertain fate of Lizard Tail and more to kick off cloudy week
We received the first inquiry late last week, asking if we had heard anything about Lizard Tail Brewing closing shop. At that point, we had not, but as the weekend went along, a few cryptic social media posts and a lot of word of mouth certainly indicated that the brewery and its two offsite taprooms…
Brewery consolidation hits Southern NM as Icebox takes over Public House 28
The recent trend of one brewery taking over another is not limited to the Albuquerque metropolitan area, as we recently learned. Acting off a tip from the Borderlands Craft Beer Community on Facebook, we reached out to Public House 28 head brewer/co-owner Blake Heath for comment on the news that Icebox Brewing of Las Cruces…
Gravity Bound set to transform Boese downtown space into a lager house
One brewery wanted to expand its production. Another brewery wanted to scale back on one of its locations. That is the genesis of a unique new partnership between Gravity Bound Brewing and Boese Brothers Brewery, one which will see the former take over the latter’s downtown taproom space, while both breweries will share use of…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Everything is Halloween and that is OK
Since Halloween falls on a Thursday this year, the breweries and just about every other place around town have decided that the weekend before, not after, should be the one where we all gather to celebrate the holiday. Oh, there are other things going on out there, but the vast majority of events this week…
Hit the streets with NM Brewers Guild and local breweries for the Zombie Crawl
For the vast majority of us, this weekend is basically Halloween Weekend, with all the ghoulish delights popping up from house parties to special events at breweries, bars, and restaurants all around town. One of the best-looking new additions is the Zombie Crawl, a new event from the New Mexico Brewers Guild that combines elements…
GABF 2024: Boxing Bear slides back into silver and preps for DogtoBEARfest
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…
GABF 2024: Tractor embraces their 1st medal before biggest event of the year
The times are good over at Tractor Brewing these days. The brewery, which just celebrated 25 years in business, had been prepping for the biggest annual event when a big honor was bestowed upon the brew team with their first Great American Beer Festival medal. I caught up with head brewer TJ Frederich and events…
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