Today is fellow beer writer and blogger extraordinaire Stan Hieronymus’ 63rd birthday. Stan recently penned Brew Like a Monk, a terrific book on abbey and trappist styles, and earlier, along with his wife, wrote several books on beer traveling along with food and beer. His most recent book, however, is the new Brewing with Wheat. He usually writes the Real Beer blog, Beer Therapy, along with Appellation Beer, Beer Travelers, and Postcards from a Barstool, and Brew Like a Monk, the blog. Join me in wishing Stan a very happy birthday.
Fearing I would run a four-year old photo of him taken at the Seattle CBC, he sent me this one a couple of years ago. Here’s Stan at Cantillon in Brussels. Thanks, Stan, I like this one, too.
Stan and his family, Daria and Sierra, with their motorhome in our driveway during a brief visit during their trip.
Forgetting that I had the photo from when they spent the night at Casa Brookston, last year Stan sent this more recent photo of his family in Bryce Canyon that morning, one year ago.
Me and Stan at the grueling World Beer Award judging session in Chicago earlier this year.
Today in 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state.
New Mexico
New Mexico Breweries
New Mexico Brewery Guides
Guild: New Mexico Association of Small Brewers
State Agency: New Mexico Alcohol and Gaming Division
- Capital: Santa Fe
- Largest Cities: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Roswell
- Population: 1,819,046; 36th
- Area: 121593 sq.mi., 5th
- Nickname: Land of Enchantment
- Statehood: 47th, January 6, 1912
- Alcohol Legalized: June 9, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 21
- Rank: 24th
- Beer Production: 1,584,745
- Production Rank: 35th
- Beer Per Capita: 30.9 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 38.4%
- Cans: 56.6%
- Kegs: 4.9%
Beer Taxes:
- Per Gallon: $0.41
- Per Case: $0.92
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $12.71
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $12.71
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $38,934,311
- Direct Impact: $359,750,948
- Supplier Impact: $252,384,829
- Induced Economic Impact: $219,847,060
- Total Impact: $831,982,837
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No
- Sale Hours: On Premises: 7 a.m.–2 a.m., except Sundays, for establishments with full dispenser license. / 7 a.m.–11 p.m., except Sundays, for restaurants with beer and wine license.
Off Premises: 7 a.m.–12 a.m. except Sundays
- Grocery Store Sales: Yes
- Notes: New Mexico issues two types of license for consumption on-premise: a full dispenser license allowing sale of all types of alcohol, or a restaurant license permitting sale of beer and wine only. An additional Sunday permit is available which allows sale (on and/or off premise) on Sundays from noon until midnight. Exceptions are the prohibition of alcohol sale on Christmas, regardless of the day it falls on, and a Sunday permit allowing of sale (on and/or off premise) until 2:00 a.m. January 1, if December 31 falls on a Sunday. Sunday permits are only available where approved by voters within a local option district. Selling, serving and giving alcohol to a minor is a class 4 felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison.
Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.
