Avery takes flight at Jubilation

Every now and again, all of us in the craft beer community in New Mexico have to sit and sigh when news of a great new brew is published, but we can’t get it here. From Founders to Bell’s to Firestone Walker to Great Divide to Ballast Point to Victory to many, many others, we are often left out of the party unless we drive to Arizona or Colorado. We grudgingly understand that it’s all a matter of population and the like when it comes to beers being distributed in our fair state. With a population of just over 2 million, New Mexico as a whole has fewer people than the metro areas of Denver (2.5 million) and Phoenix (4.2 million). Craft breweries, even some of the bigger ones, can only produce so much beer, and once it leaves their state it usually has to go to another state where they can obtain a sizable customer base.

So lo and behold, all of us in the Crew were more than a bit surprised when a long-standing r

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