Pork & Brew is back with an emphasis on the latter

The 12th annual Pork & Brew is one of those events that happens every July 3-5 out in Rio Rancho with only a passing interest from us here in the Crew. I mean, we would love to trek way out to the Santa Ana Star Center, but that little bit of extra incentive just was not there. Perhaps sensing this from us (or more likely, a lot of people), the City of Rio Rancho decided it was high time to up the ante and start emphasizing the brew as much as the pork. The result sounds like the type of event we might just have brave the 550 bridge to attend.

To learn a little more of what was to come, I met up with Noah Trujillo of the Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors Bureau at Boxing Bear last Friday.

“Pork & Brew is a 4th of July, family-friendly festival, but this year we wanted to expand the beer a little bit,” Noah said. “We’re not making Pork & Brew all of a sudden a beer festival. That being said, Turtle Mountain and C

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