Howdy, all. It’s Stoutmeister. My personal holiday that I totally came up with is upon us. Yes, Friday is International Stout Day. Wait, you mean I don’t get credit for that? Oh. Well, can I get a free pint of stout? Please? Pretty please? Anyway, it really is International Stout Day, so get on out…
Tag: Taos Ale House
The Balloon Fiesta tourist’s guide to beer in Albuquerque
It’s that time of year again, when lots of folks from outside Albuquerque and New Mexico descend upon the Duke City for the Balloon Fiesta. While a lot of us locals grumble about the increase in traffic, even we’re big softies for the Fiesta (assuming we wake up in time). Well, we are, our dogs…
Taos Trek II: The Wrath of the $20 Cover
This heat sucks. It’s probably the most repeated line everyone in the ABQ metro area has heard since early last week. Shilling and I, Stoutmeister, had heard quite enough of it so we decided to do something about it. Specifically we decided to head up to the (slightly) cooler climes of Taos and do our…
2012: A Brew Crew Year in Review
Happy New Year’s, friends. 2012 was a big year for us. It was the start of the Brew Crew, we got to meet many of our local brewers and brewery owners, we got to check out many of our local beer festivals as well as the Great American Beer Festival, and we got to watch…
Hopfest in review: Chilling out in The Maple’s Shade
Stoutmeister here, fully recovered from the madness that was Hopfest 2012 down at Hard Rock on Saturday afternoon. First off, a huge thanks to everyone there, from the fans to the employees and volunteers. You all made it a wonderful show. A big thanks to Marne Gaston, who supplied us with Extra Hoppy tickets. For…
Beer Week: Colorado and Oregon invade, we approve
E-Rock and Franz Solo each made trips out for Thursday’s ABQ Beer Week events in Nob Hill. They offer up their thoughts on all the great beers that were available. Once again, I found myself at beer tastings on Nob Hill. I started the day’s tastings at Two Fools where I ran into the ABQ…
Taos Trek—All is good at the Ale House
Stoutmeister and E-Rock spent the last day of March in the Taos area in Northern New Mexico, which is now home to four breweries with potentially more on the way. After hitting two breweries just outside of Taos, we took the loop from Comanche Creek near Eagle Nest, up through Red River and then back…
Trekking to Taos and the four northern breweries
After a really busy week, just about every member of the Crew is looking forward to this weekend. Anyone that reads this blog probably realized that, considering we did not come with a single post since the previous Beer Weekend entry that went up last Friday. Rest assured, Shilling and Cryptogrind will have multiple posts…
Finding beer throughout New Mexico
The current roster of the Dark Side Brew Crew is based in Albuquerque, but we put that NM before our name to show that while we love our hometown microbreweries, we also enjoy all the fine styles from around the state. With the weather warming up, but the economy still scuffling along, more and more…
