Santa Fe Brewing’s new ABQ taproom begins to take shape

Back on Friday I was planning on charging down to the “crane-lifting ceremony” at Green Jeans Farmery, the site near Carlisle and I-40 that will host the first Santa Fe Brewing taproom in Albuquerque. Of course, whenever you have an hour to get from work to anywhere else, there will inevitably be delays. I pretty much totally missed the ceremony for a variety of annoying little reasons I will not bore anyone with here. I did manage to arrive as they were wrapping up, making sure to chat with SFBC rep Silas Sims and the head of the project, Roy Solomon. The latter was kind enough to send over a bunch of photos so we could share with everyone the nascent stages of construction.

The Farmery is made up of old shipping containers located the western terminus of Cutler Ave., a road that runs parallel to I-40 on the northern side (it effectively ends at Carlisle). Getting to the site took some work, with Googl

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