October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and just as in years past, Canteen Brewhouse, High and Dry Brewing, and Steel Bender Brewyard are joining forces to help out. The Pink Warrior House Foundation is the designated non-profit, and all three breweries will be contributing a portion of the proceeds on specific beers. Needing a little…
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More fresh-hop beers are on the horizon for New Mexico breweries
The arrival of Freshly Hopped Mass Ascension IPA in cans and on draft at Ex Novo on Monday marked the beginning of fresh-hop beer season in New Mexico. Rather than wait patiently to see which brewery would be the next to drop their offering, we reached out to just about everyone to find out in…
High and Dry slings some wieners while other breweries alter their hours for Fourth of July
A quick glance at the calendar on your phone (or your wall, if you are old fashioned) shows that this Sunday is the Fourth of July, that annual holiday where grilling is a must and making things go boom tends to happen, even amidst a terrible drought (be extra careful this year, please). As with…
Nevada native takes a leap of faith and lands at High and Dry Brewing
A fun part of this job of writing about breweries is often finding out just where everyone in the industry came from before jumping into their brewery jobs. While more and more new employees are coming out of brewing programs, like the one at Central New Mexico Community College, there are still quite a few…
Metal and beer come together with new collaboration between Red Mesa and High and Dry Brewing
As all of us in the Dark Side Brew Crew can attest, a love of metal and a love of craft beer can be quite the harmonious intersection. Those were two of the main things that brought us together before we launched this site in 2012 (our name has never been a Star Wars reference,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: 8 breweries team up to help local charity on National Beer Day
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
High and Dry Brewing is staying aloft in their sophomore year
Just as High and Dry were successfully celebrating their second anniversary with live music and a packed taproom (remember those?), the world came to a screeching halt. Sounds like an epic party, right? No, no, it was COVID … and as with so many other businesses, they had to stop partying and quickly rethink their…
Merch Guide 2020: Another way to keep supporting our local breweries
As we did in four of the last five years, the Crew has put together a brewery merchandise guide for all of you just in time for your holiday shopping. Hey, it might be nice to just buy people beer, but sometimes they need more in life, like cool shirts, hoodies, growlers, and other specialty…
High and Dry Brewing finds a novel way to keep local bands performing
All of us in the Crew have been missing live music since the pandemic put a halt to concerts, big and small, at our breweries and other music venues. We have, at times, watched internet broadcasts of some of our favorite metal bands from overseas, and we have also taken notice of many local bands…
Beer Notes: Ex Novo makes a big change to its year-round lineup
While working on some longer features, a bunch of beer notes materialized on the proverbial desk that are in need of publication. Here we go … Ex Novo replaces one of its staples Every week, I receive a copy of the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s newsletter via email. Down at the bottom are brewery classifieds,…
