A cold and windy winter night in the mountains outside Santa Fe, I’m drinking a Brut IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. I have some hazy IPA stashed in …
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Time to Close the Four Corners Generating Station
By Tom Ribe Standing on the mesas near Bandelier National Monument in about 1970 we looked across the Rio Grande Valley through a thick, often impenetrable gray smog that …
Trump Shutdown Throwing Craft Breweries for a Loop
Who knew that the craft beer industry has constant ongoing regulation from the federal government? Every brewer who sells beer across state lines knows and right now the Trump …
Parks Closed over Border Wall Demands
Late December 2018 finds us enjoying strong snowfall in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The Jet Stream that abandoned us last winter is now swooping up and over us …
Just Say No to Black Friday!
This is Black Friday which somehow became the day we are all supposed to rush out and buy things in anticipation of Christmas, a holiday centered on exchanging gifts …
Tripping in the San Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado define the four corners region. They dominate the skyline from a vast area of Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. Their massive peaks …
Why and How: Rio Chama River Tripping
Now that summer is virtually here, we decided it was time to go on a river trip and splash through cold water flowing off the San Juan Mountains and into …
Mesa Verde National Park and Unwanted Livestock
Southwest Colorado is easily one of the most beautiful areas of the West. Here the San Juan Mountains rise to more than 14,000 feet and send clear water cascading into …
Brace Yourself for a Wild Fire Year
Fire Season Heating Up earlier than usual this year. This winter produced the lowest snowpack in the New Mexico mountains since 1980, when agencies started keeping track of snowpack (near …
Hopping Past the Old Grind at Odells Brewery
With all they hype about hops these days, its good to find people taking a new approach to this plant we’re all addicted to. Hops is a member of …
