The newly re-branded Alien Brew Pub in Albuquerque’s Uptown area. For this next installment of our Look Back/Look Ahead Series, I talked to brewer/owner Rich Weber of Sierra Blanca/Rio Grande Brewing Company in their (newly re-branded) brewpub location in the Uptown Mall in Albuquerque. He told us of a 2015 with much behind the scenes growth, and a 2016 with more beers and events to come. Dark Side: What were the big hits for 2015? Rich: We started branching out into more of the fun stuff. We’ve always done a large variety of beer; I think we’re packaging 20 beers right now, but then we did get into this sour program, we’re continuing that. Our 20th anniversary is this year, so that’s going to be a release in heritage bottle 4-packs, our Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels. That’ll be the first time we’ve packaged something from the newer, more extreme beers. We’ll continue with packaged seasonals; we have a new barleywine lined up, for one. 2015 was also a year of upgrades at the b … |
Source: NM Dark Side Brew Crew
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