Just a few lovely imperial stouts and barleywines this week to keep us all warm and jolly through the rest of December. Second Street is turning 25(!) this week, so raise a glass or two of Skookum to that! There are a few more holiday markets this weekend, as well, so check those out in…
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Beer Premier brews feature classic styles, modern twists and wild experiments
As we noted back on Monday in our jumbo preview of New Mexico Brewers Guild events, the Beer Premier is back with 21 breweries debuting 20 brand-new, never-before-brewed beers. This year’s event will be held at Nexus Blue Smokehouse on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., and tickets are still available online. While there is…
New Mexico Brewers Guild rolls out plethora of events to close out 2021
If you calendar is looking empty in terms of events to attend for the rest of this year, the New Mexico Brewers Guild is about to fill it up with some fun beer-centric activities. NMBG executive director Leah Black was gracious enough to sit down and provide the information on all the events, which start…
The beer festival makes a triumphant return in a proper autumn setting
We went to a beer festival this past weekend, and it was amazing. Oh, sure, we could have written that statement dozens (hundreds?) of times in the past, but since the pandemic arrived, we haven’t had the opportunity. The last sampling festival any of us could recall was WinterBrew in January 2020, while the last…
Ullr Fest: The show goes on!
The festival season has been a bit spotty the last couple years, of course, so you will hopefully be thrilled to hear that Ullr Fest in Los Alamos will be happening this Saturday, October 2. The annual event at the ski hill is meant to be a tribute to the Norse God of Snow, Ullr,…
Four New Mexico breweries bring home four medals from GABF awards ceremony
A quartet of New Mexico breweries, including two first-time winners, captured medals at the 2021 Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony on Friday evening. Ex Novo Corrales and Ponderosa each won their first medals, and in both cases, those medals were gold. Ex Novo, whose sister brewery in Portland won gold last year for Perle…
New Mexico breweries hope for another bountiful night at GABF awards ceremony
The Great American Beer Festival was postponed again this year by the COVID pandemic, but just like last year, the medals competition and online awards ceremony are still being held. Last month, we went over the initial batch of submitted beers by more than dozen New Mexico breweries. We have added a few more since…
The spirit of collaboration is alive and well with the return of One for 5
The annual tradition of the One for 5 charity beer, spearheaded by Steel Bender Brewyard, Second Street Brewery, and Sierra Blanca Brewing, is back for another go-around starting this Wednesday. A hazy pale ale this time around, One for 5 will be available at all three breweries, as well as at Albertsons Market locations statewide….
Second Street’s passion for the game goes Beyond the Pitch
Today (Friday), Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe is releasing Beyond the Pitch, a canned beer collaboration with The Curse, one of the official supporters groups of New Mexico United. With the can release date bearing down on the goal like a forward with a good lead-in, I rushed in to catch up with head…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Multiple breweries welcome The Curse
Greetings, New Mexico craft beer lovers. Stoutmeister here with The Week Ahead in Beer. This column covers all the breweries in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, with Santa Fe’s eight breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, one in Silver City, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party….
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