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…
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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…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Start the State Fair feasting early at Rio Bravo
Back in 2020, with the State Fair canceled, Rio Bravo decided to still give folks a little taste of the midway with some fair-inspired food specials. It was a big hit, and even though the actual fair returned to Expo New Mexico the following year, Rio Bravo kept its own event going every fall. This…
Ex Novo aims to hit for the cycle after a 2nd straight WBC medal for V for Vienna
It is an exceptionally rare feat for any brewery to win back-to-back medals for the same beer in the same category at a major competition. Ex Novo Brewing just pulled it off, however, and will be aiming for a trifecta at the 2024 World Beer Cup. V for Vienna, the popular annual seasonal, earned a…
United in Beer set to bring the local beer community together at Ex Novo
One of the most unique and anticipated festivals of the year is almost upon us, as United in Beer will take over The Corral at Ex Novo this Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. As of publication, there are still a limited number of tickets available online. As we caught up with Ex Novo’s Stevo…
Ex Novo brings the brewing community together for a new collaboration festival
Ex Novo Brewing will host the first stage of a new festival this Sunday at 1 p.m., one that promises to be rather unique for New Mexico. United in Beer is in partnership with the Somos Unidos Foundation, the charitable arm of New Mexico United, with whom the brewery already has a working relationship. The…
Ex Novo aims to help further downtown revitalization with huge new taproom
Unless you have boycotted social media entirely, and we would understand why, it was probably impossible to miss the big announcement Thursday that Ex Novo Brewing will be opening a new taproom downtown. This new spot will take over the former Firestone garage on the northwest corner of the intersection of Central and Seventh Street,…
