A lot of little random bits of beer-related news have been piling up over here, so we decided it was time for another emptying of the proverbial notebook. To start things off, you will have to wait until the weekend to get your Gravity Bound fix. Co-owner Chris Frigon told us after Saturday’s IPA Challenge…
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The collaborations are loose: United in Beer’s 13 brews head into the wild
If you missed this year’s United in Beer festival at Ex Novo, we first want to say sorry, because you missed one amazingly well-run and fun event. Rather than dwell on that, however, now comes the next obvious question. Will the 13 collaboration beers be released at the participating 26 breweries? Yes! Well, we think…
Ex Novo kicks off busy summer with United in Beer and a lot more
By now, the odds are good that just about every Ex Novo fan has heard the news about the downtown taproom. We certainly did, so our apologies that it has taken this long to get to it, but life gets in the way sometimes. First, however, there is something more immediate to lead off this…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating women, baseball and a Run with Joy
Some weeks it can be hard to pick a single thing to focus on here in the intro. This week, the dilemma was more what don’t we focus on, and leave out, and subsequently feel really bad about doing that. Ah, to heck with it, let us sum up a very event-heavy week with some…
Ex Novo, Bosque and La Cumbre lead the way in Untappd Community Awards
Late last week, the Crew noticed some online chatter about something called the Untappd Community Awards. This was new, at least to us, and led us over to the website where the beer ranking/recording app had compiled the collective ratings of every beer in certain style categories, divided up among the 50 states. The final…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Local breweries team up with New Mexico United
This Saturday marks the start of the local pro soccer season, as New Mexico United kicks off its 2024 campaign at Isotopes Park at 2 p.m. The club has made a point of teaming up with local businesses, and there are two breweries that have jumped on board those partnerships. Bosque Brewing and Ex Novo…
Ex Novo and 25 other breweries paired up for return of United in Beer festival
While some of us (well, me) were working on Sunday afternoon, reps from 25 different breweries joined the Ex Novo staff at The Corral for the second United in Beer draft day. For anyone who missed it last year, United in Beer is a collaboration festival, with those breweries paired up at random. The goal…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Ex Novo adds new option for Dry January
Last year at this time, we suggested it was still possible to support breweries during the slowest month of the year for business, even without drinking, by doing things like just buying food or merchandise. Dry January is and will continue to be a big thing for some folks, even those who spend much of…
Ex Novo enjoys a solid 2023 before some big moves get underway in 2024
The good news for Ex Novo Brewing was that this year, one not filled with any sorts of huge developments, was nonetheless solid and productive. The better news is that it will help prepare everyone on staff for what figures to be a busier, bigger year ahead. I recently caught up with founder Joel Gregory,…
Balloons and Brews at Steel Bender leads list of Fiesta-related brewery events
We have all been here before. The day before the Balloon Fiesta kicks off, the day before the chaos, the day before all the poor doggos bark their little heads off, the traffic backs up, and the tourists arrive in droves. Thank goodness there is local craft beer. Our breweries are our refuge from all…
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