Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us once again, and while folks will pick between the old (Denver and Peyton) and the new (Carolina and Cam), all of us in the Crew will choose something even more important. Namely, who has the best stout in the ABQ metro area. As we have done four times…
Tag: Marble Brewing
A kaiju could fit inside the massive Marble expansion
Ever look at a building and think hey, that’s pretty big, only to then go inside and realize just how enormous it is? Yeah, that happened to the Crew on Tuesday afternoon as we visited the massive expansion building at Marble downtown. Bharley Quinn and I, plus our intrepid staff photographer Mario Caldwell, got a…
Somebody turn down the volume in our taprooms
Recently one of the first questions we were asked about a just-opened brewery came as a bit of a surprise. Rather than ask about the beer or hours or something like that, our reader asked us this simple question: “How loud is it inside?” While we could answer “not too loud,” we did so by…
The guide to what will be poured at WinterBrew
Well, the good news is WinterBrew is as popular as ever. The bad news is that means 800 tickets disappeared in the blink of an eye and the event is completely sold out. So for the lucky 800 of you who are going, we did our best to compile the list of what the 17…
And the winner of the best beer name of 2015 is …
Baby Got Bock! Yes, Red Door’s homage to a “classic” song was the winner of our first poll. Since we did not add a timing element to the poll itself, we just decided all votes after 10 p.m. MST would not count. Thus, Baby Got Bock proved to be the winner. (We should add it…
Sidetrack swings open their doors at last
Quiet weekends can be nice sometimes. Other times, they get downright boring. Luckily for craft beer drinkers in Albuquerque, this weekend saw the surprise opening of Sidetrack Brewing downtown. I originally visited Sidetrack back in September and they looked to be a month or so from opening, but things went a bit quiet after that….
The Week Ahead in Beer: Ring in the New Beer, er, Year!
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 four breweries and a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. Now that we all (hopefully) survived…
Pick the best beer name in New Mexico for 2015
Every now and again in New Mexico a beer gets released whose name alone catches your eye. Sometimes they are funny, sometimes they are simply creative, and other times they are downright weird. Naming a beer can often be a fun process for brewers and their staffs. It can also be a pain in the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Stock up on brews, a blizzard is a comin’!
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 four breweries and a pair of newcomers, one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos, also joining the party. By all accounts of the weather…
Membership has its benefits at New Mexico breweries — 2016 edition
A while back we asked for info on every brewery’s membership/mug club for 2016. And we waited. And we waited some more. So here, with much fanfare, we finally present our annual guide, as we could not wait any longer. It only features 11 breweries, two of which share the same membership card, and only…
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