Saturday Night Sixer: The Sunday edition!

Greetings hop heads and malt maniacs!  We’re back with another installment of the Saturday Night Sixer, brought to you on a Sunday this week (thanks, technical difficulties); this week we’ve got a few heavyweights to pop the tops on.  Not sure which six pack will please the palates of your friends?  Tired of the same…

Saturday Night Sixer: Narwhal Imperial Stout from Sierra Nevada Brewing

Greetings beer fanatics, Brandon has returned for another weekend edition of Saturday Night Sixer!  Not sure of what sixer to grab on your way to that fall barbecue??  Staring endlessly at row after row of bombers, contemplating which one is going to please your palate??  Or looking for something out of the ordinary to change…

Quick review: La Cumbre gets its Irish on

La Cumbre is at it again. Just when beer lovers thought the hops were in full command of the brewery, Jeff Erway and company flipped the script and concocted an Irish red ale and an oatmeal stout, perfect for March. With Shilling and the Professor Emeritus of Beer in tow, I dropped on by LC…

Arizona Adventure Part I: Beaver Street Brewery

The Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff, Ariz., is a family-friendly restaurant reminiscent of Chama River and Turtle Mountain.  The staff at Beaver  Street was very nice and the food was delicious.  I had the grilled chicken oven-cooked pizza while Stoutmeister had a giant hamburger. (Editor’s note: Half-pound of beef with bacon and cheese. It shortened…

Shadow boxers, milk mustaches and more midweek beer joy

It’s been a busy week already, but before I became a semi-permanent resident of both The Pit and the Santa Ana Star Center for the state basketball tournament, I managed to trek out to try a couple new beers here in ABQ. First up was the Shadow Boxer Black IPA at Chama River. It appears…

Beer Battle: The Stoutest Stout of All Is…

Marble’s Oatmeal Stout, or at least that was how we ended up voting after the first NM Dark Side Brew Crew Beer Battle. The battle took place during halftime of the Super Bowl (if anybody out there expected us to watch Madonna, then clearly something is amiss in your knowledge of the Crew). We brought…

NM Dark Side Brew Crew Presents: The Super Bowl of Stouts

Ah, Super Bowl Sunday.  A day where two teams battle it out on the gridiron, corporations drop millions of dollars for 15 seconds of airtime, and bar food is a staple for at least two of your meals.  Super Bowl Sunday is truly an American “holiday”. That is why the Brew Crew is going to…