On Saturday afternoon, Rowley Farmhouse Ales posted to their social media accounts that they had experienced a fire. The post began, “Rough start to the weekend here at Rowley Farmhouse Ales…” The fire occurred early Saturday morning, completely destroying their two storage trailers. “In the very early morning, we were called to find that the…
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Rowley Farmhouse Ales is still on the rise even after a season full of change
It’s well known that in Santa Fe, we are lucky enough to experience all four seasons. And, for Santa Feans, our first open-space patio beer means that we’ve survived whatever winter the gods saw fit to throw at us, and we have indeed made it to spring. Well, as the seasons change, we often reflect…
Hidden Mountain Brewing hosts first annual Cask Festival
This Thursday, Hidden Mountain Brewing Company will host its first annual Cask Festival at a very familiar location on the south side of Santa Fe, and it’s going to be a firkin great time! Technically speaking, this would be the fifth cask festival in the same space, but the fourth was cancelled in 2020, for…
GABF 2022: Rowley Farmhouse Ales brings home another gold from Denver
As any brewery will tell you, the difficulty level of winning a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival is already a mile high. Bringing home a fifth medal, and a second gold, at that, after only being in the business for six years, is a pretty phenomenal achievement for a small brewpub. At…
Four New Mexico breweries claim medals at Great American Beer Festival
For a good long while, it appeared that 2022 would see New Mexico breweries bring home the fewest medals since Chama River was the lone medalist in 2010. As the category numbers dwindled down, three different breweries picked up medals to bring the state’s total to four. Rowley Farmhouse Ales took gold in the Belgian…
Beer Notes: Fall catch-up with all 7 of the Santa Fe area breweries
As summer draws to a close, and the air finally begins to cool, we in the Crew get a special tingly feeling in our black-shirted bellies; a special grin curls upward beneath our beards, and not just because it’s soon to be hoodie season. And, it’s not just because (most of) our freezers are packed…
ABQ Beer Week: Everyone pucker up on Day One as sours take center stage
And, we’re back! ABQ Beer Week kicks off today (Thursday) with an actual kickoff party, plus a special tasting/tap takeover, a beer-and-cheese pairing, a beer dinner, a fundraiser, and more. Let’s get right to it, shall we? Featured Event Every day we will pick what we consider the biggest, most interesting, most unique event. This…
20 questions with Jennifer Treu, Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ new head brewer
It’s not an easy thing to turn your passion into a career that spans several states, partially through a pandemic, but Rowley Farmhouse Ales’ new head brewer has done just that. On a nice, reasonably un-windy Wednesday, I sat down with the entire RFA brew crew, including brewmaster John Rowley, cellarman Roger Pacheco, new to…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Lagers, metal and bears highlight one busy weekend
Muster all your strength and prepare for one of the wildest weekends we have seen since 2019. The big event of the weekend is LagerHosen, and I’m headed to interview the Ex Novo staff today, so we will have a full preview of that epic festival. If you were not one of the lucky few…
La Reforma hires a familiar face as 2022 head brewer shuffle gets underway
After a relatively static period during the height of the pandemic, a new shuffle of head brewers is underway in New Mexico. “There was very little mobility during the pandemic,” said La Reforma co-owner John Gozigian, who has just hired a new head brewer/distiller. “Now that things are getting back to normal, for a long…
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