Breweries in Burque suburbs react to newly passed liquor laws

A few weeks ago, readers asked us if the breweries were going to comment publicly on House Bill 255, which included alcohol delivery and other changes to some long-standing liquor laws in New Mexico.

The breweries declined comment at the time, and the New Mexico Brewers Guild later sent out an email asking them not to say anything until the bill was either passed or not. Well, the bill was passed, and signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

At that point, we reached out to the Guild for comment, but never heard back. Eventually, we went back to the brewery owners directly, inquiring with about 30 of them to see what they think of the changes to the state’s liquor laws. Only three responded, each from a brewery in a different suburb of Albuquerque — Dana Koller of Kaktus Brewing in Bernalillo, Nico Ortiz of Turtle Mountain Brewing in Rio Rancho, and Joel Gr

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