Bosque Brewing weathers multiple challenges at multiple taprooms in 2020

Taprooms open, taprooms closed. Kitchens open, kitchens closed. Patios open, patios closed. One taproom open, another closed.

The early weeks of the pandemic left Bosque Brewing’s employees, owners, and customers feeling like their heads were spinning. Things have stabilized, as much as anything can in 2020, since then, but it has still been a heck of a tumultuous year for the brewery and its six locations.

I caught up with Bosque co-owner and chief experience officer Jess Griego over Zoom last week to try to recap all of it for our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series.

“I think that our model of being taproom centric has made it, like you said, even more critical to pivot quickly and frequently,” Griego said. “It was frustrating for us and our employees, and our customers, almost like a kind of whiplash.

“Now we have a much better ability to steer

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