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…

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…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Getting crispy amid the heat of summer

The whole Christmas in July trend is fine, we guess. But, if you’re really gonna do it right, follow the lead of La Cumbre. This Friday the brewery is hosting Crispness in July, with four crispy lagers available amid all this heat. The quartet of PLS German Pilsner, Lager Softly, Czech Pils, and Helles Lager…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrating the solstice in style

Oh, sure, this weekend is all about pregaming Christmas at your favorite brewery, but it’s also the weekend of the Winter Solstice, the longest day of darkness every year in the Northern Hemisphere. Since darkness is kind of our thing, we wanted to highlight a couple of solstice-themed events. Painted Lady Bed and Brew is…