Attention hopheads, your favorite time of the year is almost upon us. The 2024 New Mexico IPA Challenge kicks off this weekend with the elimination round, which the public does not attend, but the Crew will be there as proverbial flies on the wall to detail how it all turns out. We caught up with…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Get your Zozobra pint glasses ASAP
If you follow just about any brewery on social media, you have probably seen a post or two about the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s annual Pint Glass Day. The Guild has collaborated with New Mexico artists to create a special glass, and this year’s edition features a celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of Zozobra,…
Fête de la Funk: NM Brewers Guild’s first sour and funky beer fest set for Santa Fe
Do you love sour beers? No, really. It’s OK. You can admit it here. It’s a safe space. You’re amongst friends. So let me ask again, do you love sour and funk-forward beers and wish we showed them just a little more respect here in New Mexico? If you, like many others, find yourself often…
Tractor Brewing plows their way to victory at 2024 Stout Invitational
The stouts did flow on a lovely Saturday afternoon at Bathtub Row Brewing, as the annual Stout Invitational returned to Los Alamos. The Crew sent myself, Luke, and Reid to participate in the blind taste test of 16 stouts from breweries across New Mexico (Erin was also volunteering in the back, pouring samples for the…
WinterBrew 2024 boasts a stacked lineup of some exceptional seasonal beers
First off, if you did not get a ticket to this year’s edition of WinterBrew, you might not want to keep reading. It might just make you mad or sad that you failed to get a chance to try some of these rather amazing brews. WinterBrew tickets sold out this week, both general admission and…
The director’s chair: Edmonston reflects on her 1st year with NM Brewers Guild
To kick off the 2024 portion of the current run of Look Back/Look Ahead Series articles, I managed to catch up with New Mexico Brewers Guild executive director Ebbie Edmonston over the phone before things start to get a bit crazy for her up in Santa Fe. After all, she has a key board of…
Fate of the Fests: Brewery staff members discuss future of off-site events
The times, they are a changing, particularly when it comes to off-site beer festivals. We picked up on it pretty easily just by attending events around Albuquerque this year. The 2022 enthusiasm for the return of festivals was pretty obviously tilted towards the beer drinkers, and not the beer producers. It was an aberration, right?…
Beer Premier showcases 16 brand-new brews in midst of spooky season
Grab your finest Halloween costume a week early and get on over to Rio Bravo Brewing this Saturday afternoon for the return of the Beer Premier. The New Mexico Brewers Guild brings back this annual event where 16 breweries will unveil 16 brand-new brewing creations. Tickets are $30 and currently available online. They will rise…
Planning ahead to all of the great beer events of autumn in New Mexico
During a spot of downtime in Minneapolis on Thursday, I took note of a couple more announced events in the coming months. The more I thought about it, I figured it would be helpful if I would compile all of the announced events so far into a single post so all the beer lovers in…
Identifying all 16 entries in the recent New Mexico IPA Challenge
Many of you have been asking us for the names of the beers submitted to the New Mexico IPA Challenge. Actually, you have probably been asking us that question for years. Well, this year we finally decided to reach out to the breweries and see just what were those wonderful hoppy elixirs that we all…
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