Since the breweries have begun to reopen to customers in the last month, we have tackled the big ones, the ones with food, and those known for hosting events. Then there are the smallest breweries, the places that did not have canning lines, or kitchens, or a decade or more of history to fall back…
Tag: Sidetrack Brewing
The Pink Boots Society collaboration beer arrives on tap and in cans at 13 local breweries
Long, long ago, in a more innocent time, many of the women in our craft brewing industry gathered together at Canteen Brewhouse to create a special beer. Yes, in those days of yore, otherwise known as early March, the 2020 collaboration brew for the New Mexico chapter of the Pink Boots Society came into this…
Beer Notes: The first brewery casualty of the shutdown has been named
We have a few small news items that cried out for a Beer Notes. We only wish it was all positive news, but alas, it is not. 1933 Brewing closes its doors permanently We started hearing rumors about the Rio Rancho brewpub closing a few weeks ago. The last Facebook post said 1933 was closing…
Metro breweries still adjusting to new regulations during pandemic
Most craft beer drinkers have been able to adjust to the new normal of to-go beer only from breweries, but we still wanted to know just how the breweries have adjusted with no major changes in statewide edicts since dine-in sales were stopped. After Luke checked in with the Santa Fe-area breweries last week, I…
The Week Ahead in Beer: More canned brews, more art, more metal
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….
Bosque North set to host screening of craft beer documentary and follow-up panel discussion
This Super Bowl Eve, consider making a short drive up to Bosque North in Bernalillo, to join some of your favorite beer people, and me, for a special screening of the documentary For the Love of Craft, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The best part? It is all free, though you will have…
Sidetrack Brewing keeps chugging along with new brewer in the fold
Back before all the holiday madness, I was able to sit down with the owners and brewer of Sidetrack Brewing, ostensibly to time their Look Back/Look Ahead Series article with their upcoming January anniversary party. As I recalled, Sidetrack opened right after New Year’s in 2016, so it was safe to assume the fourth anniversary…
Marvelous Marblefest features a slew of new brews of a German variety
Long ago, Marble Brewery used to hold Septemberfest in its back parking lot downtown, featuring other breweries from around the state offering up their autumn beers. As the brewery grew and expanded, eventually swallowing that parking lot, Septemberfest disappeared into the memory of festivals gone by. Then along came Marblefest, a full-on German-themed beer event…
Beer Notes: Resurrections, closures, brewers-on-the-move and more
The news items are piling up around here, so let us start the week with what is going on around the New Mexico craft brewing scene. We’re not dead yet After we published our story about Eske’s Brew Pub and Eatery meeting an untimely demise after 27 years, we were eventually contacted by Mark Hoffman,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: A Prideful weekend awaits after a brisk ArtWalk
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 seven breweries, one in Los Alamos, one in Moriarty, one in Red River, and one in Truth or Consequences also joining the party. The weekend kicks off…