Year five of One for 5 once again holds promise of hope for those in need

One of the best annual charity campaigns involving breweries is back for another run. The One for 5 campaign, now in its fifth year, returns starting today (Thursday) at the three participating breweries and Albertsons Market and Market Street locations throughout central and northern New Mexico. One for 5 features three breweries — Second Street,…

Beer Notes: Pint Glass day is nearly here and more brewers are on the move

Just a few rapid-fire items from the old beer notebook for this week. We kick off with the New Mexico Brewers Guild’s third Pint Glass Day, this time featuring a design with the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout. The glasses will be released at multiple breweries statewide this Wednesday. Second Street’s creative director, Mariah Cameron Scee,…

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…

Beer Notes: Fall catch-up with all 7 of the Santa Fe area breweries

As summer draws to a close, and the air finally begins to cool, we in the Crew get a special tingly feeling in our black-shirted bellies; a special grin curls upward beneath our beards, and not just because it’s soon to be hoodie season. And, it’s not just because (most of) our freezers are packed…

Lava Rock leads the NM IPA Challenge after a controversial first round

One, five, six, 16 … many (beer) numbers were heavily deliberated, as the public gathered to vote for their favorite IPAs in the 2022 New Mexico Brewers Guild IPA Challenge at Second Street Brewery – Rufina on Saturday afternoon. Just around 2,080 tasters were poured for around 130 guests in total, and zero people had…