If you missed The Week Ahead in Beer, then you missed a weekend chock-full of events. We elected to break out a few of them for a deeper look into all the details you need to know. First up, the fifth annual Santa Fe Beer & Food Festival is set for Saturday and Sunday at…
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Food-and-beer pairings galore are set for Steel Bender, Marble and Boxing Bear
Let’s face it, a whole lot of beer geeks are also foodies, so anytime a brewery decides to create special pairings of its finest ales and lagers with some delicious eats, folks tend to get excited. Well, get excited, because over the next four weeks there are at least four major pairing events that we…
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: More Crushies for 2 local breweries, QC wins Down Under and more
It has been busy with all the events lately coming right on the heels of the World Beer Cup and Craft Brewers Conference, so we missed a few items of note. For instance, Second Street and Steel Bender combined to win five Crushies at the Craft Beer Marketing Awards, which were also announced during CBC….
ABQ Beer Week returns with an even more local vibe than in years past
It is almost the end of May, believe it or not, and that means we have reached the annual stretch where ABQ Beer Week returns to celebrate all things craft in Albuquerque. This year’s version is scaled back from the pre-pandemic era Beer Weeks, and rather uniquely features a local brewery at every event. No…
Steel Bender Brewyard makes it through some big changes behind the scenes
Sitting out in the taproom at Steel Bender, the average customer probably has not noticed too many changes. Go behind the scenes, especially in the brewery building next door, and you might notice a lot of new faces. Our Look Back/Look Ahead Series often focuses on the changes that occur from one year to another,…
Balloon Fiesta celebrations land at multiple local breweries and taprooms
As any Albuquerque resident knows, the first week of October belongs to the Balloon Fiesta. The morning skyline is dotted with those familiar (and some not-so-familiar) floating shapes, balloon-themed merchandise dominates the shelves of every corner store and coffee shop in town, and the tourists, well, they are everywhere. Whether you choose to take part…
New Sidetrack head brewer paid his dues at Chama River and Steel Bender
After seven years in the trenches, so to speak, Cordell Rincon is finally getting his own command. Rincon has taken the reins at Sidetrack Brewing, succeeding David Kimbell. I caught up with Rincon this week before the brewery opened for the day. “Oh, it’s great (here),” he said. “I always told myself that if I…
Great NM Beer Festival holds a first competition between local breweries
For the first time in a long while, an all-New Mexico breweries competition was held in advance of Saturday’s Great New Mexico Beer Festival. Local breweries competed for three medals in each of four categories, with a different brewery claiming gold in each category. Well, almost, since no gold medal was awarded by the judging…
ABQ Beer Week: Breweries keep things quite cozy on a quaint Day Seven
After Tuesday featured just one event, things snap back to normal with multiple events today (Wednesday). A Los Ranchos brewery comes to the Sawmill District, Marble rolls out a new beer in cans and on draft, and Tractor and Brew Lab 101 have some of their regular events in the evening. Featured Event Every day…
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