House Beer
Skull Bucket IPA
$6.00-10.00
A New Mexican IPA that boasts orange zest and fresh pine aromas. A pale malt base gives way to a long pine and citrus finish. Always chasing that orange-pine balance, hops may vary.7% ABV | 80 IBU
Mañana Hazy IPA
$6.50-13.00
Styrian Wolf, Styrian Dragon, Citra, and Cashmere convey abundant hoppiness over a silky smooth malt base in our house hazy IPA. Restrained bitterness does not interfere with the juicy goodness. Brewed with two-row, dextrin and acidulated malts, rolled oats, and raw wheat, and fermented with an English yeast strain, the esters and hop aromas put on a show.6.3% ABV | 50 IBU
Red Iron Red
$6.00-7.00
A red American IPA with classic C hop aroma. Bready and toffee notes balance the fruity hops with a touch of roast and a medium full body. 8% ABV | 60 IBU
Esmerleda Italian Pilsner
$6.00-10.00
This gem of a Pilsner is made in the Italian style, super dry, super bubbly, and supremely hoppy. Crystal and Grungeist hops were added with reckless abandon in the kettle and again for fermentation hopping. Made with Pilsner Malt from the New Mexico Malt Project, Esmerelda shines as an example of innovation within the parameters of a classic style. Citrus and herbal notes complement a dry and elegant malt profile making for a beautiful and refreshing pilsner. 5.3 % ABV | 50 IBU
Lloyd's 3 O'Clock
$6.00-10.00
A light and dry easy-drinking Kolsch-style ale brewed with German pilsner malt and German hops fermented cool resulting in a clean, refreshing brew with an herbal, lemon hop character.5% ABV | 25 IBU
Compa Blue Corn Lager
$6.00-10.00
Brewed in the American style, this light lager is brewed with New Mexico Pilsner and Vienna malts, and New Mexico blue corn that was roasted and milled for us by Albuquerque’s own Southwest Heritage Mill. We throw in a few Crystal hops in there as well for balance. Compa is simultaneously malty and easy drinking.5.7% ABV | 20 IBU
Raspberry Dynamite
6.50-13.00
Our popular house kettle sour is brewed with a wheat heavy grain bill, which we run off and kettle sour before boiling with lactose, a milk sugar. We then add a ridiculous quantity of pure raspberry puree to the fermentation and let it all bubble until the flavors develop and the yeast is finished. The result is a fantastically fruit-forward brew with a raspberry aroma, striking appearance, and a refreshingly sweet/tart finish. 5.8% ABV | 5 IBU
$Spakling & Sweet
Gruet Brut Rosé
$13.00
- Full bodied, dry, with persistent bubbles and notes of strawberry, raspberry, and cherry 13 (375ml bottle)
Gruet Sauvage
$33.00
- Full bodied, bone dry, with persistent bubbles and notes of green apple, lemon, and brioche 33 (750ml bottle)
Vara “Silverhead†Brut Cava
$13.00
Gruet Blanc de Blancs
33.00
$Red Wine
Gruet Pinot Noir, 2017
$9.00-33.00
- Light, dry, and earthy with notes of bing cherry, cassis, and a kiss of oak 9 glass | 33 bottle
Milagro Zinfandel
$9.00-40.00
Milagro Corrales Red
$9.00-33.00
- Full bodied, dry, and well rounded blend with Merlot, Syrah, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon with notes of black cherry, raspberry, plum, cassis, and pepper 9 glass | 33 bottle
Sheehan Sláinte
9.00-33.00
$Barrel-Aged & Bottle Conditioned Beer
The Judy
$9.00
The Judy began as a Saison brewed with rose hips, lemongrass, and lemon verbena, and was fermented with our house Belgian yeast. We then aged it for a year in a Chardonnay barrel with fresh local peaches and a mix of Brett cultures. Effervescent, spunky, and dry, with beautifully balanced peach. citrus, and Brett bursting out of the glass with the help of prickly carbonation. Also available on tap.6.5% ABV | 5 IBU
Wild and Krieky Barrel
$9.00-
What started as a mild-mannered Irish Red Ale, has become a wildly complex,barrel-aged beauty! This beer spent 13 months in barrels with our house bugs, 11 of those months on top of local Los Ranchos Cherries. Pours a brilliant red with a rocky, off-white head. Sour cherry greets the nose with a good amount of wild funk and oak. Beautifully balanced fruit and barrel character with a fine bead, medium carbonation and a tart finish. 7% ABV | 5 IBU
Albaricoque Viejo
$9.00-20.00
The base beer for this sour was one of the first to go through our brewhouse nearly three years ago. We let this one sit for over a year in a single brandy barrel with before we added seventy five pounds of whole apricots sourced from the Village of Los Ranchos. After another year and a little we bottled it up and let it condition for an additional five months. It was well worth the wait! This Old Apricot pours a light copper and has barrel character in spades. Sour and oaky notes dominate with a delightfully floral, fruit counterpoint. 7.3% ABV | 5 IBU
Saison Deluxe
$10.00
