This seems like as good a time as any to dig through the old beer notebook and see what little tidbits of news are worth sharing. We found just enough, for a change. First up, quite literally, is the preliminary round of the 2026 New Mexico IPA Challenge. For those new to the competition, it’s…
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Northwest trio of 550 Brewing, 3 Rivers and Lauter Haus are all shining bright
A while back, three of us in the Crew agreed to share a quick vacation together, aiming for the breweries in Northwest New Mexico and Southwest Colorado. We did not go so far as to set up any interviews — we really treated it like a vacation — but of course we took some mental…
Nexus takes the lead after 2nd round of NM IPA Challenge in Farmington
The second-place finisher in 2021 will head into the final round of the 2022 New Mexico IPA Challenge with a slim lead as Nexus Brewery tries to win its first trophy. It was a clean second round at Lauter Haus Brewing in Farmington on Wednesday night, with Nexus picking up 14 votes to give it…
Field of 16 finalists for 2022 NMIPAC set and ready to go after preliminary round
The “sweet” 16 entries of the 2022 New Mexico IPA Challenge has been finalized after representatives from 38 breweries met at Boxing Bear Firestone on Saturday afternoon and cast their blind taste test ballots. Rather than attempt some sort of long-winded recap first, here are the beers. Bosque Brewing (won in 2014 and 2015) Boxing…
Beer Notes: IPA Challenge returns, new brewery updates, brewer shuffle
Catching up on all the things we missed, and we are still probably forgetting a few, seemed like a prudent thing to do this week. Also, the feature I planned will have to wait until next week. These things still happen from time to time. NM IPA Challenge is back with a couple of changes…
Breaking News: Brewers Guild forced to cancel 3rd round of NM IPA Challenge
The 2021 edition of the New Mexico IPA Challenge was reduced from four rounds to three on Monday night. Due to a combination of low ticket sales and a possible new COVID-related lockdown for San Juan County, the third round of the competition set for November 17 at Lauter Haus Brewing in Farmington has been…
New Mexico Brewers Guild rolls out plethora of events to close out 2021
If you calendar is looking empty in terms of events to attend for the rest of this year, the New Mexico Brewers Guild is about to fill it up with some fun beer-centric activities. NMBG executive director Leah Black was gracious enough to sit down and provide the information on all the events, which start…
New Mexico Brewers Guild unveils 2021 events calendar
Thanks to an out-of-nowhere stomach bug, yours truly has been on the injured list over the last 24-hours-plus. While that has kept me from venturing out to talk to any brewery folks, it does not mean that the beer news has stopped. The New Mexico Brewers Guild included the events calendar for 2021 in its…
Brewery Patio Bracket Finale: Red River reigns as best brewery patio in all of New Mexico
It was a little over a month ago, August 11 to be precise, that the Crew launched our first bracket-style online polling tournament to determine the best brewery patio in New Mexico. We could have never imagined at the time how popular this little just-for-fun competition would become. More than 6,000 votes were cast in…
Brewery Patio Bracket Championship Round: The 4 finalists for the ultimate bragging rights are named
Based on the first three rounds of our brewery patio bracket-style tournament, it seemed there was a good chance the winners of the Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast regions would end up as the final four of our 92-patio competition. Well, the votes have been tallied from our first championship round, which took all 12…
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