After years and years of rumors, it is official — La Cumbre Brewing is opening its first off-site taproom. Rejoice, West Side residents, for it will be on your side of the Rio Grande. I sat down with owner Jeff Erway, marketing director Cory Campbell, and taproom manager Jenn B to confirm the pending off-site…
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Red Door inches closer to opening its Wyoming taproom
The staff at Red Door Brewing expected to have their second offsite taproom open by now. As usual, though, the red tape piled up and slowed the process to a crawl. Now, however, there is light at the end of the tunnel after the taproom received its license from the State of New Mexico. “This…
Broken Trail moves oh-so-close to opening its new taproom
UPDATE: You can all continue reading the story below, but we have now received official word that Broken Trail has received its state license and will be opening soon! Still, though, read on for details about the space and the battle they went through to get open. * * * * * The mini-mystery of…
Desert Valley shows promise but has to work out just-opened kinks
The Crew was invited, en masse, to visit the new Desert Valley Brewing taproom on the west side Thursday night. We were able to put together a sizable collection of members — myself, Franz Solo, Luke, Andrew, Shawna — at the last minute to head over and try the food and beer. Desert Valley has…
Tractor open for business in Four Hills
For those who do not follow us on Facebook, you missed the photos taken during the members-only soft opening of Tractor Brewing’s new taproom in Four Hills. Well, now you can go take your own photos since it is fully open for business. The grand opening celebration will be on Saturday, August 19, but for…
It is high time to cool off around here at the new Grant Brewing taproom
There are days where we just get an “itch” to make a run over to the east side of the mountains, especially in the summer when our Jeep has its doors off and the bikini top on. Now, there’s a great place to stop for a tasty beverage on the way through the canyon. The…
Red Door expands to Northeast Heights with forthcoming taproom
The news broke last week that Red Door Brewing was set to open a taproom in the Northeast Heights this summer. It will be the second off-site taproom for Red Door, quite a ways from both their main brewery on Candelaria west of Interstate 25 and their taproom downtown in the Simms Building. To learn…
Ponderosa will open its first taproom later this year
Tucked away in the recent news about the renovation of the historic El Vado Motel on Central Avenue was a tidbit about a brewery taproom being part of the redevelopment. Ponderosa Brewing will open its first offsite taproom, with a fall opening being the target. In order to get a little more detail, I stopped…
Monks’ Corner set to join the crowded downtown craft beer scene
We know, there have been a lot of grand openings and special events at new places all around town in the last few months. We are confident you can all handle at least one more. Right? Start doing those growler curls, and prep your palates, for Monks’ Corner is coming to downtown on Wednesday, Oct….
Marble opens NE Heights taproom in anything but a soft fashion
Well, gosh, that was fun. Marble opened their long-awaited Northeast Heights taproom on Wednesday night to a humongous crowd. There were a lot of familiar industry faces in the crowd, plus myself and Adam, but also what figured to be a strong mix of old and new customers. Things went off seemingly without a hitch,…
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