Hidden Mountain Brewing ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico

First visit: Apr 2022

Back for our 3rd brewpub dinner in a row. This time trying the relatively new Hidden Mountain Brewing. But is it new? Not really. In these very pages you will find a glowing review for a one Blue Corn Brewing, a long time Santa Fe favorite of the RJG. For whatever reason, the owners decided a "reimagining" of the brand with a focus on BBQ. Well I suspect that idea never took hold, as this looks and feels to us like the traditional brewpub that Blue Corn was! Besides, Blue Corn was a great name with a great brand, so it's their mistake to move away from it.

For dinner, I used to adore Blue Corn's much featured Carne Adovada, but even they ditched that for no good reason (what is wrong with these folks? They keep getting rid of what works!). This time we decided to stick with pub fare, and so we agreed to split a green chile hamburger and a... yep you guessed it... a Cuban sandwich. Regular fries and slaw are the only side options, which is disappointing. As for the "Cubanita", it comes in a fairly distant 3rd behind Second Street and Starr Brothers. Black bean spread gives it a New Mexican spin but is entirely unnecessary. The bread was excellent though, but they used very thin deli slices of pork loin, versus the thick cut at Starr Brothers (which we prefer). The winner here was the green chile hamburger, though we could have used more chiles and more flavor from the chiles. The cheeseburger itself is what is fantastic. Between that and the ever delicious brewery itself (some of the beers are the same from the Blue Corn days), Hidden Mountain remains in our good graces. But will it be part of the yearly routine? Doesn't look good.

4/12/2022 (new entry)