Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final entry in a series on cask beers in the Albuquerque area, all in advance of the Cask Festival at Il Vicino on Saturday. The idea is to explain what cask beers are and how different brewers approach this sub-genre of craft brewing. Click here for our story…
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The Week Ahead in Beer—Out with the old, in with the new at the Canteen
Greetings Burque beer lovers, this is E-Rock here to bring you a special Tuesday installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. I spent last week in Saint Lucia in the Bahamas at my sister’s wedding, so I didn’t get back into Albuquerque until last night. As a result, I had to push back The Week…
Tapping Casks: Marvelous Marble mixes it up once a week
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on cask beers in the Albuquerque area, all in advance of the Cask Festival at Il Vicino on March 9. The idea is to explain what cask beers are and how different brewers approach this sub-genre of craft brewing. Click here for our story on Turtle…
Tapping Casks: Nexus joins the party at last
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on cask beers in the Albuquerque area, all in advance of the Cask Festival at Il Vicino on March 9. The idea is to explain what cask beers are and how different brewers approach this sub-genre of craft brewing. Click here for our story on Turtle…
Star of the Season: Finding February’s finest seasonal no easy task
The end of the shortest month of the year is upon us and it is once again time to select the best seasonal offering from an ABQ-area brewing. February has been an odd month, but then it always is, representing the transition from the darker, burlier winter beers to the lighter spring offerings. It was,…
The Week Ahead in Beer—Why ask rye?
Greetings craft beer aficionados, this is E-Rock here to bring you another Monday installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. As always, this column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, music, and events served up in and around the Duke City. Three breweries are releasing rye beers…
Tapping Casks: Turtle Mountain follows tradition with its cask beers
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on cask beers in the Albuquerque area, all in advance of Cask Festival at Il Vicino on March 9. The idea is to explain what cask beers are and how different brewers approach this sub-genre of craft brewing. Hello on a snowy Thursday, New Mexico. Stoutmeister…
Star of the Season: Time to pick February’s finest seasonal
Happy bad-weather day to you, ABQ area residents. Stoutmeister here, preparing for my trek to the west side to interview Mark from Turtle Mountain about cask beers (that series, in advance of Il Vicino’s Cask Festival, will start this week) and then head down to the grand opening party at Total Wine. Yes, it shall…
New Mexico Cup in Review: Plusses outweigh minuses at first-time event
Greetings, everyone, Stoutmeister here with our recap of the first New Mexico Cup. Saturday’s big event at the Albuquerque Convention Center had its ups and downs, like most first-time events, but overall felt like another successful beer festival that should take its place as an annual event. The Crew — myself, E-Rock, Shilling, Brandon, and…
New Mexico Cup: The full list of winners
Happy Sunday, everyone. Stoutmeister here with a quick listing of all the winners at the first New Mexico Cup, which was held Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The Dark Side Brew Crew were invited to participate as celebrity judges, so we will have a lot more of our thoughts in a bigger review of…
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