For those without social media, or perhaps those who do not pay attention to traditional media, the news that Bosque Brewing has closed both of their Santa Fe locations may have slipped past Tuesday. The Drinkery, on Santa Fe’s south side, and the Restoration Pizza at the Railyard are no more, both shutting down immediately….
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Breaking down the meaning of the Bosque Brewing bankruptcy filing
The news started to break Sunday night that Bosque Brewing had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. By Monday afternoon, the Crew was able to confirm that the brewery had indeed filed. So what does it mean? Well, first and foremost, Bosque is not closing, not as a company nor any individual locations. A Chapter 11…
Santa Fe Brewing sues former employee and current Marble co-owner
Over the past weekend, the Crew obtained a copy of a legal complaint filed by Santa Fe Brewing Company against a former employee who now just happens to be a co-owner of Marble Brewery. It caught us slightly off guard, so we can only imagine how Jarrett Babincsak felt. The Albuquerque Journal went ahead and…
The retirement rush: A generation of brewery owners nears the exit
A certain surprise Instagram post from the weekend got us thinking about one of those almost-impossible-to-definitively-answer questions. Are all these brewery owner retirement announcements just random, or this is a new trend? The latest was that aforementioned post by Sidetrack owners Dan Herr and Anne O’Neill, who are stepping back and handing the reins to…
Why we will not officially report on that big rumor (yet)
The news, if one can call it that, broke on Friday. It spread like wildfire across Reddit and Facebook, consuming all the oxygen in Albuquerque’s little corner of the craft beer world. We got emails, direct messages, texts, you name it. All asking the same thing about the big, maybe biggest rumor to hit craft…
Speculating on which brewery could replace Santa Fe at renovated Sunport
Our friends at Albuquerque Business First reported last week (behind their paywall) that Santa Fe Brewing had withdrawn from the lineup of new eateries/drinkeries coming to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The details as to exactly why the deal broke down were a bit scant, other than the brewery and the company hired to run concessions…
Paying a final homage to that which once was ABQ Beer Week
Every now and again, the Crew receives emails from the Brewers Association. Sometimes they are just reminders about the Great American Beer Festival and Craft Brewers Conference, or perhaps an invitation to sit in on a Zoom chat about the state of the industry. The most recent delivery was a reminder that American Craft Beer…
Fate of the Fests: Mapping out a future for craft beer events
Over the weekend, several of us in the Crew were able to enjoy the annual Cask Festival at Sidetrack Brewing. During the course of our day, we discussed more than just the tasty beers at hand, but also in how this was a model small-scale festival. That brought us back to a story that we…
Ex Novo, Bosque and La Cumbre lead the way in Untappd Community Awards
Late last week, the Crew noticed some online chatter about something called the Untappd Community Awards. This was new, at least to us, and led us over to the website where the beer ranking/recording app had compiled the collective ratings of every beer in certain style categories, divided up among the 50 states. The final…
Bosque bucks industry’s downward trend with plans to open 3 new taprooms
Call them crazy. Call them ambitious. Call them whatever you want, but Bosque Brewing is growing. Again. The brewery has announced plans on social media to open three new off-site locations — at the former Lava Rock Brewing on the Westside, at a former Applebee’s at San Mateo and Academy, and at Duke City Beaches…
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