The Week Ahead in Beer: Anniversaries and grand openings and more

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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. This weekend may feature an overload on the big events front. First up,…

Tractor open for business in Four Hills

For those who do not follow us on Facebook, you missed the photos taken during the members-only soft opening of Tractor Brewing’s new taproom in Four Hills. Well, now you can go take your own photos since it is fully open for business. The grand opening celebration will be on Saturday, August 19, but for…

The Week Ahead in Beer: A cosplay craft crawl to kick off the weekend

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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Craft beer is all about fun, at least as far as we are…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Saturday event overload incoming

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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. I am still on the road, so this will not be a long…

Pork & Brew set to return for its 14th edition

The July 4 weekend is almost here, which means it is once again time for Pork & Brew in Rio Rancho at the Santa Ana Star Center. I sat down with Noah Trujillo and Alex Archuleta from the Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors Bureau to see what is up with the 14th annual edition of…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Celebrate dad’s day with some quality brews

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 six breweries, one in Los Alamos, and one in Moriarty also joining the party. Father’s Day is this Sunday, for those not checking their calendars, and just…

ABQ Beer Week: Nearing a grand end on Day Ten

The end is almost here. It’s OK to be a little melancholy about Beer Week being almost over. After all, you will only have our 30-plus amazing local breweries to keep you happy through the rest of the summer. Oh, darn. Anyway, all sarcasm aside, there are a lot of varied events today, with plenty…

ABQ Beer Week: The Tower of Sour looks fine on Day Nine

The final stretch of Beer Week begins with a number of varied events tonight. Topping the list is the fourth annual Tower of Sour at Back Alley Draft House, which is going to be bigger and more festive than ever before. There will also be special events at both Tractor locations, a special tapping at…

ABQ Beer Week: The battle to be great dominates Day Eight

Four years ago, the Dark Side Brew Crew stunned everyone (mostly ourselves) by winning the inaugural Battle of the Beer Geeks at Tractor Wells Park. Then, the Babes in Brewland kicked our butts two years in a row. Well, the time has come … for all of you to probably vote for them again. But,…