2021 wasn’t exactly the year we hoped for in terms of miraculously expelling the virus sweeping the planet, but it was a year where we began to put on pants again, get outside, and begin to move forward with plans, and get back to the simple things like joining your buddy for a beer. Recently,…
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Rowley Farmhouse Ales is back in black with Blackest Friday
A cold wind blows across your face, sending a shiver deep down into your sweater. You can see your breath as you huff and puff across the parking lot. And, as you pull the sleeves over your frigid fingers, you already begin to regret the inevitable walk back to the car, as your legs feel…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Black Friday takes on a whole new meaning
Welcome to an early edition of Week Ahead, as we want to make sure everyone is aware of what beers are available well in advance of Thanksgiving, when most breweries will be closed (see below for the exceptions). Despite being a holiday week, there are plenty of beer releases coming Friday, with some fun events…
New Mexico breweries hope for another bountiful night at GABF awards ceremony
The Great American Beer Festival was postponed again this year by the COVID pandemic, but just like last year, the medals competition and online awards ceremony are still being held. Last month, we went over the initial batch of submitted beers by more than dozen New Mexico breweries. We have added a few more since…
Rowley Farmhouse Ales celebrates 5 years in the business
Making it as a successful restaurant concept has never been an easy feat. Making it, and lasting as a successful business in Santa Fe is even more impressive, something restaurateurs take great pride in, something they can celebrate. For Santa Feans to embrace you, for visitors to seek you out while in town, you have…
Even more fresh-hop beers are on the horizon for New Mexico breweries
As we noted the other day in our first story about fresh-hop beers coming from New Mexico breweries, only a handful of places had responded before I hit publish on ye ole WordPress. Since then, three more breweries (two in collaboration, technically) shared what they have coming up, another hinted a beer might be coming,…
A fond farewell to a great brewer and an even better friend
Over the years, the Brew Crew has met many people we consider friends throughout the brewing industry. Most of those folks become a sort of friendly acquaintance, someone we will sit and have a beer with, bump into at concerts, or join in cheering on New Mexico United and/or the Isotopes. Sometimes, though, we find…
Rowley Farmhouse Ales bar manager finds her path forward
Ebbie Edmonston has been in and around the craft beer industry for eight years. She’s almost always been behind the bar, and has seen nearly every situation from the other side of the pine. After working at Duel Brewery for three and a half years, she was beamed aboard the ship at Meow Wolf as…
Rowley Farmhouse Ales helps kick off the launch of Modern Times in New Mexico
While beer festivals may not be back in full force just yet, the craft beer world is starting to find its way back to that good place that feels more like the normal we remember as events return to our taprooms. We in the Dark Side Brew Crew couldn’t be more thrilled that the times,…
Rowley Farmhouse Ales resets in 2020 and looks forward to hanging out again in 2021
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…
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