Danked on 6/29/14
Hello all, and welcome to another installment of Danksterpiece theater. Today we will be featuring a spot on Project that was brewed with Baird’s Marris Otter, Franco-Belges Munich malt, and dextrose....
View ArticleNew Dank plus the IPA Challenge and why you should go!
2014 will be my 10th IPA challenge and my 7th with a dog in the race. I remember not so long ago when the event consisted of 2 or 3 good IPAs, 5 poor to fair ones and 4 or 5 beers that were simply...
View ArticleSaison d’Hommel
he story of saison is a long one and I don’t write it nearly as entertainingly as Phil Markowski but I’ll try to give a brief synopsis. From the boom of modern agriculture in the Belgian province of...
View Article7/27/14 and the IPA Challenge
So, do you think we brew some good IPAs in NM? Project Dank, while it changes every batch, is a highly sought after beer around the country. It has taken home a bronze from the Great American Beer...
View ArticleReleases, releases, and the new dank
Hello all, I can’t tell you all how grateful I am for your patronage of our monthly (we try for that anyways) beer releases. The Saison d’Hommel and Blanche de Burque have both sold well, but I am...
View ArticleRed Ryeot to become a year-round offering, next in cans
So, funny story. Anyone who knows my taste in beer knows how much respect I have for Sierra Nevada. All odds are that, without Sierra, La Cumbre, and for that matter many of the breweries around today,...
View ArticleTres Padres nearing release, deconstructing project dank
A certain employee has been badgering me non-stop about my current lack of posts. Well, I’m just not that communicative! “But Jeff… it’s your job!” Well you gotta love that. I hire someone to walk...
View ArticleThe Silo Is In
We are no longer the second largest brewery in the country solely using bagged malts and our brewer’s backs thank us profusely for the nod. The finishing touches are being put on the new facility and...
View Article5 Years…
5 years ago, on a much sunnier Saturday than today, my wife Laura and I opened the doors of La Cumbre Brewing Co. to an excited craft beer community. Ours was the first brewery to open in Albuquerque...
View ArticleProject Dank: Operation Sea Monkey
I know, I know. I don’t write nearly enough to all of you hop fanatics. Well, sometimes I just don’t have that much to say, but today… Today is different. Some would argue that La Cumbre Brewing Co.,...
View ArticleA Lager with Soul
In 1976, Jack McAulliffe started the first modern craft brewery in America. Based in the wine country of Sonoma, CA, New Albion was started as a big middle finger to the tasteless, colorless, and, most...
View ArticleStrawberry Gose
Gose, as a classic beer style, originated in the town of Goslar well over 1,000 years ago. A city in Lower Saxony, the Goslar brewers had no need to follow the Reinheitsgebot which dominated the...
View ArticleAles for ALS and our newest Project Dank IPA
It’s been a while since I wrote about our Project Dank. The beer has taken on a life of its own since I first brewed it in the summer of 2013. When it was first created, as you may recall, it was my...
View ArticleA Letter to the Editor re: Raising the State Alcohol Tax
Hello all, It came to my attention yesterday morning that the Editorial Board of the Albuquerque Journal wrote a rather shocking letter in support of a $.25/drink increase across the board. This cost...
View ArticleAlbus Quercus
Ok all. 6 years. You may have seen the video that we put together for this beer, but this is where I get to take the shackles of our marketing peeps off and get seriously damn geeky with all of you. So...
View ArticleEl Jugo: What It Is And What It Isn’t
In December of 2004, Laura and I headed to Stowe Vermont for a family holiday in a Winter wonderland. On the 23rd, after a long day of skiing Mad River Glen in sub-zero temperatures, we stopped in to a...
View ArticleAnnouncing Our Second La Cumbre Taproom
It was way back in 2013 that I looked at our first potential second tap room. La Cumbre was 2 years old and was experiencing triple-digit growth. I was still actually brewing beer 50+ hours/week and...
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