Scott Hallenbeck, 60, died on April 1 after a short battle with cancer, per an obituary on the Daniels Family Funeral website. Nexus owner Ken Carson recently passed along this sad news. Back in 2009, Hallenbeck and his business partner Jeff Brick started up Hallenbrick Brewery, located on Hawkins Street just west of Jefferson and…
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Longtime Canteen staffer Mike Thrall dies after yearlong battle with cancer
The sad news began to trickle out late last week: Canteen beertender Mike Thrall, a fixture in the craft beer community for many years, had lost his battle with throat cancer. The Crew received confirmation that Mike died last Thursday morning, which Canteen shared in a Facebook post today (Monday). “It is with great sadness…
In Memoriam: Santa Fe Brewing founder left an impact far beyond brewing world
The founding father of the modern New Mexico craft brewing scene, Mike Levis, died two weeks ago in Amarillo, Texas. He started the Santa Fe Brewing Company out of a barn on his horse ranch in Galisteo in 1988, ending a stretch of 49 years without any commercial brewing in New Mexico. Levis, 80, is…
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