Turtle Mountain poised for even more growth even after opening 2nd taproom

If anyone out there thought that Turtle Mountain Brewing might slow down following the December of its North taproom, we can officially report that will not be the case. There figures to still be a lot of movement as the Rio Rancho institution continues to grow and expand.

I caught up with owner Nico Ortiz and head brewer David Pacheco for our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, having wanted to give them a little extra time to take stock of life with two locations and what it means for all aspects of the business.

“The demand up front was absolutely crazy,” Pacheco said. “We only had so much available time to us, to get that up and operational to serve beer, (and) then no shorter than a week after we were open. I think everybody was caught off guard by the amount of demand, not just brewery, but kitchen as well. We’re still in a world that is awful for staff

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