Highly recommended! I wasn’t sure what we signed up for, since we know a lot about ABQ beers already. I’d do this tour again in a heartbeat. We laughed and learned and went to new places. We also met great people — beer people tend to be very chill and interesting, and we enjoyed ourselves immensely.
We loved meeting a brewer and learning about his process before trying his beers. We loved having van rides (gotta be careful out there). We loved getting to the next place with different, equally interesting/different beers, and were sad to get our final stop (our favorite) where we learned some more and laughed and talked and drank really good brews… it was everything we hoped for. And Gordon was a kind and considerate host, and incredibly knowledgeable. You can tell he was a history teacher. I learned more from him about beer than I’ve ever known before, and he was funny too.
We are local and visit lots of breweries, and this was worth it to us. Even if I was a visitor, I’d want to visit some of Albuquerque’s best parts, and the beer scene really is amazing here. We went to new places, tried new beers, and learned a bunch. But most importantly, we laughed a lot and got out to enjoy our city. Gordon’s passion for our local breweries (and for beer in general) make him the perfect host. Loved it.