Ten degrees cooler than Albuquerque, hummingbirds darting about, a flight of beer, and a fresh carne pizza pretty much summed up my visit to Ale Republic in Cedar Crest this week. A little mountain getaway 30 minutes from home, it almost seemed like another world, far removed from the typical chaos of the city beyond….
Category: Breweries Under Quarantine
Bathtub Row Brewing weathers the pandemic as best it can in Los Alamos
The Brew Crew has been reporting on how the coronavirus pandemic and related regulations have been affecting the breweries around the state. No one expected to have to suddenly close their doors for several months. Even today, in the middle of July, it’s not clear when we’ll return to anything approaching normalcy. To see how…
Brewery owners begin to respond to latest setback
The word came down Thursday afternoon that breweries would once again have to close off indoor seating beginning this Monday. We sent out a mass email asking for responses, and the initial responses were full of rage. “If we don’t band together against this tyrannical idiot we are all OVER!!!” one owner wrote. Others just…
Governor puts a halt to indoor crowds at breweries
It was not quite doomsday for New Mexico craft breweries, but it will still be another financial hit in a year full of them after Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham amended the public health orders Thursday afternoon. Breweries and restaurants will no longer be allowed to have indoor dining/drinking beginning this Monday. Patios may remain open…
We can all agree this has been a “Mother” of a time for Broken Trail
I recently had the (long overdue on my part) opportunity to catch up with Matt Simonds, owner of Broken Trail Spirits & Brew. I asked him to take me through a timeline of what has happened since the dark day New Mexico first shut down in March. Matt said it is all, unfortunately, very vivid…
All breweries eligible to reopen patios Friday and indoor seating Monday
Good news came down from Santa Fe on Thursday afternoon as Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is allowing all breweries to reopen their patios to 50-percent occupancy Friday and then indoor seating Monday. Two weeks ago, the governor permitted breweries with 50-percent or greater food sales to reopen, but that left many breweries big and small…
High and Dry makes best use of its time to install bigger brewing system
Much of the work going on at breweries these days is happening behind the scenes. Some of it is geared to preparing to reopen to onsite customers, for those still limited to takeout only. In other cases, such as at High and Dry Brewing, it is a wholesale upgrade to a bigger brewhouse and new…
Beer Creek brews up a little New Mexico history
Last week, I was summoned out to Beer Creek Brewing Company because the guys said they had some news for me. They had done something historic, owner and founder had Rich Headley told me. I was intrigued, so I took the bait. After a few minutes down Highway 14, I pulled into the empty parking…
A quick guide to every brewery now open for dine-in customers
As we noted with last week’s surprise OK to open patios at certain breweries, the majority of those places would also be allowed to open indoor seating starting today (Monday) at 50-percent capacity. Well, as a public service, we wanted to make as easy as possible for everyone to know where you can sit down…
A masked brew-tour and a quick chat with Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
We are now 11 weeks into the pandemic restaurant/brewery shutdown, and most restaurants and breweries are still poised to open their doors as early as next week after this week’s quite spontaneous patio soft-opening announcement. With true indoor opening dates as well as dine-in rules still up in the air, I thought it would be…
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