A barrel aged, dry hopped, Brettanomyces spiked Saison is best brewed with friends. In this case, our friends from Ex Novo Brewing joined us to collaborate on this very special bottle release. We began by brewing a Saison with hard, red, Colorado wheat then fermented it with the French Saison strain. It then underwent aging in barrels with two strains of Brettanomyces before being dry hopped with Southern Passion hops. Bottled and conditioned to traditional, very high, Saison carbonation levels, this beer will be fruity and hoppy now and will develop more funky, Brett character as it ages. 6.1% ABV | 30 IBU
Ned's Sour Pail
$10.00
This bracingly tart take on a Flanders Style Sour has taken some time to bring about. A year in barrels with Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus brought about plenty of pucker with a long stay in bottles resulting in a fruity, farmyard funk to balance the acidity. One complex beer that was worth the wait. 8% ABV | 5 IBU
Cinderella Story
$5.00
Barley and wheat malts. Azacca, El Dorado, Elle, and Meridian hops. PERSEVERANCE. _x0003_And Brettanomyces. Cinderella Story is about squaring up to a challenge, keeping the prize in sight, and shrugging off the impossible. It’s a testament to never giving up. _x0003_Enjoy Cindy’s hop character now, and then put some away to check in on the Brett evolution. Whatever you tackle, do it with gusto. 6.25% ABV | 30 IBU
THE VILLAGE IDIOT
5.00-10.00
A mix of expressive yeast character and American hops combine to create a simultaneously dry and potent elixir.This Idiot iteration is built on a simple grist of New Mexico grown two - row and Munich malts, unmalted wheat, and acidulated malt and is full of peppery yeast notes & amp;citrus hop tones coming from the addition of Colorado grown Comet hops.Bottle conditioned for extra complexity and more bubbles.7.2 % ABV | 40 IBU
$Rotating Beers
Please respect our 3 drink limitSereniTEA Now
$5.50-6.50
Our third time brewing this special ale with our good friends at High & Dry and Canteen to raise awareness for the millions of people living with mental illness. A combination of St. Johns Wort, Chamomile, and Skullcap (all chosen for their known benefits for mental health) were used to create a tea, and then infused with a fruity, light bodied, softly sweet malty ale to achieve a balanced and flavorful clean finish. Available at SBB, High & Dry, and both Canteen locations. $1 per pint/20-oz will go to AGORA Crisis Center. Coloring sheets illustrated by local artist Abigayle Stokes available all month for a $5 donation. 6.5 % ABV | 10 IBU
Authentic Frontier Gibberish
$5.50-6.50
Our third collaboration with our friends at FLIX Brewhouse is a strong, dark, malt-rich lager that emphasizes the somewhat toasty qualities of malts without being overly sweet. This authentic frontier version, brewed before the travesty that was Prohibition, contains a healthy amount of corn and a touch of roasted malt for a medium-dry, easy finish. Also available at FLIX! 7.2 % ABV | 22 IBU
Hey Man, Nice Shorts
$6.00-7.00
A beer brewed for one of the best local craft beer ambassadors around, Bill Heimann who, even in the dead of winter, sells Steel Bender beer around NM in cargo shorts. Bill selected a few of his favorite hops – Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade – for this Pale Ale (one of his favorite styles). Caramel with a hint of citrus at the front followed by a prickly pine bitterness. A “hop candy†surprise with every sip. Hey Bill, nice shorts! 6.5 % ABV | 48 IBU
Pineapple Express
$6.00-7.00
Brewed exclusively for Cheba Hut and with a solid lean toward the tropics. Using enzymes to unlock bound aroma compounds, we squeezed as much pineapple aroma as we could from Cascade, Sultana, and El Dorado hops. The result is a juicy, crushable pale ale that quenches thirst when temps are high. Available at Ellison and Harvard Cheba Hut locations. 5.9 % ABV | 40 IBU
Oktober Fiesta Lager
$6.00-10.00
Our popular, smooth, easy-drinking lager is made with top-quality German ingredients, is fermented low and slow and left to lager to perfection. Full of malty overtones with Noble hops added for balance. Weyerman Barke Malts, Magnum and Hersbrucker hops, and our house lager yeast strain...nothing but the best goes into this seasonal favorite. 6.8 % ABV | 25 IBU |
Who's Brett? IPA
$6.00-7.00
Brettanomyces is a yeast that for centuries has lent a certain something to beers from around the world. It is not quite as tame as its cousin, Saccharomyces, and not as predictable either. With descriptors of aroma and flavor ranging from fruity to barnyard, it can be hard to get a handle on what it means to be a “Brett†beer. While often used in barrel aging, we kept this one in stainless for the duration. An Altus, El Dorado, and Mosaic hopped IPA laid the base for aging on a British strain of Brett, which kicks off fruity aromas reminiscent of pineapple. Bright and citrusy with that certain something that we hope you will have fun putting your finger on. 5.65 % ABV | 50 IBU
