575 Brewing takes flight from the sunny confines of Alamogordo

Bill and Vicky Arnold were never the type of couple to settle quietly into retirement. Oh, sure, there were the long vacation road trips, and spending time with their grandchildren, but they found themselves more than a little restless.

It came down to a combination of those road trips, a love of craft beer, friends in the industry, and a desire to create something for everyone in their hometown of Alamogordo that ultimately inspired Bill and Vicky to start up 575 Brewing.

We knew the relatively new brewery — it opened January 15, 2020 — was already receiving a great deal of local support when it finished as the runner-up in our Patio Bracket Tournament last summer. To officially kick off the interview/get-to-know-a-brewery portion of our recent Southern New Mexico tour last weekend, three of us in the Crew — myself, Andrew, and Luke (who took most of the photos on our trip with

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