It was another successful Great American Beer Festival for our local breweries, as five different places brought home a total of six medals on Saturday morning at the annual awards ceremony in Denver. Marble Brewery won yet another medal for its Pilsner, taking home a bronze in the Kellerbier or Zwickelbier category. It is the…
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Get your BearFest beer lists here
As most of you should know by now, BearFest returns this Saturday, now at the Albuquerque Convention Center downtown. VIP entry is at 12:30 p.m., general admission is at 2 p.m., and it all runs until 6 p.m. General admission tickets are still available online and VIP tickets are still available at Boxing Bear. Much…
BearFest roars back with new indoor location
BearFest, the annual local-only craft beer festival hosted by Boxing Bear, returns for a third go-around this Saturday. The big change this year, besides pushing it back and away from ABQ Beer Week and Blues & Brews, is moving the fest out of the brewery parking lot to the Albuquerque Convention Center. Unless you are…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Feast like royalty at Nexus anniversary party
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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. One of our favorite annual events that happens during ABQ Beer Week, but…
Nexus goes boldly into 2017 with plans for a 3rd location
Things are going good at Nexus Brewery. How good, one might ask? Owner Ken Carson is already planning a third location, even though he only opened his second this past June. For this edition of our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, I sat down with Ken and head brewer Kaylynn McKnight to recap the year that…
Beer Notes: Firkin closing is not the start of a bad trend
In case anyone missed it on social media over the weekend, the long-rumored demise of The Firkin BrewHouse and Grill came to pass, as their own Facebook page communicated the following: To all of our loyal and wonderful customers, unfortunately I must state that the Firkin BrewHouse and Grill is closed. More info will follow…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Special releases galore before final hop onslaught
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 one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. Before we all take our palates into battle at the…
Nexus Brewery expands to the West Side
Once breweries achieve some level of success, it seems the first thing they do is open another location. This was not the case for Ken Carson at Nexus. Even after the success of the food menu, national TV appearances, awards, and lines out the door, he was very cautious about his expansion plans. That patience…
ABQ Beer Week 2016: So much beer for thee on Day Three
Forget keeping up with the Joneses, it’s all about keeping up with the beerses, um, yeah, this weekend. Saturday is another jam-packed day, with two major events for charities, a slew of beer tastings, and two big beer dinners. Beyond what’s listed below, don’t forget, today is also Nexus’ fifth anniversary. They will have an…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Don’t forget the breweries amid the madness
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 one down in Socorro and the other in Los Alamos also joining the party. In case you missed it, but we are guessing you…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 