We continue with our series of updates on how breweries continue to adjust to life under the pandemic with a virtual trip to Corrales to check on Ex Novo Brewing. No other brewery seems to be churning out as many varieties of beer, which has helped keep the masses willing to take the slow drive…
Category: Breweries Under Quarantine
Brew Lab 101 still experimenting with the best ways to adjust to the new normal
Our ongoing series of updates on how local breweries are continuing to adapt to the new rules and regulations takes us to Rio Rancho, where Brew Lab 101 did not even get to its first anniversary before having to switch to the to-go-only model. Luckily, the brewery is hanging in there, as owner/brewer Scott Salvas…
Bosque Brewing seems to have found a stable path forward
Our ongoing series of updates on local breweries and how the pandemic has affected them a month-plus into this situation continues with Bosque Brewing. To say that things have been constantly changing there might be an understatement. Take a look at the timeline from mid-March onward. March 16: closed all locations March 18: reopened all…
Ale Republic shifts course by introducing cans and expanding its food menu
We started our April update on all the local breweries and their ongoing adjustments under the current stay-at-home regulations with La Cumbre on Monday. From here on out, we will try to put all the responders in alphabetical order, though if more come in beyond the other nine we have received, it might not strictly…
Grocery store can sales are surging for La Cumbre Brewing during pandemic
Three weeks after our last check-in with the breweries, we decided it was a good time to once again see how they are adjusting the new normal of to-go-only sales, plus the recent closure of liquor stores, and more. Rather than lump them all into one jumbo-sized story, we are are going to break out…