# Brewery Patios & Beer Gardens in Albuquerque

Rio Bravo has one of the biggest beer gardens in town. Ex Novo's Corrales taproom sits on almost three acres, and Bow & Arrow has a fire pit.

- **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.
- **La Cumbre Brewing** (Brewery District): One of the most-awarded breweries in town, open till midnight on weekends, with a food truck every day. Elevated IPA and Project Dank for hop people, Malpais Stout and Slice of Hefen for everyone else. The original taproom hosts book fairs and vintage markets on the patio. Hours: Sun–Mon noon–10pm · Tue–Thu noon–11pm · Fri–Sat noon–midnight. Good to know: Westside taproom on Coors at Montaño.
- **Canteen Brewhouse** (Brewery District): Albuquerque's oldest brewery, since 1994, with a big patio and a stage. Live music on the patio Thursday nights and Sunday afternoons, Brain Gang trivia every week, and a book club called Pages and Pints. Exodus IPA and Dougie-Style Amber are the regulars. Good to know: Second taproom on Tramway.
- **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.
- **Dripline Brewery** (Wells Park): Smashburgers from a real kitchen, a big yard with space for kids, and pétanque. Taco Tuesdays, house beers, and a non-alcoholic list with root beer, kombucha, Italian sodas and an NA IPA. Hours: Tue–Sun 11:30am–9pm · closed Mon.
- **Rio Bravo Brewing** (Wells Park): One of the biggest beer gardens in town, plus a full kitchen and football on the screens. Beer pong tournaments, Friday giveaways, and a five-course beer dinner in the barrel room the week before Thanksgiving. Host of the city's Oktoberfest. Hours: Sun–Thu 11am–10pm · Fri–Sat 11am–11pm (kitchen closes an hour earlier).
- **JUNO Brewery** (Wells Park): Brewery, café and art space with a very large patio under steel trees. Small-batch beer, a few cocktails, espresso, and Mediterranean food. Live music and events on weekends.
- **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.
- **Sidetrack Brewing** (Downtown): Downtown's neighborhood pub: something every night and a different food pop-up out front. Karaoke Tuesdays, trivia Wednesdays at 7, a run club Thursdays, DJs on Fridays, and Vinyl Sunday, where you bring a record and they play it. Good to know: Big patio; Vinyl Sunday noon–5.
- **Thirsty Eye Brewing** (Downtown): Small brewery and art gallery on Broadway, with live music most weekends. Open mic Wednesdays (sign-up at 6), bands Friday and Saturday, and kombucha on tap. Happy hour is $1 off house beers from 3 to 5 every day. Hours: Tue–Thu 3–10pm · Fri–Sat 3–11pm. Good to know: Food trucks most Fridays.
- **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.
- **Painted Lady Bed & Brew** (Sawmill): A haunted 19th-century former brothel that brews beer and pours it in an old trolley car. The Ghost Light Saloon is the trolley. The beer garden hosts tarot on tap, horror readings, ghost-hunting classes and movie nights. Hours: Ghost Light Saloon Thu 5–9pm · Fri–Sat 5–10pm · Sun 5–9pm. Good to know: Also a bed and breakfast.
- **Starr Brothers Brewing** (North I-25): Sports-first brewpub with a full kitchen and weekend breakfast. Breakfast Saturday and Sunday 10 to 2, a covered patio, and Monday Night Football with $5 hot dogs. Lampshade Porter won silver at the World Beer Cup. Good to know: Open Monday nights in football season.
- **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.
- **Hops Brewery** (Los Ranchos): Patios on both sides, and the dogs are regulars. There's a burger on the menu for them. Lobo football on the TVs, a small menu, and local spirits behind the bar. Live music on the patio in summer.
- **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.
- **Casa Vieja Brewery** (Corrales): A brewery in an adobe house built in 1770, with music on the patio almost every night. Karaoke Wednesdays, local bands Thursday through Sunday, and a food truck nearly every day. Wine from Viñedo Pájaro Azul too. Hours: Wed 4–9:30pm · Thu 4–9pm · Fri 4–10:30pm · Sat 3–10:30pm · Sun 3–9pm.
- **Brew Lab 101** (Rio Rancho): Family-friendly brewery and cidery with a lab theme and something on every night. Trivia Wednesdays, karaoke, Singo music bingo, a pinball league, and live music in the Area 101 beer garden. A food truck every night, and outside food is welcome. Good to know: NE Heights taproom on Eubank.
- **Kaktus Brewing** (Bernalillo): Small, quirky brewpub in Bernalillo with pizza and music most of the week. Jazz jam on the patio Wednesdays 6 to 9, family-friendly karaoke Thursdays, and blues or Chicano rock Sunday afternoons 2 to 5.
- **Rumor Brewing** (Cedar Crest): Twenty minutes over the mountain: brick-oven pizza and beer gardens with a view, near the hiking trails. Kids and dogs welcome. Non-drinkers get kombucha, NA beer and house sparkling water. Music on Sunday evenings in warm months. Hours: Daily 11am–8pm. Good to know: East Mountains, off NM-14.
- **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.
- **Brekki Brekki** (NE Heights): An all-day breakfast restaurant with its own brewery. The house beers and ciders, brewed here as Cantina Craftworks, go with breakfast plates. Big outdoor area out back, covered and open.
- **High and Dry Brewing** (Nob Hill): A neighborhood bar that brews its own, with something going on six nights a week. Live music, an open mic, trivia, karaoke and music bingo, plus craft cocktails and a dog-friendly patio. Tikka Spice parks out front. Hours: Mon–Thu 2–10pm · Fri–Sat 11am–11pm · Sun 11am–10pm.
- **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.
- **Differential Brewing** (University): A neighborhood pub near the stadiums, open till midnight every night. Local art on the walls, a big east patio where dogs hang out, food trucks out front, and creative non-alcoholic drinks. Community markets and fundraisers most months. Hours: Mon–Thu 4pm–midnight · Fri–Sun 2pm–midnight. Good to know: Minors only with a parent.
- **The 377 Brewery** (Near the Sunport): Named for the 377th Air Base Wing at Kirtland, with a military theme and a big patio. American-style beers plus Belgian seasonals, a small kitchen, and live music some evenings. Lobo game days get a crowd.
- **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.