Made You Look ESB
6.00-7.00
This Extra Special Bitter came from our experimental program and utilizes an enzyme that frees up bound aroma compounds in both malt and hops.We made this beer as a baseline in order to determine what the malt contributes to the equation.The result is a beautifully fruity and malty example of the style with some Fuggles added in the dry hop for a little extra special kick. 6.6 % ABV | 40 IBU
$Cider
Cider Expedition
$17.00
A heritage cider pressed from apples harvested in the picturesque, historic town of Abiquiú in northern New Mexico. Although freezes and weather were challenging that spring (“A las frutas se rÃe Dios,†the saying goes,“God laughs at fruit.“) the Manzanar Los Silvestres orchard had a bountiful harvest. Twelve apple varieties (plus two more from Abiquiú neighbors) made their way into our bins for pressing: bittersharps, bittersweets, sour crab, and other tarts. Fourteen varieties total. No small feat, from growing to harvesting to pressing to fermenting...but worth every step of the journey that’s captured inside every bottle. Crisp and dry with a delightfully tannic finish, and a beautiful showcase of the cider apples that went into the blend. 7.2% ABV
Los Ranchos 2019 Cider
$6.00-17.00
The name says it all. Our 2019 vintage is still 100% Los Ranchos apples, pressed, fermented, and bottled right here at Steel Bender Brewyard. Rustic aromas reminiscent of the orchard from whence it came, Los Ranchos Cider is dry, and full of complex fruit flavors and finishes with a delightfully spritzy carbonation. Keep it local y’all.6.4% ABV
Steel Bender Cider
7.00-8.00
Steel Bender Cider is made with 100%, not-from-concentrate apple juice. We don't add any sulfites or sugar and let the juice and yeast shine. Intense apple flavor dominates with just a hint of strawberry and melon, compliments of the yeast! A semi-sweet finish rounds out the palette with a mild tannic dryness to leave you ready for the next.5% ABV
$White Wine
Gruet Chardonnay, 2018
$8.00-33.00
- Full bodied, dry, and complex with notes of baked apple, lemon curd, pear and a kiss of oak 8 glass | 33 bottle
Casa Rondeña Viognier, 2018
$9.00-33.00
- Light, dry, and crisp with notes of orange blossoms, peach, and melon 9 glass | 33 bottle
Vidal Blanc
$9.00-33.00
Sweets
Stout Brownie
$9.00
Our housemade chocolate brownie is made with our current stout and topped with vanilla bean ice cream and a chocolate drizzle
Willieray’s Cheesecake
$7.00
The best slice of cheesecake you’ll ever taste, made right here in NM! Changes seasonally. Ask server for details
Rootbeer Float
$7.00
Big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream swimming in Barq’s Root Beer
Dish of Vanilla Bean
5.00
With or without Hershey’s chocolate sauce
$Sandwiches and More
Sandwiches are served with choice of fries or slaw. Sub a garden or Caesar salad, tots, or cup of Green Chile Stew...2 MAKE FRIES: Smothered • Loaded • Asiago truffle...2The Royal McDowell
$15.50
Boneless smoked spare ribs topped with pickles, onions, housemade BBQ sauce, and Steel Bender sauce on a Pastian’s Bakery hoagie roll
Pulled Pork Sandwich
$13.00
Slow-smoked pork shoulder topped with housemade slaw on Pastian’s Bakery bun, served with fries and side of house BBQ sauce
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
$7.00
Hearty portion of melted cheddar cheese on thick Texas Toast. Simple & tasty, just as it should be
Vegetarian Pulled Seitan
$14.00
Our award-winning housemade seitan is sliced thin and sauteéd in our housemade vegetarian BBQ sauce, topped with coleslaw, and served on a local Pastian’s Bakery bun
BYO Grilled Chicken
$13.00
Start with a grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, and red onion on a Pastian’s Bakery bun, then build your own. CHOOSE TWO : Cheddar• Swiss• Gorgonzola• American• Provolone Chopped Bueno Green Chile• Beer mustard• Truffle ketchup Steel Bender sauce• Pesto mayo• Extra sauce .75 FOR A BUCK EACH, ADD: Fried Bueno green chile strip• Bacon• Fried egg Sautéed onions• Bueno green chile queso Grilled mushrooms• Avocado add 2 Make Mine New Mexican!Top with housemade queso, Bueno chopped green chile, and onions...2 Make It BBQ!Top with bacon, grilled onions, swiss, and BBQ sauce...2
Fish & Chips
18.00
The Moby Dick of fish & chips! A side of Haddock cut in half then fried in beer batter served on top of chips with a side of slaw & amp;green chile tartar sauce
$Burgers and Dogs
Burgers are ground in-house and served on a Pastian’s Bakery bun. Burgers and hot dog served with choice of fries or slaw. Sub a garden or Caesar salad, tots, or cup of Green Chile Stew $2 MAKE FRIES: Smothered• Loaded• Asiago truffle $2The Steel Bender
$15.00
Topped with American cheese, bacon, fried egg, a fried Bueno green chile strip, and Steel Bender Brewyard sauce.
