Remember a while back on social media when we joked about the arrival of Oktoberfest beers coming earlier and earlier every year? Someone responded that just wait, the pumpkin beers were next. Well, apparently Marble was listening, because today (Wednesday) marks the return of fall favorite Pumpkin Noir in cans and on draft. This popular…
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Beer Notes: Events galore from Las Golondrinas to Launchpad to Nob Hill
If you missed The Week Ahead in Beer, then you missed a weekend chock-full of events. We elected to break out a few of them for a deeper look into all the details you need to know. First up, the fifth annual Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival is set for Saturday and Sunday at…
Food-and-beer pairings galore are set for Steel Bender, Marble and Boxing Bear
Let’s face it, a whole lot of beer geeks are also foodies, so anytime a brewery decides to create special pairings of its finest ales and lagers with some delicious eats, folks tend to get excited. Well, get excited, because over the next four weeks there are at least four major pairing events that we…
Bear Fest roars again at Boxing Bear’s Firestone location
While one big beer festival did not return for this Memorial Day weekend, another is back in full force as Bear Fest will once again take over the back parking lot at Boxing Bear’s Firestone taproom and brewery. The event runs from noon to 6 p.m. this Saturday, featuring five guest breweries and one distillery,…
ABQ Beer Week returns with an even more local vibe than in years past
It is almost the end of May, believe it or not, and that means we have reached the annual stretch where ABQ Beer Week returns to celebrate all things craft in Albuquerque. This year’s version is scaled back from the pre-pandemic era Beer Weeks, and rather uniquely features a local brewery at every event. No…
Marble Brewery steps through the looking glass for an epic 15th anniversary week
Let there be wonder, well, let there be Marbleous wonder, as Albuquerque’s biggest brewery gears up for a trip down the rabbit hole to celebrate its 15th anniversary. I caught up with event coordinator Amy Levine to go over all that Marble has planned for a week-long series of good times that will lead up…
Marble Brewery keeps evolving as it rolls toward its 15th anniversary
After 15 years, a brewery can be fairly set in its ways, content to just keep doing the same things that have enabled it to succeed for that long. Marble Brewery, however, is not about to rest on its laurels as the milestone anniversary approaches in April. For our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series, I…
NM Brew Fest returned in all of its glory much to the delight of most of the Crew
We set a record Saturday afternoon: The most Crew members at a single festival. Yes, we actually got Franz Solo (and Mrs Solo) out of the house (they have an adorable small child) for the New Mexico Brew Fest at Villa Hispana. We got Luke to come down from Santa Fe. And, neither AmyO nor…
Raise your horns! Ullr Fest brings the local beers back to the mountain
Summerfest in Los Alamos was canceled in June because of fire risk, to the disappointment of many, but thanks to the abundance of rain recently, Ullr Fest is a go this Saturday. As always, the annual event will be hosted by and held at the Pajarito ski area just outside of Los Alamos. Fans of…
Marblefest returns to keep us all cool and comfortable at the end of summer
The first time we saw a teaser online that Marblefest was returning to the downtown brewery, we got excited. Then we were a bit surprised when it said August 27. There is a pretty darn good reason for that, though, as Marble events coordinator Amy Levine is getting married on September 10. Congratulations to her!…
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