We led with the special stout releases last week and thought that we could switch it up this week. We were wrong. There’s so much stout goodness out there right now, it must take the lead. First up, La Cumbre’s 14th anniversary week continues with the re-release of 2023 La Negra in bottles and on…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Darkness, darkness everywhere!
It’s deathly quiet for beer news out there, in case our total lack of stories lately was not a clue. Well, not totally quiet, since there’s some fun dark beer releases coming up. La Cumbre will roll out bottles and draft of the epic La Negra Reserve this Friday. Then on Saturday, Steel Bender will…
The mostly complete guide to Thanksgiving hours at NM breweries
As a public service that we do for most significant holidays, we attempt to compile all the brewery hours of operation for whatever is up next. In this case, it is Thanksgiving, a.k.a. the great day of gluttony, watching football (if you can stomach those match-ups), and arguing with family. We highly recommend picking up…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Helping the less fortunate one pint at a time
Last Friday, Steel Bender, the New Mexico Brewers Guild, and KKOB teamed up to do a radiothon to benefit Roadrunner Food Bank. It turns one day was not nearly enough, so they will all be back at Steel Bender this Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. T.J. Trout and friends will be broadcasting live from…
Kaktus Brewing keeps kicking it up a notch with unique new ideas
The Ides of November seemed like a perfectly good day to launch the 2024-25 Look Back/Look Ahead Series. For those new to following us, towards the end of every year we sit down with the folks running our breweries to review the year gone by and preview the year to come. This time around, admittedly,…
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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