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….
Tag: Tractor Brewing
The Week Ahead in Beer: The charitable contributions roll out at multiple breweries
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….
Beer Notes: A temporary closure and surviving another flood among latest news
Just when we thought we might have nothing to write about today, a couple news items crossed our proverbial desk, and we dug around for more. Tractor temporarily closes a taproom Though no specific reason was given, Tractor Brewing emailed out this announcement today: It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the…
Several Albuquerque metro breweries benefit from expanded patios
In early June, Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) worked with city and state officials to create and pass an initiative allowing businesses to expand their existing patios or create makeshift patios if they didn’t already have one. With the Governor’s most recent public health orders once again prohibiting indoor dining, the breweries that have taken advantage…
Beer Notes: One taproom closes after another opens for first time
Well, that sure was an interesting few days over on social media. The reactions to our last couple of stories about the latest change to the governor’s health orders — no more indoor seating at breweries or restaurants starting today (Monday) — brought out a lot of fire and passion and plenty of debates among…
Tractor among the event-heavy breweries that must refocus for the foreseeable future
It feels a little quieter at Tractor Brewing these days. That has nothing to do with the crowds; like their fellow breweries, they are limited to 50-percent occupancy, but the tables were full and people were beginning to gather on the expanded patio when I visited the Wells Park brewery taproom last week. No, it…
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…
Virtual Albuquerque Beer Week kicks off with multiple beer releases and events
Beer festivals and the like are among the many event casualties of the current pandemic. Gathering people in large numbers anywhere is not a particularly good idea, so it has forced event organizers to get a little creative in how to keep annual traditions going. Take ABQ Beer Week, the annual multi-day, multi-event extravaganza that…
The Week Ahead in Beer: More breweries reopen and make other positive changes
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….
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…
