Brian McGill and his family, who have raised alpacas in Northern New Mexico for more than a decade, decided a few years back to open a brewery/distillery in Las Vegas, filling the void for such a place in the town along Interstate 25. While Wanted Brewing & Distillery is not fully open to the public…
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La Reforma hires a familiar face as 2022 head brewer shuffle gets underway
After a relatively static period during the height of the pandemic, a new shuffle of head brewers is underway in New Mexico. “There was very little mobility during the pandemic,” said La Reforma co-owner John Gozigian, who has just hired a new head brewer/distiller. “Now that things are getting back to normal, for a long…
New breweries update: Things might be stirring up again at long last
It has been quite a while since we did an update on any forthcoming new breweries or offsite taprooms, mainly due to the simple fact that there have not really been any to report on since the pandemic brought industry growth to a screeching halt in 2020. So have things started to pick up again?…
This guide to brewery Halloween happenings filled up awfully fast
Anytime Halloween falls on a weekend, and the world is not in full COVID restrictions mode, one can expect breweries to jump on board with a whole slew of parties, costume contests, and more. Well, Halloween is this Sunday, so the weekend is as chock-full as one would expect. Here is just about every Halloween-themed…
The Week Ahead in Beer: JUNO steps up for good cause on a somber anniversary
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….
JUNO picks up where Dialogue left off and then looks to go beyond
It is not exactly a theme, but for the second time this year, a brewery lost to the pandemic has come back to life, with new owners and a new name. JUNO is the new brewery that has taken the place of Dialogue Brewing at 1501 First Street NW, following in the footsteps of Lizard…
Beer Notes: Updates on all the new places still in progress
With the recent openings (re-openings?) of two closed-turned-new-breweries — Lizard Tail Industrial (neé Cantero) and Juno (ex-Dialogue) — we figured it might be a good time to catch up on what is still in the forthcoming brewery/taproom pipeline. Also, our planned story for today fell through, so here we are, going to Plan B. Got an…
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