This week features a fascinating mix of fundraisers and spooky-themed events as we barrel towards All Hallow’s Eve. Starting with the charitable events, Painted Lady will have their Pints with Purpose Benefiting Barrett House this Thursday at 6 p.m. Canteen hosts Grapple for a Cause, benefiting Inner Strength Initiative on Saturday from 1 to 3…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Ride from the breweries to the balloons and back
Balloon Fiesta week keeps rolling along, with some really nice weather (knock on wood) and mild temperatures. Of course, the great negative is the traffic driving there, at least if you are in a car or other motorized vehicle. If you are on a bicycle, well, things are going a lot smoother from what many…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Oktoberfests and fundraisers fill up the weekend
Great googily moogily, this week is way more packed than we could have imagined, and it’s not just due to the Oktoberfes-a-palooza that’s breaking out this weekend. We’ll have all of those events listed below, and you can always check our statewide guide to all the Oktoberfest celebrations. We’re still updating that one as more…
Statewide Oktoberfest Guide 2026: So many fests and so little time
There are a slew of Oktoberfest celebrations coming up this season in New Mexico, so we decided to round ’em all up to help you best plan out your weekends for the rest of this month and part of October. From Red River to Ruidoso, from Carlsbad to Angel Fire, and of course Albuquerque and…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Rock the block (party) with Canteen and La Cumbre
The events are coming fast and furious now as summer season is fully underway at our local breweries. To that end, La Cumbre and Canteen are teaming up with their neighbors in the old Brewery District, which has now been renamed the Makers District. The two breweries have helped organize a neighborhood block party that…
The Fermentress honors the past, present and future of women in brewing
The Pink Boots Society is not just a national organization that honors the women of the present involved in craft beer across the country, it also honors all those who came before them. It was that theme that inspired the New Mexico Chapter’s annual collaboration beer, The Fermentress Session IPA, which will debut today (Friday)…
The Week Ahead in Beer: An avalanche of events before Christmas
Holy hell, the events section below is stacked. It feels like every brewery has something going on before we get to a semi-break with Christmas falling on a Thursday next week. There’s some trivia, a video game event, craft nights, charity supporting events, informative lectures, bellydancers, pet adoptions, holiday markets, Christmas carolers, drag queen bingo,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: La Cumbre taps so many anniversary brews
How the heck has it already been 15 years for La Cumbre? It still feels like yesterday when we first walked in, sat around those barrels-as-tables, and had our first pints of Elevated IPA and Malpais Stout. But, time has passed, and now the brewery is celebrating another milestone with a week’s worth of events….
Great American Beer Festival underway once again in Denver
Once upon a time, the Crew was all about the Great American Beer Festival. One or more of us was there every year between 2016-19, plus 2022 when it returned after the pandemic. Since then? Eh, not a high priority on our annual calendar. It’s not necessarily the fault of the event itself. Surge pricing…
Statewide Oktoberfest Guide 2025: Every event celebrating the best season
There are quite a few Oktoberfest celebrations coming up this season in New Mexico, so we decided to round ’em all up to help you best plan out your weekends for the rest of this month and part of October. From Red River to Ruidoso, from Carlsbad to Angel Fire, and of course Albuquerque and…
