If you’ve been following along with our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, you may have gathered by now that 2020 has been a rough year for the brewing industry. For the last 10 months, I’ve been following closely with the Santa Fe craft beer industry, doing my best to keep up with how our guys have…
Tag: Rowley Farmhouse Ales
20 questions with Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ new head brewer
Rowley Farmhouse Ales has a new head brewer. When former head brewer Wes Burbank accepted a new position at Ex Novo Brewing in Corrales this summer, he left some pretty big barrels to fill back in Santa Fe. It was a good thing Rowley and crew have built up such a wide network of friends…
COVID catch-up with 2019’s Small Brewpub/Brewer of the Year — Rowley Farmhouse Ales
As we near the pandemic version of the Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony, which will stream online this Friday at 5 p.m., I thought it was a good time to check in with last year’s Small Brew Pub/Brewer of the Year winner, Rowley Farmhouse Ales (RFA). This past long weekend, I met with brewmaster…
Beer Notes: Ex Novo makes a big change to its year-round lineup
While working on some longer features, a bunch of beer notes materialized on the proverbial desk that are in need of publication. Here we go … Ex Novo replaces one of its staples Every week, I receive a copy of the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s newsletter via email. Down at the bottom are brewery classifieds,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Red Door and Rowley Farmhouse Ales keep charitable beers flowing
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 eight 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….
Brewery Patio Bracket Round Two: The struggle in the North rages on as well as in the Burbs
Welcome back to the second round of our brewery patio bracket-style tournament. After revisiting the southern breweries on Monday, followed by the offsite taprooms on Tuesday, we have three more polls today to narrow down these regional fields. The breweries in the northern reaches of New Mexico really fired up their supporters, with a record…
The Crew reviews Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ Black is Beautiful and learns a brewer is on the move
Normally when the Crew gathers virtually to review a beer with the brewer who made said beer, we usually talk about the product, the process, and go over everything else happening at the brewery these days. This time around, as we sat down with Rowley Farmhouse Ales head brewer Wes Burbank to discuss their version…
Santa Fe breweries react to indoor dining restriction
About a week ago, the governor renewed restrictions on indoor dining for all restaurants and breweries, and quite a few brewery and restaurant operators were quick to weigh in with their opinions. Across various social media platforms, a great deal of those in and around the brewing industry vented their frustrations, some in comments and…
Santa Fe breweries face their own unique challenges as they reopen to the public
This past couple weeks, the Dark Side Brew Crew has been running stories about the challenges our breweries are facing as they slowly reopen, what they’ve had to do to maintain the safety of their customers, and the general public response from the breweries’ perspective. Continuing with our reopening the breweries series, I sent out…
The Crew reviews Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ Thrace Hazy IPA with head brewer Wes Burbank
And, we’re back with another Zoom video beer review, briefly interrupting our ongoing series of brewery updates (one will still run later today). This time around, we are joined by both our Santa Fe writer, Luke, and Rowley Farmhouse Ales head brewer Wes Burbank. The latter brought down a case (!) of Thrace Hazy IPA…
