# Albuquerque Breweries for Lagers & Pilsners

Ponderosa's Italian Pilsner has won gold twice. Gravity Bound slow-makes Czech lagers, and Lasso pours Kölsch, Vienna lager and pils.

- **Marble Brewery** (Downtown): The big one north of downtown: a patio with an outdoor stage, a rooftop deck, and a sandwich shop on site. Double White, IPA and Cerveza on draft and in cans. Free shows on the patio stage run through the warm months, and it gets packed at peak hours. Good to know: Westside taproom on Night Whisper Rd; SRB sandwich shop on site.
- **Bow & Arrow Brewing** (Wells Park): A 2026 James Beard finalist for Outstanding Bar, owned by Native women, with a beer hall and a fire pit outside. Beers built on Southwest ingredients: Denim Tux Pilsner, Savage Times Sour IPA, farmhouse ales. A food truck is usually parked outside. Hours: Mon–Wed 3–9pm · Thu–Sat noon–10pm · Sun noon–9pm.
- **Gravity Bound Brewing** (Wells Park): Hazy IPAs, fruited sours, and slow-made Czech lagers, with a different food truck every night. House kombucha for anyone not drinking. Trivia Monday nights, and a run club ends here. The brewery runs on electric power with rooftop solar. Hours: Mon 4–9pm · Tue–Thu 3–10pm · Fri 2–11pm · Sat noon–11pm · Sun noon–9pm. Good to know: Trivia Mon 6:30pm.
- **Ex Novo Downtown** (Downtown): Brewpub with a full kitchen downstairs and The Bitter Nun, a cocktail bar on the mezzanine. Mass Ascension IPA and a strong lineup of lagers, house-made desserts, and live music some weeknights. Hours: Daily 11:30am–9pm, Thu–Sat till 10 · Bitter Nun Thu–Sat 4pm–midnight, Sun 4–10pm. Good to know: Corrales brewery and beer garden too.
- **Ex Novo Corrales** (Corrales): Almost three acres in Corrales: a taproom and The Corral, a beer garden with grass and trees. Mass Ascension IPA, Perle Haggard pilsner and a Mexican lager on draft, plus cocktails and cider. Food trucks most days. Hours: Taproom Mon–Thu & Sun noon–9pm, Fri–Sat noon–10pm · Corral Thu–Fri 4–9pm, Sat–Sun noon–9pm. Good to know: Room for families on the grass.
- **Lasso Coffee & Lager** (Downtown): Coffee in the morning, house lagers at night, from the people behind Gravity Bound. Kölsch, Vienna lager and pils on draft, single-origin coffee, and long tables you can work at until 9. Pop-up markets and movie nights on the patio. Hours: Mon–Thu 7am–9pm · Fri 7am–11pm · Sat 7:30am–11pm · Sun 7:30am–9pm. Good to know: Coffee drinks for non-drinkers.
- **Ponderosa Brewing** (Sawmill): Sawmill brewpub with a full kitchen and an Italian Pilsner that's won gold twice. Geeks Who Drink trivia Wednesdays at 7, a fall cocktail list (pumpkin espresso martini), and a lime lager. Walkable from Old Town. Hours: Sun–Wed 11:30am–9pm · Thu–Sat 11:30am–10pm. Good to know: Taproom at the El Vado Motel too.
- **Nexus Brewery** (North I-25): Soul food meets New Mexican: chicken and waffles with red or green. Imperial Cream Ale and Honey Chamomile Wheat are past medal winners. Weekday happy hour 2 to 5 has $3 Órale Mexican Lagers. Hours: Daily 11am–8:30pm. Good to know: BBQ at Nexus Blue Smokehouse on Broadway.
- **Steel Bender Brewyard** (Los Ranchos): North Valley brewery with a full menu, a patio, and Monday Night Football watch parties. Skull Bucket IPA and Compa Blue Corn Lager on tap, plus cider, wine and mead. Bands play the Murphy Stage on Tuesday nights. Hours: Sun–Thu 11am–9pm · Fri–Sat 11am–9:30pm. Good to know: MNF watch parties with 100.3 The Peak.
- **Calavida Cantina** (Westside): Beer and house spirits on one of the best patios in town, in Boxing Bear's old spot by the Alameda bridge. A Mexican lager, a dunkel and a hazy on tap, plus mezcal and tequila cocktails. Happy hour with industry pricing. Hours: Tue–Thu 3–9pm · Fri–Sat noon–10pm · Sun noon–9pm · closed Mon.
- **Turtle Mountain Brewing** (Rio Rancho): Rio Rancho's brewpub since 1999: wood-fired pizza and calzones, and very full at dinner. Wooden Teeth Lager and Hopshell IPA on tap, with new pizza and sandwich specials every day. A comedy show runs the third Saturday of the month. Hours: Kitchen Mon 3–8:30pm · Tue–Wed 11am–8:30pm · Thu–Sat 11am–9pm · Sun 11am–8:30pm. Good to know: Second location on Enchanted Hills.
- **Unhinged Brewing** (Westside): The far-Westside brewery: New Mexican lagers, hand-tossed pizza, and a full weekly calendar. Bingo Wednesdays with $8 old fashioneds, movie nights Thursdays, bands on weekends, and an open mic the last Monday of the month. Good to know: 21+; Kitchen opens an hour after the taproom.
- **Quarter Celtic Brewpub** (Mid-Heights): Celtic pub food and some of the most decorated lagers in the state. Crimson Lass, the Irish red, took silver at the 2026 World Beer Cup, and you can only get it on draft here. Covered patio outside. Hours: Sat–Thu 11:30am–9pm · Fri 11:30am–10pm. Good to know: Juan Tabo taproom too.
- **Flock of Moons Brewing** (Nob Hill): Fifteen house beers by UNM, heavy on lagers, with a secluded beer garden out back. Order from the Bricklight District restaurants next door or the food truck. Trivia Sundays, music bingo Tuesdays, and kombucha, coffee and tea for non-drinkers. Hours: Sun–Wed noon–10pm · Thu noon–11pm · Fri–Sat noon–midnight.
- **Bombs Away Beer Co.** (SE Heights): Owned by Air Force veterans, with military names on everything: Proximity Pilsner, Stockpile Stout. A small kitchen does burgers and chili dogs, and the patio is big. There's also an apple beer, half grain and half cider. Hours: Sun–Wed 11am–8pm · Thu–Sat 11am–9pm.