Flix Brewhouse hits accelerator as it finally gets the opportunity to reopen

Will Moorman is a patient man.

At least, that is what we figured after the head brewer at Flix Brewhouse had to wait a very, very long time to resume doing what he loves compared to others whose breweries were shut down for only a few months or weeks during the pandemic. Flix, in contrast, was shut down for more than a year, as movie theaters were among the last places that were allowed to reopen in much of the country.

The movie theater brewery on the west side of Albuquerque reopened officially on September 30, a full 18 months since it was shut down along with every other movie theater in mid-March 2020. It should come as no surprise, then, that a lot went into getting the entire place up and running, far beyond simply turning the lights back on and unlocking the doors.

“No, not even close,” Moorman said. “When we reopened here, a lot of th

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