The Year in Beer: Back half of 2025 was dominated by one big story

Well, hello there, 2026. We hope that you are a year of growth and positivity, but after a year like 2025, any marginal improvement would be considered a win. This past year was a rough one, culminating in the closure of one of the biggest breweries in the state, both in terms of barrels produced…

Bosque Brewing will close all remaining taprooms by Sunday afternoon

The probably-almost-final word came down Friday afternoon when Bosque Brewing announced over social media that they would close down all of their remaining taprooms by Sunday at 5 p.m. The Nob Hill location, which was the first offsite taproom that opened years ago, was the first to close Friday afternoon. The North (Bernalillo), Cottonwood, Heights,…

Options dwindle for Bosque Brewing after judge dismisses bankruptcy case

As first reported by Albuquerque Business First on Tuesday, the ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed by Bosque Brewing came to an abrupt end after a federal judge’s ruling. Following a hearing last week, Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz dismissed the Chapter 11 filing, citing that Bosque simply had too many debts for any restructuring deal…

Bosque Brewing closes 2 more locations with no end in sight

We are not the betting types, and you will not find us at a casino more than once in a blue moon. But, if we had placed bets on the next two Bosque Brewing taprooms to close, we would have just won something. Bosque announced today (Tuesday) on social media that they have closed, effective…

Bosque Brewing heads deeper into the great unknown

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….

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…

Bosque moves production of core beers from out-of-state to Marble

Recently, in other parts of the country, a trend has emerged where two or more breweries will team up to share a production space. Rather than pay for separate facilities, the breweries team up to lower costs so long as they can make a shared space work. It’s already happening here, on a smaller scale,…

The Week Ahead in Beer: Everything is Halloween and that is OK

Since Halloween falls on a Thursday this year, the breweries and just about every other place around town have decided that the weekend before, not after, should be the one where we all gather to celebrate the holiday. Oh, there are other things going on out there, but the vast majority of events this week…

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…