# Steel Bender Brewyard

> Steel Bender Brewyard in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States scores 3.85 out of 5 — Fine, #24 in New Mexico.

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Steel Bender Brewyard is a brewery in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.85 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #24 in New Mexico. Of the 199 beers we track, 35% are IPA and 19% Sour / Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.85 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #24 in New Mexico · #3,511 in United States · #4,867 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 199

## About

Steel Bender Brewyard produce's fine quality beer and is ranked #11 in New Mexico. They are most well known for "Skull Bucket IPA", which is an American IPA and "Raspberry Dynamite", which is a Fruited Sour. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Sours.

## What they brew

- IPA — 35% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 19% of the beers we track
- Other — 18% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 9% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 8% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 6% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 8305 2nd Street Northwest, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Coordinates: 35.175213, -106.6253312
- Website: https://steelbenderbrewyard.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [La Reforma Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/la-reforma-brewery-29770.md) — 4.15, Great — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 2.4 mi away
- [Starr Brothers Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/starr-brothers-brewing-3900.md) — 3.74, Fine — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 2.8 mi away
- [Nexus Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/nexus-brewery-6995.md) — 3.55, Poor — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 3.1 mi away
- [Casa Vieja Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/casa-vieja-brewing-22209.md) — 3.92, Fine — Corrales, New Mexico — 3.5 mi away
- [Canteen Brewhouse](https://finding.beer/brewery/canteen-brewhouse-5239.md) — 3.86, Fine — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 3.8 mi away
- [Lizard Tail Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/lizard-tail-brewing-35680.md) — 3.44, Poor — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 3.9 mi away
- [La Cumbre Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/la-cumbre-brewing-company-5258.md) — 4.25, Great — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 4 mi away
- [Harmon Lane Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/harmon-lane-brewing-28267.md) — 3.82, Fine — Albuquerque, New Mexico — 4.2 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Albuquerque, New Mexico](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/new-mexico/albuquerque.md)
- [Best breweries in New Mexico](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/new-mexico.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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