Rio Bravo brewer feeling positively golden with Pink Boots Society collaboration beer

Lindsey Baker has done it all at Rio Bravo Brewing, working in almost every job there is in both the front and back of house.

Now, though, the spotlight is squarely on the young brewer, all thanks to the Pink Boots Society’s New Mexico chapter. Pink Boots, which promotes and supports women in craft brewing, tasked Baker with creating the recipe for this year’s collaboration beer, Golden Girls, which debuts today (Monday) in cans and on draft at multiple breweries in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas.

Golden Girls, a Belgian golden strong ale, was brewed a few weeks ago at Rio Bravo. It will be the first significant beer release for Baker in her career as a brewer.

“Well, I started in the front of house, and I was up there for a year and a half before I moved to the back,” Baker said. “Our assistant brewer, John Drummer, got another job in Phoenix, so he

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