Well folks, the first week of October has come and gone, and that means the New Mexico Brew Fest has come and gone. This year’s Brew Fest, again held at Villa Hispana at Expo New Mexico, had a great turnout for the third installment of this annual event which is quickly becoming a staple of the…
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Beer Notes: Septemberfest kicks off the weekend
Stoutmeister here, trying to clear out the mental notebook of beer (sure, I could write stuff down, but instead I prefer using my hands to lift pints) before trekking down to Marble’s Septemberfest on Saturday. Speaking of Septemberfest, this year’s edition kicks off at noon, features the added bonus of Red Light Cameras on stage,…
Clearing out the beer notebook
Beer Week is in the rearview mirror, but the Crew has stayed busy visiting breweries, drinking beer, and then procrastinating any writing about those beers. Yeah, sometimes we’re just really lazy. Or really busy, like this past weekend (yours truly, Stoutmeister, spent about 10 hours or so covering the Great Southwest Track & Field Classic;…
Beer Week: Colorado and Oregon invade, we approve
E-Rock and Franz Solo each made trips out for Thursday’s ABQ Beer Week events in Nob Hill. They offer up their thoughts on all the great beers that were available. Once again, I found myself at beer tastings on Nob Hill. I started the day’s tastings at Two Fools where I ran into the ABQ…
ABQ Beer Week arrives at long last
Today is like Christmas Eve for craft beer lovers. Yes, here on May 16, an otherwise average Wednesday, the community braces itself for the start of ABQ Beer Week on Thursday. The NMDSBC is preparing for the onslaught of flavorful delights that are coming our way over the next 11 days (which, yes, I realize…
Finding beer throughout New Mexico
The current roster of the Dark Side Brew Crew is based in Albuquerque, but we put that NM before our name to show that while we love our hometown microbreweries, we also enjoy all the fine styles from around the state. With the weather warming up, but the economy still scuffling along, more and more…
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