Sidetrack Brewing Company and students in the Brewing and Beverage Management Program at Central New Mexico Community College collaborated, making a unique beer ready for the public

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SHELLYE: THIS WAS THE FIRST TI SIDETRACK BREWING PARTNERED WITH CNM. THEY HAD A RELEASE PARTY RIGHT HERE TO CELEBRATE THIS BEER THAT WAS TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING. EXCITEMENT FILLED THE TAPROOM AT SIDETRACK BREWING COMPANY, FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. REALLY EXCITED TO TRY THIS BECAUSE I BREWED THIS BEER HERE AT THIS LOCATION. SHELLYE: SIDETRACK BREWING AND STUDENTS IN THE BREWING AND BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT CNM COLLABORATED MAKING A UNIQUE BEER READY FOR THE PUBLIC. IT’S A BARREL-AGED SOUR NAMED FIRST BARREL SOUR. >> WE GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO COME INTO OUR LITTLE BREWERY, WHICH IS -- A LOT OF THE BREWERIES IN TOWN, THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT. WE GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SEE HOW WE BREW BEER AT OUR PLACE. SHELLYE: TWO YEARS AGO, MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WERE HARD AT WORK INSIDE THIS ROOM. NOW THE BEER THEY CREATED IS BEING SOLD ON TAP. AMELIA SALAS WAS ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS. SHE LANDED A JOB WITHIN ONE MONTH OF GRADUATING AND NOW IS A GENERAL MANAGER AT A NEW BREWERY, THIRSTY EYE BREWING COMPANY. THE EDUCATION I GOT AT CNM PREPARED ME IN SUCH A WAY THAT I DIDN’T KNOW HOW PREPARED I WAS. SHELLYE: THE FIRST BARREL SOUR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLI STARTING WEDNESDAY. >> CHEERS. >> IT IS SUPER EXCITING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR CREATION AND I THINK THEY ARE EXCITED TO RELEASE THEIR BEER AND HAVE THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THE PUBLIC ENJOY THEIR CREATION. SHELLYE: AS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM, CNM LEADERS SAY THEY PLAN TO PARTNER WITH OHER BREWERIES AROUND THE CITY AND HAVE STUDENTS BREWING EVERY TERM. LIVE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, SHELLYE LEGGETT, KOAT ACTI

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Beer enthusiasts are ready to try a new brew and it was handmade by students in Albuquerque. Sidetrack Brewing Company and students in the Brewing and Beverage Management Program at Central New Mexico Community College collaborated, making a unique beer ready for the public. "I'm really excited to try this because I brewed this beer here at this location," said Amelia Salas, former CNM brewing and beverage management major.It's a barrel-aged sour named "First Barrel Sour.""We give them a chance to come into our local brewery, which is a lot of the breweries in town are all different, and so we give them a chance to see how we brew beer here at our place," said Dan Herr, the co-owner and head brewer at Sidetrack Brewing Company.Two years ago, more than a dozen students in the brewing and beverage management program used the Sidetrack Brewing Company brew room and the beer they created is on tap being sold there.Amelia Salas was one of those students in the brewing class two years ago. She landed a job within one month of graduating and now is a general manager at a new brewery, Thirsty Eye Brewing Company."The education that I got at CNM prepared me in such a way that I didn't even know how prepared I was," Salas said.First Barrel Sour will be available to the public starting Wednesday."It is super exciting for our students. They are very proud of their creation and I think they are super excited to release their beer and have their friends and family and the public and the community come in and enjoy their creation," said Victoria Sanchez Martinez, NM academic affairs director for culinary arts hospitality and tourism. CNM leaders said they hope to partner with other breweries around the city and have students brewing every term.