Today, three heads in the New Mexico craft beverage industry came together to toast progress, particularly in the form of Senate Bill 440. Brian Lock of Santa Fe Brewing Co. and Mike Zercher of Santa Sidra came together to celebrate a union of craft beverages as cider and wine both went on tap (and in…
Tag: Santa Sidra Cidery
Something wicked (fun) this way comes: Oktoberfiesta is back
As I was driving home from Red River’s Oktoberfest last Sunday, I had a couple questions on my mind. How much Oktoberfest is too much Oktoberfest? And can anyone really have too much Oktoberfest in their lives? The answers that I came up with were thus: “too much” is too broad of a statement, and…
If an apple a day is good for you, how about four?
Last Saturday afternoon, fellow Bullpen-er Luke and I, Amy O (along with our significant others), visited Santa Sidra Cidery in Santa Fe. We were very warmly greeted by owner and cidermeister Michael Zercher and his wife. None of us had ever seen a working cidery before and the tour was quite informative. Mike knows a…
Beer Notes: Yes, there are more breweries on the way
There has been a lot of little beer-related news items coming across the Crew’s proverbial desk of late, so I figured I would jam them all together in a notebook. Now it’s just a test to see how many of those items I actually remember. Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead. New breweries are…
The State Fair Pro-Am selects the best of the best
Over the last two weekends, judging has been going on for the State Fair Pro-Am Brewing competition. On Friday evening at Tractor Brewing Wells Park, the Best of Show was chosen. There we 180 professional entries and 269 amateur entries for ales, lagers, meads, and ciders. To avoid the longest caption in history with the…
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