BYO Burger
$13.00
Start with house-ground beef patty, lettuce, tomato, and red onion on a Pastian’ s Bakery bun, then build your own.CHOOSE TWO for BYO Burgers & amp;Hot Dog Cheddar: •Swiss• Gorgonzola• American• Provolone Chopped Bueno Green Chile• Beer mustard• Truffle ketchup Pesto mayo• Steel Bender sauce• Extra sauce .75 FOR A BUCK EACH, ADD: Fried Bueno green chile strip• Bacon• Fried egg Sautéed onions• Bueno green chile queso Grilled mushrooms• Avocado add 2 Make Mine New Mexican!Top with housemade queso, Bueno chopped green chile, and onions...2 Make It BBQ!Top with bacon, grilled onions, swiss, and BBQ sauce...2
BYO The ImpossibleTM Burger
$14.00
All the flavor and protein of a beef burger, but made from plants for vegetarians and meat - lovers alike!Start with The Impossible Burger patty, lettuce, tomato, & amp;red onion, then build your own.CHOOSE TWO for BYO Burgers & amp;Hot Dog Cheddar: •Swiss• Gorgonzola• American• Provolone Chopped Bueno Green Chile• Beer mustard• Truffle ketchup Pesto mayo• Steel Bender sauce• Extra sauce .75 FOR A BUCK EACH, ADD: Fried Bueno green chile strip• Bacon• Fried egg Sautéed onions• Bueno green chile queso Grilled mushrooms• Avocado add 2 Make Mine New Mexican!Top with housemade queso, Bueno chopped green chile, and onions...2 Make It BBQ!Top with bacon, grilled onions, swiss, and BBQ sauce...2
BYO Frank Gourmet Hot Dog
7.00
Start with a 4-oz. all-beef Frank Gourmet Hot Dog plus condiments (ketchup, mustard, onion, relish), then build your own. CHOOSE TWO for BYO Burgers & Hot Dog Cheddar : • Swiss • Gorgonzola • American • Provolone Chopped Bueno Green Chile • Beer mustard • Truffle ketchup Pesto mayo • Steel Bender sauce • Extra sauce .75 FOR A BUCK EACH, ADD: Fried Bueno green chile strip• Bacon• Fried egg Sautéed onions• Bueno green chile queso Grilled mushrooms• Avocado add 2 Make Mine New Mexican!Top with housemade queso, Bueno chopped green chile, and onions...2 Make It BBQ!Top with bacon, grilled onions, swiss, and BBQ sauce...2
$Salads & Soup
salads are served with choice of housemade dressing: ranch, red chile ranch, gorgonzola, Caesar, honey balsamic, mustard vinaigrette Add House-Ground Beef • Pork • Seitan $6 | Chicken or Ground ImpossibleTM Burger $7The Yard Bird Cobb
$16.50
sliced grilled chicken breast, red onion, bacon, hard-boiled egg, and avocado on a bed of mixed greens topped with gorgonzola crumbles, sliced tomato, and parsley served with slice of local Pastian’s Bakery French bread
House Garden Salad
$7.50-4.00
mixed greens topped with red onion, sliced tomato, shredded jack, and croutons
Caesar Salad
$8.50-4.50
Romaine tossed in housemade Caesar dressing and topped with shaved Parmesan and housemade croutons
Green Chile Stew
$6.50-9.50
A meal in a bowl & local fave! Stewed pork, potatoes & spicy green chile sprinkled with cheese, served with a warm flour tortilla Cup
Soup of the Day
6.00-9.00
Ask your server for details.
