A moment of sheer panic among craft beer drinkers and brewery staff members occurred late Monday afternoon when new orders from the office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham included the closing of all liquor stores to in-person sales. After a few anxious minutes of waiting, we were informed by Alcohol Beverage Control, via the New…
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Pandemic hits local brewing industry as hard as everything else
Never in our lives did we imagine that a story about a global pandemic’s impact on local craft breweries would ever appear on our site, but here we are. We will keep a constant listing of closings and event cancellations/postponements here, but please keep consulting individual breweries’ social media pages for updated information. We can…
Flix Brewhouse sneaks past Rio Bravo to claim 2020 Stout Invitational
Flix Brewhouse’s very good February continued on Saturday afternoon. The brewery/cinema followed up three medals at the Best of Craft Beer Awards by taking first place in the fifth annual New Mexico Brewers Guild Stout Invitational, once again held at Bathtub Row Brewing. Mama’s Kitchen, a milk chocolate stout with cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, coconut, and…
Bosque North set to host screening of craft beer documentary and follow-up panel discussion
This Super Bowl Eve, consider making a short drive up to Bosque North in Bernalillo, to join some of your favorite beer people, and me, for a special screening of the documentary For the Love of Craft, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The best part? It is all free, though you will have…
New Mexico Brewers Guild earns big legislative victory during year of transition
The New Mexico Brewers Guild accomplished a lot more than just hosting a few events during 2019. It pulled off a big win at the state legislature, changed executive directors, and continued to do its best representing each of its 81 members, big and small, urban and rural, throughout the year. To recap all of…
In Memoriam: Santa Fe Brewing founder left an impact far beyond brewing world
The founding father of the modern New Mexico craft brewing scene, Mike Levis, died two weeks ago in Amarillo, Texas. He started the Santa Fe Brewing Company out of a barn on his horse ranch in Galisteo in 1988, ending a stretch of 49 years without any commercial brewing in New Mexico. Levis, 80, is…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Marble closes the downtown music season in style
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 seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
Beer Premier features wild lineup of all-new brews from around the state
The Beer Premier, the final annual event on the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s calendar, is set for Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Rio Bravo. The BP will feature 23 brand-new beers from 22 different breweries, plus the recent Guild collaboration beer Land of Enchantment Lager. Lo and behold, we have the identities of…
GABF 2019: Stoutmeister returns to the belly of the brewing beast
It may not feel like autumn in much of the country, but in Denver, the biggest sign of fall is the mass gathering of brewers, beer lovers, and yes, even beer writers, at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival. Only yours truly is headed north this year, but I will do everything in my power…
Brewers from across New Mexico gather for Guild collaboration beer at Bosque
If your favorite brewery appeared to be missing its brewer on Tuesday, fear not, for he or she was likely working hard at Bosque Brewing in Bernalillo. Well, maybe not working hard, exactly, but that was the gathering place for representatives of some 20-plus breweries as the New Mexico Brewers Guild collaboration brew day took…
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