This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and if you forgot, well, umbers, you’re in trouble. Exceptions for that can exist, of course, but for many people there will be a last-minute scramble for flowers, cards, chocolates, gifts, whatever the mom(s) in your life happen to like. The breweries are getting in on this for the last-minute…
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Keeping Together is on the verge of coming together in Santa Fe
It’s been about eight months since we caught up with the owners of Santa Fe’s soon-to-be new brewery, Keeping Together. And, the last time we spoke with them, they had just suffered a major set-back that would have stopped most new businesses dead in their tracks. But, Avery Swanson and Pat Fahey have persisted; they’ve…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Another beer holiday falls on a Monday
Well, darn it, for the second time this year a major holiday for beer is falling on a Monday. Yup, Cinco de Mayo follows in the unfortunate footsteps of St. Patrick’s Day by kicking off a week instead of ending it. That does mean there will be some festivities over the weekend — the Isotopes…
Flock of Moons finds their niche as prime patio spot and a whole lot more
The measure of success for a brewery can be found in many different forms. There is the financial component, the awards won at major festivals, or just a general positive word of mouth. One little extra way to see how a brewery is doing is to judge it amongst its peers, namely by seeing how…
Brew Lab 101 roars back just by keeping things consistent on all fronts
Sometimes, all a brewery really needs to do is just stick to a comfortable routine, providing maximum value for customers with good service, quality beers, and a consistent lineup of events throughout the week. It’s not splashy or anything groundbreaking, but it works, particularly for the good folks at Brew Lab 101. I caught up…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Bringing the funk, the metal and a whole lot more
There have been past weeks filled with a wide variety of different types of events and themes, but we gotta admit, this week might take the cake. (Mmm, cake) Anyway, this weekend will feature comedy, belly dancing, weird metal, a yard sale, a funky festival, Easter fun for grown-ups, a certain contest, and traditional metal….
The Week Ahead in Beer: Kolsch Service is the best kind of service
We have written a bit about some not-so-great trends lately in the industry, but now we are seeing one develop that we can definitely get behind. Kolsch Service, a very German tradition, involves stanges, where you sit at a table and your server keeps bringing you these wonderful, skinny pours of kolsch until you decide…
Painted Lady Bed and Brew keeps things spooky and fun all year round
Sometimes the hardest thing for any brewery is to come up with the names for their beers. When Painted Lady Bed and Brew owner Jesse Herron started brewing last year, he became the latest to face that challenge. “I spent probably two years leading up to brewing coming up with names of beers,” he said….
Turtle Mountain finishes brewery move and prepares to fire it up
The move is complete, the construction dust is out the door, and now only a few finishing touches remain before Turtle Mountain can fire up the brewhouse again and start churning out Hopshell IPA and Wooden Teeth lager again. I caught up with owner Nico Ortiz and head brewer David Pacheco last week to tour…
Beer Notes: United in Beer lineup, license renewals and more
Time to dust off — and no, that’s not a joke about today’s weather, which, achoo, sucks — the old beer notebook to catch up on some recent happenings. We start off with the annual “selection Sunday” for United in Beer. The ultimate brewery collaboration event is back at Ex Novo in Corrales on May…
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