$Starters
Fried Green Chile Strips
$7.00
Bueno green chile strips beer battered and served with housemade red chile ranch
Brewyard Chips
$5.50-9.00
House-fried corn tortilla chips served with your choice of housemade... Salsa
Nachos
$10.00-7.00
Corn tortilla chips layered with cheddar jack, green chile queso, pinto beans, housemade red or green chile sauce, lettuce, tomato, and jalapeños served with house salsa and sour cream
Wings
$18.00-10.00
Dry-rubbed, baked & fried, then tossed in one your choice of sauce and served with Gorgonzola or ranch dressing & seasonal crudite. Wing Sauce Choices Buffalo• Molten• BBQ• Garlic Asiago• Extra sauce / dressing .75 Make vegan by asking for BBQ, Molten, or Frank’ s Red Hot
Vegetarian Seitan Wings
$17.00-12.00
Our award-winning, housemade seitan is cut into cubes, rolled in corn meal & nutritional yeast then fried (high-protein alternative). Wing Sauce Choices Buffalo• Molten• BBQ• Garlic Asiago• Extra sauce / dressing .75 Make vegan by asking for BBQ, Molten, or Frank’ s Red Hot
Brauhaus Pretzel
$11.00
Two Brauhaus pretzels served with sides of housemade green chile queso and beer mustard for dipping
Fries
6.50-4.00
Seasoned with salt and served with your choice of housemade dipping sauce. Sauces Beer mustard• Truffle ketchup• Steel Bender sauce• Extra .75
$Kid's Gotta Eat
All served with choioce of fries or tortilla chips.Grilled Cheese Quesadilla
$5.00
Lots of melted jack cheddar cheese on a huge flour tortilla
Chicken Tenders
$5.00
Crispy breaded chicken tenders served with ranch dressing or BBQ sauce for dipping
Cheeseburger
$5.00
our house-ground burger, just smaller, with American cheese
Kid PB&J
$5.00
Creamy peanut butter & mixed-fruit jam on white bread
House Beer
Brickie American Stout
$6.00-10.00
As the name would suggest, this beer is sturdy. Pouring almost black with garnet highlights and a lingering tan head. Aromas of roast and chocolate are bountiful from the collection of toasted, roasted, and crystal malts, plus a subtle fruitiness from our house ale strain. Chocolate, roast, and coffee dominate the flavor with a solid malt finish to round out this solidly built stout. 8.5 % ABV | 85 IBU
Sparkfitter Amber
$6.00-7.00
An amber ale in the English tradition. Sparkfitter Amber balances bready malts, earthy hops, and fruity yeast to achieve a classic, pub-style bitter. 6 % ABV | 5 IBU
Mango Dynamite
$5.00-13.00
Our tropical winter DYNAMITE is kettle soured, fruited with 100% mango puree, and balanced with lactose in the boil. Decidedly tart and smooth with a mango punch that will leave you reeling. 5.5 % ABV | 5 IBU
SereniTEA Now!
$5.50-
Our third time brewing this special ale with our good friends at High & Dry and Canteen to raise awareness for the millions of people living with mental illness. A combination of St. Johns Wort, Chamomile, and Skullcap (all chosen for their known benefits for mental health) were used to create a tea, and then infused with a fruity, light bodied, softly sweet malty ale to achieve a balanced and flavorful clean finish. Available at SBB, High & Dry, and both Canteen locations. $1 per pint/20-oz will go to AGORA Crisis Center. Coloring sheets illustrated by local artist Abigayle Stokes available all month for a $5 donation. 6.5 % ABV | 10 IBU
Hey Man, Nice Shorts
$6.00-7.00
A beer brewed for one of the best local craft beer ambassadors around, Bill Heimann who, even in the dead of winter, sells Steel Bender beer around NM in cargo shorts. Bill selected a few of his favorite hops – Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade – for this Pale Ale (one of his favorite styles). Caramel with a hint of citrus at the front followed by a prickly pine bitterness. A “hop candy†surprise with every sip. Hey Bill, nice shorts! 6.5 % ABV | 48 IBU
Out to Pasture Farmhouse Ale
$6.00-7.00
Brewed with Pilsner and wheat malts and bittered with Magnum hops, this beer was left to condition in a stainless tank with Brettanomyces for a few months before being dry-hopped with Huell Melon. Aromas abound with fruity Brett intermingling with the grassy, melon aromas from the dry hop. Idiosyncratic and refreshing, Out to Pasture pays homage to the style and to the agricultural heritage of the valley. 5.5 % ABV | 25 IBU
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