Murphy’s Law was an uninvited guest to last year’s pre-Halloween festivities at Tractor Wells Park, as some may recall. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong, it seemed. Undaunted by that experience, Tractor events and marketing director Jeremy Kinter will bring back the Zombie Carnival this Saturday night from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. “This…
Tag: New Mexico Brewers Guild
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…
Boxing Bear edges Downshift in closest IPA Challenge vote in many years
Back before the final round of the 2025 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge, the Crew got all sentimental because it was going to be held at Canteen, the site of the first NMIPAC that we attended as a Crew back in 2012. Well, lo and behold, it was actually the 2016 NMIPAC that was…
IPA Challenge goes back to the beginning with final round at Canteen
The New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge will wrap up with a three-session final round at Canteen Brewhouse this Saturday. The staggered times will be at noon, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., with tickets still available online for just the first two sessions, which should definitely be your sign to get them in advance as…
Icebox Brewing uses home field advantage to take IPA Challenge lead
The second round of the 2025 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge just wrapped up at Icebox Brewing in Las Cruces, with the hosts leaving with the most votes. Icebox added 19 more votes to their first-round total of eight for 27 total. Another southern brewery, Downshift, tallied the second most votes of the round…
Beer Notes: Hiking for brews, hops go south, newcomer in cans, Flix wins
Oh, look at that, just enough stuff has piled up that it was time to empty the old beer notebook again. Let us dive right in, shall we? First up, a little while ago we were sent that book pictured up above. Beer Hiking Southern Rockies is part of a series of regional books that…
First round of 2025 NM IPA Challenge features a crowd at the top
Back during the preliminary round of the 2025 New Mexico IPA Challenge, a few brewers told the Crew that it would be awfully hard for any of the quality ales featured to break away from the pack. The first round of public voting Saturday proved that prediction right, as three breweries tied with 12 votes…
Snazzy 16 finalists line up for competitive IPA Challenge field
Oh, sure, we could have used the obligatory sweet 16 in that headline, but we do not want to be sued by CBS and the NCAA. Anyway, the preliminary round of the 2025 New Mexico IPA Challenge was held this Saturday at Gravity Bound to narrow down a large field of competitors into the finalists…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Guild members collaborate on new IPA
A few weeks ago, the New Mexico Brewers Guild brought together a slew of breweries to participate in a new collaboration. Bosque Brewing hosted everyone at their Bernalillo location, and with support from national sponsors Briess Malt & Ingredients Co., Country Malt Group, Hopsteiner, and Lallemand Brewing, a new beer was born. Enchanted IPA (7%…
Run do not walk down the road for this year’s NM Pint Glass Day
Just in case you are not on social media, or do not follow that many breweries on there, you might have missed that Wednesday is New Mexico Pint Glass Day. For the fifth year running, the New Mexico Brewers Guild is releasing a special commemorative pint glass at participating breweries throughout the state. This year’s…
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