Friday afternoon Sandra took us to Tia Sophia’s for some authentic enchiladas with Christmas chili (green and red chili topping). Then we went to the Marble Brewery tap room (the brewery is in Albuquerque) that looks over the main plaza. Marble Brewery’s big red ale was juicy, sweet, and hoppy; and their double IPA was well balanced with a great malt backbone and citrus hops.
After some samplers at the Marble Brewery we headed to Madrid and had a beer at the mine shaft bar and took a hike around the area. On way back into Santa Fe we stopped at the Santa Fe Brewery and had a full sampler of 9 beers including their awesome State Pen Porter.
For dinner we went to il Vicino pizzeria and brewery where Alan, Michael, and Steve had pints of the slowdown brown ale and I had a crisp clean pigtail pils. Washing down our thincrust pizzas with a pigtail hit the spot. The slowdown brown was well balanced with some dark chocolate, good malt, and a subtle hop bitterness.
Saturday we went with Sandra to the farmers market in the morning then took a hike to Picacho peak where we got a great view of Santa Fe. Luke came along for the hike too.
That night we celebrated an early Mother’s Day with Steve’s Parents at the 2nd Street Brewery. The brew highlight was definitely the Citra pale ale. Crisp, with great fruity and mango notes that supposedly come from the new Citra hybrid hop grown in Oregon.
We would like to send out a big thanks to Sandra, Steve, and Luke for the hospitality, cheers!
2 comments:
Ahh, now there is a post with true balance. A little nature, a little beer and and a clear sense of purpose. Beer + Family + Nature + Friends = well, Priceless I would suggest.
Unfortunately, each post just makes your trip sound even better. You are placing too much pressure on your west coast connections to live up to. Pat and I are working on a great hike for all of you and feel the one we are mapping out around our block is looking to be a winner. Other than that, I'm a wine drinker (often one of the finer boxed wines) - so we are still looking into brew options. Biff
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