Tractor Brewing plows through a blur of a year with higher hopes for 2022

The global pandemic has left no business unscathed, but for breweries with a big focus on hosting events, it was particularly rough over the past year-plus. Perhaps no brewery in New Mexico endured the ups and downs quite as much as Tractor Brewing.

I sat down with marketing director Jeremy Kinter and co-owner/brewmaster David Hargis last week to catch up on how they navigated an unpredictable 2021, and what they hope the remainder of 2022 holds for their brewery and its three offsite taprooms.

“This is kind of hard (to recap) because, I’ll be honest with you, it feels like a blur of a year,” Kinter said. “I remember very distinctly talking with you last year, and I can’t believe it’s already been a year.”

The shortest longest year ever, right? It certainly might have felt that way for Kinter, who went from no events to plan for the fir

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