The times are good over at Tractor Brewing these days. The brewery, which just celebrated 25 years in business, had been prepping for the biggest annual event when a big honor was bestowed upon the brew team with their first Great American Beer Festival medal. I caught up with head brewer TJ Frederich and events…
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The Week Ahead in Beer: Mixing a little spooky with last of Oktoberfest events
It’s a busy little weekend ahead, with the last of the scheduled Oktoberfest events scattered in there alongside a couple more spooky season happenings. Boxing Bear will host their annual DogtoBEARfest on Saturday at 11 a.m., which we’ll preview in depth later this week since we’re talking to them about their recent Great American Beer…
Trio of New Mexico breweries snag medals at GABF awards ceremony
Three breweries from Albuquerque claimed medals at the Great American Beer Festival on Saturday morning. Quarter Celtic Brewpub and Meadery won their first gold medal, topping the Vienna Lager category with their Vienna Festbier. It beat out 122 entries for the top spot. Quarter Celtic had previously won two silvers in 2020 and a bronze…
The Week Ahead in Beer: The doggos get to enjoy spooky season at Sidetrack
As Balloon Fiesta zips toward its conclusion this weekend, spooky season will continue with a few more fun events, including one for the four-legged friends who frequent our brewery patios. Sidetrack is hosting a Dog Costume Contest this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The registration fee is $10 per dog, and all dogs must…
Tractor Brewing reflects on 25 years and preps for one big celebration
Tractor Brewing never really needs an excuse to throw a big party. It’s kinda their thing. But, when it comes to celebrating 25 years in business, the party also comes with plenty of reflection of just what a quarter-century worth of Tractor means. We sat down with co-owner/brewmaster David Hargis and events and marketing director…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Let’s get spooky a few weeks early this year
It’s never too early to get into Spooky Season, right? At least that won’t be the case at three local breweries this weekend, which ties in nicely with Friday being the 13th and all. Leading things off, naturally, is Painted Lady Bed and Brew with a special book signing/reading of Haunted Albuquerque, featuring author Cody…
Tractor Brewing decides to have their own beer week worth of events
Just a few hours after we published our story saying good-bye to ABQ Beer Week last Thursday, an email popped up from Tractor Brewing’s events and marketing director, Jeremy Kinter. While the main ABW is done, Tractor is bringing back some of its most popular events of years past and holding their own beer week….
Tractor Brewing plows their way to victory at 2024 Stout Invitational
The stouts did flow on a lovely Saturday afternoon at Bathtub Row Brewing, as the annual Stout Invitational returned to Los Alamos. The Crew sent myself, Luke, and Reid to participate in the blind taste test of 16 stouts from breweries across New Mexico (Erin was also volunteering in the back, pouring samples for the…
The Week Ahead in Beer: At least the stouts aren’t scary at Tractor
The good folks at the Wells Park location have been running Tractor of Terror, a weekly horror/sci-fi movie screening, every Thursday for quite a while now. This week they picked out the movie that I, personally, was scared of more than any other as a child. My dad showed me The Thing when I was…
Tractor Brewing aims to carry good momentum from 2023 into 2024
Well, here we are again, time for our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series to commence as we talk to the breweries about how 2023 went and what they hope 2024 will bring. To kick things off for the second year in a row, I sat down with Tractor Brewing events coordinator Jeremy Kinter and head…
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