We are eschewing our usual format, well somewhat, to give Blues & Brews some extended coverage this Sunday. The mondo festival usually concludes Beer Week, but as scheduling would have it this time around, it all goes down today. Brace (and pace) yourselves for the fun of Day Four of ABQ Beer Week 2014. Today’s…
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ABQ Beer Week 2014: All the info you need to know
Greetings, beer lovers! Rejoice, for one of the best weeks of the year is upon us as ABQ Beer Week returns beginning this Thursday. This is pretty much the single busiest week-plus (it’s technically 10 days long) of the year for the Dark Side Brew Crew, but fear not, we are all well-prepared for the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Winter is almost over
Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. Winter is finally loosening its grip…
And now the rest of us indulged at The Stumbling Steer
For those who follow us on Facebook, you probably noticed we had a bit of a loopy little weekend. Brandon turns 30 today (Monday), so in advance there were many shenanigans. For me, personally, the highlight was the old-school “drinking in the parking lot” moment that mixed with our now high standards for beer (yup,…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Febrewary fun continues
Greetings New Mexico craft beer lovers, this is E-Rock, back to bring you this installment of The Week Ahead in Beer. This column is hand-crafted to keep you up to date on all of the seasonal beers, news, and events served up at breweries and taprooms in New Mexico. New Mexico craft beer junkies, it’s…
The Stumbling Steer rumbles to life at last
Editor’s note: While I was battling a cold last week, I dispatched Franz Solo and Porter Pounder to the West Side to check out Albuquerque’s newest brewery-restaurant. Their report has helped me get healthier faster. — Stoutmeister The Stumbling Steer has arrived at long last and holds quite a bit of promise for great things…
WinterBrew 2014: The best brews of the fest
Another WinterBrew is in the books, and once again it was a successful event at the Santa Fe Farmers Market on Friday. The Brewers Guild sold out of tickets well in advance, and other than a few people accidentally dropping their sample glasses, it was a great crowd. While I personally missed that pizza joint…
WinterBrew 2014: Big beers set to rule the day in Santa Fe
There will be 16 breweries serving up their finest at WinterBrew on Friday at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. The event kicks off at 4 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m., and if you have not purchased ticket(s) yet, you are out of luck, because they announced way back on Tuesday that it was sold…
T-minus one week till WinterBrew
It has to be said: It does not feel like winter out there. Hopefully that does not end up jinxing us all to a week of wind, snow, and ice, but this has been one mild winter. Nonetheless, in keeping with the spirit of what should be the season, the New Mexico Brewers Guild will…
The Stumbling Steer starts to rumble to life
It has been a while, over a year in fact, since a new brewery (Bosque) opened in Albuquerque. After a long drought, there are some new breweries on the horizon, the biggest and most ambitious of which is The Stumbling Steer. The Steer is located in the old west side Quarters near the intersection of…
