Ex Novo Brewing keeps the patio cozy and the beers varied to make its way through 2020

Ex Novo Brewing in Corrales has quickly become a big player in the local craft beer scene, an impressive feat for a place that only opened in May 2019. Just like its fellow New Mexico breweries, however, 2020 has been a brutally tough year on Ex Novo, but there have been just enough bright spots to keep up the spirits of the staff as they look to ride out the remainder of the pandemic and get back on course in 2021.

I caught up with founder Joel Gregory over Zoom this week for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series. We started at the beginning of the year, the before times, when things were looking up and up at numerous breweries around town with increased sales numbers.

“We were right in that same boat,” Gregory said. “The three revenue areas of taproom, wholesale draft, and package beer. February was our best wholesale month ever. That had been building. The winter h

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