NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY
Taste of Nob Hill offers samplings of area’s restaurants, breweries
Chew, sip and sample offerings from Nob Hill restaurants and breweries during Taste of Nob Hill.
The second annual event will be held along Richmond NE. A portion of the street between Central and Monte Vista NE will be shut down to allow for about 15 restaurants and two breweries to set up booths to serve their tasty bites and quenching craft beers for a good cause. A portion of the proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish New Mexico.
Participating restaurants include O’Niell’s Pub, Ragin’ Shrimp, Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro, Slice Parlor, 99 Degrees Seafood Kitchen and others.
“Each restaurant will have its own booth, and they will offer two to three different types of food items,” said Omega Delgado, executive director of Nob Hill Main Street. “They will have a little menu up front that shows what they are offering.”
The adult ticket cost includes 25 sample tickets, and the children’s ticket cost includes 10 sample tickets. Additional sample tickets can be purchased at the event for $1 each. The number of sample tickets required for food samples vary. A 10-ounce pour of craft beer is five tickets.
Bosque Brewing Co. plans to take four of its offerings to the event, including Elephants on Parade and Bosque IPA, according to Tony Miller, festival coordinator for Bosque Brewing Co. It also is hoping to take its Pepperfessor Honeydew and The Good Place Pale Ale.
According to tasting notes on Bosque’s website, Elephants on Parade is an Americanstyle wheat ale that is packed with raspberry and tart puree. Bosque IPA has a light copper base of pale, caramel and wheat malts. It is brewed with El Dorado, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops.
The Pepperfessor Honeydew saison is inspired by Bosque’s San Mateo team leader Josh Morey’s great-grandmother, who would eat honeydew melon with pepper on it. The Good Place Pale Ale features fresh Valencia orange and a eucalyptus-like finish because of the Idaho 7 and El Dorado hops that it is made with, according to the website.
Tractor Brewing Co. will have its Thai Basil Cider, Haymaker Honey Wheat and Almanac IPA, according to Jeremy Kinter, marketing and events director for Tractor Brewing Co. Farmer’s Daughters Farms in Corrales harvested 13 pounds of sweet basil and mint, which was added to the fermentation of Tractor’s hard apple cider to create the unique Thai Basil Cider, according to tasting notes on Tractor’s website. Haymaker Honey Wheat is a light, honeycolored wheat ale made with New Mexico honey. This crisp beer has honey notes with a slightly hoppy aftertaste. The Almanac IPA has hints of pine and fresh lemon. Its blend of northwestern hops and touch of biscuit malt give it a bitter finish, according to the website.
“Nob Hill Main Street, we host these events to activate interest and redirect people to Nob Hill,” Delgado said. “And the restaurants are our biggest assets in the district, and we to try to showcase everything that we possibly can and to keep Nob Hill in the forefront of people’s minds. We are an economic nonprofit. It is important to us and this is one of the avenues.”