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…
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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…
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…
GABF 2024: Quarter Celtic basks in glow of their first gold medal from Denver
The brothers McKeown, Brady and Ror, were hundreds of miles apart this past Saturday, but still had their eyes fixed on the same spot. The former was watching the livestream and the latter was present at the Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony in Denver, waiting to see if Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Meadery would…
Flock of Moons and the Crew dipped into the darkness for new collaboration
A few weeks back, myself and Franz Solo headed over to Flock of Moons to help brew up our first collaboration beer with the Bricklight District brewery. Today (Friday) at 5 p.m., we will officially tap Dark Side of the Moons, a black IPA inspired by classics in the sub-genre like Firestone Walker’s Wookey Jack….
The Week Ahead in Beer: The doggos get to enjoy spooky season at Sidetrack
As Balloon Fiesta zips toward its conclusion this weekend, spooky season will continue with a few more fun events, including one for the four-legged friends who frequent our brewery patios. Sidetrack is hosting a Dog Costume Contest this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The registration fee is $10 per dog, and all dogs must…
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