Time to get festive with Marble’s Septemberfest

Beer festival season is upon us, the official kickoff to fall in Albuquerque. First up is Marble’s Septemberfest, which will be held from noon to 5 p.m. this Saturday. Tickets are available online and at all three Marble locations. This year’s event will see some changes from previous formats, so to get the lowdown on…

Second Street’s got one sweet can!

Last week I had the opportunity to watch some awesome history in the making. Santa Fe’s Second Street canned their first beer inside their brewery. “Why is that awesome?” I hear you asking yourself. Besides the fact that we can now pick up a canned version of their Pivotal IPA and take it along on…

Second Street brews up plenty of new beer goodness

Lately the Crew has been writing a lot on all the new brewers and new breweries in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. That does not mean that the news has stopped with many of our old favorites. The folks at Second Street Brewery up in Santa Fe contacted us about all the wonderful things that brewer…

Beer Notes: More medals, more interviews, more brews

This edition of Beer Notes might count as the most random grab-bag of stuff ever. The news has started to pile up on our doorstep again, now it’s just a matter of finding that precious thing — time — in which to go more in-depth. Until then, well, here’s a summary of all the fun…

WinterBrew 2014: The best brews of the fest

Another WinterBrew is in the books, and once again it was a successful event at the Santa Fe Farmers Market on Friday. The Brewers Guild sold out of tickets well in advance, and other than a few people accidentally dropping their sample glasses, it was a great crowd. While I personally missed that pizza joint…

WinterBrew 2014: Big beers set to rule the day in Santa Fe

There will be 16 breweries serving up their finest at WinterBrew on Friday at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. The event kicks off at 4 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m., and if you have not purchased ticket(s) yet, you are out of luck, because they announced way back on Tuesday that it was sold…

T-minus one week till WinterBrew

It has to be said: It does not feel like winter out there. Hopefully that does not end up jinxing us all to a week of wind, snow, and ice, but this has been one mild winter. Nonetheless, in keeping with the spirit of what should be the season, the New Mexico Brewers Guild will…

Beer Notes: A festival for Cruces, Dead pints, Hopfest winners

Happy Friday everyone. Stoutmeister here with a grab-bag of beer news and notes. I would ask if you all had a fun Halloween, but it seemed strangely quiet out there. Save for a show at Sister Bar and the kids trick-or-treating, putting the great holiday on a Thursday meant a lot of folks put it…

Second Street is still second to none

Welcome to part two of our three-part series on Santa Fe’s non-distribution breweries. You can find our recap of Blue Corn here, with our recap of Duel still to come. Anyway, much as we did with Blue Corn, Franz Solo and I, Stoutmeister, snagged an impressive sampler tray of all the beers that Second Street…