All things being equal, it was a pretty darn good year for both locations at Nexus Brewery. There were some medals earned, the expansion of the Blue Smokehouse was completed, and the support has been great from the community. Of course, in this day and age, nothing went totally as planned, but overall owner Ken…
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Nexus takes the lead after 2nd round of NM IPA Challenge in Farmington
The second-place finisher in 2021 will head into the final round of the 2022 New Mexico IPA Challenge with a slim lead as Nexus Brewery tries to win its first trophy. It was a clean second round at Lauter Haus Brewing in Farmington on Wednesday night, with Nexus picking up 14 votes to give it…
Great NM Beer Festival holds a first competition between local breweries
For the first time in a long while, an all-New Mexico breweries competition was held in advance of Saturday’s Great New Mexico Beer Festival. Local breweries competed for three medals in each of four categories, with a different brewery claiming gold in each category. Well, almost, since no gold medal was awarded by the judging…
Quartet of local breweries pick up 8 medals at North American Beer Awards
The North American Brewers Association announced the winners of the annual NABA on Saturday, and four Albuquerque area breweries earned a combined eight medals. Bow & Arrow, Boxing Bear, Nexus, and Sobremesa added some new hardware, all either bronze or silver medals. Sobremesa earned three medals, claiming a silver for Atrisco Amber in the American-Style…
ABQ Beer Week: Let the brews chase away the blues on a windy Day Four
Eee, it’s all windy out there. The good news is Sunday’s events are (mostly) indoors, so you can leave the SPF 50 at home and not worry about too much dust and dirt in your pint glasses. If you are not going to make it to the ABQ Blues & Brews festival at Sandia Casino,…
ABQ Beer Week: Live long and prosper at one flavorful 11th anniversary party
Let the weekend begin! Day Three of ABQ Beer Week features one big anniversary party, a unique food-and-beer-pairing, a special fundraiser, a celebration of ciders, a nighttime bike ride, and a bit of bingo. If you can work it all in around the Champions League final at 1 p.m., the Isotopes game at 6:35 p.m.,…
ABQ Beer Week returns after 2-year pandemic hiatus for its 10th edition
In years past, ABQ Beer Week was a massive undertaking, reaching a point of more than 100 events scattered across the city over an 11-day span. It returns this year for its 10th run, fairly scaled back, but no less of a challenge for organizer Marne Gaston and her team. I caught up with Gaston…
Tales from the World Beer Cup: Brewers share their favorite moments
A lot of times in the wake of a big beer event, there is a lot of additional information and stories that get left on the proverbial cutting room floor. Seeing as how Mondays are usually depressing affairs, we decided to pick up some of those leftovers that brought a smile to our faces and…
New Mexico breweries claim 5 awards at the 2022 World Beer Cup competition
A total of 10,542 beers were entered in 103 categories at the 2022 World Beer Cup, and five New Mexico breweries were able to bring home five awards out of that huge field on Thursday. Ponderosa Brewing (gold), Nexus Brewery (silver), Ex Novo Brewing (silver), Marble Brewery (bronze), and Second Street Brewery (silver) were the…
Nexus Brewery prepares for internal expansion at both taprooms in 2022
Nexus Brewery weathered the toughest parts of the pandemic, and is now almost back to its prior sales numbers. It has not been easy to get there, but owner Ken Carson and head brewer Randy King are feeling upbeat as 2022 rolls along. I sat down with both of them for our Look Back/Look Ahead…
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