I hadn’t been to 32 Bisbee Ct. since Tumbleroot reopened their smaller taproom and started serving from it again in May of last year. Previously, the garage bay of their brewing facility was the only door of that location open to the public. Their Agua Fria space, one of the largest taprooms in town, had…
Category: Look Back/Look Ahead Series 2021-22
Turtle Mountain poised for even more growth even after opening 2nd taproom
If anyone out there thought that Turtle Mountain Brewing might slow down following the December of its North taproom, we can officially report that will not be the case. There figures to still be a lot of movement as the Rio Rancho institution continues to grow and expand. I caught up with owner Nico Ortiz…
Second Street says good-bye to the Original location and looks to the future of the business
In 2020, we were up to our face masks in the pandemic. Everything, from business hours to a business’ future was unpredictable for many restaurants and breweries. Though sporadic for distruptions in terms of the pandemic, thankfully 2021 returned to something that felt a little more normal on both sides of the bar top. For…
Boxing Bear Brewing manages to regain its footing after one really big move
Stop us if you read this recently, but a notable local brewery moved its brewing operation from one building to another in the past year and has faced some unforeseen challenges as a result. Except this time, the story is not about Red Door, but Boxing Bear, as we learned when we caught up with…
Harmon Lane continues to cater to its customers in a variety of ways
At the beginning of 2021, Danny Harmon, brewer/co-owner of Harmon Lane Brewing, reported that due to being “a very small brewery, in a unique location” it had been “a hard, slow grind to build some momentum.” We are happy to report that Harmon Lane has not only gained momentum and a solid base of regular…
Red Door opens new chapter after moving its brewing operation in 2021
It has been a little less than a year since Red Door Brewing closed its original brewery and taproom on Candelaria, moving brewing operations to the shared Mother Trail facility at 12th Street and Bellamah. Like so many other things, however, in the last two years, it can seem like a lifetime ago. I caught…
Rumor Brewing aims for greater consistency as summer draws near
It was the late summer the last time I drove out to Cedar Crest to talk to Rumor Brewing owner/brewer Patrick Johnson about the name change from Ale Republic. He felt it was even more recent than that, as time is flying again for everyone in the East Mountains. “I think things seem to be…
Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery adapts to life on the Westside
Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery has never really known what normal life is like. It was one of three breweries, along with Gravity Bound and ReSource, to open in 2020 while the pandemic and its many restrictions were still raging. Now, with most of that (knock on wood) in the past, the staff at Sobremesa is…
Hidden Mountain Brewing reveals a new direction for 2022
Hidden Mountain opened in January 2021 as a major rebrand of long-time local favorite Blue Corn Brewery. Now, one year later, I sat down with brewmaster Paul Mallory to see how the new business is faring, what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what’s in store for the Southside’s newest BBQ/Mexican fusion brewpub…
Nexus Brewery prepares for internal expansion at both taprooms in 2022
Nexus Brewery weathered the toughest parts of the pandemic, and is now almost back to its prior sales numbers. It has not been easy to get there, but owner Ken Carson and head brewer Randy King are feeling upbeat as 2022 rolls along. I sat down with both of them for our Look Back/Look Ahead…
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