Elephant Ranch Shakes Up the Bar Scene
A PINK POLKA-DOTTED ELEPHANT beckons with an invitation to Elephant Ranch, an outdoor beer garden, bar, liquor store, and communal gathering space on the western outskirts of Las Cruces. “It’s like…
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Tag: Local Beers
Alamogordo's Newest Brewery Takes Off
THE EARLIEST KERNELS of 575 Brewing Company began fermenting in Bill Arnold’s Alamogordo kitchen. “I just bought a homebrew kit one day,” he says. “I made a mess, but it was kind of drinkable.” He…
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How Las Cruces Became A Beer Town
Above: Little Toad Creek Brewery'and Distillery. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. In the space of just a few years, businesses like Icebox Brewing, Picacho Peak Brewery, Little Toad Creek Brewery and…
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The Most Beautiful Brewery in New Mexico
WINDOWS LINE THE WALLS at Comanche Creek Brewing and look out onto the expansive porch. I cannot overemphasize the view from this porch. It leads to a meadow that Maria von Trapp would gladly frolic…
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New Mexico's New Breweries
Above: Beer flights are popular options when your just can't decide what to drink. Photograph by Tim Bennet. ONE OF THESE YEARS, New Mexico is going to finally reach its limit of craft breweries…
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Native New Mexico Hops are Coming to a Brewery Near You
Above: Tom Brewer. Photographs by Douglas Merriam. ON A SMALL FARM in the town of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, a wet year has led to an early emergence of one of New Mexico’s newest crops. Everywhere…
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The Beer Can Artist Challenging the Status Quo
Above: La Cumbre's beers are meant to disappear, but the whimsically illustrated cans are for keeps. Photographs courtesy of La Cumbre Brewing. STARTED IN 2010 by Jeff Erway, La Cumbre Brewing has…
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Beer-ology
Above: Asa Stone at Sidetrack Brewery. Photograph by Minesh Bacrania. ASA STONE THIRSTS for knowledge. When graduating from high school in Hitachi, Japan, she didn’t want to study just one thing, as…
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The Ultimate Craft Beer Guide to New Mexico
Tractor Brewing has four locations throughout Albuquerque, including its Wells Park Taproom. ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS after college was at a brewery. I was a mere “runner”—the guy who delivered food to…
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