Speculating on which brewery could replace Santa Fe at renovated Sunport

Our friends at Albuquerque Business First reported last week (behind their paywall) that Santa Fe Brewing had withdrawn from the lineup of new eateries/drinkeries coming to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The details as to exactly why the deal broke down were a bit scant, other than the brewery and the company hired to run concessions…

The Week Ahead in Beer: So many anniversary parties, so little time

After last week’s onslaught of new beers (most of which had to be added over and over to this after the original posting), we had hoped that this would be a nice, relaxing week. Who were we kidding? No, it’s a big weekend for anniversaries. We already shared some details on Flock of Moons’ first…

Brewers & Distillers Cup returns along with Santa Fe Brewing’s Spring Runoff

The second annual Brewers & Distillers Cup will kick off this Saturday at 10 a.m. at Balloon Fiesta Park. This event once again combines a soccer tournament, featuring teams representing local breweries and distilleries, with an outdoor beer festival. Tickets are $20 and are still available online. A ticket gets you eight sample pours from…

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…

Balloon Fiesta celebrations land at multiple local breweries and taprooms

As any Albuquerque resident knows, the first week of October belongs to the Balloon Fiesta. The morning skyline is dotted with those familiar (and some not-so-familiar) floating shapes, balloon-themed merchandise dominates the shelves of every corner store and coffee shop in town, and the tourists, well, they are everywhere. Whether you choose to take part…

Oktoberfest-a-palooza: Rounding up all the events statewide this weekend

With the actual Oktoberfest back up and running in Germany, it only made sense for just about everyone else to start doing their own versions of the annual beer-filled event all around the world. In New Mexico, this weekend alone will see five different Oktoberfests in five separate towns, so we figured it behooved us…